2019 Photo Contest, Nature, 2nd Prize

Meet Bob

Photographer

Jasper Doest

06 July, 2018

Bob,a rescued flamingo, swims in the sea, under veterinarian Odette Doest’s supervision, on the Caribbean island of Curaçao.

Bob, a rescued Caribbean flamingo, lives among humans on the Dutch island of Curaçao. Bob was badly injured when he flew into a hotel window, and was cared for by Odette Doest who runs Fundashon Dier en Onderwijs Cariben (FDOC), a wildlife rehabilitation center. During Bob’s rehabilitation, Odette discovered that he had been habituated to humans, and so would not survive if returned to the wild. Instead, he became an ‘ambassador’ for FDOC, which educates local people about the importance of protecting the island’s wildlife.

About the photographer

Jasper Doest

Jasper Doest is a Dutch photographer who creates visual stories that explore the relationship between humankind and nature.  As an ecology major Doest knows human life de...

Technical information

Shutter Speed
1/250
Focal length
24 mm
F-Stop
f/2.8
ISO
1600
Camera
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

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