Diana Australis' photos with the keyword: animal portrait

In the foliage near the shore line. Bering Island. Kamchatka, Siberia. I almost walked on the poor thing.....it just sat there to be photographed!

Kamchatka bear. Olga Bay. Eastern Siberia. Salmon spawning season. This is a remote, uninhabited stretch of coast. After a zodiac landing I had walked about 10 kilometers in welington boots along a beach covered in bear footprints, then through a forest and river. We were about to turn back when this bear came along the shore, entered the river, and started fishing, about 15 meters away.

My favourite llama picture from Bolivia. She has character.

Wild camels. Central Australia......a common sight in very remote areas. These feral pests are descended from escaped Afghan cameleer herds in the days [1860's] when camels were imported to transport good into remotest Australia. There are now about 6 million of these destructive pests in Australia. White settlers introduced rabbits, foxes and goats....previously not here...now also feral pests in their millions, along with millions of feral cats, descendants of house cats...... They are all through the désert and remote lands. These animals all wreak havoc with the land and decimate native animal species.

Tawny frogmouth..(..podargus strigoides)....,native to and common throughout Australia. Related to the nightjars rather than owls. It was sleeping above our tent....till I rudely woke it up for photos!

In natural environment. Dominant male proboscis monkey. Bako National Park, Sarawak. Malaysia. I find these animals totally fascinating...they look like a patchwork assemblage of various other animal parts....or like stout gents in waistcoats with big boozy noses!

Female proboscis monkeys. Bako National Park. Sarawak, Malaysia In the wild. No crop. Endangered species.

Sarawak jungle. Borneo. A poisonous little fellow waiting for prey

Adult male Proboscis Monkey...Nasalis larvatus ......Bako National Park. Sarawak (Borneo). These are only found on Borneo, and are highly endangered. They weigh up to 22 kg and are gentle leaf eaters. The males have a large pendulous nose and huge belly. The local Malays used to call them "Monyet Belanda " or "Dutch Monkey" as they felt that the large noses and round bellies reminded them of the Dutchmen they had seen!

Orangutans in the wild at Semenggoh Rehabilitation Centre. Sarawak. Borneo Highly endangered in the wild owing to habitat loss. They are 20 meters up in the forest. Mum has a piece of coconut in her right foot. The baby was incredibly relaxed while mum hung and climbed. The animals here have been rescued, usually as juveniles, either from illegal captivity or as orphans when mothers die in logging operations. They are taught survival skills and released...but sometimes choose to return and visit for the fruits on offer when the jungle is not in fruiting season.

Jabiru storks. On the Alligator River wetlands. Kakadu biosphere. Northern Australia. The female has yellow eyes, the male, black..

Pied Cormorants. Katherine Gorge. Northern Australia. NO CROP

At 4500 meters in the Andes Altiplano. Bolivia

Llama, Bolivia altiplano...around 4500 meters up in the Andes.