E - I - FUKUDA Yukihiro (48) Images supplémentaires...
Nous avons tous déjà vu ces fameuses photos de macaques du Japon se baignant dans les sources thermales chaudes en hiver, mais le photographe Yukihiro Fukuda est le premier à les avoir suivis aux quatre saisons. Fukuda a passé 12 mois entiers à les photographier dans la vallée de Jigokudani, recouverte par la neige un bon tiers de l’année. Ses photos nous montrent le quotidien de cette espèce de macaques, la plus septentrionale du monde, une fois la neige fondue – du printemps parmi les arbres en fleur à l’automne, saison de la reproduction dans la forêt. Fukuda a été d’abord vétérinaire avant de devenir photographe de nature. Cela fait depuis 8 ans qu’il observe les macaques du Japon. Ses images ont été récompensées au concours du Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} female and young huddle together on rock in autumn woodland, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} female and young huddle together on rock in autumn woodland, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} male displays in tree hoping to attract female for mating, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} male displays in tree hoping to attract female for mating, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} monkey in autumn woodland, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} monkey in autumn woodland, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} bathing in river in autumn, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} bathing in river in autumn, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} male grooming female in courtship in autumn, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} male grooming female in courtship in autumn, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} female with young in autumn woodland, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} female with young in autumn woodland, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} young monkey amongst autumn foliage, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} young monkey amongst autumn foliage, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} male yawning - threatening display, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} male yawning - threatening display, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} feeding on pine nuts in autumn, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} feeding on pine nuts in autumn, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} feeding on seeds of the Bittersweet plant, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} feeding on seeds of the Bittersweet plant, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} five-month-old young searching for food amongst fallen leaves in autumn woodland, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} five-month-old young searching for food amongst fallen leaves in autumn woodland, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} feeding on seeds of the Bittersweet plant, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} feeding on seeds of the Bittersweet plant, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan