Grey langur

Grey langurs are quite common in Sri Lanka. They are often wrongfully called "black face monkey" by the locals.

Long-Tailed Macaque - Yawning Away...

D700 70-300mm @ 270 ISO400 f/5.6 1/125

This is not an aggressive behavior. This macaque was so bored of watching the photographer waiting for him to do something worth a picture that it started yawning. Bingo! The following scene was interesting with the photographer forcing a yawn to encourage the monkey to do it again - without any success.

Upper Pierce Reservoir - Before the Storm

D700 70-300mm @ 110mm ISO400 f/11 1/125

This is my first post on Blogger. It was a struggle to get a picture of the size I wanted. Frankly, the quality of the upload is rather disappointing. Would it be be better if uploaded on a different server? I might have to test it.