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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Our 2018 Getaway Gallery Competition in association with Canon is now open with fantastic travel and equipment prizes up for grabs! Here’s how to send us your photographs.
Red-billed Ox-pecker by Pierre Jordaan
I was watching the buffalo drinking water early in the morning at the overnight hide in the Zimanga Private game reserve. After a while the red-billed ox-peckers decided to join the buffalo. The ox-pecker was initially sitting on the buffalo, but eventually decided to come down to drink water. The nose of the buffalo was an ideal platform for the ox-pecker. I loved this image with the early morning sunlight in the eyes of the red-billed ox-pecker. Due to the fact that was still early in the morning I had to increase my ISO to 1600 to get a shutter speed that is fast enough to freeze the action.
-By Pierre Jordaan, Mpumalanga
Canon EOS 7D MkII, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8, ISO 1600, f/3.5, 1/160 sec
