Bambi?
Antler Abstraction
Hello, human.
Young grouse here in the mountains look even more like dinosaurs than adults. π¦
Haughty Antlers
Still (Wild)life with a Wooden Chair
Doe on Gold
Doe-Eyed Cuteness
"Well, hello there. Let me mesmerize you with my doe-eyed cuteness, so that you don't tell your neighbor that I've come to eat his apples. Again." π
Motherhood
It's been a number of years since I've first photographed the so-called snow monkeysβJapanese macaques. My first acquaintance took place at Jigokudani outside Nagano in late fall. As a result, this ensured the fact that some of my images resembled those iconic photographs of hot onsen providing the resident monkeys necessary refuge in cold weather.
This time around, smoldering summer heat and relentless humidity or Arashiyama, Kyoto area, in August seemed to offer the opposite effect. Yet my images are no worse. Take this endearing Motherhood photograph of a snow monkey and her offspring, as she stares thoughtfully (or is she fatigued?) into the distance, as the baby naps.
Meaning of Life
This little critter is clearly pondering about the meaning of life. π He told me so!