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Five Shooter



Five
Like fingers 
Each one different 
Distinct in purpose 
To hold, close your hand
Which one would you choose to lose
One less important than the other?
Big Five
Like fingers
All different, come together
Hold on for dear life
Which one would we choose to lose
One less important than the other?
Old Five
Like fingers
Hold a gun, one for a trigger
Squeeze off a round
One comes down
Which one did they choose to waste
One more prized than the other?
New Five
New hand dealt
Fingers come together
To hold a camera
One finger for a different trigger
To shoot yes, only to capture
No need to choose, shoot them all
Five shooter
All prized equally
Shoot as many times as you like
No harm will be done to any one
Finally a hand, a steady hand
Five fingers to capture the big five
Without making them captive
Only their powerful images
Capturing the brilliant truth 
The sentience of their existence
Their majesty in the wild
Their right to live and roam
In their home
Untouched plains and jungles
Mountains and ice flows
That’s the prize, the trophy shot
The New Big Five
Alive

Five Fingers - full hand
Point them out
One by one...follow the series

Lion - Index: Big cat royalty, Leo points the way...

Elephant - Middle: Tallest Pachyderm, largest animal who walks, centre hold...

Tiger - Third: Largest Panthera, star with stripes, lock-in ...

Polar Bear - Little: (Not that little!) Ursus of the sea, mighty white clamp...

Gorilla - Thumb: Misty mountain Primate, opposable grasp

Lion will lead the way...next

Feature photo from www.newbig5.com
Visit the site for some wonderful photos and thoughts.

A. E. Lovell
ae4e.me/blog





  2 years ago
The winner(s) for the 2022 MojoStreaming Wildlife Calendar

Winner $500 (USA) and Cover:  Neel Sureja

A finalist that will be featured in the calendar - above photo by  Neel Sureja

A finalist that will be featured in the calendar - above photo by  Neel Sureja


A finalist that will be featured in the calendar - above photo by Neel Sureja

A finalist that will be featured in the calendar - above photo by Trevor LaClair

 A finalist that will be featured in the calendar - above photo by Trevor LaClair

A finalist that will be featured in the calendar - above photo by:  Trevor LaClair

A finalist that will be featured in the calendar - above photo by Giovanni



A finalist that will be featured in the calendar - above photo by:  Josephine Tyler 



A finalist that will be featured in the calendar - above photo by: Shiva Kumar




A finalist that will be featured in the calendar - above photo by: Shiva Kumar



A finalist that will be featured in the calendar - above photo by: Shiva Kumar



A finalist that will be featured in the calendar - above photo by:  Tumwesigye Elasmus Godfrey


To see more of their work visit:  mojostreaming.com


Please take the time to explore and learn more about our winners and their talent.


wildlife-film.com   Trevor LaClair


gp-photography.ch    Giovanni Pelloni


josephinetylerphotography.co.uk     Josephine Tyler 


neelsureja.com    Neel Sureja 


thejungledairy.com     Shiva Kumar


interiorsafarisea.com   Tumwesugye Elasmus Godfrey










  2 years ago
Coming May 15, 2021 online event "The Endangered Apes"

Mojostreaming an online wildlife

network dedicated to bringing our viewers the latest wildlife stories,

entertainment, and opportunity to experience wildlife in its natural state.

The pandemic has dampened our

tourism and the opportunity for people to travel abroad.  Mojostreaming wants to bring this experience into

your home. 

Tracking the mountain

gorillas through the misty forest (for example) requires patience and stamina

often walking for hours in the mud and wet. Finally meeting them in the

undergrowth is an inspiring moment. Quietly chewing away at their vegetarian

delicacies, they seem like a marooned human family.

 

Image provided by Interior Safaris SE  - Forest Walk Safaris Collection

Interior Safaris East Africa

tours provide experience, convenience, professional local guides giving you the

highest standards of hospitality with Gorilla and Chimpanzee tracking along

with other tour activities.  On May 15th

at 2:00 P.M. EST Mojostreaming will air a 40-minute lecture titled “The

Endangered Apes” with Safari Guide &Tour

consultant:

  GODFREY T

ELASMUS, 

Director, Interior safaris East Africa,

Safari Guide &Tour consultant 

www.interiorsafarisea.com

 

He is an expert and guide for

the Gorilla Safari tour with Interior Safari East Africa

The gorilla permits cost USD

600, it is valid for one day and for one person. There is high demand for the

permits because of the high number of people who track the gorillas.  Therefore, obtaining permits well in advance

it recommended but since traveling is not recommended at this time MojoStreaming

will bring a unique online live streaming experience of a 6-hour virtual tour

to track the gorillas right from your home. This will be available exclusively to

Mojostreaming viewers for free on May 22nd at 2:00 Est Time.   We invite you to register for both events by

emailing your interest in attending  to

Cami Ciotta at cami@mojostreaming.com

   You then will receive your free URL

link to attend this unique and educational online event. 

 

Keep in mind we will like for

you to be on time for your lecture “The Endangered Apes” which will begin at

2:00 P.M. on May 15th we suggest you sign on a few minutes BEFORE

2:00.

Even though we suggest

participating in the full 6-hour virtual tour into the safari to track the

gorillas, we understand this may not be possible and you can join the tour at any time during the stream. This will take place beginning at 2:00 P.M. on May 22nd.

Due to our introductory of

our live-streaming channel and introduction of our new services we are offering

both events for free.  Please keep in

mind that we are testing our live-streaming program and we want to thank you in

advance for being part of this test.

We kindly ask that you make

a donation and/or tip to your guide at http://interiorsafarisea.com/donate/

and we ask that you become a loyal viewer of MojoStreaming and visit often to

be involved with our upcoming wildlife events at www.mojostreaming.com

 

  2 years ago
Wildlife Photo Contest to be featured in a MojoStreaming Calendar

 

MojoStreaming

Wildlife Photo Contest ends May 21, 2021, 11:00 P.M. Est

 

We are inviting you to submit YOUR photo of wildlife for

a chance to be featured in our promotional calendar The photo we choose for our cover also will receive a $500 cash prize https://www.mojostreaming.com/signup Deadline to submit your photo is May 21, 2021, 11:00 EST Free

to sign up & submit

To kick off our introduction to MojoStreaming, a

Wildlife Community for photographers and filmmakers. We are inviting you to

submit YOUR photo of wildlife for a chance to be featured in our promotional

calendar (a great opportunity to promote your work) The photo we choose for our

cover also will receive $500. It is free to enter and simple to do: Upload your

image by May 21st before 11:00 P.M. EST (National Endangered Species Day) Sign

up & Submit at https://lnkd.in/epesgnf

Once you sign up- all you do is click on the Upload button

and choose the Photo for the calendar album.

PS do not forget to check your spam

folder for an email confirmation.


There is more good news! If your photo is

featured in the calendar - we will send you a free calendar!

ALL entries will be featured on Mojostreaming- a great way to gain additional exposure. To learn

more about us: https://www.mojostreaming.com/static/about

All photos must be original work, taken by the entrants. No

third party may own or control any materials the photo contains, and the photo

must not infringe upon the trademark, copyright, moral rights, intellectual

rights, or rights of privacy of any entity or person.

You

grant to MojoStreaming a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, copy, modify (size), distribute and publish

your photo(s) on our MojoStreaming Website and our Social Media Sites.  Your photo(s) may be used for marketing and

promotional purposes. You represent and warrant that you own or have all

necessary rights (including intellectual property rights) to your photo(s)

(including to grant the license above).

Entries

will be judged by the MojoStreaming shareholders.  All decisions are final. The Company reserves

the right to disqualify any entry that is deemed inappropriate or does not conform

to stated contest rules.

By

entering the contest, entrants agree that photos submitted can be used by the MojoStreaming

are for marketing purposes and may be featured in our promotional 18-month

calendar.

Submissions

will not be accepted once the deadline lapses: (May 21, 2021, 11:00 p.m. EST)

The

winner will be contacted via the email address sometime between June 1 -4th

provided during entry. If no response is received after five business days, a new winner will be selected, and the previous winner will forfeit all rights to

the prize.

We

will also contact all entries that will be featured in the calendar via the email

address sometime between June-1-4th provided during entry.  At this time, we will ask that you provide us

further information about you, and more information about your photography

business/hobby.  We will want to feature

information about you and your work so our customers can learn more about the

work you do.

 

If

you have any questions, please contact Cami Ciotta at cami@mojostreaming.com



  2 years ago
The Tribe Endangered: Number 2. Mrs C - Too Late

We start sadly
Because it ended badly 
Even before we begin
Cassowary was chosen 
Second to giant tortoise
To be a face in the tribe
One well known local was Mrs C
Jungle Queen of - where else
- the Cassowary Coast
Local personality for 50 years
She would have been the one
But she was already gone
Killed by a car after so long
Fondly regarded and now missed
Though the Cassowary Festival goes on
So in memory of Mrs C
Her mission ended at Mission Beach
We seek another to take her place
Endangered animal personality No.2
(Insert name here) the Cassowary
At the end suggest her name

Formidable ground bound bird
Flight not needed, fully capable to fight
Not many would face her in battle
Better to be friendly with this one
Better still leave her well alone
Don’t threaten her in her home
Brilliantly coloured not needing to hide
Glossy black with blue and purple neck
With red wattles and amber eyes dramatised
Battering her way through the forest on the run
With her horned axe-like helmet, casque
Not to mention her formidable toenails
Otherwise known as dagger-shaped claws
Your won’t want to see how she uses those
Ratite with an appetite for seedy fruit
Eating what falls, digesting
To deposit in her rambling 
Across her jungle habitat 
To propagate and spread the rainforest
For the next ones and the biodiverse
In the hot and Wet Tropics
of Far North Queensland
She and her kin decline with the Forest
As it is cleared and felled
Pushed out to pasture and human homes
She is a bird that lives 
In the dappled light and shade
Ancient rainforest dweller
Remnants of Gondwana, a different time
When the continent was lush
And teeming with life
Flightless but not helpless
Don’t you find out
Luckily, fruit eater and nothing else
Heavyweight champion of Australian birds
Emu may be taller but would take flight 
On foot rather than try to disprove!
To halt (her name) decline we have to turn it around
More trees in the ground, more range
More rainforest, more Cassowary 
More Cassowary, more rainforest
And all the rest that comes with its spread
That’s where Brett and Mr Miyawaki
Dig in and join in
And the WTMA people use their skills
To plant and preserve her home

Give Mrs C’s replacement a name
Or suggest an existing Cassowary
With personality, like Mrs C
To lend her face and her given name
To awareness of her plight
These birds that can’t take flight
Support the aspiration to delist her
Send her back the right way
Away from endangerment and extinction
To stay where her kind have always been
In the remnant rainforest
Eating seedy fruit....

A.E. (Anthony) Lovell
WTA - Wet Tropics Management Authority
Brett - Brett Krause, Tree Planter who uses the Miyawaki Method



  3 years ago