Shot for the Day (15 August 2015)

Mount Richie monkey

This afternoon, I went for a walk on the wilder side of Singapore.  In the centre of the island, there is a slither of nature called MacRitchie Reservoir Park.  Just south of Upper Pierce Reservoir, there is a tree top walk, which in effect is a narrow suspension bridge, just wide enough for someone to traverse across the rooftop of the jungle below.

Lining the side of the bridge were many monkeys. They were generally quite skittish but the character in the image above was more than a little bold.  I had a wide angle lens on my camera, meaning he was sat within an arm’s length from me when I took this shot.

Shot for the Day (6 June 2015)

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At the end of 2014, just prior to Christmas, I spend a few days with my family on the beautiful island of Langkawi, on the northern end of Malaysia, very close to Thailand.

I got up early each morning to enjoy the silence of surroundings, a far cry from the bustle of Singapore.  This shot was moments before the sun rose to my right, as the light wind stretched the clouds across the sky, with the two yachts bobbing gently in the water ahead of me.

A few monkeys in the forest behind me we on an early morning scout to find breakfast and were eyeing up my camera bag a in a furtive manner, wondering if I had some food hidden amongst the lenses.  Finally, a sea otter walked out from the shelter of the shrubbery to my left and wondered over to take an early morning bath.