It was Uge's first trip to Africa.
Settled beside a waterhole in Namibia's Etosha National Park, with a wealth of wildlife coming to drink close to where he was parked, it took him a while to decide what to work on. 'Finally,' he says, 'I released the frustrated painter in me' and concentrated on creating an impressionistic picture. Deciding on the structure of the composition, he waited many hours for a combination of animals that worked (finally, the galloping zebra, though there is also an oryx in front). 'The challenge', he explains, 'was making an elephant a foreground frame to a moving background,' as was getting the light exactly right without burning out the image. He took hundreds of pictures and, after eight hours of trying, he finally achieved satisfaction.
Spain
Uge is a member of the Turolense Land Photographic Society, the Aragonese Association of Nature Photographers and the Spanish Association of Nature Photographers. He has received recognition in many wildlife photography contests including Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Asferico, GDT European Photographer of the Year, Golden Turtle and Glanzlichter.
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