black and white photography – Page 11 – Jennifer Sawicky Photography

December 10, 2018

2018-12-10: Monochrome Monday

I think elephants look stunning in a black and white interpretation. The amazing texture of their skin gets emphasized in such a wonderful way.

DSC_9397-Edit — Lots of wrinkles, and wise eyes.

20170429-DSC_1298 — An old bull elephant enjoying a drink in Etosha National Park.

20170516-DSC_7040 copy-Edit — This elephant gave us one head shake, but when she realized the rest of the family was completely chill with our presence, she went back to calmly grazing.

December 3, 2018

2018-12-03: Monochrome Monday

A trio of leopard images to start the week. I hope you enjoying, and wishing you a fantastic week ahead.

20170507-DSC_3211 — We were lucky enough to spend a couple of hours with this beautiful leopard, as day faded into night.

20170507-DSC_3506 copy-Edit — Even though I got loads of great photos while it was still out light out, when our ranger got the spotlight out, I had to try for a couple more.

A leopard cub descending a fallen tree to play with its sibling.

November 26, 2018November 25, 2018

2018-11-26: Monochrome Monday

Wishing everyone a wonderful week ahead!

20170509-DSC_3737 — A cheetah seen on Phinda Game Reserve during a morning game drive.

20170514-DSC_5482 — A lion resting in the shade in the afternoon heat on Ngala Game Reserve.

20170515-DSC_5998 — A leopard pausing alongside our vehicle during an afternoon game drive on Londolozi.

November 12, 2018

Whilst in Namibia on my last visit, I travelled for a couple of days in the Etosha area. Being in the park itself is quite different to being on a private reserve, since there is no off-road driving allowed, but there was still a lot of great game viewing when driving around the park.

We were fortunate to come across a group of 3 young lion brothers, likely ejected from their pride within the past few months, as they had gotten to the age where they needed to be on their own. They still had the energy and playfulness of cubs though, chasing each other around a water hole. We were even more fortunate to be the only vehicle to being viewing these lions for the majority of the time that we spent with them, allowing us to get in a great position to watch them going about their day.

November 5, 2018November 4, 2018

2018-11-05: Monochrome Monday

For this week I worked on a few images from my time in California. Compared to my trips to Africa, I took relatively few photos, but I have a good number that I am interested in playing around with to see what happens.

DSCF1473 — I spent a lot of time outside relaxing with my camera nearby in case any interesting birds popped into the yard, but found myself also being drawn to the beautiful shapes of the palm fronds.

One of the things I picked up while away was an infrared filter for my camera, and I took it out and started playing around in Joshua Tree when my photo workshop was over. I have so much to learn about all the nuances of infrared photography, but even without doing the proper things, like setting a custom white balance, I am still happy with what I was able to come up with when converting the images to black and white.

DSCF1799 — I wish I would have written down which of the stops through the park this was; I was drawn to the wonderful boulders and all the desert plants and cacti that surrounded them.

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October 31, 2018October 30, 2018

2018-10-31: Wordless Wednesday

October 29, 2018October 28, 2018

2018-10-29: Monochrome Monday

I met a friend for a tea and a visit last week, and as she also feels a connection to elephants, I started telling her about the elephant encounter I had on the last day of my last safari trip. Since I still had a few flagged images from that sighting that I wanted to edit, I thought they’d make a great post for today.

I posted a bit of the story of these elephants before, which you can check out here if you’d like, along with a couple more images.

I hope you enjoy my selection of images, and hope you have a wonderful week ahead.