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You may have heard that this morning an Orang-utan escaped from her enclosure at the Adelaide Zoo.

I wasn't there for the escape (missed photo opp), but I was there about half an hour earlier to see her planning her getaway. Here's the offender:





These shots are mostly full DX frame using 150mm macro lens.

We were asked to evacuate, so I didn't get many shots today.

Daniel

So, did she follow you home? The third image strongly suggests that this may have been the case.

Love em all; great color, pose, composition, light, and sharpness.

danielA
did they find her at fozzie's place ??

cheers rob

Great shots; looks like she likes you in the last one

the eye contact is superb and very intimate. i'm also stunned at the very human like expressions that are rarely captured. best "ape" pics i've ever seen on the board, period. excellent job.

FWIW: the WB looks a bit funny to me but i'm at work on an uncalibrated monitor. kinda yellowy/green ?

Awesome Daniel

robw25 wrote:danielA
did they find her at fozzie's place ??

cheers rob

..... I heard that she was calling his name

gstark wrote:So, did she follow you home? The third image strongly suggests that this may have been the case.

Great photos by the way. I like the yellow green cast on these.

Thank you all.

gstark wrote:So, did she follow you home? The third image strongly suggests that this may have been the case.

ewm3 wrote:Great shots; looks like she likes you in the last one

Given it's mother's day, I expect she just wanted to go out somewhere nice...

Rooz wrote:the eye contact is superb and very intimate. i'm also stunned at the very human like expressions that are rarely captured. best "ape" pics i've ever seen on the board, period. excellent job.

This is certainly the best sequence of Ape shots I've taken. I think this is due to her only being about 1.5m from my lens without any glass/wire interference. It made for a great location. But it turns out she wasn't meant to be there!

Rooz wrote:FWIW: the WB looks a bit funny to me but i'm at work on an uncalibrated monitor. kinda yellowy/green ?

It is possible there is a slight yellow/green cast. But I didn't want to go too far the other way because the environment was certainly very green and there is a slight yellow to her hair. I could make her face hair whiter, but I don't think that would work for the rest of the image.

big pix wrote:

robw25 wrote:did they find her at fozzie's place ??

..... I heard that she was calling his name

I think Fozzie's affections lie elsewhere at the Zoo...

Daniel

Great capture of the cleaver little girl,
remembering that the male died just a couple of weeks ago she is probably very lonely ...
From the eyes she was making at you I'd say you are more likely to have captured her heart than 'those cat people'
Absolutely lovely expressions - thanks for sharing
DebT

Thanks Deb.

DebT wrote: remembering that the male died just a couple of weeks ago she is probably very lonely ...

The keepers suggested that on tonight's news. She probably went looking for him.

DebT wrote:From the eyes she was making at you I'd say you are more likely to have captured her heart than 'those cat people'

She did seem more expressive than previous times.

Daniel

DanielA wrote:I think Fozzie's affections lie elsewhere at the Zoo...

Daniel

....... there is a good line here, but I will leave it alone  btw..... a very good series, best ape pixs I have seen in a while

Excellent photos of a wonderful animal.

Thank you both.

big pix wrote:

DanielA wrote:I think Fozzie's affections lie elsewhere at the Zoo...

....... there is a good line here, but I will leave it alone

Good idea.

Daniel

Great pics of her I never got to see her even though I was there two days. She has a lovely expressive face.

Very nice photos. I like you composition and strong colours.

NatalieM wrote:Great pics of her I never got to see her even though I was there two days. She has a lovely expressive face.

Thanks. She is a hard one to capture. When it's a sunny day it's hard to get good detail around the eyes.

zafra52 wrote:Very nice photos. I like you composition and strong colours.

Thanks. The composition was all due to her posing, nothing to do with me.

Daniel