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Nature in Black and White - Highly Commended

Britta Jaschinski Click to enlarge Lone lion

Britta Jaschinski (Germany)

Lone lion

Britta heard tales of a solitary old lion wandering in the Lobo area of Tanzania's Serengeti National Park. Fascinated, she spent three days searching for him and found him resting in the shade of an acacia tree. No one was sure what had happened to him, though he may have been forced from his pride by a younger male. 'His face seemed to bear the weight of wide experience. An old, wise beast. Enormously powerful, but lost perhaps - for a moment - in his own solitude.'

Nikon FG + 200mm lens; 1/250 sec at f5.6; Polaroid 35mm high-contrast black-and-white instant film ISO 400.

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