orang-outan posé sur les racines de gros arbres avec les deux bras entrelacés avec les racines. INDONÉSIE : images À COUPER LE SOUFFLE D'un orang-outan de Sumatra posant dans son natu
orangutan posed on big tree roots with both arms entwined with roots. INDONESIA: BREATH-TAKING images of a proud Sumatran orangutan posing in its natural habitat have been captured from only 13 feet away. Pictures show the great ape as it sits nestled among the twisted vines of a Strangler Fig tree in Indonesia. Other images reveal an orangutan with its young manoeuvring around the trees and in one shot the youngster can be seen hanging upside down. Additional pictures show the orangutans staring quizzically into the camera, and relaxing on the ground. The Sumatran orangutan is almost exclusively arboreal, living among the trees of tropical rainforests. Females virtually never travel on the ground and adult males do so rarely. Their name is derived from the Malay words meaning, “person of the forest". Habitat loss from the destruction of Borneo and Sumatra’s rainforests, illegal killing, and wildfires are the biggest threat driving orangutans toward extinction. Sumatran orangutans are sadly critically endangered. Marco Gaiotti (41) Associate Professor at the University of Genova, Italy, took these images using a Canon EOS R5 with EF 16-35 f/2.8 III lens in the Gunung Leuser National Park, in Sumatra, Indonesia. Marco was six to 13 feet away from the orangutan which weighed approximately 200lbs and he explained how he felt after he captured the images. “There are not many trees of this type in that forest, and this was definitely the most beautiful one I had the chance to observe in my days in the park, ” said Marco. “Furthermore, the photos were taken just before sunset and in partially cloudy conditions, consequently the light was strongly softened, improving the result in the photo. “I had the feeling that the photos were interesting for the set where I was able to take the shots. Marco captured these images while on a ten day trek in the Gunung Leuser National Park with the help of a local guide. “The goal of the trek was to find and photograph a large male oran
