Category: Africa

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2017-09-26: WPC Layers

The WordPress photo challenge prompt for the week is layers.  I shot this image while on a bird watching boat trip along the Kazinga Channel in Uganda.  There were several fishing villages along our route, and most of the boats were already in for the day by the time we set out.  The person taking the climb back to the village from the shore caught my eye from the boat.

I feel this image is a great example of showing off many layers; not only do we have the water, the land and the sky, but several layers of nature interspersed with man made objects.

I hope you enjoy my take on this topic.

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WPC: Layers

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2017-09-25: Monochrome Monday

We were lucky enough to spend about an hour with this breeding herd in the Namibian Desert.  They spent time grazing on devil’s thorn and then went down into the riverbed for a drink and a mud bath.  After that, they were off, and we headed back to camp for breakfast.

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Elephants in the Hoanib river bed.  Namibia, April 2017.

 

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2017-09-21: Vida Collection on HSN

Several months ago, one of the designs I created for my Vida site was selected to be made into a custom item to be featured on HSN! The item is now available and will be featured on the Vida design show tomorrow on HSN in the US.

When I signed on for the feature, I only knew that the product would be a sleeveless vest, but not how it would look.  These are my first views of it, and I think it’s turned out wonderfully.

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My item is called Amboseli Sunset, and was created from an image I took while on a game drive in Kenya last September.

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This is the image I used to create the design.

The link below will take you to the sales page on HSN:

https://www.hsn.com/products/vida-artist-series-kenya-sleeveless-vest/8490617

 

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2017-08-17: WPC: Ooh, Shiny!

The WordPress photo challenge topic for the week are things that are distracting, and I need look no further than birds.  Just yesterday, while taking my dog for an afternoon walk, a flash of yellow caught my eye in the bush, and I ended up rather mesmerized at the side of the road trying to photograph the birds flitting passed, mostly so I could try and identify them later.  Those photos aren’t worth sharing, but I’m no different whilst on holiday either.  Birds are definitely one of the things that stop me in my tracks so I can gaze at them in wonder.

I hope you enjoy my selection of photos.

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A black korhaan, also known as the helicopter bird, spotted while out on a game drive in Etosha National Park.  Namibia, April 2017.
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A flock of red billed quilea taking to the air.  Okavango Delta, Botswana.  May 2017.
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A southern ground hornbill spotted on an afternoon game drive in the Okavango Delta.  We were very fortunate to see these endangered birds on several game drives in the delta.  Botswana, May 2017.
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A grey go-away bird running along the edge of the Boteti River in Botswana.  Granted it isn’t the best bird shot, but I loved the gesture of it too much not to include it.  He looks like he’s doing a jig!  Botswana, May 2017.
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A pale chanting goshawk perched next to the Boteti Rover in the early morning, likely looking for some breakfast amongst the frogs and other small creatures at the waters edge.
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I think I need to bring a magnetic bumper sticker the next time I go on safari that says “We brake for rollers”.  I’ve never seen a lilac-breasted roller I didn’t want to snap a photo of.  They are such beautiful birds, with such a gorgeous array of colours.  Botswana, May 2017.

 

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WPC: Ooh, Shiny!

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2017-08-10: WPC Elemental

The photo challenge prompt for this week is elemental. I was able to find a few photos in the edit queue from my last trip that fit in with this theme perfectly.  Here are my images that represent earth, air, water and fire.

I hope you enjoy!

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Earth: Flying above the beautiful Okavango Delta.
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Air: A strong wind whips up a sandstorm in the Hoanib desert.
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Water: Drainage channels caused from water running off the hills, snake through the desert landscape. 
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Fire: A fiery sunset in the Okavango Delta in Botswana.

 

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WPC: Elemental

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2017-08-04: WPC Textures

The photo challenge prompt of the week is textures.  There are a lot of directions that this can be taken; I decided on a combination of animals in their environment and animal portraits.

I hope you enjoy my take on texture.

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Agama Lizard, Kenya, September 2016.  I like the contrast of the colourful, scaly agama lizard against the drab brown tree trunk and the spiky thorn branches.
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A lioness walks through the desert in Namibia, April, 2017.  Desert environments can seem one dimensional from a distance, but they are full of an amazing variety of textures.  Sharp rocky outcrops, weathered wood, shifting sand, sparse vegetation and of course, the landscape occasionally dotted with animals and birds.
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Dense fog, dry grass, the pitted sides of a termite mound.  Oh, and a cheetah too 🙂  South Africa, May 2017
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Soft fur, spiky whiskers and a whole lot of slippery slime.  A leopard cub plays in a very swampy area of the bush.  South Africa, May 2017.
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The wrinkly skin of the elephant is mimicked in the tree branch shadows falling above the eye and on the ear.  Kenya, September 2016.

 

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WPC: Textures

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2017-07-17: Monochrome Monday

A bit of elephant love to start the week!

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Mama and baby on the Amboseli Plains.  Kenya, September 2016.
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A group of elephants moving through the Ol Kinyei Conservancy adjacent to the Mara Reserve.  Kenya, 2016.
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Desert-adapted elephants grazing on devil’s thorn, which bloomed in abundance after a wetter than average rainy season in Namibia.  April, 2017.

 

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and

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