Happy first day of Spring! My goodness I am certainly happy to say that, and also very happy that it is finally starting to feel like winter has loosened its grip around here. I’m at the point now where only 50% of my lawn is still cover in snow!
For today, I thought I would share a mixed bag of photos from my trip to East Africa.
Happy Monday all, and have a wonderful week!
A juvenile gorilla with a tasty branch.A young lion amongst the acacia.A spooky tree that I think would be amazing to shoot with the stars in the background. Fingers crossed I find some more spooky trees on my next trip.A pair of hyena pups wrestle outside of the den site near the Amboseli airstrip.A giraffe in a fever tree forest in Ol Kinyei Conservancy in Kenya.
The end of the year is a great time to reflect on the path that has been travelled over the year, and the ones that you hope to travel on in the coming year. 2016 has been an interesting, and really good year. The photos below encompass some of my thoughts about the various paths that I am on.
There are times when the path is clear; you know where you are going and the way is easily defined. If you have to retrace your steps for some reason, it’s easy to get back where you started.
Sand Forest, Phinda Game Reserve, South Africa.
On some days, the path might seem barren and you feel all alone, but you never know what might pop up ahead.
A saddle billed stork takes to the road. Amboseli National Park, Kenya.
Sometimes others will doubt that you are on a path at all; they will question your direction and your vision. But you know exactly where you are going.
An elephant heads towards the river for an early morning drink. Ishasha Sector, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda.
Sometimes you need to create your own path. You can’t see where you are headed, and if you try to turn around, the way is just as obscured. Going on intuition is the only way forward.
A leopard moving through the tall grasses, Ishasha Sector, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda.
Sometimes the only thing to do is take a break, rest, and return to the path later on. This is especially true when you have no idea what you are doing, or where you are going!
Silverback Makara rests on one of the game trails in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Forest, Uganda.
Something a little different for today’s Monochrome Monday. During last week’s full moon, the moonrise happened while I was out on my afternoon walk with Spencer. I hadn’t planned on taking any photos, but it looked so lovely rising above a farm in my neighbourhood, I had to try to capture a few quick shots. It was also -28C and standing still for any length of time was not going to happen (neither was spending much time without my mittens on!)
Handheld with a fairly slow shutter speed, I managed to get a clear shot, but it was so dark and noisy, it wasn’t going to work as a traditional landscape shot. So I played around instead, and came up with this interpretation. It’s very dark and moody, but I liked it and thought I would share.
