Are you ready for your close-up? Talented macro photography Pavan Kumar shoots amazing portraits of tiny creatures. The 31-year-old, from Bengaluru, India, has captured the small world of creepy crawlies, ranging from jumping spiders to a common rose caterpillar that people have commented lo…
Stuhr Museum will feature “Thomas D. Mangelsen: A Life in the Wild,” a nationally touring exhibition featuring the work of the acclaimed wildlife photographer with Nebraska roots.
”Amboseli Crossing,” Amboseli National Park, Kenya; included in National Geographic's "Wildlife: The Best Photographs" collection 2007. From www.mangelsen.com: “Looking as if they've trekked from the far corners of the earth, a line of elephants trudges across the barren flats of Kenya's Amboseli National Park to reach a water hole. Seasonal rains will eventually turn the plains green with fresh grass. Poaching and habitat loss have reduced the elephant populations to these scattered herds in protected areas.”
“Wind Song,” Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada. From www.mangelsen.com: “Normally solitary animals, polar bears play-fight and socialize on the fringes of the Hudson Bay while they wait for the ice farther out to freeze solid enough for travel. Hundreds of the great bears gather each fall to wait along the southern shores of the bay.”
“Rainwalk,” Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. From www.mangelsen.com: “The curious behavior of a herd of giraffes gives way to myths of the raindance, a ceremony performed by indigenous cultures around the globe in an appeal for the life-giving abundance of rain. The cracked, dry bed of Lake Ndutu - home of the great wildebeest migration - offers neither food nor water for these towering giants, who dwarf the zebras in the distance. The giraffes wander under the moisture-laden clouds and wait for the rains to begin, while flamingoes wade the alkaline waters of what remains of a diminished Lake Ndutu.”
”Amboseli Crossing,” Amboseli National Park, Kenya; included in National Geographic's "Wildlife: The Best Photographs" collection 2007. From www.mangelsen.com: “Looking as if they've trekked from the far corners of the earth, a line of elephants trudges across the barren flats of Kenya's Amboseli National Park to reach a water hole. Seasonal rains will eventually turn the plains green with fresh grass. Poaching and habitat loss have reduced the elephant populations to these scattered herds in protected areas.”
“Wind Song,” Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada. From www.mangelsen.com: “Normally solitary animals, polar bears play-fight and socialize on the fringes of the Hudson Bay while they wait for the ice farther out to freeze solid enough for travel. Hundreds of the great bears gather each fall to wait along the southern shores of the bay.”
“Rainwalk,” Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. From www.mangelsen.com: “The curious behavior of a herd of giraffes gives way to myths of the raindance, a ceremony performed by indigenous cultures around the globe in an appeal for the life-giving abundance of rain. The cracked, dry bed of Lake Ndutu - home of the great wildebeest migration - offers neither food nor water for these towering giants, who dwarf the zebras in the distance. The giraffes wander under the moisture-laden clouds and wait for the rains to begin, while flamingoes wade the alkaline waters of what remains of a diminished Lake Ndutu.”
