Mountain Gorilla by ApeArt
A lovely mountain gorilla in Rwanda, it was such a wonderful experience to meet him. He is one of 380 left in Rwanda and his name is Ntakibazo.
He is part of the Umubano Group, meaning “neighborliness”. Umubano has 9 individuals: 1 Silverback; 1 Sub adult male; 3 Adult females and 4 Babies.
Led by Charles, the dominant silverback, Umubano was formerly a part of the Amahoro group. As Charles matured into a silverback of the same rank as Ubumwe, he could not stand being given orders and decided to stage a fight and challenge Ubumwe. The fight went on for weeks and then months. Finally, Charles managed to snatch from Ubumwe a few females and formed his own group. Since then, he has commanded respect and recognition from Ubumwe.
Taken with Nikon D90 and 70-300mm lens
Comments
Beautifully done this is awesome
Bless you Jeff!
OHHHHHH Wow Jane, just look at those eyes!!! Do you remember what he was looking at? Would LOVE to know :-) Beautiful Beautiful Animal…………. Thank you for sharing your work, The mountain gorillas are so endangered and with your wonderful photos, you can share with others of their plight to survive!!! It’s so IMPORTANT!!!!
great portrait..what a cutie
brilliant
thanks so much
great image,
Beautiful!
Thanks PJ!
Wonderful pose and details. Excellent use of available light. Consider just a little cloning of the leaf that obscure his mouth.