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01-OCT-2006 Pablo Yañez

Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Heaven's Door

National Zoo, Washington DC

While at the National Zoo yesterday we watched this apparently juvenile orangutan cross the ropes over the zoo to get to the "Think Tank" building. When it got there, it found itself locked out by the two adults inside the display.

A mature male inside threw a large barrel at the door and generally made it known that the youngster was not welcomed at this time. Then the male and a female proceeded to perform the amazingly human-like, gentle and relaxed rendition of the "Oran-ga Sutra" for us. The folks at the National Zoo really need to have a Barry White CD for these moments at the Think Tank...

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Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
1/25s f/5.6 at 160.0mm iso200 hide exif
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Date/Time01-Oct-2006 01:19:16
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 20D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length160 mm
Exposure Time1/25 sec
Aperturef/5.6
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias-0.33
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Metering Modepartial (6)
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Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
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Robyco24-Jan-2008 15:02
At the right time on the right place !!!! great shot !! (V )
Guest 02-Oct-2006 15:27
OMG, this is amazing!!! Really fantastic. wow.