The March of Mankind
It is really a battle against ourselves - can we prevent ourselves from taking over everything natural, or will we continue to encroach on the animal's land, finding one day how to train these rhino to push an elevator button and go to sleep in their 21st floor condo? Anyway, I really liked this picture because of the contrast of natural vs man made, free vs confined, horizontal vs vertical, etc. And this is only in Nairobi Kenya - we are way past this pretty much everywhere in the developed world. BTW, this is the Black Rhino, a critically endangered species in Kenya.
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evy2010, andrey.salikov, Kiyo Photography, Doug Wallick, and 253 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Dalang55555 (23 months ago | reply)
Lovely capture!!
evy2010 (23 months ago | reply)
Awesome shot. Love the lovely green and the contrast juxta of nature and skyline.
andrey.salikov (23 months ago | reply)
Wonderful Image.!!!
Kiyo Photography (23 months ago | reply)
Great capture !!!
CarlosSilvestre62 (23 months ago | reply)
Awesome beautiful - well done
gecko47 (Now a Brisbane-ite) (23 months ago | reply)
Hardly need to don your pith helmet to go on safari here! Just go see the rhinos when you take the dog for a walk. Great juxtaposition of developed and pristine.
efka2009 (23 months ago | reply)
Rhinos with and high rise in the background make shocking contrast
Very well done, congrats
Doug Wallick (23 months ago | reply)
Wow, that is some contrast,wonderful capture!
Pilonga (23 months ago | reply)
De fábula !!!
nebulous 1 (23 months ago | reply)
Super story shot of the contrast!! Well done AJ!!
judy dean (23 months ago | reply)
That contrast is fairly awesome! Makes you think about the way the human race is scarring the world! Of course, if we weren't here there would be a totally different balance of flora and fauna, and there would still be extinctions - but who would notice - who would care - who would try to do something about it?
cuckooforcocopuffs (23 months ago | reply)
great shot...
Thuyhn (23 months ago | reply)
Great contrast between the two worlds. Love the backdrop and wonderful colors.
Zaki :) (23 months ago | reply)
Wonderful shot.
♥Tonia♥ & VG photos (23 months ago | reply)
Wonderfull capture!
Gerg1967 (23 months ago | reply)
This is definitely cool. Great shot.
wandelgraaf(mostly off) (23 months ago | reply)
The title of the photograph makes the difference and the contrast clearly visable wich is a huge problem globally, but to make a very complicated issue, said in some very short simple words, the outcome of the conflict between man and nature is very simple nature will always be the dominant force
An excellent capture wich makes you think and makes it visable AJ
Monica Muzzioli (23 months ago | reply)
It's really amazing to see such wildlife so close to this skyline. Great capture!
76sher (23 months ago | reply)
this picture speaks Volumes.
Kako Kid (23 months ago | reply)
Free versus confined, lovely statement and your photo really expresses it. Good work AJ, well done.
dK.i photography (so behind....) (23 months ago | reply)
incredible juxtaposition. man vs nature. brilliant essay in picture
kristoffw (23 months ago | reply)
Wow, incredible caption and photo. love the composition. The message in the picture is powerful.
BraCom (Bram) (23 months ago | reply)
WoW very nice photo, the contrast between the animals and the city in the background awesome
BOm V.T. (23 months ago | reply)
:)
madhu.kartha (23 months ago | reply)
lovely..
Linda*B (23 months ago | reply)
Wow, great shot!
I wouldn't be happy living there with those big animals in my backyard...
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Seth Oliver Photographic Art (23 months ago | reply)
Strong image Dude
Carla R K (23 months ago | reply)
Great shot
Cyberlens 40D (23 months ago | reply)
Awesome composition. . .Congratulations!!!
shoot that! Thanks for over 500K Views! (23 months ago | reply)
Great composition. It would be so strange to look out the window and see rhinos coming.
Tech Owl (23 months ago | reply)
Good thoughts AJ - nice image to match too. In situations like this, you do have to wonder if we think ahead at all
Nate Montgomery (23 months ago | reply)
Excellent work and powerful sentiment.
Mantas Photography (23 months ago | reply)
Wow!
antoninodias13 (23 months ago | reply)
Amazing shot, beautiful image and composition!!!!!!
PATARIKA (23 months ago | reply)
Great title and pensive thoughts to perfectly match this excellently composed photograph :))))))))))
elshowk (23 months ago | reply)
This is a great shot my friend,it says a lot.
photo_tintin (23 months ago | reply)
Great shot.
Greg Foster Photography (23 months ago | reply)
Wow !!
Gino 66- very behind,slowly trying to catch up. (23 months ago | reply)
A different angle on wildlife photogaphy,love it. An entry for world wildlife photogapher of the year if ever I saw one.
Beatriz Pitarch (23 months ago | reply)
That's a super shot! Love, love, love the contrast. Really impressive! Congratulations for your awesome photostream!
Soleil is me. (22 months ago | reply)
The outstanding artwork from your heart, thank you to inspiring me and million friends:)
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BDCLondon Photography (20 months ago | reply)
WOW!
cocoesperanza (20 months ago | reply)
with the proposed alterations in planning permission laws in the uk I think we will be encroaching and planning further encroaching.... !!
I love the angle at which you photographed the larger Rhino ..the horns and face are amazing as is his large body and the unfortunately short distance to town...
TonyNewMoon (20 months ago | reply)
Great foto!!!
diegophotographed (20 months ago | reply)
Sad, very sad.
/ صالح القرني (20 months ago | reply)
Wonderful
Éothain (20 months ago | reply)
Wow
Sara Alyahyaei (20 months ago | reply)
wow
great
chiligirlll (20 months ago | reply)
Well seen and shot. A picture is worth 1000 words in this shot. They're on the outside looking in.
-hndrk- (20 months ago | reply)
The photo pins down the problem...