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Monkey Surprise

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Part of why humans love triangles is that we learn from birth to watch the interaction between two eyes and one mouth and learn to read what it means. I see surprise in this monkey face, but the click of the shutter stops the context from showing itself. Photographers often shoot nature in continuous mode for this very reason. I have a series of expressions from this particular monkey in my archives, but this one amuses me with its assumed astonishment.

Humans love triangles because we learn from birth to watch the interaction between two eyes and one mouth; and we read into that what an expression means. I see surprise in this monkey face, but the click of the shutter stops the context from showing itself. Photographers often shoot nature in continuous mode for this very reason. I have a series of expressions from this particular monkey in my archives, but this one amuses me with its assumed astonishment.

Common Bottle-nosed Dolphin surfing line up

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The dolphin surfing closest to me made my day by looking up for the camera a split second before committing to the wave on the downward dive. Trying to photograph dolphins in the wild is a thrilling game of point and anticipate, seldom rewarded with anything but fins breaking the surface of the water. This shot was taken at Jeffrey's Bay on 17 July 2015.

The dolphin surfing closest to me made my day by looking up for the camera a split second before committing to the wave on the downward dive. Trying to photograph dolphins in the wild is a thrilling game of point and anticipate, seldom rewarded with anything but fins breaking the surface of the water. This shot was taken at Jeffrey’s Bay on 17 July 2015.