Here’s the latest selection of the best readers’ photographs submitted to the Getaway Gallery Photographic Competition in association with Canon for September 2018.
Getaway Gallery is a prestigious showcase of the best photographs our readers have to offer. We have exciting prizes to be won this year worth nearly R150000, from equipment through to a dream trip to Madagascar.
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Baboon Family by Willem Kruger
We were doing an afternoon game drive in the Mashatua Nature Reserve in Botswana, one late afternoon, and next to almost dry riverbed we came across a group of baboons. The baboons were gathering around a small pool of water to have a last drink before moving to the trees to roost for the night. Some members were drinking water while others were enjoying the last of the setting sun while keeping a watchful eye for any sign of danger. Here is a family of three looking over the riverbed scanning the surroundings for danger. The setting sun, and the baboons looking into the sun, providing me with some interesting backlighting. I just love what seem to be three relaxed baboons on a termite mount next to a dry riverbed but one is wondering what are they really looking at.
- By Willem Kruger
Nikon D3S AF-S VR Nikkor 600mm f/4G , ISO1250, f/8, 1/1000 sec
