This little man, a favorite to so many, is so much fun to watch as he matures and learns how to be an orangutan. He is now

"Mr Independent"

Kecil is a 3 1/2 yr old male Bornean Orangutan.

He was born at the Toledo Zoo (Jan 2014) and came to Brookfield Zoo when he was about 5 months old. He was paired with Maggie as his foster mom. Maggie passed away last year just 2 months shy of her 55th Birthday.

Kecil was then introduced to Sophia and Kekasih who became her second surrogate family. He is doing quite well and now has a baby "sister", 7 mo old, Heidi.

Brookfield Zoo

Tropic World-Asia

Wild Orangutans are critically endangered due to the palm oil industry. They may likely go extinct in the wild in our lifetime.

Read labels!! Say NO to Palm Oil!

#zoosmatter

200mm ƒ/5.3, ISO 2500 1/50th of a second exposure.

Self portrait taken under the south Texas skies.

Montana de Oro State Park

Los Osos, California

I went to the Mondrian De Stijl exposition today.

It's on until March at the Pompidou Centre.

Abdul Rasool is my mother's cousin and he is married to my aunt.

Looking out and planning the rest of the walk!

via Instagram ift.tt/2iRUWig

Svalbard

Many thanks to Bunko for helping me out with these!

White headed vulture,,

West Africa

Alien Bee B800 into a 86 inch PLM with diffusion screen slightly to camera left.

Location: Campton Place Hotel, San Francisco.

Model: Michèle (Model Mayhem #1294279)

I like this little urn, from the right angle it looks like an old bat (vampyre) trying to hide itself. Here it is just contemplating something.

Quick sketches at the church yard Östra Begravningsplaten in Göteborg.

Foggy and wet weather

Tokyo, Japan - Yanaka

My wife Kate sitting on the rocks at Castle Tintagel in Cornwall.

At the NGV - the giant skulls invited contemplation of our mortality. Silver Effex Kodak Panatomic X 32

Maybe what shoes next maybe changing style lol

sunda strait, on my way from lampung, sumatera island to jakarta, java island

Backgroung courtesy MaggieMe.

Figure by striatic.

Red winged blackbird? redwinged blackbird? red wing blackbird? red-winged black bird? re...aw what the heck, Agelaius phoeniceus

Film grain look on Sony ZV-1. Peace River, Punta Gorda, FL.

And yes, my land is still in winter lol

The Grand Pre bench, again; but, there's something about it that draws me in.

Probably

"Life, my friend, is to exist. To exist is to change. To change is to mature. To mature is to go on creating ones self endlessly."

- J. Williams

Contemplate On Black

Taken in Miami, FL (that Miami)

Syracuse, Sicily, Italy

Nina Simone - Here comes the sun...

I don't normally use people in landscape shots such as this. I did several shots from different angles using only the old log, however, there still appeared to be too much empty space in the foreground. Having this couple included really added some 'character' to the setting.

Location: Lake Louise, Banff National Park.....one of the most photographed places on the planet.

Otter about to have a snack

Olympus XA, Zuiko 35mm, f2,8, Kodak T-max 100, (50) Spur Acurol N, 20 Celsius degrees, 10 min. 30 sec.

beacon, ny