Botswana – Page 15 – Jennifer Sawicky Photography

May 29, 2016

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!

20160529_All about the light 1 — A leopard in the Okavango Delta in bright, early morning light. I love the glow of the long grasses framing the leopard.

20160529_All about the light 2 — An Okavango sunset, with hints of light on the marsh grasses.

20160529_All about the light 3 — A lone giraffe traverses through the low, scrubby brush at Phinda Game Reserve.

20160529_All about the light 4 — A pair of springbok near Sossusvlei, Namibia. I think the glow of the sun provides an interesting outline to the pair.

20160529_All about the light 5 — I don’t quite know what it is about this photo, but I really like it.

May 20, 2016

2016-05-20: Feel Good Friday

May 18, 2016

2016-05-18: Wordless Wednesday

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May 15, 2016

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!

Hornbills-5 — A crowned hornbill. South Africa, April 2015

Hornbills-3 — A red-billed hornbill. Botswana, April 2015

Hornbills-2 — A yellow-billed hornbill (or as my Dad calls them, flying bananas). Botswana, April 2015

DSC_0662-Edit — A ground hornbill seen on my first trip to South Africa, April 2013.

Hornbills-6 — A grey hornbill. South Africa, May 2015

Hornbills-4 — A red-billed hornbill. Botswana, April 2015

May 12, 2016

2016-05-12: WPC Earth

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May 9, 2016

2016-05-09: Monochrome Monday

April 21, 2016

2016-04-21: Zebras

When going through some photos today, I took notice of the variety of landscapes that I saw zebras in during my last trip. From scrubby desert to the vast wetlands of the Okavango Delta, everywhere they seemed to be thriving. They really are such beautiful animals; I hope you enjoy.

20160421_Zebra 3 — Mom and youngster on watch as the heat of the day builds. Sabi Sands, May 2015.

20160421_Zebra 4 — A dazzle of zebra gather on the airstrip in the late afternoon. The youngsters of this group were particularly tiny. Sabi Sands, May 2015

20160421_Zebra 1 — One zebra pauses to take notice of us overhead, while the rest of the group continues their journey through the Okavango Delta. April, 2015

20160421_Zebra 2 — The late afternoon sun provides lovely backlighting on a pair of zebra. Okavango Delta, April 2015.

20160421_Zebra 5 — A dazzle of zebra in Sossusvlei, Nambia, April 2015. The youngsters in this group were particularly boisterous, running circles around the adults a few minutes before I snapped this photo.

20160421_Zebra 6.jpg — A group of zebra grazing as the light of the afternoon fades away. We watched this group for some time as we stopped nearby for a sundowner 🙂 Sossusvlei, April 2015

April 15, 2016

2016-04-15: Feel Good Friday

I thought I’d mix it up just a bit, and post a non-elephant photo for my feel good Friday post. This leopard definitely looks like she has had enough of the week and is ready for the weekend!

Happy Friday everyone!