අලුයම හිරු එළියෙන් පණ ගැහී නැගිටින ඈයොන්ගේ සිට මරු කතරේ දිය පොඳක් සොයා යන සද්ධන්තයෝ දක්වා දිවෙන කාච ඇස!

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සටහන – පුලී

ඔක්තෝම්බර් 08, කොළඹ (LNW): අලුයම ආලෝකයෙන් පණ ගැහී නැගිටින්නවුන්, රෝල් වී සිටින ලද සන්නාහයෙන් සෙමෙන් එළියට එන ඈයන් වැනි පරිසර පද්ධති හරහා ඇස ගැටෙන දුර්ලභ ගණයේ සිද්ධීන් ඡායාරූප ශිල්පීන් විසින් ඔවුන්ගේ කාචයෙහි සටහන් කරගනුයේ පරිසරය පිළිබඳ ආකල්ප ගොන්නකට නව ජීවයක් ලබා දීමට ය. ඔවුන් ග්‍රහණය කරගන්නා සෑම රූපයක්ම පැවැත්ම, ඔරොත්තු දීමේ හැකියාව සහ වනජීවීන් මුහුණ දෙන නොපෙනෙන ජීවිකාව පිළිබඳ කතාවක් කියනු ඇත.

ලොව හොඳම වනජීවී ඡායාරූප ශිල්පීන්ගේ ඇස් හරහා දශකයක සංරක්ෂණය සනිටුහන් කරමින්, නවතම සංස්කරණය වන 10 Years of Remembering Wildlife, ආරක්ෂාව අවශ්‍ය විවිධාකාරයේ විශේෂයන් කෙරෙහි අවධානයට නතු කරන කොළ එලියකි.

අලි ඇතුන්ගේ සිට පැන්ගෝලින් දක්වා, මෙම 10 වන සංස්කරණය අසාමාන්‍ය වනජීවී ඡායාරූපකරණය පමණක් නොව සතුන් සහ ඔවුන්ගේ වාසස්ථාන ආරක්ෂා කිරීම සඳහා ගෝලීය කැපවීමකි.

රූප කලාවට වඩා වැඩි යමක් ලබා දෙමින් ඒවා ස්වාභාවික ලෝකයෙන් නිකුත් කරන හදිසි පණිවිඩ හා සමානව සැලකිය හැකිය. ඡායාරූප ශිල්පියෙකු විසින් වඳවීමේ තර්ජනයට ලක්ව ඇති පැන්ගෝලින් සත්වයෙකු යටි පඳුරු අතර ආහාර සොයමින් ගමන් කරන ආකාරය මෙන්ම, අලි ඇතුන් ජීවය දෙන ජලය සොයමින් අම්බොසෙලි හි නියඟයෙන් පීඩා විඳි භූ දර්ශන හරහා ගමන් කර්නු දෑක කාච ගත කරගැනීම ම කෙතරම් අපූරුද? මෙම හමුවීම් හරහා, වනජීවීන් මතක තබා ගැනීම ජීවිතයේ බිඳෙනසුලු බව සහ නොපසුබට උත්සාහය යන දෙකම හෙළි කිරීමට අපූරු පූර්වාදර්ශයක් සපයනු ඇත.
අත්විඳින්න! 10 Years of Remembering Wildlife!!!

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Photographer Pedro Amaral says: “This photo was taken on January 1, 2022, in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest – an unforgettable way to begin the year. A solo trip, long delayed by the pandemic, turned into a leap of faith: three days, three gorilla treks. That morning, rangers offered me the chance to visit a distant gorilla family alone, which meant a longer, more demanding hike. I didn’t hesitate. For a full hour, I observed the group in silence, captivated by the young gorillas and their playful energy. Their carefree behaviour reflects a larger conservation success: mountain gorillas are the only great ape whose numbers are increasing.” Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
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Photographer Griet Van Maderen says: “I was drawn to desert lions after meeting Philip Stander from the Desert Lion Conservation Project, who introduced me to their incredible story. These lions, uniquely adapted to survive Namibia’s harsh Skeleton Coast, are among the rarest in the world, with only about 70 left. Philip’s dedication inspired me to follow their journey, witnessing their resilience firsthand. Over the years, I observed their evolving hunting behaviour – how Alpha, the mother, rediscovered seal hunting and passed it to her daughter, Gamma. Capturing this rare moment on the beach was not just about photography but about documenting their survival and raising awareness.” Skeleton Coast, Namibia
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Photographer James Gifford says: “Instead of focusing on the negative aspects of rhino poaching, I wanted to convey a sense of hope – a new beginning almost – as if these were the first rhinos being forged in a fire of creation. Shooting into the sun, the effect of the backlit dust created a blurred shadow image, adding to the ethereal atmosphere. Botswana’s multi-decade rhino relocation project had been one of the continent’s success stories until the Covid outbreak, when the lack of tourists and watchful eyes precipitated a sharp spike in poaching incidents, which drastically reduced overall population numbers.” Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana
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Photographer Lance van de Vyver says: “In this rare and powerful scene, a pride of lions stumbled upon a wild pangolin – an armoured survivor of Africa’s nocturnal world. Mistaking it for a plaything, the lions spent 14 relentless hours toying with the rolled-up creature, unable to penetrate its tough scales. Although the pangolin was unharmed by the lions’ teeth or claws, a testament to its incredible natural defences, sadly it did eventually succumb to heat and stress.” Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa
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Photographer Morkel Erasmus says: “We were fortunate to be the first people to see a litter of 17 painted dog pups emerge from their den for the very first time to meet the rest of the pack… it is a morning I will never forget.” Greater Kruger, South Africa
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Photographer Tom Way says: “In extreme years of drought, elephants travel from afar to seek refuge under the towering Mt Kilimanjaro, whose snowmelt gives life to the lush swamps within Amboseli National Park. Elephants travelling into the park from the northwest have to cross Lake Amboseli, which is bone dry unless there are extended rains.” Amboseli National Park, Kenya
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Photographer Daryl Balfour says: “These were two of three young male lions, brothers, whom we followed frequently in the Maasai Mara a number of years ago. This evening, after tracking them across the Purrungat Plains on a dark, gloomy afternoon, two of them posed perfectly atop a termite mound as the sun popped out for a brief few moments of glorious golden light at the end of the day.” Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
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Photographer Tom Mason says: “I created this image of a Temminck’s ground pangolin whilst working in Namibia with the Africat Foundation, at their reserve in Okonjima. The reserve provides a safe haven for pangolins, with the foundation monitoring and tracking individuals to understand more about their movements and behaviour. Working closely with the researchers, I joined them on multiple nights to walk with the pangolins as they foraged on the reserve through the early hours. It’s with great thanks to the team at Africat who made this possible. To create this image, I worked with a slow shutter speed and a very small amount of rear-sync flash, to show the movement of this wonderful species as it moved through the undergrowth, following alongside with the research team to get myself positioned ahead of the pangolins’ movements.” Okonjima Nature Reserve, Namibia
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Photographer Nelis Wolmarans says: “The image is of the late mountain gorilla silverback named Munyinya. He was the dominant silverback of the Hirwa family, and the image was taken in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park. Munyinya originated from the Susa family. After several skirmishes with the dominant silverback of the Susa family, Kurira, he left to start his own family in 2006. Munyinya died in February 2020 from a respiratory illness, although he had also suffered a lightning strike in February 2020 that killed other members of his group. Munyinya’s death was followed by his group’s leader, Uburanga, taking over the leadership of the Hirwa family.” Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
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Photographer Torie Hilley says: “One very early morning, we found African wild dogs on the road, and they looked like they had just woken up to start their movement. We pulled to the side and got out of the car (in Mana Pools, you are allowed to be on foot) to photograph the dogs coming towards us. They didn’t disappoint. We gave them their space, but they chose to approach and then passed us very calmly and casually. It was an incredible moment to capture the pack coming straight at me. A moment I will never forget.” Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe
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Photographer Chad Cocking says: “A light at the end of a dark tunnel. During lockdown, with no tourists around, I came upon this pangolin early one winter’s morning. I waited patiently for it to unfurl itself, but when it did and realised I was not a threat, it slowly got up and walked off into the bush… not a bad way to start the day!” Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, South Africa
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Photographer Shem Compion says: “The scent of rain is even detectable for us humans. For elephants, it’s a driving force and also a guiding one. In Amboseli, after months of drought, elephants are lured by good rainfall.” Amboseli National Park, Kenya