There are far too many photographs here. According to web content experts, a "personal favourites" site should display no more than 15 images. I justify the flood below with the fact that myWilderness.net does not cater to typical social media consumption by people with modern-time attention span settings. Rather, you, dear visitor, are invited to revisit whenever you feel ready to discover the old and new. 

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As perhaps aptly described by ancient Roman philosopher Seneca: "Luck happens when preparedness meets opportunity".

 

Creating a portfolio such as the one presented on myWilderness.net certainly requires a lot of time and patience. I cannot begin to count the days and nights spent searching for wildlife in hope of that one particular encounter. And even when animals were sighted, there have been numerous situations when things just didn't fall into place: the light was gone, the vegetation would not allow a clear view, camera settings had been changed unintentionally, equipment malfunctioned, or simply me reading a situation wrong and not being ready to make my photograph when a special moment presented itself.

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The motivation behind my engagement for conservation photography:

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Understandably, the moments when everything does go well mean the world to a conservation photographer. They confirm that a sound understanding of wildlife behaviour and the natural world in general, combined with experience, patience, determination, creative capacity, and the mastering of specialist photographic equipment eventually lead to an aesthetically meaningful, technically well-crafted photograph that tells a captivating story. Sharing these stories and related background information is what conservation photography ultimately is about.

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I don't just want to create awareness. I strive for viewers to become interested, fascinated, curious to find out more. If possible to experience wilderness, and to understand the ways in which our natural world is threatened in its existence. After that, there are two objectives: ideally, people who are touched and motivated by the cause of wildlife conservation either pick up a torch and support efforts from local to global in whatever way they can, or at least they continue to share their understanding with those they can reach, and educate their children to avoid being part of the problem wherever possible.

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Not everyone is in a position to protect wildlife and wilderness, but everyone is in a position not to cause further damage and harm.