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Orangutan emotions

Oct 17 2026 | By: Jim Zuckerman Photography

I photographed this wild orangutan in the Indonesian part of Borneo. It's surprising how close the orangs will let you get. For this picture, for example, I used a 165mm focal length. Rangers in the national park put bananas out to bring the primates in from the jungle, and it's really cool to see the tops of the huge trees sway back and forth as the animals move seemingly effortlessly through the canopy. I didn't take pictures of animals eating the bananas; that never appealed to me. Instead, I photographed them approaching the platform, interacting with each other, carrying babies, walking on the ground, etc. I was looking for natural behavior. My settings were 1/125, f/5.6, and 1000 ISO.

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Oct 17, 2026, 11:45:34 AM

Debi Tepper - Hi Jim what was your shutter speed? Great shot!

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