
Photographer of the Year 2017 Semi-finalists Part 1


The 2017 Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year Competition is now closed for entries. Here are the Semi-finalists that have been put together in TWO galleries this week. Click here to see PART II of the gallery.
? “The perfect catch” in Savute, Chobe National Park, Botswana ©James Gifford
? “Circles of protection” at Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa ©John Vosloo
? A Cape robin-chat enjoys a bath in Cape Town, South Africa ©Dionne Miles
? “Otherworlds” – an aerial view of the Danakil Depression, Ethiopia ©Jesus Amunarriz
? “Humankind” – Western lowland gorilla in Dja Faunal Reserve, Cameroon ©Björn Persson
? “The great migration” in Maasai Mara National Park, Kenya ©Panos Laskarakis
? “Tools of the trade” in Timbavati Private Game Reserve, South Africa ©Mark Smith
? “Proud” in Omo Valley, Ethiopia ©Christophe Lapeze
? “On the prowl” in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe ©Nicholas Dyer

? “I see you too!” in Etosha National Park, Namibia ©Dave Gale
? “The inquisitive one” in Kariega Private Game Reserve, South Africa ©Andrew Aveley
? “Sea and salt” in Lake Natron, Tanzania ©Wellington Rodrigues
? A large Parson’s chameleon in the Masoala Rainforest, Madagascar ©Paolo Torchio
? “Keep smiling” in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe ©Nicholas Dyer
? “As light as a feather” in Kruger National Park, South Africa ©Senka Gavrilovic
? The power and beauty of nature in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya ©Panos Laskarakis
? A rock monitor hides in a tree in Ndumo Game Reserve, South Africa ©Ernest Porter
? A lion family at sunset in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya ©Anja Gröbel
? “Morning Yawn” in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda ©Nelis Wolmarans
? “Scorched earth” in Zimanga Game Reserve, South Africa ©Prelena Soma Owen
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