markvmueller

Great action shot one agin! Cheers, Mark.

Another fantastic shot of yours Christopher! Cheers, Mark.

Every movement of a giraffe seems to be done in slow motion, which

gives them an unique elegance. The bush is a lush green and dark

clouds promise even more rain while these three bulls engange in a

playful necking game.

Lukas, impressive panorama, perfect comp and light. Grand landscape photography. Cheers, Mark.

Probably one of the most moving moments I experienced in the wild. An

elephant had died most probably of anthrax close to a waterhole. For

more than a week another elephant stayed by its dead companion and did

not let any scavanger and predator come close. It could have not been

more symbolic than for the elephant to reach out with his trunk and

say goodbye before finally leaving.

Stretching out in the grass after the morning safari trip in Etosha I

noticed this colourful grasshopper, the black background is the wheel

of my landcruiser. It was the rainy season and black clouds in the sky

provided soft light, using my 200mm macro I got a nice DOF. I like

this image because it kinda shows (to me) how such an insect must

"feel" in the wide world of grass...

Zsolt, nicely seen! Cheers, Mark.

Lovely pattern and light, indeed a special place. Cheers, Mark.

Great idea, I would go for a tighter crop to take out the (to me) distracting yellow flower. Also, not showing the full circle of the flower even more emphasizes the graphical aspect of this image. Cheers, Mark.

Indeed a firework - a subtle one at that. Cheers, Mark.

Wonderful story, cheers Mark.

Hah! What a nice portrait, good comp and lovely colours. Cheers, Mark.

Fun and you just caught that last/first ray of sun, cheers Mark.

If only pictures could carry sound :-)  cheers, Mark.

Exquisite details, cheers Mark.

Ciao Roberto, fun image, cheers Mark.

Fantastic aesthetic action blur shot. Cheers, Mark.

Wonderful dynamic.

Probably the very first wildlife photograph I have ever taken. That

was back in 1987 with a Minolta 7000 (imagine that!) somewhere in the

swamps of Okefenokee. I was on a wooden footbridge and holding out the

camera with my arms (shooting kinda blind) while I was sooo worried

that the alligator would jump up and gnaw of my arm....well, the

reptil was less than a meter... ;-)

Savuti marsh is a fantastic wildlife are in Botswana's Chobe Nat.

Park. - the relic of a large inland lake. The tree skeletons provide

the scenery with a ghostly atmosphere and make for a nice graphical

backdrop to some grazing wildebeests.

Lovely colours and fine contrasts. Maybe if you would crop away most of the sky the emphasis would be even more on those phosphorizing lichens in the foreground? In any case, a eye catching image. Cheers, Mark.

Beautiful.