Andy Rouse Photography

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📸 Professional wildlife photographer
🌍 Photographic tour leader - wildbunchexpeditions.com
🎓 Founder of WildBunch - an online photography community!

Hi there I'm a pro wildlife photographer who extols the virtue of photography for mental health. I love all animals and I am at my happiest when I am out photographing them, not sat in a room processing the shots! I shoot with the Sony system and love it plus the Flexshooter head. Check out my Linktree in the profile for photo tours and stuff!

13/10/2026

I think the single biggest difference between going on a photographic safari and a general one is that I am always trying to take shots of classic animal species in different ways. First thing in the morning for me is always a quest for back light - pointing the camera directly into the sunlight to create something wonderfully atmospheric, it doesn't always work though, but when it does, it is possible to create something very special and very different. Of course for these images to truly work you need the animal to get the memo too, a well timed breath out or a roar can really bring the animal to life!

12/10/2026

Our mammoth safari continues and we have moved further North to Laikipia - the home of Giza the iconic melanistic leopard and my new muse. To say that she is beautiful is probably underestimating it somewhat - she is probably the most beautiful cat in the world, and maybe the most photographed individual animal. She is very special to me and I feel that I am at my most creative when photographing her.

I know that I have only fairly recently shown this image but I would like to show it again and say that you can still vote for this image to feature in the Peoples Choice Category at the British photography awards - you have until the 15th of October and there are some seriously good images to choose from! Just search British Photography Awards Peoples Choice - and look for the land animal category. If I can I will add a link into the comments - but this does rely on me being able to do it from the African Bush! And of course thank you to all those who have already voted 🫶

09/10/2026

Apologies for the lack of post yesterday - it was quite a busy day for me and the group as we arrived at our first destination in Kenya at the start of our mammoth 18 day safari! Anyway to celebrate our first few drives here is an image from a few years ago - a particularly spicy female black rhino and her baby. Black rhinos are one of those species that you do not mess around with because they have no hesitation in letting you know who's boss! And that is one of the reasons why they are always one of my target species on safari - I love animals with attitude!

07/10/2026

This is one of my favourite image of Giza the melanistic black leopard - I just love her dusty nose and the diffuse light gives a wonderful velvet quality to her fur. She has truly become such a huge muse for me - she has featured in a few awards now, and so I cannot wait to see her again (hopefully) at the end of the week. Until I can show you some new photos, enjoy this image of Giza from a little while ago!

06/10/2026

Thanks everyone for the lovely comments on the award win - I'm in the middle of packing ready for my next trip out to Kenya, which will of course include some time with my new muse Giza! It's a trip where we are going to visit the very best locations so we will hopefully see a huge amount of species! So for todays image - a lovely cheetah cub from a few years ago!

05/10/2026

Friday was one of the most amazing nights of my life. I won the Overall Award in the Montfoto 2026 contest. This is the image that did it and I won the Art in Nature category with it as well as the overall prize. Wow I just cannot believe it and the reaction there from fellow photographers was amazing. The standard was so high that I felt so honoured they chose my work from so many awesome images. It was great to meet and chat with so many like minded, talented photographers too. I go to so few of these events that it felt very special to be in this company at such a friendly and special festival.
📸 Sony A1 MK2 and 70-200mm f2.8
Sony UK Sony España Sunworld Safaris

02/10/2026

We are pleased to announce the winners of our Butterflies / Moths action challenge. We set our WildBunch members the task of capturing action pictures of these and wow how well they did. Here's the top 3, you can see the full critique video on the WildBunch feed. Congrats to all the winners and all who took part!
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01/10/2026

A recent pic from the past few days that I thought you would like. I have always loved working with wolves, I don't get the chance ad much as I'd like and my dream is to work with Arctic wolves one day. There is just something about them that mystifies and enthralls me, always has and always will.

For me publishing them is not about the photography, or about me, it's about keeping wolves in the public eye with positive messages. Because the wolf is in trouble and is one of the most persecuted animals by man that I know across it's range. So everytime I post an image, because that's the limit of the power I have, I hope that maybe wolves get one or two more fans. So look into its eyes and make a deal that you will support any wolf conservation project you come across, as they are vital to any ecosystem them are a part of.
📸 Sony A1 Mk2, 600mm f6.3, flexshooter head, ISO 3200
Sony UK

30/09/2026

I said yesterday that I have been catching up on some of my processing from my last few trips. So here we have another one of the wonderful Petaca - one of the most habituated pumas in the Torres del Paine and the cat responsible for giving us some of the best encounters in the trip! This is a simple portrait uncluttered to show her beautiful face.

29/09/2026

In the middle of a busy period between trips and trying to catch up on some outstanding processing before heading off again next week. Anyway in the mean time here is a different image of a fairly recognisable bird. Hope you like it!

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