Darth Vader -the early years :)
Actually Kibabu is the silverback at Taronga Zoo in Sydney
I particularly enjoyed working with the subtle levels of dark. e.g. you can see his eyes, but only just, with the intensity of the light that hits the front of his face and those magnificent nostrils :

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