This wild Orangutan was spotted after 3 days trekking in Kutai National Park.
I was based at Camp Kapak and the rangers was all to pleased to see a westerner visit the park and help me find these illusive creatures. They were doing behavioral research at the time using video cameras.
After long sweaty days and plenty of mosquito bites we found this Orangutan high in the canopy. Conditions were near impossible for photography. The animals were too far away. The canopy layers were impenetrable, the light levels were low, but the gaps that had light had direct sunlight. So everything was under lit AND backlit. Flare problems.
But at the end of this encounter the Orangutan came down to the first layer of canopy and we got a good close look. Unfortunately, just after this was taken we got drenched with urine. Maybe it was trying to tell us something!
Seeing these creatures was amazing. To see such a large animal swinging through the trees, using its body mass to bend the tree and get propulsion to the next. They even cross small rivers from the canopy!
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This extreme macro was taken in the Togean Islands. This beach crab had eyes that could move out of a recess in the side of its shell, and rotate 90 degrees. If you look closely at full size you can see the individual epidermal cells on the surface of the eye.
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This is a candid of my friends uncle.
He was a bit stressed with assisting with such a big event.
He did a lot of the chopping up of the buffalo.
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Near Toli Toli, this farmer gave us some co-co nuts for Ramadan. Friends of the family that sponsored me for another month in Indonesia. This man works an 8 hour day in the rice paddies.
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Lake Poso
Pendolo is a great place to relax for a while. The beach bungalows are cheep and usually uninhabited. At night there are few lights around the lake. The area is relatively uninhabited, since the violence in Poso (1998-2006). The good news now is everything is cool and its a great place to tour, despite the FCO warnings.
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