Jul 6, 2011
Monkey self-portrait
Photographer David Slater left his camera unattended for a bit at a national park in Indonesia. Soon a crested black macaque monkey found it and became intrigued by her reflection in the lens. Somehow she also figured out how to operate the camera, creating this spectacular self-portrait…
(via The Daily Mail, Kottke)
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very cute :)
THAT IS THE MOST AMAZING THING I WILL SEE ALL DAY!!
(Also…was this an actual professional photographer’s camera?? Pro level DSLR? if so, it’s amazing that monkey got the focus right!)
That’s what I was thinking! It’s not like those are automatic.
On second thought, what photographer would EVER leave a DSLR unattended???
It could be a DSLR. They can easily be set to shoot in different modes (fully manual being one of them). If this is indeed real, and it was indeed a DSLR, it was most likely set to shoot on aperture priority. If it was either set to a short focal length or the monkey somehow adjusted the focal length, pointed the camera at him (her?)self and then snapped away, it would autofocus on the monkey (assuming the camera was set to either 1) focus on a centerpoint, or 2) had face recognition software) and snap the picture, resulting in the blurred background.
Apparently the monkey took hundreds of photos, mostly out of focus. So I guess it’s a fluke.
But a pretty cool fluke!
he even smiled like he knew what was going on
It’s all adorable until they take over the planet and get their stinking paws around our throats!
That’s pretty funny actually.
Thank you, Abraham. As is often the case, you’ve made my day.
Thus confirming my suspicions that I paid WAY too much for my wedding photos.
HAHAHAHA!!! Love that comment! Too True!
Like! :D
just about the best picture ever.
looks like someone I know!
Looks like Bush !!
Looks like he is looking into a spoon : ]
He even remembered to :D