Tamara Dean, Dusk Bloom.
Lisa Michele Burns, Peak Patience.
When the unpredictability of nature and its fleeting beauty combine to create total awe.
In her early days at Gombe, Dr. Jane Goodall spent many hours sitting on a high peak with binoculars or a telescope, searching the forest below for chimpanzees. She took this photo of herself with a camera fastened to a tree branch.This photo is available hand signed by Dr. Jane Goodall herself, as well as without a signature.Says Dr. Goodall, “I was really excited to see that that photo of me looking out at the valley at Gombe with my trusty lightweight telescope was chosen. It was taken in, I think, 1962. I was on my own, very high up in the hills and I thought what a great photo this would make.““I had to find a place where there was a tree that was just right for balancing the camera. I had to set up the tripod and fiddle about until I had the tripod and the imagined image of me framed just right. That was in the days before digital so I had to wait a long time before I got the results back from National Geographic. I was pretty proud of myself. I love that picture.” Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) and UN Messenger of Peace, is a world-renowned ethologist and activist inspiring greater understanding and action on behalf of the natural world.
Lisa Michele Burns is an Australian photographer, editor of The Wandering Lens, and OM SYSTEM ambassador.
Beth Moon, Barn Owl X.
From the series Barn Owl Studies.
My fascination with birds of prey began eight years ago.
I have heard them calling to each other at night.
One evening at dusk, walking back from the firs, a barn owl flew straight towards me.
I interpreted this chance encounter as an invitation to understand these birds on a deeper level.
Brooke Holm, Sand Sea.
Callie Chee, Iran Chabahar Mountain.
Known as Martian mountains in Iran, this area is just like its name.
Very pretty when the light condition is right.
