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Face to face in a river in Borneo
While looking for wild orang-utans in Tanjung putting national park, Indonesia, we witnessed this amazing sight of this huge male crossing a river despite the fact there were crocodiles in the river. Rapid palm oil farming has depleted their habitat and when pushed to the edge these intelligent creatures have learnt to adapt to the changing landscape, This is proof considering orang-utans hate water and never venture into a river. I got into the 5 feet deep river to get this perspective.
I love Your Shot photographer Luca Zanardi's comment: "From the first moment I saw this photograph I had a contradictory feeling. At first, I was struck by the look of the animal and the beauty of the image. Then after looking at it for a few minutes, I saw, and this is my personal interpretation, the primitive gaze of a certain part of humanity that shyly hides behind the natural environment... which is disappearing because of us!"
David Lee
Producer, Nat Geo Your Shot
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| Date Taken: | Aug 24, 2017 |
| Date Uploaded: | Sep 12, 2017 |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 5D Mark IV |
| Focal Length: | 220 mm |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/2000 sec |
| Aperture: | f/5 |
| ISO: | 1250 |
| Copyright: | © Jayaprakash Joghee Bojan |
| Categories: | Animals, Nature |
| Contests: | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year |