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Entertaining Orangutan by Lynn Sprowl
I went to this zoo when I was a child and have remembered it all these years...hahaha
We went for a visit in the fall of last year. I have reservations about zoos, but I loved it. In real life, the orangutan is highly endangered. Watching this entertaining fella was really an honor. Anyway, that's an orange in his mouth.
Orangutans are the only great apes to occur outside of Africa, and are the largest arboreal mammals in the world.
They are extremely intelligent, and have shown evidence of tool use and culture – traits once believed to be uniquely human. Despite being one of our closest relatives, human activities are having a devastating impact on the Sumatran orangutan and its habitat. They are the slowest breeding of all mammals, with mothers caring for their young for up to 7 years. With such a low reproductive rate, even a small decrease in numbers can lead to extinction. There are only two species in its genus Pongo, the other...

For me, photography is about what I "feel" when I see an image. I want my photo to capture…a mood, an emotion, a story. I have a wide range of subjects that I like to photograph but tend to look at the ordinary. Like most photographers, I love nature and the splendid array of opportunities and subjects provided. I find the “abandoned” is a constant source of intrigue and make for interesting photography. I find beauty and mystery in the ordinary. Shooting in RAW format is a key element in my post-processing. The additional steps allow me to edit exposure, contrast, color and brightness without any reduction of quality. I often continue the editing process, as needed, to produce the final image I want to share. I honestly love...