Following up from the earlier post, we continue with day 2 of the Facebook, #challengeonnaturephotography, photo challenge! (I suspect my old primary school English teacher might take that sentence apart but…..meh)
Whilst the overriding theme is, of course, nature/wildlife, during the course of this 7-day challenge, we will explore a number of, what I’ll call sub-themes! We will visit 5 different countries, view 7 different species (not including the images that didn’t make it to Facebook!) and we will explore a number of different genres as well.
Yesterday’s image was the sepia-toned monochrome lion, what might be termed an animal portrait. For today the word is Juxtaposition! Taken in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park, I used the image as the cover photo for a photo book which I compiled following my wildlife safari there. The book was published through Blurb.com and was the subject of an in-depth article that I published here. For those who are attracted to the idea of self-publishing, it’s worth taking some time to read through, plenty of good tips there. see: The blurb book experience To see a preview of the book itself, try: Tanzania a Photographic Collection.
A couple of images that were considered but didn’t make it into “the 7”. Firstly an African Fish-Eagle with its prey, click on the link for the background story to this one.
Secondly, also captured in South Africa, a hippo mother and calf (click the link for the background story) I guess I could have included this one as a “mother and child” sub-theme! Never mind, that’s an idea that may get explored later in the week (hint, hint)
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