2008: The Gerald Durrell Award for Endangered Species - Runner-up
Stefano Unterthiner (Italy)
Bleak outlook
'I was in north Sulawesi, Indonesia, and didn't wash my clothes for days so I could pick up the smell of the troop and be accepted as a follower. One day, a curious young adult came and groomed me. That close, I could see every eyelid flicker, every wrinkle. With a wide-angle lens and the knowledge of what a respectful distance was, I got the portrait I wanted.' Sulawesi black-crested macaques live in groups, foraging together and communicating in grunts. Poaching and forest loss have halved the population in the past 10 years and the Sulawesi macaques are now at high risk of extinction.
Nikon D2x + Nikon 12-24mm lens; 1/100 sec at f10; ISO 250; flash.
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