Photographer Charles Davis believes there’s something more important than a fancy camera or an exotic animal when it comes to capturing the perfect wildlife snap. Stubbornness is his superpower.

“People always tell me, oh, you must be so patient,” Davis says. “And I’m like, no, I’m stubborn. It’s all about how much can you bang your head against that rock and come back and do it again.

“If it takes a week, that’s an easy photo. It’s the photos that have taken years that I still haven’t got, that’s where the stubbornness comes in.”

Davis’ persistence has paid off with two award-winning shots in the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year exhibition that has just opened at the Australian Museum.

He won the “animals in nature” category with PJ & Crabs , a shot of a Port

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