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Team Africa Geographic
Thursday, 18 February 2021
Our Photographer of the Year 2021 is open for submissions, with cash prizes of US$10,000 for the overall winner and the two runners-up. They and their partners will also join our CEO Simon Espley and his wife Lizz on the ultimate private safari in Botswana.
The competition runs from January to June 2021. Get your entries in now and join us in celebrating Africa! Proudly brought to you by Hemmersbach Rhino Force and Natural Selection .
Here are the best submissions for this week
A bark-mantis camouflaged on…bark. Langata area, Nairobi, Kenya. © Karim Kara ‘Would you pass me a napkin please?’ – a member of the famous cheetah coalition of five, Tano Bora, in the middle of a zebra meal. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Aditya Nair A hyena calculates the effort versus reward of tucking into a calloused elephant foot. Khwai, Botswana. © Shaun Malan Contemplation. Mahale National Park, Tanzania. © Ana Zinger Giant emperor moth (Pseudoimrasia deyrollei ). Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. © Piotr Naskrecki Hippobotanist. Kruger National Park, South Africa. © Antionette Morkel A little egret executes a perfect wingbeat, feathering the surface on a cloudy afternoon. Randburg, South Africa. © Bilal Mosam A diademed sifaka posing with a somewhat amusing expression. Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar. © Callum Lootsma A resident lion pride has specialised in crocodile hunting on the lakeshore. The vultures aren’t fussy about what they clean up. Matusadona National Park, Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. © Caroline Landrey Wizened wonder – a chimpanzee looking up to its companions in the canopy. Kibale National Park, Uganda. © Christian Passeri A black crake observing neighbours in the Musiara Marsh. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Dave Richards An African wildcat hunting for unsuspecting sociable weavers. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Dean Polley A brown hyena can’t believe the temerity of a thieving black-backed jackal. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Gonnie Myburgh A striped leaf-nosed bat (Macronycteris vittatus ), usually pale grey but, in this case, a rare and gorgeous orange form. Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. © Piotr Naskrecki Mane shower. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Guillaume Niger A southern speckled sand snake and a large mouse that climbed the wrong tree. Samburu National Park, Kenya. © Jane Wynyard Listening and looking. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. © Jenny Rood ‘I think they’ve seen us’ – tree squirrels caught mid-game. Kruger National Park-South Africa. © Joschka Voss A crafty rock monitor lizard. Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. © Zander Rautenbach Back or front? Hips do lie. Caterpillar of unknown hawkmoth species shows its rear end. Langata area, Nairobi, Kenya. © Karim Kara Nestward-bound after a hard day at work. Kolwezi, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. © Kirkamon Cabello Can’t talk now…… frog in my throat! Green night adder with amphibious supper. Kogatende, Northern Serengeti, Tanzania. © Marc Mol The marsh owl has light orange ‘windows’ in its primary feathers that, when shot in the right light, show up very brightly. Bapsfontein, South Africa. © Mattheuns Pretorius Mozambican long-fingered bat (Miniopterus mossambicus ) emerging from the Codzo Cave. Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. © Piotr Naskrecki Luluka, one of the Maasai Mara’s well-known leopards, with her disobedient cub. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Nitin Michael Protection. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. © Paolo Torchio Pied kingfisher with breakfast frog. Chobe National Park, Botswana. © Gonnie Myburgh Mozambican student, Rosa Félix Tivane, releasing a paradise flycatcher after recording its biometric data. Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. © Piotr Naskrecki Detail of a crocodile fish eye, the underwater master of disguise. Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique © Ricardo Ferreira Silhouettes in solidarity. Ndutu Conservation Area, Tanzania. © Alex Felez Buchholz A lion licks her chops mid-meal. Khwai, Okavango Delta, Botswana. © Shaun Malan Two harlequin shrimps devour their starfish prey, immobilised by clipping the soft tube feet attaching the starfish to a firm surface. Sodwana Bay, South Africa. © Veronique Pretorius An ultraviolet-illuminated rock scorpion living in a cave that was home, a few thousand years ago, to a group of San people. Chikukwa Cave, Chimanimani Mountains, Mozambique. © Piotr Naskrecki In Madagascar, whale sharks are called marokintana which, in Malagasy, means ‘many stars’ – an apt name for such a beautiful animal. Nosy Be, Madagascar. © Veronique Pretorius A brown noddy takes off from paradise. Bird Island, Seychelles. © Yann Corby To comment on this story: Login (or sign up) to our app here - it's a troll-free safe place 🙂.
