Photography and Writing by Ian Wood

From time to time I have been asked what equipment and techniques I use to take macro close up photographs. I currently use a Nikon D300 and D700 body along with a Sigma 150mm macro lens with a Sigma ring flash fitted to the end of the lens. (See sigma user website for more info.) I bought the Sigma lens as Nikon didn't make a lens with this focal length and I generally need to be slightly further away from more skittish insects.

For information on my orangutan tours to Borneo please click here.

There are two different species of orangutans : The Borneo orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) and the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii).
According to a report published by Oryx, the International Journal of Conservation the current remaining populations are estimated at 6500 in Sumatra and 50,000 in Borneo. To read a summary of this report published in July 2008 please visit my Recent articles section and select "Sumatran Orangutan in serious decline" article.