ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Young chimpanzees are hyperactive, making them difficult to photograph, especially in the dim light of the forest. This image captures a rare moment of repose when a youngster took a break from roughhousing, lay down on its back, put its arms behind its head and faced the light struggling though the forest canopy -- a human-like pose. Who knows what thoughts were going through its mind? Taken in Uganda's Kibale National Park while I was following a chimpanzee troop on foot, and action was swirling all around me.

AUTHOR
Quite soon after my birth in 1952 I started in film photography and have now progressed to digital mirrorless. After graduating from Harvard I taught physics at Atlanta's Georgia Tech from which I retired to devote myself to travel and photography. My favorite travel destinations are Zambia's South Luangwa, Botswana's Okavango Delta, Brazil's Pantanal, and South Georgia Island . My favorite animals subjects are big cats and wild dogs. I favor animal-in-habitat images as well as close-up portraits with eye contact - not an easy task since eye contact with wild animals tends to be fleeting.

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