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.
The Colony by Erlo Brown
My wife and I are busy walking the entire South West coast of Africa, 2700km from Cape Aghulhas to the border of Angola. We came across this colony of seals near Kleinzee on the west coast. The shear size of the colony is overwhelming, with hundreds of thousands of individuals covering a 4km section of coastline. Death and life walk parallel here. Jackal circle below while gulls circle above. Newborns lie waiting for their moms to return with fish next to carcasses of seals that will never fish again. Among all the chaos I managed to capture this photograph of adults and pups alike making their way to the water. This scene perfectly captures how strangely wild this place is.
-By Erlo Brown, Hermanus
Canon 5D Mk iii, Canon EF 70-300mm IS USM f/4-5.6 L, ISO 320, f/5.6, 1/2500 sec
