Birdseye photo of cheetahs sharing spoils wins prestigious award
"This was not taken by a drone. They are rightfully, and thankfully, banned in these priceless conservancies."
By Dean Murray
The stark circle of life has won a British photographer a prestigious picture award.
Paul Goldstein's image of five cheetahs dining on a hartebeest has won the gold medal in the World Nature Photography Awards' Black and White category.
The Wimbledon-based guide and conservationist captured the scene in Kenya.
He says: "This coalition of five cheetahs had crossed the border from the reserve earlier that day into Olare Conservancy.
"We waited for several hours as they lined up a young hartebeest before tagging it in a shallow flooded pan.
"We drove to the nearest dry grass and waited, gambling on them dragging it there to feed. They did, and got some shade from the vehicle too, enabling a very wide-angle image.
"This was not taken by a drone. They are rightfully, and thankfully, banned in these priceless conservancies.
"I am very proud to have won the gold medal in the World Nature Photography Awards. Black and white is not normally my métier but this one screamed that format.
"Good guiding, good gambling, typical of Kichche's Patrick Koriata - asante Mwalimu (Swahili for "thank you, teacher) Patrick."
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