Pride Of Africa 1
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Photographer
Thomas Vijayan
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Honorable Mention
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African elephants are the most beautiful and largest land animals on Earth. However their populations are dwindling as a result of the demand for their ivory tusks. Most countries in West Africa count their forest elephants in tens or hundreds, with animals scattered in small blocks of isolated forest. To get this shot I literally waited until I get this elephant isolated and it gave me this beautiful wild pose.
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Biography
My name is Thomas Vijayan, I am basically an Architect hailing from Kerala, India also known as God?s Own Country, but was born and brought up in Bangalore and later moved to Canada, where I am now settled with my family. I have traveled all the seven continents for photography which is my passion but not my profession.
The big cats have always been my favorite. To me there is nothing called "perfection" in any photography, every click to me is an experience and the more I click I feel I have learned something new out of it, and I give more importance to quality pictures than quantity.
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Awards
My love for photography has got me many awards including Wildlife Photographer of the Year (NHM) and also made me a Brand Ambassador of the most renounced brand Nikon from 2015 until now for Middle East & Africa.Most recently I got selected in the Top 100 Photographers In The Web ranking 2nd in position.
