Capped Langur - Manas

[Debasis Bose]

The vulnerable to near threatened species of capped langurs, about 500 odd are left in Manas National Park. They are highly social primate, could not photograph a good portrait due to infant to adult indulging in much play. Especially adult interacting extensively, observed their vocal calls were well-developed and strongly tactile gestures, including grooming and face-to-face hugging.

The four nights and five days I was in Manas, I encountered just with three groups on three different days. As per the guide, he still considers me lucky to have spotted quite a few of the near threatened to critically endangered species in five days.

Nikon D4s, Nikor 300 F4 FL ED, Shot @ F9, ISO 1008, 1/2000s

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Great to see this species. However, the tree trunk is taking away our attention as that is the brightest as well as biggest part of the image. It is not easy to point the camera up and create a pleasing image. It would have been great if a sliver of sunlight would have fallen on the langur. Look forward to more images of this lovely species. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Rare sighting. Good photogragh of this shy langur under trying conditions. Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Lovely sighting. Difficult conditions to photograph. Maybe you could have tried a vertical composition here. That would have helped to get less of the tree and some more space at the bottom. Liked the eye contact and the catchlight on the eye. Good that you were able to observe and photograph quite a few of these rare species. Look forward to see more photographs from Manas. Thanks for sharing.

[Samrat Sarkar]

lovely image Debasis da..hope you enjoyed a lot in Manas... the bark of the tree trunk has been eaten by Malayan giant squirrel probably.

Samrat

[Shyamala Kumar]

Such beautiful images from Manas. Hope the numbers of these primates improves in the future.