Four years ago David Slater, wildlife photographer, spent three days with a group of crested black macaque monkeys in an Indonesian national park. He soon finds out that photographing these curious animals is a big challenge and his tripod-mounted Canon 5D soon becomes a toy for them, playing with the remote shutter release. In his words:
They were quite mischievous, jumping all over my equipment. One hit the button. The sound got his attention and he kept pressing it. At first it scared the rest of them away but they soon came back – it was amazing to watch.
It was only afterwards that he finds hundreds of photos taken by the playful monkeys on his memory card, including some self-portraits and even a portrait of David himself.
