ENTRY DESCRIPTION
The photo shows a tiger walking directly toward the camera with an intense gaze and a powerful expression. Its face has visible scars, suggesting a life full of challenges in the wild. Its orange fur with black stripes contrasts with the dry, arid landscape surrounding it.
The background features a dynamic sky with scattered clouds and a terrain of shrubs and dirt, reinforcing the sense of a rugged, untamed habitat. The ground-level perspective and the tiger’s close proximity create a striking and immersive image, capturing the feline’s majesty and determination in its natural environment.
Tiger Canyon, Philippolis – South Africa
January 3rd 2025
ISO 1250 - 25mm - f/14 - 1/400sec
Sony camera alpha 7rIII, Sony 16-35mm lense
AUTHOR
Hi, my name is Pablo and I enjoy capturing moments with my camera. In this wide photography world, I am focusing my energy on two photography types: Wildlife photography and Street&Portrait photography.
Since I was little I was fascinated by animals, especially wildlife. I loved learning about them, their habits, behaviors, most remarkable characteristics such as size, speed, height, feeding, etc. As I grew up, that passion for wildlife began to fall asleep, giving way to other types of concerns. During my youth, my father gave me his SLR camera with interchangeable objects and taught me the basics of photography. I liked taking photographs of all kinds, from portraits to landscapes. They weren't good pictures, although it amused me. But after a few years, when I lived in my apartment, they broke in and took the photographic equipment. That was the end of my adventure in photography. Many years passed until, on a work trip I had to make to Guatemala, I managed to visit the Mayan ruins of Tikal recommended by my father, which he visited in the past. That trip, in the middle of the jungle and surrounded by wild animals, reawakened in me the passion for wildlife and the adventure of exploring natural places. At the same time, smartphones appeared and with them photography within everyone's reach. So I took pictures again this time with my mobile. The mobile was fitted with mini lenses for macro photography. Then I bought a zoom lens that connected to the mobile via Bluetooth. From there it went to a 70-200 lens connected to the phone, which I took on safari to Kenya and the Corcovado peninsula in Costa Rica. I finally understood that my passion for photography and wildlife justified investing in a mirrorless camera as well as better
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