The photo was chosen for the Frans Lanting Award as the cover photo for the book Beeldverhalen van het WNF Wereld NatuurFonds 2017 of which I am of course very proud.
The evening light in the Kenyan Masai Mara is often beautiful, in this case almost magical and not real. The abundance of wildlife in the Mara provided the perfect entourage on this particular evening.
After a day of photographing in the Mara, we thought we would end up with a troop of lions with young. With a slanting eye we watched the sunset. In just a few moments the sky started to colour fantastically, and we saw four giraffes moving uphill towards four impalas. When all these pieces of the puzzle collapsed, the magical moment was complete for me.
The beauty of this sunset in the Masai Mara was magical in itself, but the entourage of the four giraffes with the four impalas which are all separate from the giraffes made this special evening complete and never to be forgotten.
Passionate nature and wildlife photographer traveling to all corners of the world. Dirk-Jan's photography is mainly focused on depicting the beautiful and fragile nature on earth, but he also likes to depict landscapes on his travels and in The Netherlands.
Wild animals ranging from colourful birds and mountain gorillas to..
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