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PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Tomasz Szpila | Touch

Name: Tomasz Szpila
Picture title: Touch
Category: People’s Choice Award
Nationality: Poland
Occupation: I am an amateur photographer. I have been photographing for about 10 years. Currently, I am not working, I live on the capital I earned earlier.

Technical information
Camera: SONY A9
Lens: Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
EXIF: 512mm, ƒ/6.3, 1/100 sec, ISO 10000, (-0.3 e/v)
Accessories: Monopod

Tomasz says:

During our stay in Uganda, the guides wanted to take us to the gorillas and the Nshongi family, among which they suspected the birth of a new group member. The guides mentioned such a possibility, but they were not sure. The female, which the guides saw pregnant before, had been hiding deep in the bushes for many days and did not allow anyone to come closer to be observed.

When my other companions walked away, looking for a convenient position to observe and take photos hoping that the female would show them her newly born offspring, I stayed where I was, watching a group of gorillas hidden in dense bushes. This tactic paid off because for a short moment, the female turned towards me, showing her gorilla, which was a few days old. I only had to be quick to find the gap between the branches crossing in all directions and get a reasonably clear frame. I was successful and the birth of a new gorilla has been confirmed. This seven-day-old toddler, cuddled against his mother’s breast, is tenderly touched by his much older brother.