Singapore Zoo - orang utan

Singapore Zoo - orang utan, a photo by gw.wang on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
A visit to the singapore zoo make me realize that it's not easy to take photo of animal at all…..
They can just stay in a position that you don't want for many minutes without moving….You need to have time and patience to wait for a perfect moment to capture a good composition….
And also… When it start moving….it will be too fast and unpredictable and you can't get the shot…..
I doubt i had done it in this visit…. i think i will be visiting it again in the near future to challenge my skills again….
At the same time…. i realize that under certain condition… my 70-300 and D7000 combination can't work well…
aperture is at f4….iso max at iso640 so that it will have reasonable acceptable noise….But the problem is that the shutter speed is too slow and thus causing shake/blur photo…..
haizzzzz…. should i just up my iso and reduce my image size……….at least i can get a better shot…..

orang utan taken from www.zoo.com.sg/

The orang utan is the flagship species of the Singapore Zoo. A total of 24 of these charismatic apes call the zoo home and are displayed as a large social group in a spacious naturalistic enclosure. Though not the only zoo in the world to display a social group of orang utans, we are the only ones who have done so on such a large scale.

The provision of a large enclosure and lots of climbing platforms allow the orang utans to get away from their group members and enjoy moments of peace when needed. The platforms not only allow the apes to develop their natural climbing skills but also serve as escape routes for them should fighting break out.

These highly intelligent animals have to be kept occupied or boredom will consume them, which occurs ever so often in captivity. We keep the orang utans busy through the use of a technique known as behavioural enrichment.




The ability to breed is a good indication of the state of physical and emotional health of a zoo animal, and we are proud to have bred a total of 35 orang utans to date. Some have been sent to zoos in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India, Vietnam, Japan, Australia and New Zealand as part of a worldwide exchange programme to facilitate breeding of this highly endangered ape.

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