#9 : ABANDONED OSTRICH EGG, AMBOSELI 2007

It was the most curious sight. There, at the edge of the vast dried Amboseli lake bed, lay a lone, abandoned ostrich egg. 

For me, the sight was quite compelling. I’ve seen the very occasional abandoned ostrich egg, but never in a place like this. I waited for the sun to lower in the sky,  and then took this shot.

As the final image of A Shadow Falls,  the second book in the trilogy, is this an image of hope or of despair? An image of the end, or the hope of a new beginning.....

The photo is also published in “On This Earth, A Shadow Falls” (available on Amazon at :

www.amazon.com/Nick-Brandt-Earth-Shadow-Falls/dp/1938922441/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1404234852&sr=1-1&keywords=on+this+earth+a+shadow+falls

and on amazon.co.uk at :

www.amazon.co.uk/Nick-Brandt-Earth-Shadow-Falls/dp/1938922441/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

SIGNED copies of the 4th edition printing of this book are also available at http://www.photoeye.com/bookstore/citation.cfm?catalog=ZE223