Balance of Nature

My Photo scholarship 2011 entry - SAVAGE RIVALRY

Worldwide | Monday, October 31, 2011 | 5 photos

My passion for photography goes hand in hand with my passion for travelling and exploring this beautiful planet. I strive to capture what the naked eye doesn’t normally see or a moment in time that is unique. With this objective and my love of the outdoors I enjoy mostly macro and wildlife photography.

The World Nomads Scholarship on offer will give me a once in a lifetime opportunity to learn from a professional photographer to do exactly what I want to be able to do better, in an environment that is a paradise for wildlife photographers. I believe that if I am given this opportunity and use what I learn along with my passion and photographic ability it might produce a fantastic career change for me.

I have chosen 5 photos taken on a recent visit to Etosha National Park. Early one morning at first light I arrived at a waterhole to find a lone young lioness crouched drinking from the small waterhole. I hastily positioned my vehicle so that my driver side window was facing the waterhole. I could see more lions in the distance heading towards the waterhole and us. I rested my Sony A900 camera with 70 – 400mm zoom lens on the partially raised car window and prepared to start photographing. The sun was low and to my left providing a soft warm red glow to the waterhole.
I was focusing on the lioness drinking and noticed a small black backed jackal boldly trot up behind the lioness. I immediately began clicking away and was fortunate enough to capture the events that unfolded...... a few minutes later the lioness was back drinking and the rest of the pride joined her at the waterhole that on this morning, clearly belonged to the lions.