Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you for taking time out from your trip to show us the natives and their persona. On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 12:04 PM, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > +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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory at gmail.com