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Headline : Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016
Caption : An endangered young male Bornean Orangutan climbs over 30 meters up a tree deep in the rain forest of Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia (Island of Borneo).

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Tim Laman
USA
Winner,Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016
A young male orangutan makes the 30-metre (100-foot) climb up the thickest root of the strangler fig that has entwined itself around a tree emerging high above the canopy. The backdrop is the rich rainforest of the Gunung Palung National Park,in West Kalimantan,one of the few protected orangutan strongholds in Indonesian Borneo. The orangutan has returned to feast on the crop of figs. He has a mental map of the likely fruiting trees in his huge range,and he has already feasted here. Tim knew he would return and,more important,that there was no way to reach the top – no route through the canopy – other than up the tree. But he had to do three days of climbing up and down himself,by rope,to place in position several GoPro cameras that he could trigger remotely to give him a chance of not only a wide?angle view of the forest below but also a view of the orangutan’s face from above. This shot was the one he had long visualized,looking down on the orangutan within its forest home.
GoPro HERO4 Black,1/30 sec at f2.8,ISO 231.