2016-08-30: Artistic Impressions

It’s been a busy week as I’ve been getting ready to head off on holiday, and I haven’t been out taking many photos. I have seen loads of wildlife though, including 5 deer at one time, a bear, and the hairy woodpecker family.

Since I have nothing new to share this week, I thought I would post a few more of the photos I call my artistic impressions.

I hope you enjoy them, have a great week!

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2016-05-31_WPC: Spare

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While staying in the Okavango Delta last April, the lodge had to send a spare vehicle along with the guide that picked us up at the airstrip… the rapidly rising water levels meant that the luggage needed to be placed up on the seats to avoid going for a swim

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2016-05-29: All About the Light

It’s been a slow week for photos on my daily walks; and I had planned to spend some time photographing the hummingbirds this weekend, but yesterday slipped away from me, and today is completely miserable.  So, it was into my archive of photos to edit instead.

The following are a pretty random group of photos,the only real common element being lovely light.

I hope you enjoy!

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A leopard in the Okavango Delta in bright, early morning light. I love the glow of the long grasses framing the leopard.
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An Okavango sunset, with hints of light on the marsh grasses.
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A lone giraffe traverses through the low, scrubby brush at Phinda Game Reserve.
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A pair of springbok near Sossusvlei, Namibia. I think the glow of the sun provides an interesting outline to the pair.
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I don’t quite know what it is about this photo, but I really like it.

 

2016-05-15: Hornbills

I’m out of town this weekend, and got this post ready ahead of time, as I knew I wouldn’t be back in time to do my usual “What I’ve seen this week” post.  I hope you enjoy this instead.

According to a quick Google search, there are 29 different hornbills in Southern Africa.  So far, I’ve seen 5 of them.  The variety of shapes and colours was the reason I wanted to create this post.

Now for the photos!

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A crowned hornbill. South Africa, April 2015
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A red-billed hornbill. Botswana, April 2015
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A yellow-billed hornbill (or as my Dad calls them, flying bananas). Botswana, April 2015
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A ground hornbill seen on my first trip to South Africa, April 2013.
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A grey hornbill. South Africa, May 2015
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A red-billed hornbill. Botswana, April 2015
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