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A lovely, so sweet, and well composed portrait of a young Japanese macaque, or snow monkey. The photographer has caught a great, so human, expression and the lovely, misty, watery atmosphere of the hot spring during a snowfall. An endearing photograph, well done!

Wow first of all I am honored and humbled to be selected for a Mark of Excellence . My name is Corey Bennett and have been living in Japan for the past 15 years. The world famous Japanese snow monkeys can be observed up close at Jiokudani Yaen-koen a park in Nagano Japan. The monkeys are not captive and are free to come and go as they please but choose to stay and soak their worries away in a hot spring set aside exclusively for them. Photo was taken with a Canon 40D and 100-400 mm lens.