Spirit of Discovery 1

IMAGE STORY

Being able to spend several days with a specific group of animals is an extreme privilege, which is often difficult to pursue.

Due to the patterned routine of this lion pride we were lucky to meet up with them in their favorite spot on a daily basis. The location was also highly inspiring from a photographers view.

The pattern of this pride consisted of hunting in the night, eating in the early morning hours and then moving to the group of trees for playing and resting in the shade during the day.

Although knowing their routine and starting to foresee some behavioral elements, it still required a lot of patience out of me to eventually photograph the for my eyes perfect scene.

We are early today, the pride has just arrived from their morning kill and while the older lions are already looking for a comfortable spot under the trees the youngsters are still full of energy.

The cubs are about 6 month old. They are a busy bundle. Climbing up the trees, ducking under them, teasing and chasing each other.

As much as it is a pleasure just to watch I have to be on the alert all the time. I lie in the legroom of the car squeezed between seats and camera bags and have both cameras on stand by resting on the beanbags in front of me.

The Grey Crowned Crane is calling in the high trees and the helmed guinea fowls chatter around us. It is such a harmonic atmosphere.

As one of the cubs starts chasing the guinea fowls to practice its hunting skills, I see my opportunity to witness this fascinating scene with my camera.

What a privilege!

AUTHENTICITY

Each artwork is delivered with a Certificate of Authenticity

• This image of the Pride of Africa Collection (African Wildlife) is available to purchase as a limited edition print in 5 different sizes.
• The edition size of the Pride of Africa Collection photographs is 101 prints per image plus Artist Proofs of which each size has a certain amount of prints allocated to it.
• All original photographs by Klaus Tiedge (+01.07.2019) are now released as an estate print with an embossed signature of Klaus Tiedge on the front (bottom right) and are released by the artistʼs wife Sandra Tiedge with a detailed authorisation on the back of the print.

MATERIAL

• As our standard we are using Giclee printing method on high quality archival fine art paper e.g. Hahnemühle German Etching, Epson Cold Press paper.
• If you are interested in other options like print on Canvas or as a Diasec please contact us for a quote.

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