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Africa Geographic Editorial
Friday, 03 May 2019
Our Photographer of the Year 2019 competition is now closed for entries and this week we will look at the last remaining entries chosen for the Weekly Selection galleries.To see the other galleries for this week’s selection click here: Weekly Selection Gallery 1 , Weekly Selection Gallery 2 , and Weekly Selection Gallery 3 .
“Baboon eyes” – Diani Beach, Kenya © Dori Hoffmann An eastern lowland gorilla (Grauer’s gorilla) infant in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo © Sushil Chauhan “Karnak Temple Complex – The massive stone pillars of the temple are a testament to the building prowess of the ancient Egyptians. One can only imagine in wonder what a sight it must have been to witness this spectacle all those centuries ago.” – Luxor, Egypt © Kunal Gupta Tawny eagles clash in Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Annemarie du Plessis A mother leopard stands up on a mound calling for her cub who she’d left to go hunting in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania © Andrew Morgan “In Africa things do not always go according to plan, even for the largest. This elephant misjudged the placement of the edge of this waterhole resulting in an unexpected but perfect and gracious dive into the water.” – Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa © John Vosloo A leopard rests after eating in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Janine Malan Up close with an elephant in Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Ross Couper A ground pangolin (also known as Temminck’s pangolin) takes a break between eating ants and termites in Namibia © Jacha Potgieter “A mother’s care” – Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa © Gerald Hinde A mother gelada (also known as a bleeding-heart monkey) with her young in Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia © Patrice Quillard An egret preens itself in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa © Prelena Soma Owen Giraffes fight for dominance in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania © Erin Long A black-and-white colobus monkey with its young (who are born white) in Naivasha, Kenya © Faraaz Abdool A blue agama enjoys the afternoon sun in Keetmanshoop, Namibia © Beata Bettaglio Spangenberg A male lion stretches out and rests in the high grass of Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Björn Persson A herd of zebra are framed by hot air balloons in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Preeti & Prashant Chacko A defassa waterbuck in Naivasha, Kenya © Yaron Schmid The mighty Murchison Falls in Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda © Patrice Quillard A cute baby Cape ground squirrel spotted in southern Namib, Namibia © Sanet Rossouw A Verreaux’s eagle-owl (also known as a giant eagle owl) drinks from a waterhole at Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Annemarie du Plessis A group of king fish surround their prey, silverback fish, in Sodwana Bay, South Africa © Pier Mane A lion with a spotted hyena in Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa © Willem Landman Red-billed queleas captured at a slow shutter speed in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Prelena Soma Owen A yellow-billed hornbill with a bat meal, shortly before swallowing it whole, in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Hubert Janiszewski “As I ventured out to explore this tidal pool, I never would have guessed that I would find a rocksucker fish (Chorisochismus dentex ) hunting as a subject for a split level photograph.” – West Coast, South Africa © Geo Cloete Vervet monkeys on a roof at Tshokwane picnic site in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Karen Blackwood A southern grey-headed sparrow hops between branches in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Mart-Mari Duvenhage An olive marsh snake peeks though the rushes in Khwai Private Reserve, Botswana © Jaco Beukman A close up of a chimpanzee’s hand after a rain shower in Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Uganda © Anthony Ochieng A beautiful vulture stretches out its wings in the sun for heat in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Björn Persson An African fish eagle with a tigerfish catch at the Zambezi River, Zambezi Region (formerly Caprivi), Namibia © Willem Landman A Cape fox keeps guard over the den on a chilly morning in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa © Wilmari Porter A baboon rests his hands on a tree trunk in Kruger National Park, South Africa © Marijke Claassen Lynx spider (Oxyopes schenkeli ) guarding her spiderlings in Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa © Eraine van Schalkwyk Grey crowned cranes spotted in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya © Lakshitha Karunarathna A hippo spotted in the Chobe River in Chobe National Park, Botswana © Cheryl Cranfield ALSO IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE
GALLERY To see the other galleries for this week’s selection click here: Weekly Selection Gallery 1 , Weekly Selection Gallery 2 , and Weekly Selection Gallery 3 .
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