Male Bornean orangutans have faces that are more dish-shaped than the females. They also have huge cheek flaps that extend from the face, almost like horse blinders. This guy was the alpha male at Tanjung Puting when I visited there a few years back. He was the only orangutan that even the guides would steer well clear of. Lucky for me, I had the equivalent of 600mm of optics between myself and those lovely cheek flaps. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/200th of a second
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great pic. ( some time they can become a little wilded.
Something just occurred to me . . .what about their PERIPHERAL vision?
WOW!
A beautiful portrait of an animal incredibly persecuted and endangered due to palm oil.