Wildlife photographer Ian Wood has been photographing great apes within the wild for a long time, but when a young orangutan discovered his hidden camera on a recent trip to Borneo, he got some truly unexpected results. On a recent annual trip to Tanjung Puting National Park in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, Ian obtained unexpected results up close.
He decided to cover a GoPro camera near places where orangutans frequent, hoping to take wide-angle, close-up photos of them within the forest. He figured that in a worst-case scenario, if the orangutan found his camera, it will understand it wasn’t food and throw it away.
Well, he wishes.
The three-year-old orangutan picked it up and showed great interest. Then something unexpected happened.
After the LCD screen cracked, the orangutan by chance took a whole lot of photos by pressing the major button. Ian watched through his iPhone, which was connected to the camera, organising the Wi-Fi connection. After about half-hour, the orangutan escaped with him right into a tree. He finally ditched the GoPro.
On this journey, lead in partnership with Orangutan Foundation UKI used to be driving A group of seven people to photograph wildlife and help raise money for conservation in the world.
This article was modified from Theguardian.com and titled “An orangutan stole my camera and took close-up photos of itself – in photos” published on December 6, 2017. All photos courtesy of Ian Wood.
