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Thursday, February 2, 2012

The Japanese macaque or snow monkey

The Japanese macaque or snow monkey is famous for its love of hot outdoor natural springs. Yukihiro Fukuda, formerly a vet, did 12 months of field research and photographed the macaque extensively in the Jigokudani Valley, which it covered in snow for 4 month of the year.

1(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

2(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

3(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

4(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

5(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

6(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

7(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

8(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

9(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

10(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

11(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

12(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

(Photo: Yukihiro Fukuda/Nature Picture Library/Hollandse Hoogte)

Here’s some background on Sebastian Wilson and his work written by himself.
I’m a Chilean based photographer, for the last 13 years I’ve been traveling through Chile capturing images of our landscapes and our people. I studied Architecture and finished my career, but my real passion is photography. Both careers have an important thing in common, and that is light. Both need light to come true. In a building you need light to understand it, in Japanese architecture sometimes the light is just a little bit, but enough to make you understand the space you’re moving in.
Since I started in photography, the idea of trying to capture movement in a still image has moved me to search for longer exposures. In the beginning the pictures I took were at night, star trails really impressed me. But why not try to see if during the day I could see the movement?
I got a Neutral Density filter and started trying new pictures capturing the movement of clouds, water, and why not? people.
Now I carry it wherever I go trying to find new elements that come to life, in the desert I thought it would all be still, a tree lying next to a rusty wall was not going to be good, but suddenly wind picked up and made it come to life. Hope you enjoy the pictures!!!
If you like Sebastian’s work you can check out his website for more of it.

101. Photo by Sebastian Wilson

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Courtney Vermette

My name is Courtney, and I’m 22 years old. I live in Central Florida, but am planning to head north towards the end of the year. I completely blame my father for my love of photography. He would wake me out of bed at night and hustle me into the driveway. In the drive, was his telescope perched up on the tripod with his old Canon meticulously attached to the underside. We would sit out and take pictures of the moon and its craters; always in Black & White. We’d have the film processed and develop the prints by hand so I could show them off to my mother that week. I always looked forward to those weekends twice a month with my father; he and my step-mother have always been supportive my habit. My father even later gave me his Canon A2 E, and I dragged that thing everywhere for a good 5 years. Considering I was only 13, he was a brave man. Now I shoot with a Canon Rebel XTi, and drag this thing everywhere! Read more.

I’ve had the fortune travel to Italy and Japan, both places helped me grow as both a photographer and as a human. My family is originally from Maine, and I absolutely love getting to visit almost every summer. Most of my family is elderly and I’ve felt compelled to document my heritage though photography. They’ve always been very patient with my constant shuttering around when we visit.
I approach photography as a series of moments captured. Some things people might miss I usually try to photograph. I also love to photograph details in places that most people might overlook. From blueberries sitting in series in Maine to fortunes tied on a string in Japan. I love finding different textures in details and looking at things from a different perspective. I only use my Canon Rebel XTi, and shoot with my 70-300 mm f/4-5.6 telephoto and my 18-135 mm lenses. All of my editing is also done in Aperture. If you’d like to see any more of my work, my site is vermettephotography.net.