Lawrence Hylton

Marking a year since losing my old account but more importantly the end of my first photo exhibition hosted by non other than The Foreign Correspondents' Club. Big thanks goes out to Culture Magazine for also featuring the work in their magazine. I am humbled. I've included some images from the exhibition. Since the write up a bit has changed in the database, can you see it? 1. 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘣𝘪𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘴𝘢 2. 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘺𝘬𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘴 3. 𝘖𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘺𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘪 4. 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 5. 𝘗𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴 6. 𝘙𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘪 . . . . . #fcchk #theforeigncorrespondentsclub #culturemagazine #hkwildlife

Something a little different for today's post; NOT MY WORK but am finally showing my face for all the world to see 😬. Got in front of the camera for CNN's Call to Earth event discussing with @klustout on the environmental challenges facing our planet and finding solutions. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/28/asia/photographer-uncovers-hong-kong-creatures-night-c2e-spc-intl/index.html Big thank you to the crew for joining in, filming in the dark is quite the challenge! #calltoearth

Recently had the photographer's dream opportunity to speak with PetaPixel to chat about Hong Kong's incredible biodiversity with a touch of gear talk and how I got into it. Whilst honoured to be interviewed and everything written in the article is true, I did omit one key point that I'm sure many other photographers can relate to. The reasons I got into it was because it was my only escape from reality, deep state depression and occasionally it added a spicy touch of environmental danger to reset my suicidal ideation. In that time I got to witness the highlights and lowlights of our wildlife community; the sharing of knowledge, the insane amount of hypocrisies and lying along all niches, the mini expeditions to search for some of our rarest and even unknown critters. It was beautiful and deceitful, just like in high school. How we approach learning about nature may be vastly different, but why we choose to learn about nature is the same. For the remainder of year, do yourselves a favour, share one positive aspect of yourself with yourself everyday, and if you can, share one positive aspect with someone else. If you can't not be a douche, then fester in your own hate. . . . . . #cygnustechdiffuser #cupoty #macro_captures #turklikeben_macro #arthropod_perfection #NiFfeature #biosapiens #bbcwildlifepotd #earthcapture #passion_in_macro #raw_insects #king_insects #beautiful_insects_japan #raw_macro #nuts_about_wildlife #nuts_about_nature #natureconservancy #conservationhk

𝘖𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘴𝘱. 𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪 (Chinese Red Bamboo Ratsnake) 🌏🐍World Snake Day🐍🌏 World snake day within the year of the snake what even?! Today is dedicated to celebrating the diversity, beauty and ecological importance of some of the most feared and misunderstood terrestrial animals on the planet. Recent studies have dispelled the old saying that humans have an innate fear of snakes, but in fact we learn it from our peers? Monkey sees, monkey do. Whilst it is absolutely fair to be spooked by an unexpected encounter, snakes are not out to get us, never have since we stopped swinging on trees a couple of million years ago and evolutionarily speaking never will in the future because we're too massive and ape-shit violent. Whilst persecutions are still rife, changes are happening. Snake identification pages across social media platforms as a safe space to learn and identify slithery friends (shout out Snake Identification Australia, Hong Kong Snakes, Snakes of Thailand and many more), swathes of contemporary documentaries no longer grabbing the shock factor but instead showcasing the placid nature of snakes to lessen our already stressful lives, and policy changes to provide better rescue services to minimise stress for both humans and snakes. One of my absolute favourites from a winter rescue a few years back now, the incredibly beautiful 𝘖𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘶𝘴. After treating some grazes it was released into better habitat away from urbanisation. We fear the unknown; so let's learn and celebrate snakes together. #nuts_about_wildlife #nuts_about_nature #herpetology #fieldherping #reptiles_of_instagram #thereptilereportofficial #herpingtheglobe #herpsofinstagram #snakesofhk #hkconservation #hkwildlife #NiFfeature #biosapiens #orepcryptophis #redbambooratsnake

🦈🎗️ Shark Awareness Day🦈🎗️ Celebrating the ocean's most iconic and misunderstood creatures. Today, millions are killed every year due to overfishing, habitat loss, and harmful myths, with a decline of approximately 71% since records began in 1970. There are over 500 species of sharks in the oceans, all providing their niche ecological role in maintaining balance in marine ecosystems. It's also a day to dispelling misconceptions on the level of danger they actually pose. Of the 500+ species, less than can be counted on one hand that actively pose a threat to humans just due to their sheer size. Realistically those species aren't interested in "hunting" us, but they may be curious about what we are, just it sucks for us splishy-splashy squishy apes that their method of exploring their surrounds is to chomp on things. To dispel that even further, you're more likely to be KILLED by a: dog (bite/rabies), horse (kick), cow (stamped), cat (poop), mosquito (infection), another human being (insurmountable number of reasons) than being BITTEN by a shark. Anyway here are pics of some cool ass sharks I've encountered who have shown absolutely no interest in me, because I'm neither food nor threat. 1. 𝘖𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 (Spotted Wobbegong) 2. 𝘏𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 (Crested Bullhead Shark) 3. 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 (Grey Nurse Shark) 4. 𝘏𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘺𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘮 (Epaulette Shark) With: 1. @findingnermo 2. @kashchan @ellyjane12 3. @philippa.thalassophile @joshintheocean 4. @makopisces @au_eugenie @tomlee_smartphone_wildlife #canonunderwater #underwaterlife #underwaterphotography #uwphotography #freedivephotography #nuts_about_nature #nuts_about_wildlife #abcaustralia #ausgeo #yourshotaunz #sharkawarenessday #sharkconservation #sharkweek #sharksarefriends

🇦🇺～ That night was a total disappointment, with the weather playing tricks on us, pouring heavy rain every 20 minutes from morning till night~ Just as we were about to call it a night and head home, we turned the car around and saw something white fly in front of us~ I rolled down the window and shone a light into the woods, and there it was, a ghostly owl staring back at me~ My co-pilot @hylton_in_nature quickly snapped a photo just before it took off, and then, out of nowhere, another downpour hit~ It felt like nature’s final gift and warning, urging us to leave before the chaos began~ The heavy rain that followed caused landslides and flooding in our area, but we managed to avoid it all~ Name 俗名：𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘆 𝗢𝘄𝗹 小烏草鴞 Binomial 學名：𝑇𝑦𝑡𝑜 𝑡. 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑎 Kingdom 界：Animalia 動物界 Phylum 門：Chordata 脊索動物門 Class 綱：Aves 鳥綱 Order 目：Strigiformes 鴞形目 Family 科：Tytonidae 草鴞科 Genus 屬：Tyto 草鴞屬 Species種：T. tenebricosa 烏草鴞 Sub-species 亞種：T. t. multipunctata 小烏草鴞 📍 𝑪𝑨𝑰𝑹𝑵𝑺 凱恩斯 Origin 來源：Native 原生 IUCN Category 保護狀況：Least Concern 無危 . #essersootyowl #greaterscootyowl #scootyowl #tytotenebricosamultipunctata #tytotenebricosa #小烏草鴞 #烏草鴞 #澳洲猛禽 #澳洲鳥類 #澳洲生態 #australiabirds #birds #owls #raptors #bbcwildlifepotd #australiawildlife #nuts_about_wildlife #birdstagram #wildbirdphotography #nuts_about_birds #conservationphotography #outbackqueensland #birdingaustralia #australianbirdlife #australianfauna #australianwildlife #australiananimals

𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 (Swift Parrot) Ranked 13th on Australia's most endangered bird due to the government's blatant ignorance to protect vital breeding habitat in preference for short term financial gain in the lumber industry. During the winter the birds disperse across SE Australia to forage in the warmer climate before returning to Southern Tasmania. With only an estimated 2000 individuals remaining, it is deduced that they'll go extinct by 2031, so a real blessing to get to observe over two days flocks of 20+ feeding high up on flowering gum trees. #birdsofinstagram #birdphotography #birdphoto #nuts_about_birds #nuts_about_wildlife #nuts_about_nature #your_best_birds #feather_perfection #morebirdpics #best_birds_of_ig #eye_spy_birds #birdpoty #ausgeo #bbcwildlifepotd #abcaustralia #canonwildlife #raw_birds #naturein_focus

𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 (Broad-headed Snake) Finally made time to search for this enigmatic elapid, considered to be Australia's most endangered snake (for sure in NSW); BHSs are restricted to a few known sites around Sydney. It was once widespread across the Sydney Basin, but its population has dramatically declined because of urbanisation, vandalisation, illegal bush rock removal and reptile collecting. From the kind words of @flumenorion: "I don't think I know of anyone who's seen a Hoplocephalus before a Demansia..". Quite the honour. ----- Any disturbance in searching for this species was remediated by returning the habitat to exactly how I found it, including the specimen to the very space it was discovered. ----- #cygnustechdiffuser #nuts_about_wildlife #nuts_about_nature #fieldherping #herpetologia #thereptilereportofficial #herpingtheglobe #herpsofinstagram #cupoty #yourshotaunz #herpingaustralia #ausgeo #natureaustralia #australianwildlife #natgeoau #elapid #hoplocephalus #aussiesnakes

𝘛𝘳𝘺𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘢 (Fiddler Ray) A common sighting within the reserve and easy to approach, often found resting along the seagrass and seaweed patches in the day. On this occasion a large one basking in the scattering sunlight. #canonunderwater #underwaterlife #underwaterphotography #uwphotography #freedivephotography #nuts_about_nature #nuts_about_wildlife #abcaustralia #ausgeo #yourshotaunz #NiFfeature #oceangeographic

𝘈𝘳𝘬𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘺𝘪 (Speechley's Arkys) Much like their other cousins, this one is a pro ambush hunter, patiently waiting atop leaves and grass blades for approaching prey. 5th member of Arkys I've encountered🤞🏼. #cygnustechdiffuser #passion_in_macro #beautiful_insects_japan #insects_of_our_world #raw_macro #nuts_about_wildlife #nuts_about_macro #biosapiens #niffeature #bbcwildlifepotd #bbcwildlifemagazine #australianwildlife #natgeoau #arachnids #australianspiders #arkys #arkysspeechleyi #spidersaturday

𝘗𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴 (Red-crowned Toadlet) Never anticipated ever coming across this 30mm frog having heard about them from a colleague at uni. Vulnerable across its incredibly small range around the Sydney Basin due to urbanisation and removal of viable sandstone habitats with unpolluted ephemeral creeks. #cygnustechdiffuser #nuts_about_wildlife #nuts_about_conservation #raw_herpetology #anura #thereptilereportofficial #fieldherping #herpingtheglobe #amphibians #amphibiansofinstagram #frogsofinstagram #frogstagram #biosapiens #NiFFeature #earthfocus #bbcwildlife #bbcwildlifepotd #cupoty #frogfriday

🇦🇺～ Name 俗名：𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹-𝗲𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗲 東部小眼蛇 Binomial 學名：𝐶𝑟𝑦𝑝𝑡𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑖𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑠 Kingdom 界：Animalia 動物界 Phylum 門：Chordata 脊索動物 Class 綱：Reptilia 爬行綱 Order 目：Squamata 有鱗目 Sub-order 亞目：Serpentes 蛇亞目 Family 科：Elapidae 眼鏡蛇科 Sub-family 亞科：Hydrophiinae 海蛇亞科 Genus 屬：Cryptophis 小眼蛇屬 Species 種：C. nigrescens 東部小眼蛇 📍 𝑺𝒀𝑫𝑵𝑬𝒀 悉尼 Origin 來源：Native 原生 (ENDEMIC 特有種) IUCN Category 保護狀況：Least Concern 無危 📸：@sonyhongkong #Sony #A6600 #cygnustechdiffuser . #easternsmalleyedsnake #smalleyedsnake #cryptophisnigrescens #東部小眼蛇 #澳洲蛇類 #澳洲生態 #australiansnakes #snakes #elapids #inaturalist #inaturalistorg #bbcearth #bbcwildlifepotd #australiawildlife #nuts_about_wildlife #wildbirdphotography #snakesofaustralia #fieldherping #ausgeo #nuts_about_snakes #conservationphotography #outbackqueensland #australianfauna #australianwildlife #australiananimals #herpingtheglobe