Honorable Mention

Spin control
DESCRIPTION
In a life or death struggle, a topi tries desperately to fling a cheetah off by spinning around. The cheetah however had a death grip on the topi’s neck and as the topi swung the cheetah around, the cheetah was lifted off the ground, hanging on in desperation and I made this image. AUTHOR
Wildlife photography is a passion and a means of artistic expression for me, as both, a lover of nature and as a designer. I grew up on the outskirts of Chennai, surrounded by nature and wildlife, waking to the sounds of sparrows, catching dragonflies, exploring monsoon-soaked fields, chasing fish and frogs when the streams overflowed. Experiences that shaped my love of the wild open spaces that we have since lost.To me, photography is the art of telling a story without words and through my images I try to bring those stories to life. Stories that convey a sense of place, of scale and context, the emotion of a moment, the awe of a spectacle, of love, of struggle, of life and death. Through these images I hope to kindle an interest in the wild, a curiosity to know more about the natural world, to bolster conservation and to challenge a new generation to get out there and explore the wonders of our planet.