Coverage: Wild Borneo Photo Talk by C.S. Ling

I just gate-crashed myself into the National Geographic Store at Vivo City to be part of C.S. Ling's photo talk on Wild Borneo. The talk was nice with plenty of wildlife photographs to keep the slideshow going for close to 90 minutes. The pace was alright and most of us felt pretty cozy seating around the projector screen.

Enough said, I'll let the photos do the talking.

People starting to fill up the pedestals at around 7.00pm.

C.S. Ling and guest speaker Ethan Lim doing a reenactment of a typical shooting scenario cruising (on narrow boat) along the Kinabatangan River, Sabah. And yes, they did burst for a few seconds just to demonstrate the power of Nikon D3s. They both offer photo expeditions to Borneo and Japan. Here's a link to their website Life List Chase

Most of the attendees are working people and only a few raised their hands when asked "who's a wildlife/bird photographer here?". I raised my hand.

The second half of the presentation are mainly on Orangutans. C.S. made several trips to Borneo seeking for scenes with mother-and-child Orangutans in the wild but without much luck. According to her, it's rare to find such scene due to their solitary nature and dwindling habitat.

I smiled broadly after hearing that, remembering some mother-and-child shots taken at the Singapore Zoo some time back. Singapore Zoo Orang Utan Exhibit is probably one of the most interesting in the captive world.

Photographs of Orangutans by Jervis Mun

 

Photographs of Orangutans by Jervis Mun