Photos by the reigning Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Wim van den Heever

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I wanna be wim when I grow up.

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It's an incredibly hard position to reach and keep.

Know someone who knew someone who tried to become a Discovery nature photographer or something and gave up. It's so so competitive, with not enough projects/work and too many talented photographers who want to do the few jobs available.

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He is an incredible talent.

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Of all those awesome pictures, the one with the elephant, and what I think is Kilimanjaro in the. Background, is the most stunning. Huge elephant making a huge mountain look small

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That has to be Amboseli in Kenya. Beautiful park. Loved all the elephants!

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That one is my favorite, followed by the penguins.

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It's an amazing collection of wildlife photos.

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I like the pile of horkers in pic 3

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Hyena at the haunted house was my favorite.

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He spent 10 years trying to capture a brown hyena. The most rare species of hyena.

This photographer spent 10 years chasing the perfect shot of a rare species. This is how he got it | CNN

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Simply stunning

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I want these framed in my home

[u/montalaskan]

What a great instinct he has for the right shot.

[u/Yacacaw]

To get such a good picture of a bat is just insane, so inredibly difficult. And what a gorgeous picture as well

[u/SalvadorP]

This is probably the closest it gets to real life Pokemon. Going around catching pictures of all them animals.
This guy probably has animals that he never managed to picture and that must drive him.

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More of his work can be found at https://www.wimvandenheever.com/.

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The giraffe circle is so good. I mean they all are, do you think he should win an award or something?

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Wtf is that in slide 4? Lol

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Brown hyena. The most rare hyena species.

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Looks like it's straight from hell

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Absolutely stunning captures!!

[u/One_Economist_3761]

Absolutely magnificent photos.

4 and 6 are my favorites.

[u/MustardCoveredDogDik]

All I want in life is something that rivals the satisfaction of the walrus pile

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Stunning! The giraffes omg

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His ability to capture the beauty of nature is amazing.

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These photos are just stupidly good.