Name: Hannes Lochner
Picture title: Gone Fishing
Category: Mammals
Nationality: South Africa
Occupation: Full-time wildlife photographer and photoguide
Technical information
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 11 MM
EXIF: ISO 6400 F22 1/60
3 X lightsources + orange light for underwater
Accessories: Build my own underwater housing with tripods and 3x nikon sb910 flashes & 1 orange light for underwater. 3x camtraptions receivers and motion sensor.
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Hannes Lochner | Gone Fishing
Name: Hannes Lochner
Picture title: GONE FISHING
Category: Mammals
Nationality: South Africa
Occupation: Full-time wildlife photographer and photoguide
TTechnical information
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 11 MM
EXIF: ISO 6400 F22 1/60
3 X lightsources + orange light for underwater
Accessories: Build my own underwater housing with tripods and 3x nikon sb910 flashes & 1 orange light for underwater. 3x camtraptions receivers and motion sensor.
Hannes Lochner says:
A small-spotted genet visits a water pond for a sip and glimpses a cluster of small carp swimming below the water’s surface. These elusive creatures are adept hunters of various prey: fish, frogs, mammals, birds, eggs, reptiles, and amphibians, and they have a penchant for fruits, insects, and forest-floor mushrooms. My aim was to unite these realms, above and below, by installing a camera, multiple light sources, and a gentle glow beneath the water. The aspiration was to capture the essence of autumn leaves, perhaps even encountering a fish or two if fortune smiled. As two worlds converged, an image I had dedicated over a year to crystallized before me – a testament to the fusion of these contrasting yet harmonious environments, triggered with a motion sensor.
I tried this image for years on bigger game, but most of the gear was either killed or dragged away never to be seen again. I got lucky with the small genet. Just interested in the moving of the fish, and drinking water.
Species name: Small-spotted genet — also known as Common Genet (Genetta genetta)
Location where image was taken: Makgokolo Private Game Reserve, Limpopo, South Africa
Hannes Lochner
South Africa
Hannes is a multi-award-winning professional wildlife photographer since 2007. He has always been fascinated by the arid regions of southern Africa, and the Kalahari was on top of his list. His name is synonymous with the Kgalagadi in general- and leopards in particular.
Hannes has produced five magnificent photographic collections, three of which were dedicated entirely to the Kalahari. To achieve this, he lived in the Kalahari for six years, where he spent hundreds of hours capturing inspiring images of this captivating landscape and its enigmatic inhabitants.
Hannes has an extraordinary talent for composition and his wizardry with light allows him to create photographs that communicate the essence of the animals and landscapes telling their story. It is his passion for the art that enables him to stand out as a master in an era where photography has become everyman’s game. It is his mastery of the art that enables him to continually create photographic volumes that one simply can’t overlook. Hannes has been recognised internationally receiving several awards over several years from the prestigious BBC’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year, and Natures Best Awards, SIPA etc. – competitions. Also a great number of his photos and articles have been published in both national South African press as well as in well known international publications like Geo, BBC Wildlife and National Geographic.
The books Hannes has published so far are: Colours of Southern Africa, Colours of the Kalahari and The Dark Side of the Kalahari, Kalahari Phototips: Photographer on Location, Planet Okavango and his latest Once Upon a Time.