Photographer Dewald Tromp faced extreme conditions while capturing the Namaqua chameleon in the Namib Desert in South Africa. Battling intense heat, temperatures, and blowing sand, Tromp relied on DSLR gear built to perform in some of the harshest wildlife photography environments on earth.
The resulting image, Stoicism in a sandstorm, was previously a runner-up in the Africa Geographic 2023 competition and has now won Gold in the Behaviour - Amphibians and Reptiles category at the prestigious World Nature Photography Awards.
