Michelle Vollemaere, The Mon(k)ey Shot (ANIMALS 2026)

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Bolivian squirrel monkeys are super fast little critters, and very hard to photograph. So when you manage to balance a fast shutter speed (1/2500) with a high ISO of 6400 AND fluke a perfect front-on, eyes-forward composition, that's a Money Shot. Taken at Auckland Zoo.

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