Doug King Photography Library

  • Home
  • Fugitive Light
  • Editions
  • Photo Galleries
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact
  • Shopping Cart
Show Navigation
Cart Lightbox Client Area

Search Results

Refine Search
Match all words
Match any word
Prints
Personal Use
Royalty-Free
Rights-Managed
(leave unchecked to
search all images)
{ 8 images found }

Loading ()...

  • Elephant mother protects its youngster in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
    King_D_14-08-2011_607 2.jpg
  • I watched this very young Galapagos Sea lion Pup for a while. It was entertaining itself playing with a stick and got covered in sand. Suddenly it rushed down to the water's edge and I realised its mother was returning from the sea. I managed to catch just the moment of a traditional sea lion greeting.<br />
<br />
PAGB Silver Medal - WCPF Exhibition 2019
    Sea Lion Greeting
  • A calf peeking over the back of mother zebra.<br />
Ngorongoro National Park, Tanzania, Africa
    King_D_13-08-2011_269.jpg
  • We quietly watched this Elephant family for nearly an hour before they became sufficiently accustomed to the vehicle to stop being defensive. Then I was able to catch some natural behaviours. My favourite was this close shot of the very young calf bonding with its mother by exchanging breath.<br />
<br />
Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, Africa<br />
<br />
Colour Print of the Year - Bath Photographic Society 2019
    Maternal Bond
  • A mother gives her young son a haircut on the street in front of their house as tourists pass by in Old Chongqing, Southern China
    King_D_13-04-2013_260.jpg
  • I spotted these rotting remains in Loch Ness momentarily from the road approaching Invermoriston and vowed to return the following morning to photograph them. A little research that evening revealed the remains to be a former steamer pier from the days that steamers plied the Caledonian Canal and Loch Ness from Glasgow to Inverness. The dawn turned out to be near perfect for photography and mother nature added the final touch for me - a fallen autumn leaf on the bounder in the foreground.
    Ghosts of Glories Past
  • A mother gives her young son a haircut on the street in front of their house as tourists pass by in Old Chongqing, Southern China
    King_D_13-04-2013_250.jpg
  • I met this little grey seal in Croyde bay when she surfed past me whilst I was photographing the waves. She is a moulted female pup, probably only 4-5 weeks old, a month at most, and therefore has recently weaned. Given that we met on the North Devon coast, she is likely to have been born to the Grey Seal colony on Lundy Island. Apparently, after weaning, seal mothers abandon their pups to fend for themselves. The moulted pups disperse in search of food and have to figure life out for themselves. For me, that explains both the pup's curiosity about her surroundings, but also her tolerance and naivety to the presence of a human.<br />
<br />
I reported this siting to the Seal Research Trust, with the photographs, so that they can track the little lady's progress if she is sighted again. She has been named New Zealand, after the markings on her neck, which are apparently a unique means of identification.
    King_D_06-10-19_429.jpg