Wildlife Photo Competition 5 2016 : Entry Number 54

Judges Comment

We love this one for its fun and nicely graphic composition but also for its serious reflection on the mess man is making with nature. Koala looks very lost here.

Photographers Comment

Being a Social Documentary/Press Photographer who usually uses Leica rangefinder camera's with small lenses, but i grabbed my Canon 1DX with a 70-200mm lens when i got the call from one of the ships crewman early on a Saturday morning, It looked so very wrong seeing this little koala perched up high above the water, even how he got there is amazing, he walked 400m along the Portland Breakwater, eluded 2 security personal, went through gate, before climbing along the springer mooring line, poor bugger was tired and just wanted to go to sleep as it was now morning, Wildlife rescue end up helping him/her back to the bush. Dean Koopman. [email protected].