The WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge for this week is Surprise.
My favourite subject is landscape especially those conveying a sense of peace and serenity. It was really a challenge to comb through my archive to come up with something which fits this week’s theme.
Last year, we were up in Chimelong Zoo and Safari park in Panyu, China. While walking through the park, I saw this orangutan resting peacefully on a hammock slung between the trees. Some visitors formed a semi-circle around him, staring at this lazy or even demure orangutan; while he was doing just the same, staring at the visitors and letting the world went by.
Then to the surprise of everyone, he suddenly rose up and started swinging up and down. As he was swinging towards me, I noted he has a surprised face which I have never seen before. He certainly surprised me. Did I surprise him? I don’t know, all I wanted to do was to quickly take his photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .what a decent surprise!
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Excellent! Capturing the stillness and the energy explode. Totally divine. 😉 jk
Many thanks for the coment!
Can always count on animals to surprise you ! What a great action shot – this made me smile ! Love orangutans !
Yes, with animals you never know what they are going to do next! Thanks for the comment, Michael
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They are so cute!
That is a very handsome monkey …. you captured him perfectly. The color and clarity is great.
Good entry ….
Thank you Inside the Mind of Isadora. Have a nice weekend!
Great photo of a ridiculously cute subject!
Yes, that orangutan is really cute!
You captured him perfectly, It seemed you surprised his as much as he surprised you.
So, it was a big surprise for both of us! Thank you M. Darville Anaya!
Terrific surprise! 🙂
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Hi Eliz, I like the musical notes you have in the greeting message. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Michael, just is magic ….. this little cheeky is just magical to look at. Fantastic photos.
Thank you Viveka!
What a beautiful guy. He definitely wanted to tell someone something. I hope he’s happy there and not too stressed out from all the people. I guess he’s safer in the Zoo than in the wild.
He is definitely cute. He must have many visitors surrounding him all day; I am not sure he is stressed out but something may have startled him. He is so cute that I prefer him to be in the zoo (he is free to roam evrywhere he likes, he is not caged or chained).
These are beautiful! I will be uploading some of my own orangutan pictures from my Borneo trip soon too!
Will love to see your pictures too, the orangutans are cute!