The wildlife sanctuary is in the hot African desert! - Photo challenge

Cover created in Photoshop with screenshots from the video game

For this new photographic challenge I have prepared my camera to cautiously capture the beautiful and majestic creatures that are part of the wildlife, for this I had to look for a video game called Far Cry 2 which as many should already know has a setting in Africa and because of this it contains a scarce, but interesting amount of animals that today I will show you.

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Remember that as always I leave the link above for you to participate or find out what others share, thanks for getting here without further ado my adventure begins!.

Something that emphasizes in this place are the hostile locals who often vent their anger with the animals, since they hunt them either for fun or simply for their survival, because they sell them in the market; however, I do not belong to this type of people, because I love animals and although they are very far away to look for them I will go photograph them, because they are really very scarce in these hot deserts.

My driver who would take me to the city gave me a little tour of the hot roads and among them we saw a local who spoke in a completely unknown language to me, the fact is that my driver was talking to the I managed to have the first sighting with animals such as a goat, a chicken and a wild boar, but so far they were domestic this led me to think: And what about the wild animals?

Once I arrived at ami hotel I went for a drive to distinguish traces of wildlife among those deserted hillsides, but I did not find any sign, because it was very late and the sun had gone, so I had to anxiously wait for dawn to start my search...

The next day I went to the nearest areas where there were more trees, but when I didn't find anything I had to gradually go deeper into the desolate and especially dangerous places since they are restricted areas and where the sides of the dreaded "Jackal" round to kill whoever breaks into their territory, but without a doubt it will be worth the risk just to photograph the wildlife in this area.

When I was standing on the sandy land of the desert with map in hand, I discovered with amazement that I was right, since I saw a herd of majestic animals running free with the gentle wind that runs through everything, it is hot but beautiful place

In the picture below it looks like I was about to shoot that zebra, but misunderstand my action, because I had to aim with my crossbow because it has more range to take the picture better without scaring the herd.

As if it were a suspenseful mission, at that moment a small troop was passing by in a van, so I had to hide, otherwise they would ruin my wildlife experience...

While staying hidden behind a giant rock, in the distance I saw a couple of zebras and I thought it was the opportunity to make some good shots closer... i approached cautiously and stood behind some bushes and... Click! I managed to capture with my lens a beautiful scene where the majestic couple of zebras were walking together as if they were protecting each other.

This was the last shot I took of a zebra before I left to look for more wildlife

After walking for a while through this desert I started to get a little dizzy, so I rested for a while behind some rocks, because I tell you that I am sick of the dreaded malaria because of this I have to be taking my pills and that was, what I had to do to not die!

And as if it were a miracle of heaven I got up from the ground and saw some moose that were right there in front, a real luck for me!

Before I left I did something that not many people do or that in some cases do not pay attention and that is the environmental environment where these creatures live is undoubtedly calm and peaceful and I even stopped to see the flora that makes life possible, and just look at this huge tree with a stem and at the same time strange for its short and thin branches... I could die peacefully after appreciating such beautiful wonders that await the wildlife among these hills that are very often filled with screams and shots from those troops, but still maintain places to reflect and find inner peace...

He will appreciate a lot that you left a comment about it, at the same time I thank you because you read until the end, as always I wish you the best of luck. By the way, this week I will be more active in this community, because it's just beautiful to see how we pay meticulous attention to every detail that makes video games a photographic work.

The minimum requirements to play Far Cry 2 are:

Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista
Processor: Pentium 4 at 3.2 Ghz, Pentium D at 2.66 Ghz.
Memory: 1 GB of RAM.

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Translated with: DeepL.com

All images were captured in the video game.