Botswana – Page 9 – Jennifer Sawicky Photography

May 2, 2018May 1, 2018

2018-05-02: Wordless Wednesday

April 30, 2018April 29, 2018

2018-04-30: Monochrome Monday

The sun over the Boteti River. Each time I have been to Botswana, I have found the sky there completely mesmerizing. This past trip was no exception.

Wishing everyone a great week ahead – happy Monday 🙂

20180430_MM — Leroo La Tau Camp, May 2017.

April 28, 2018

2018-04-28: WPC Lines

The photo challenge topic for the week is lines (not the kind you were stuck writing in school if you were misbehaving in class…) 🙂

Here are a few images that I found that I feel have a strong linear element to them. I hope you enjoy.

20170425-DSC_0592 — A game trail through the desert leads up a hill and around a bend. Don’t you find yourself wondering what might be just beyond the line of sight? Namibia, April 2017.

20170425-1020349 — Jagged hills zigzagging into the distance in this aerial shot above the Damaraland region of Namibia. April, 2017.

20170427-P1020841 — Game trails through the desert again, but this time leading us to a lioness heading towards the river for a drink. Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp, April 2017.

20170503-P1030063 — A road through the Nxai Pan leading to the Baines Baobabs. The image is deceiving, as the tree trunks are as wide as a vehicle. Botswana, May 2017.

20170511-DSC_4192 — I took this image of the sky while on a sundowner drinks stop; I was drawn to the way the setting sun was illuminating the linear clouds. South Africa, May 2017.

WPC: Lines

April 23, 2018April 22, 2018

Such an amazing animal to spend time with on safari. The social dynamics of the wild dog packs are fascinating to watch, though if they are on the move, it is nearly impossible to keep up with them. This pack member looks on while some other members were starting to get up and ready themselves to set off.

African Wild Dog – Okavango Delta, Botswana. May 2017.

April 22, 2018

2018-04-22: Wide Angles – Stitched Panoramas

I had planned to put together my GoPro clips from Kenya this week, but time slipped away from me, so I have had to put that off until next week. Instead, I am sharing some of the stitched panorama images I have created over several trips.

_DSC2245-Edit — The landscape is rather unremarkable, but I saw this lone impala running and took some shots hoping I could create something like this. Botswana, 2015.

20170511-DSC_4199 Pano copy — A beautiful sunset to accompany a sundowner drinks stop on Phinda. South Africa, May 2017.

DSC_0226-Edit-Edit — The vast skies of the Masai Mara.

DSC_8816-Edit — A group of giraffes amongst the fever trees. Ol Kinyei Conservancy, Kenya.

mara sunrise pano — Sunrise over the Masai Mara. Kenya, 2016.

April 18, 2018April 15, 2018

2018-04-18: Wordless Wednesday

April 11, 2018April 8, 2018

2018-04-11: Wordless Wednesday

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April 3, 2018April 1, 2018

2018-04-03: WPC Rise/Set

The photo challenge topic of the week is sunrise and sunset. Here is one of each from my travels in Southern Africa.

20170517-DSC_8210 copy — Sunrise on my last dat of safari. May, 2017.

20170505-DSC_2376 copy — A flock of red-billed quelea searching for a spot to roost as night falls over the Okavango Delta. May, 2017

WPC: Rise/Set

March 27, 2018March 25, 2018

2018-03-27: WPC Favourite Place

The topic this week and last are very similar for me. Last week, I told you that I’d rather be on safari and this week I’m going to tell you that my favourite place is being amongst the elephants in the African bush. I must admit, I don’t really like the concept of a favourite place per se, because it feels like it discounts so many amazing experiences over the years. But, I have often said if I could only limit myself to traveling to one place the rest of my life (and even so far as if I had to choose only one animal to spend the rest of my days with) it would be in Africa amongst the elephants.

There is just something about being in the proximity of elephants, feeling their rumbles, listening to their calls, watching them interact and go about their days that fills me with such peace and joy.

I hope you enjoy my selection of images this week.