WILD & FREE / / To spend an hour with Mountain Gorillas is one of the best wildlife experiences you can ever hope for. They captivate you with their eyes and you become lost in the moment. Your time with them goes so fast you are left just wanting more… / / This large Silverback was only a few meters away from us! / / (Virunga Volcanoes – Rwanda) / / / / / / /
WILD & FREE / / To spend an hour with Mountain Gorillas is one of the best wildlife experiences you can ever hope for. They captivate you with their eyes and you become lost in the moment. Your time with them goes so fast you are left just wanting more… / This large Silverback was only a few meters away from us! / / (Virunga volcanoes – Rwanda) / / / >< / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
To spend an hour with Mountain Gorillas is one of the best wildlife experiences you can ever hope for. They captivate you and you become lost in the moment. Your time with them goes so fast you are left just wanting more… This shot of their feet illustrates how very similar they are to us! / / (Virunga volcanoes, Rwanda.) / >< / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
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Will these majestic apes be able to hold onto what little hope they have? Lets all hope so!! / / To spend an hour with Mountain Gorillas is one of the best wildlife experiences you can ever hope for. They captivate you with their eyes and you become lost in the moment. Your time with them goes so fast you are left just wanting more… / / (Virunga volcanoes, Rwanda.) / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
WILD & FREE / / To spend an hour with Mountain Gorillas is one of the best wildlife experiences you can ever hope for. They captivate you with their eyes and you become lost in the moment. Your time with them goes so fast you are left just wanting more… / / (Virunga volcanoes, Rwanda.) / / Nominated for ‘Pay It Forward’ group by: / Julie Langford / / ” This image for me just shows the Mountian Gorilla for what it really is. A beautiful and intelligent being, capable of emotion, love, care and understanding. The photograph is stunningly beautiful and technically perfect in every way. I adore this piece of art, in my eyes, it is a true masterpiece. “ / / / / /
To spend an hour with Mountain Gorillas is one of the best wildlife experiences you can ever hope for. They captivate you with their eyes and you become lost in the moment. Your time with them goes so fast you are left just wanting more… / / Will these majestic apes be able to hold onto what little hope they have? / / (Virunga volcanoes, Rwanda.) / >< / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
To spend an hour with Mountain Gorillas is one of the best wildlife experiences you can ever hope for. They captivate you with their eyes and you become lost in the moment. Your time with them goes so fast you are left just wanting more… / / (Virunga Volcanoes – Rwanda) / >< / / / / / / /
I took this when I went trekking for gorillas in the volcanos of Rwanda. On the border of D.R. Congo & Uganda. These gorillas were around 7 metres from us – and would have been closer if we hadn’t stepped back (you’re only allowed to be as close as 7 metres). We just hung around and watched the family for an hour. It was pretty cool. My profile / / /
WILD AND FREE / / To spend an hour with Mountain Gorillas is one of the best wildlife experiences you can ever hope for. They captivate you with their eyes and you become lost in the moment. Your time with them goes so fast you are left just wanting more… / This large Silverback was only a few meters away from us! / / Unfortunately, Mountain Gorilla numbers are small, with only approximately 700 left in the wild. The primary threat comes from forest clearance and degradation, as the region’s growing human population struggles to eke out a living. I am hopeful ways can be found to control these problems before it is too late. / / (Virunga volcanoes – Rwanda) / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
WILD AND FREE / / To spend an hour with Mountain Gorillas is one of the best wildlife experiences you can ever hope for. They captivate you with their eyes and you become lost in the moment. Your time with them goes so fast you are left just wanting more… These gorillas were a few metres away but the soulful emotion between our glances was immense and also saddening. I hope these majestic apes are able to hold on. / / There my be hope yet for the mountain gorilla as a recent WWF report states, please have a look at it HERE (Virunga volcanoes – Rwanda) / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
To spend an hour with Mountain Gorillas is one of the best wildlife experiences you can ever hope for. They captivate you with their eyes and you become lost in the moment. Your time with them goes so fast you are left just wanting more… / / All the images are from our trip to ‘Virunga volcanoes’ in Rwanda. / / Other Calendars / -Click to view- / / If you would like a bespoke calendar made from any of my images please bubblemail me! / / / /
Silverback Mountain Gorilla having a bite to eat. / / (Virunga volcanoes – Rwanda.) / / >< / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Mouila is one of Kibabu’s hareem :) at Taronga. I am putting this pastel I did of her back onto redbubble, to celebrate the arrival of a baby gorilla at Taronga. Human indifference, ignorance and the taste for “Bush Meat” threaten these poor guys.
A male Western Lowland Gorilla
This is a beautiful shot of Oliver. All proceeds of this item goes to Gorilla Haven and the help it needs to provide for this beautiful gorilla.
This is Charles, a silverback mountain gorilla resting after lunch in the Parc de Volcans, Rwanda. It was wonderful to watch this tender father grooming his children and then settling down to rest with them. 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. 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. There are currently around 380 mountain gorillas in Rwanda. Taken with Nikon D50.
Images from my travels around the world. / / All the animals within this calender are ‘Wild and Free’. / / Other Calendars / -Click to view- / / / / If you would like a bespoke calendar made from any of my images please bubblemail me! / / /
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A male Western Lowland Gorilla in the middle of a prodigious yawn.
WILD AND FREE / / To spend an hour with Mountain Gorillas is one of the best wildlife experiences you can ever hope for. They captivate you with their eyes and you become lost in the moment. Your time with them goes so fast you are left just wanting more… / / / Unfortunately, Mountain Gorilla numbers are small, with only approximately 700 left in the wild. The primary threat comes from forest clearance and degradation, as the region’s growing human population struggles to eke out a living. I am hopeful ways can be found to control these problems before it is too late. / / (Virunga volcanoes – Rwanda) / /
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