orangutan...
taken by: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 Winner,!!! Tim Laman,
enjoy an impressive picture!!! taken 30 meters ABOVE ground!!!
what is even crazier?
He won by taking the picture with a go pro hero 4!!!??
GoPro HERO4 Black; 1/30 sec at f2.8; ISO 231
so basically.... a young male orangutan .....
makes a 30-meter.....about 100 feet climb ....
up the thickest root he could find.....
to feast on the crop of figs.
of the strangler fig... that has entwined itself around a tree!!!
in the rich rain forest of the Gunung Palung National Park
in West Kalimantan.... on the island of Borneo!
so Tim...had to do three days of climbing up and down himself....
by rope.....
to place in position several Go Pro cameras that he could then trigger remotely...
Awsome job Tim!
they sure made you work for your prize.....LOL
but in the end it paid off :-)
great picture!
enjoy!
by: Tim Laman
Yes, not everyone dares to take such a step, but this is certainly on the basis of humanity, he really deserved 1 st place. Thank you.
I love monkeys
amazing it is the photographer risked his life to capture it :)
wow awesome capture. The photographers going extreme to capture the best. Have to appreciate their dedication.
Cheers
i like animals,beautiful nature,great photography
Photographer is legend unbelievable man ! Seriously Unbelievable :)
That's some serious ambition there. For both the cameraman and the orangutang!
What beautiful and intelligent animals. People don't appreciate these animals and they capture then also sometimes sell them illegally. It's sad that Hercules was kept in a small cage. I'm happy to see him free.
Really enjoy an impressive picture! Fantastic captured.@joeblack1
sounds like a hard job, but these days no need to climb as drone cameras are developing more and more