Photograph of the Month September 2025 – Iberian Lynx

The photograph of the month for September 2025 comes from my recent scouting trip to Spain (trip report coming soon) for the stunningly beautiful and highly endangered Iberian Lynx. Although I am very much in love with the monochromatic nature of the Polar environment, I do love the verisimilitude of the equally monochromatic colour palette in this photograph. Photographed in August, during the horrendous summer heat, the sense of environment is conveyed through a muted, warm, yellow and brown colour palette, with the imagination left to fill in the blanks. The pose of the lynx mid-stride really helps to create a wonderful sense of movement and motion, and the dust around the feet adds just the right amount of drama and emotion to the story. For me, this is the essence of wildlife photography. Whilst simple and emotive; it also tells the story of the Lynx in the environment.