A new perspective

Photography is art and art needs creativity and at times a new perspective or way of seeing things.

With this being said this was to be the trip where I test out the newly built remote controlled car dubbed "carapace". Together with the technique of using a monopod in certain other situations that allows for this. With these techniques it is a case of high risk and high reward as your expensive equipment comes literally face to face with animals that can and will damage it without too much effort.

Carapace

After following 5 lionesses for quite some time in the dark and seeing this as our opportunity we staged ourselves in a position a couple of hundred meters away from where they were, anticipating their route and setting up as quickly as possible. I checked to see how far away the lions were and to my shock I saw the 5 lionesses were now not far at all and closing in on our position at high speed. With this we managed to finish setting up our remote controlled device and placed it on the ground. As we turned the car around I saw that one of them was now directly approaching the Carapace and triggered the camera as she was basically stepping over the camera giving a unique perspective.

Monopod

With the discovery of a Hyena den this gave the perfect opportunity to utilise a monopod with camera attached capturing very playful and inquisitive young Hyena's

I love showing a different perspective on animals not often shown, showing detail and a new respect for the size and beauty of these animals