I’m currently traveling so posts will be brief, but I wanted to share an image from my travels so far. I did a day trip on the Panorama Route Sunday, and enjoyed seeing amazing landscapes throughout the day.
The day started out a little bit hazy, but cleared throughout the day and in the end, the weather couldn’t have been more perfect for exploring.
Greetings from South Africa! I’m so happy to be back in one of my favourite places.
I did a trip along the Panorama Route today, and explored Lisbon Falls, Berlin Falls, the Potholes, God’s Window and the Three Rondavels.
A relaxing glass of wine is calling my name, so I have just edited a single image for now.
I’m heading into the bush tomorrow, so I won’t have a lot of time to post, but I will try my best to keep up my normal Sunday, Monday and Wednesday schedule.
Lisbon Falls, along the Panorama Route in South Africa.
April was topic free, as I was trying to work through my image backlog, and just post whatever I felt like at the moment. And, I am happy to report that I met my goal of getting all of my image backlog edited before heading off on my next adventure. I finished with less than 12 hours to go, so it was cutting it close, but I am happy to have a clean slate to return to when I get home.
What’s new this month
The snow has finally melted, the temperatures have started to warm up, and I even saw (but didn’t photograph) my first hummingbird of the year a couple of days ago. I am looking forward to spending some time outside capturing the hummingbirds when I return home from holiday.
5 favourites of the month
What’s coming up next?
I’ll be traveling in South Africa in May, so my regular posts may be a bit sporadic at best.
For those that have been printing out my calendar pages each month, below are the links for May and June:
Just a quick post today as I am running a little short on time at the moment!
I loved watching these elephants greet each other as they all congregated around a dam. Different family groups joined up, took their time with greetings, getting refreshing drinks, and eventually, heading off in their separate ways.
It’s always a joy for me to spend time amongst elephants.
Here we are at Monday again. I felt like editing some elephant images recently, so that is what I have decided to share today. Elephants, with their amazingly textured skin, look fantastic in monochrome images (at least I think so!)
I hope you enjoy my selections. Have a great week!
A lone bull elephant crossing the Boteti River in Botswana.An elephant enjoying some tasty greens.Giving the grasses a good shake, to remove excess dirt, before eating.An elephant enjoying a drink at one of the dams on Phinda Game Reserve.There is actually a pair of elephants here, climbing out of the dry riverbed in front of Ngala Tented Camp, but one is mostly obscured by the bushes. This image looked pretty flat and lifeless from the harsh midday sun, until I did the black and white conversion. I couldn’t quite go ask them to repeat the trek at a later time when the lighting was more favourable!
While this leopard sighting was almost two years ago, it feels both like a lifetime ago, and also like it was yesterday. I find it interesting how the same experience can occupy those different spaces, seemingly at the same time.
This was the second to last day of my last safari, and the photos don’t need too much commentary. Our ranger took us to a leopard and her two cubs that were deep in a ravine, and while we perched, parked on the side of a rather steep slope, the cubs went about their day, playing, chasing, exploring and occasionally, snuggling up with their Mom.
I hope you enjoy my selections for today. Wishing everyone a fantastic week ahead.
An excellent climber already.A fallen tree makes an excellent perch to look out over the ravine.A very intriguing tail. A moment after this, it got a little chomp!Look at those messy green paws!Snuggles with Mom.A perfect cat pounce.Practicing stalking.It was wonderful to watch Mom get in on the game, and start to chase the cubs around.