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Address: Dubai, AE
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13/08/2026

My favorite hunting sequence from Tano Bora

A moment I will never forget. We were the only car to witness the chase, the take down - 500 shots, a full frame sequence and a hunt that will be etched forever.

11/08/2026

2 different Cheetah boys. 2 different national parks. 2 different sunrises. 2 of my favorite cheetah silhouettes

Which one do you pick?

02/08/2026

Some of my favorite frames around the sun… ☀️

This one was taken in the desert of Dubai.
An Arabian oryx running on the dubai desert dunes

A sunset with the African elephant at Maasai Mara

A not so perfect sunrise with the king of the Savannah

Giraffe with one of the biggest sun ball

Cheetah climbing the tree with the sunrise balancing the frame

Two male Cheetahs walking the horizon at sunrise

Baboon climbing the palm tree at Samburu

Ostrich at the sunrise

20/07/2026

Lions in backlight hit different.

The lioness on the left was tucked into the kill while the male stood alert, tail raised, keeping a close watch on the hyenas circling nearby. That moment of tension was what I wanted the frame to revolve around.

The biggest challenge wasn’t the light—it was the composition. There were two horizon lines behind him, and I had to position myself so his head didn’t merge into either of them. The grass was tall, making autofocus difficult, but I still wanted a clean outline of the lion while keeping an eye-level perspective. At the same time, I wanted just enough out-of-focus foreground to add depth without taking away from his silhouette.

Sometimes a photograph is less about pressing the shutter and more about waiting until every element falls into place.

Shot with Nikon Z9 and 70-200mm

The story continued.

This time, I placed the male lion on the left of the frame, with the lioness feeding on the kill beneath him. That composition helped tell the entire story in one image.

The subtle rim light on the lioness and the kill was just enough to define their shapes, while the soft out-of-focus foreground kept the attention where I wanted it—on the male lion as he threw his head back in a powerful territorial call. Every element had a purpose: depth, separation, and a clear visual hierarchy without taking away from the drama of the moment.

Shot with Nikon Z9 and 70-200mm

That’s the end, where the lion chases the hyenas away and reclaims the kill…

14/07/2026

Leopards don’t just test your photography skills… they test your patience as well 🐆

Hours of waiting. Sometimes an entire day beneath a tree, watching a leopard do absolutely nothing, wondering if this will be the moment it climbs down—or disappears even higher into the branches.

And when that moment finally comes, it lasts only seconds.

Every encounter brings a new creative dilemma. Do I go wide and show the grandeur of the tree and its environment? Or do I zoom in and capture the intensity of those unmistakable eyes? Neither is wrong. Both tell a different story.

What amazes me most is that the excitement never fades. I’ve photographed leopards climbing trees countless times, yet every single climb still gives me the same rush of adrenaline as the very first one.

That’s the magic of leopards. They’re mysterious, elusive, and they never let you predict the next move.

For me, they’ll always be my favourite big cat to photograph. Every sighting feels like the first all over again.

Would you tell this story with a wide-angle lens or a close-up? Here’s a set with each one telling a different story…

Shot with Nikon

Leopards don’t just test your photography skills… they test your patience as well 🐆

Hours of waiting. Sometimes an entire day beneath a tree, watching a leopard do absolutely nothing, wondering if this will be the moment it climbs down—or disappears even higher into the branches.

And when that moment finally comes, it lasts only seconds.

Every encounter brings a new creative dilemma. Do I go wide and show the grandeur of the tree and its environment? Or do I zoom in and capture the intensity of those unmistakable eyes? Neither is wrong. Both tell a different story.

What amazes me most is that the excitement never fades. I’ve photographed leopards climbing trees countless times, yet every single climb still gives me the same rush of adrenaline as the very first one.

That’s the magic of leopards. They’re mysterious, elusive, and they never let you predict the next move.

For me, they’ll always be my favourite big cat to photograph. Every sighting feels like the fi

09/07/2026

Sometimes beauty lies in the shadow…

Shot with Nikon

04/07/2026

Sometimes the light gives you a choice.
Silhouette… or detail.

As the sun dropped, the sky turned into layers of gold and amber.

A silhouette would have looked dramatic, but I chose not to go for it.

Why?

Because if the eagle lifted off as a pure silhouette, you’d lose the identity of the bird—the powerful chest, the markings, the very details that make a Martial Eagle unmistakable.

So instead of exposing for the sky, I exposed for the subject. I intentionally lifted the exposure just enough to retain detail in the eagle, while being careful not to blow out the highlights completely.

That gave me room in post to pull the sky back—masking it selectively and restoring the drama of the sunset.

A good reminder that exposure isn’t always about technical rules.
Sometimes it’s about asking yourself:

What matters more in this frame—the mood, or the story of the subject?

Here, I wanted both.

Shot with Nikon D5 and 400mm 2.8 F

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23/06/2026

It was one of those mornings where the sunrise was incredibly harsh—bright, contrasty, and not the easiest light to work with. But the sky was so clean and glowing that I knew the horizon had potential, so instead of giving up on the light, I started scanning for subjects that could work in silhouette.

That’s when I spotted the ostrich

I immediately knew I wanted more than just the bird—I wanted the tree in the frame to balance the composition. But getting that alignment wasn’t easy. To place both the ostrich and the tree exactly where I envisioned, we had to change angles… and in doing so, we got stuck deep in the mud. The vehicle wouldn’t move.

At that point, I had two choices: abandon the shot or adapt.

Since we couldn’t reposition anymore, I had to rethink the frame. The composition ended up splitting slightly, with the tree sitting farther away than I originally wanted—but sometimes nature makes the final creative decision for you.

And then came the real reason this frame became special.

The swallow.

That tiny bird flying through the glowing horizon, weaving through the long grasses, completed the story for me. It added life, motion, and scale to an otherwise still silhouette.

Shot with Z9 and 400mm S VR TC

Field tip: If you want to photograph swallows at the horizon, always watch for long grasses in the early morning. Swallows love hovering around them. And if there’s any animal nearby—lion, elephant, ostrich—you’ll almost always see them darting around the subject, giving you those magical storytelling elements.

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