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First Contact

First Contact

I stumbled onto this black back gorilla in Bwindi in Uganda. My first encounter with the Mubare Mountain Gorilla group

I stumbled onto this black back gorilla in Bwindi in Uganda. My first encounter with the Mubare Mountain Gorilla group
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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 200 Shutter 10/600

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Oct, 2013

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