FIRST PLACE WINNER - Nature: Wildlife (PROFESSIONAL)
Shadow Cat
Photo © Dillon Anderson
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The Margay is entirely nocturnal and hunts in the trees. It weighs about 3.5 kilograms and is one of two cat species, so adept at life in the trees, that it can descend a vertical tree trunk headfirst. It is almost never seen. I got this glimpse of the Margay in a remote area of the Ecuadorian rainforest after months of searching.
A passion for wildlife was with me from the start. My first word was the name of the family dog, much to my parent’s dismay, and in later years wildlife documentaries stood in place of the cartoons a usual four-year-old might have watched. Growing up in the New Zealand country side with nature loving parents further developed my interest in the natural world. Now at age 24, the natural world inspires feelings in me that I try to explore with the camera and package as visual analogies, as photographs.
Life is defined by feeling and by emotions. Emotions are why we ride a rollercoaster or listen to music, to feel life, to feel alive. For viewers of my work I offer my discoveries of the natural world, and a slice of life, captured within a frame.
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The Margay is entirely nocturnal and hunts in the trees. It weighs about 3.5 kilograms and is one of two cat species, so adept at life in the trees, that it can descend a vertical tree trunk headfirst. It is almost never seen. I got this glimpse of the Margay in a remote area of the Ecuadorian rainforest after months of searching.
About author:
Animals have always held the deepest part of my fascination. Photography came into my life as a method of exploring this world of the animals; the camera is my tool, like a miners pickaxe, and my photographs are the jewels or discoveries.A passion for wildlife was with me from the start. My first word was the name of the family dog, much to my parent’s dismay, and in later years wildlife documentaries stood in place of the cartoons a usual four-year-old might have watched. Growing up in the New Zealand country side with nature loving parents further developed my interest in the natural world. Now at age 24, the natural world inspires feelings in me that I try to explore with the camera and package as visual analogies, as photographs.
Life is defined by feeling and by emotions. Emotions are why we ride a rollercoaster or listen to music, to feel life, to feel alive. For viewers of my work I offer my discoveries of the natural world, and a slice of life, captured within a frame.
BACK TO GALLERY
