Ron Magill

guess it's going to be barani barani's our male sumatran tiger and it's that first impression you know it's the first main exhibit on the right hand side that big tiger temple and when you look at barani and his massiveness and his strength that that leaves a really good first impression of coming to the zoo but i'm going to give the gold to malcolm the giraffe yeah because malcolm is the giraffe that'll come right up to that feeding platform stick out that 20 inch tongue

wrap it around your hand take that piece of leaf from your hand or the little carrot slice and man that leaves an indelible impression baby when you see that 20 inch purple tongue come out and you're looking eye to eye at an animal that stands 17 feet tall that makes an impression he gets the gold the excitement of taking photos in the wild

wrap it around your hand take that piece of leaf from your hand or the little carrot slice and man that leaves an indelible impression baby when you see that 20 inch purple tongue come out and you're looking eye to eye at an animal that stands 17 feet tall that makes an impression he gets the gold the excitement of taking photos in the wild

I'm a wildlife photographer. I've been very fortunate to be, you know, given the label of a Nikon ambassador for Nikon USA, which is, you know, to me, the premier photographic company in the world. But there are many, many great photographers. I'm not as much a great photographer, Dan, as I am a very lucky person to be in places where you really can't take a bad photograph. So I'm very lucky.

I'm a wildlife photographer. I've been very fortunate to be, you know, given the label of a Nikon ambassador for Nikon USA, which is, you know, to me, the premier photographic company in the world. But there are many, many great photographers. I'm not as much a great photographer, Dan, as I am a very lucky person to be in places where you really can't take a bad photograph. So I'm very lucky.

I was one of the original 12.

I was one of the original 12.

I think what I see is a lot of times I can see things, you know, with a still photograph, you're picturing basically you're freezing a thousandth of a second. And that is something that sometimes you don't even get to see with your naked eye. And so I get to see certain behaviors. I see certain subtle things that these animals do in these still photographs that teach me more about them.

I think what I see is a lot of times I can see things, you know, with a still photograph, you're picturing basically you're freezing a thousandth of a second. And that is something that sometimes you don't even get to see with your naked eye. And so I get to see certain behaviors. I see certain subtle things that these animals do in these still photographs that teach me more about them.

And every time I take a photograph, it just preserves a moment that'll never happen exactly that way again. And quite frankly, Dan, I'm not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I'm very lucky in the sense that I have a memory, a photographic memory, in that every photograph that I take, you can show me a photograph that I took 15 years ago in Africa.

And every time I take a photograph, it just preserves a moment that'll never happen exactly that way again. And quite frankly, Dan, I'm not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I'm very lucky in the sense that I have a memory, a photographic memory, in that every photograph that I take, you can show me a photograph that I took 15 years ago in Africa.

And when I see the photograph, I remember taking it. I remember where I was. I even sometimes remember what it smelled like when I took it. So this is just something that I've been very lucky to have that gift. Because like I say, I'm not smart in any other way, but it's just a lucky gift that I have. So photography just connects me to nature.

And when I see the photograph, I remember taking it. I remember where I was. I even sometimes remember what it smelled like when I took it. So this is just something that I've been very lucky to have that gift. Because like I say, I'm not smart in any other way, but it's just a lucky gift that I have. So photography just connects me to nature.

It just lets me see things, subtle things in nature and helps preserve those moments. And it's my greatest tool when I have to try to teach people to care about nature too.

It just lets me see things, subtle things in nature and helps preserve those moments. And it's my greatest tool when I have to try to teach people to care about nature too.

That is in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. This was a male lion. I am leaning low in the bottom of a Toyota Land Cruiser, and it's just walking up to me. The sun is just rising, which is that great side light, and it just slowly started taking step by step by step, and it kind of saw its reflection in the face of my lens.

That is in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. This was a male lion. I am leaning low in the bottom of a Toyota Land Cruiser, and it's just walking up to me. The sun is just rising, which is that great side light, and it just slowly started taking step by step by step, and it kind of saw its reflection in the face of my lens.

So it's just looking at me and wondering whether it's looking at me and wondering whether it's looking at what it thinks is another lion. So there's that moment there of just that anticipation, a little bit of anxiety, but it's just electric. You know, there's that old saying that says, You know, life isn't measured by the number of breaths that you take.

So it's just looking at me and wondering whether it's looking at me and wondering whether it's looking at what it thinks is another lion. So there's that moment there of just that anticipation, a little bit of anxiety, but it's just electric. You know, there's that old saying that says, You know, life isn't measured by the number of breaths that you take.

It's measured by the number of times your breath is taken away. And when you have a lion like that standing literally 10, 15 feet in front of you, staring right at you like that, and it's just got this incredible look. I mean, just the light and the smell of the Okavango Delta at sunrise. Man, I'll tell you, I remember that photograph very well. It really made quite an impression on me.