Sharing my personal experience of how creating a book led to a newfound purpose as a wildlife conservation photographer.

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A few seconds later, the head of a terrified elephant seal appeared amongst the pod, its eyes wide open in alarm, a gaping tear visible in its left flipper.

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…many of the key target species are few in number and notoriously shy. Others only appear at night and will disappear at the first sign of human activity. Even in the daytime, the jungle canopy can often restrict the amount of available light for photography.

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Suffice to say here, it proved a much bigger challenge than I had anticipated and tested my skills to the absolute limit.

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I was the sole occupant of a mile-long stretch of beach, which is perhaps not surprising when one considers it was just past 4am…

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This is a truly awesome location for wildlife viewing, especially if you want to take exceptional photographs of some of the most iconic creatures on this continent.

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There was no Internet access, no cellphone signal and no landline in the old military portacabin that was to be my home for the next few days. There was a two-way radio but I had been advised that it would only be monitored in the evening.

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In summer the human inhabitants are joined by one of the world’s largest gatherings of seabirds including puffins; guillemots; gannets; fulmar; razorbills and kittiwakes.

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The photographic opportunities are quite simply endless. I set out to improve on last years images of puffins in flight; get some close-up portraits of nesting cliff-top birds with their young chicks and to capture the action around the puffin burrows.

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There were literally thousands of birds in the air, all circling the island in a clockwise direction. The scene, described by some as, ‘a wildlife wonder of the world,’ was simply jaw-dropping.

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I lost my safari virginity (watching not hunting) in September 2015 and this is a brief pictorial tale of my first African wildlife adventure.

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The cable cars had broken windows and doors that didn’t shut properly. The chairlifts were antiquated, rusty and in most cases the seat bars didn’t work or had dropped off.

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The once-bustling streets of seedy Wanchai, made famous by the film, The World of Suzie Wong, were much quieter than I remembered, again hinting at the passage of time and departure of British servicemen from the girlie bars and brothels of the area.

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Later in the week, we drove along the entire length of the west coast of Middle Earth.. towards Queenstown.

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The owner could not have looked as us more disdainfully if we had been smothered in fresh horse manure! We were served nonetheless and moved on, refreshed.

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