Three images selected in the Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year highlight the patience, composition, and lighting required in wildlife photography from underground photo hides in Kenya.

Spending a night in the Shompole Photo Hide is one of the most immersive wildlife photography experiences in Kenya. Sitting underground at eye level with the waterhole, photographers watch as elephants, lions, and other animals move through the darkness. This journal explores the quiet intensity of spending the night beneath the African bush while the wild unfolds just meters away.