Persistence pays off...

[Bobobird]

He would do it again he says.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ng-months.html

[Donald]

I admire his determination and, indeed, you've got to think it was worth it seeing those images of the lions.

[jcuknz]

He should take up radio controlled model boating and ditto camera supervision ... be healthier
Great photos but for sure there is an easier way.
r/c and wi-fi?

[Colin Southern]

Great photos, but to be honest, if one were to draw a line between "persistent" and just "stupid", I'd have to say I think he crossed it.

For sure he got some great shots, but were they REALLY worth risking his life for?

[jeeperman]

That is some commitment. I think it is a matter of weighing the risks. I am betting he knew the % of risk that was present, and for him it was worth it. I have rode motorcycles most of my life.....is it worth the risk? I say yes, but I do what I can to understand the risks, and I do it for free.

[Bobobird]

In the TIME top 10 picks of 2012, it said that

"Ten percent of all of the photographs made in the entire history of photography were made last year"

http://lightbox.time.com/2012/12/13/...tos-of-2012/#1

In this kind of photographic environment where everything has been photographed to death, it is not surprising that some will need to go to extremes to get his name up there.

[Colin Southern]

That is some commitment. I think it is a matter of weighing the risks. I am betting he knew the % of risk that was present, and for him it was worth it. I have rode motorcycles most of my life.....is it worth the risk? I say yes, but I do what I can to understand the risks, and I do it for free.

Hi Paul,

I know what you mean. On a side note, I'd love a motorcycle myself

What makes me think some folks have lost it though is when I hear things like "parachutist and father of 15, breaks every bone in his body". He survives despite being paralysed on one side and having an arm and a leg amputated on the other side - and his first words when he comes around is "it feels great to be alive" followed 3 microseconds later by "I can't wait to get back jumping again".

I just didn't get it ... but now that I've thought about it a lot more over the years ...

... I still don't get it.

In the case of the photographer, what made risking his life be contracting 2 deadly diseases and risking getting munched by wild animals worth a mere photo? Ego trip perhaps?

[MilT0s]

Others just use telephoto lens....

[rpcrowe]

It seems to me that mounting a camera just above the surface of the watering hole and monitoring it remotely would be a safer way to obtain these images.

I have experienced a couple of "tropical" diseases and parasitic infections during my time running around the boondocks of Southeast Asia and they are definitely no fun.

Additionally, I consider the idea of annoying lions to the point that they may react as pretty dumb...

[Colin Southern]

Others just use telephoto lens....

I can just imagine one lion saying to another "you stay here and entertain the idiot with the camera ... whilst I sneak around behind him"