Snub-nosed monkey mother and baby

I am in China now with another photography tour. This itinerary is primarily a wildlife trip, and one of the highlights is photographing the remarkable snub-nosed monkeys in the wild. They are brought into a large viewing area by attracting them with food, and today we had about 80 monkeys in very close range. What is especially compelling is their blue face surrounded by golden hair, and it was thrilling photographing them. In the morning, the light was harsh, but in the afternoon the lighting was perfect: soft and diffused when the sun went behind the mountains. They are extremely fast and full of energy, and it takes a lot of patience to capture a strong image. This shot shows some trees in the background, and one could make the argument that they are distracting because of their strong graphic shapes. But the monkeys do live in the trees, so in this instance the background doesn't bother me. Tomorrow I'll upload an example of the classic out of focus foliage behind a subject. There were a lot of babies in the group, and I focused a lot of my attention on getting a beautiful mother and baby portrait. My settings were 1/500, f/7.1, 1000 ISO, and I used a Canon 100-400mm lens plus a 1.4x teleconverter on a 1Dx Mark II. I chose shutter priority to make sure the shutter was fast enough to freeze the movements of the subjects.