ENTRY DESCRIPTION
A hippopotamus in the early hours of the morning spurting out an enormous cloud of water droplets illuminated by the morning rays of sunlight.

We were at the lily pond in the Olchoro Conservancy in the northern part of the Masai Mara, observing the wildlife in and around the water. There was a pod of hippos in the water and a few of them were particularly active on this morning. I focused on one of the more lively hippos and saw them submerge and disappear under the water. I knew they would eventually come up to the surface again, so I maintained my focus in that area. After a few minutes, it exploded up to the surface with all it vigour and spurted this enormous cloud of water droplets into the air. The water droplets being illuminated by the morning sunshine and contrasting nicely against the dark woodland background in the distance and in the shade.

AUTHOR
Antonio is a Portuguese, South African wildlife photographer and finance professional. In 2020, he did FGASA level 1 in the Masai Mara, to become a qualified field guide.
Over the past year he's been pursuing his passion in wildlife photography and his photos have received been published and received he's been awarded in various photography competitions. His greatest ambition is to create awareness through his photography and support conservation projects to help save wildlife on our planet.

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