Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]+1! I love how you managed to photograph their personalities! Tina On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 11:31 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Great shots, and personalities. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > On 4/30/2018 10:18 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: > >> When we landed in Sandakan, we were whisked off to our lodge, which was >> right next to the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre. The facility is >> contiguous with the Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve, so orangutans being >> rehabilitated, those that are completely rehabilitated and wild orangutans >> visit the place at mealtime (morning and afternoon). Some of these >> photographs are of orangutans that were rehabilitated here, and some are >> of >> wild ones that dropped in for some bananas.... >> >> Upside Down: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal >> aysia-20180410-014.jpg.html >> >> Banana: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal >> aysia-20180410-074.jpg.html >> >> Backlit: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal >> aysia-20180410-082.jpg.html >> >> Profile: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal >> aysia-20180410-047.jpg.html >> >> Suspicion: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal >> aysia-20180411-371.jpg.html >> >> Veil: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal >> aysia-20180411-350.jpg.html >> >> Hanging Out: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal >> aysia-20180411-379.jpg.html >> >> Next to Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre is the Bornean Sun Bear >> Conservation Centre, which has been set up in 2008 due to the vision and >> drive of Wong Siew Te, a young and highly articulate man, who is the >> perfect cheerleader for this endangered bear. It is called a "Sun Bear" >> because of the white markings on its chest, which supposedly resemble the >> Sun. These two bears are being readied for reintroduction to the wild: >> >> Chest Marking: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal >> aysia-20180411-195.jpg.html >> >> Bornean Sun Bear: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal >> aysia-20180411-178.jpg.html >> >> I think it is important to pay a visit to these two centres, as you will >> never see Orangutans so close in the wild, and probably, unless very, very >> lucky, never see a Bornean Sun Bear at all! Unlike a zoo, you pretty much >> see them in their natural habitat within a forest reserve. >> >> Another distinctive species endemic to the island of Borneo is the >> Proboscis Monkey. Like all fauna here, it has been hit very badly due to >> deforestation due to logging and plantations. They hang out at river edges >> with flowing water - these are at the Kinabatangan River: >> >> Proboscis Monkey: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal >> aysia-20180412-2148.jpg.html >> >> The Crossing: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal >> aysia-20180412-3262.jpg.html >> >> Silhouette: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Sabah/wildlife/Mal >> aysia-20180412-2168.jpg.html >> >> Please see LARGE >> >> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html