Buffalo in water

On a cloudy and very humid day in Kruger National Park we found these buffalos cooling off in a full river after good recent rains during January 2021. The buffalo and river form part of the whole landscape.

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Full Limpopo river

During November 2020 I did a Safari to the Limpopo province near the town of Swartwater.
There was a great excitement amongst the local farmers as water started to flow into the nearly dried out Limpopo river. I took this image a day later where the water was strongly flowing over a weir after being dry the day before.

Plantation view

Travelling to Mpumalanga for work, the forester who was guiding me to the work site,stopped at this view point so that we could enjoy the view from high above the valley and plantations below.
My travelling companion, the Canon 1 DX, was put to good use.
This image also brings back fond childhood memories as I have had the privilege to grow up in plantations on the side of a mountain not far from where this image was taken.

Hazy Mpumalanga

The hazy view towards the Sudwala caves and Mbombela caught my attention and once again my camera got put to work.

Moon setting

On my way to deliver stock in the North Western Province early one morning I saw the beautiful moon going down, I franticly looked for a spot to photograph the moon before it was to late. I found a spot with poplar trees fairly close to the road and got a few images. Pleased with myself I drove off to my destination.

Full moon setting

The same moon described in the previous image.

Black jacks

While visiting Austen Roberts bird park I came across these Black jacks and took some photos of it.

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Drifting feathers

Nothing much to shoot that day, I turned my attention to objects other than birds. So I focused on drifting bird feathers.

The good and the bad

Contrasting image of the good and the bad. The bad, Pompoms are highly invasive and are taking over where grazing should be for wild and domestic animals. The good, the colour of the landscape and the forming of rain clouds.

Vultures in Kruger National Park

I came across these vultures cooling off in the Sand river on a sweltering hot day in Kruger National Park.

Nkumbe look out, Kruger National Park

I have stopped at Nkumbe on many a occasion, scanning the vast expanse with my binoculars and have been lucky too find many types of animal life. Just to sit and enjoy the beauty of nature is a great privilege.

Spider web

I took this image of a Spiders web on a Marlothi aloe during our stay at Marloth Park.

Struwig rustic camp, greater Kruger

We pitched our tents in this camp site and did a few guided walks during our stay. One of the high lights was that we came across elephants close to the camp. I hoped that the black and white image of the gate would enhance the natural setting of the camp site.

Beauty in a dead tree trunk

This dead Mopani tree caught my attention while on a walk during our stay at Struwig. The tree was possibly pushed over by an elephant many years ago. Dead trees play a vital role in the eco systems and also make lovely images, I can imagine this image on wall of a lodge somewhere in the African bush.

Clouds Kruger National Park

Rain clouds near Pretoriuskop in Kruger National Park.

Baobab trees with a Kruger sunrise

Privilege's, privilege's, privilege's, to be on foot in Kruger early morning and to photograph God's creation with sunrise. This image was taken close to the northern border of Kruger National Park. Makuleke, Pafuri

Baobab sunset

It is not uncommon to see Baobab tress in the northern parts of Kruger and they do make good images. I took this image while on a drive in the Pafuri area of Kruger National Park.

Back roads

This image I took when we were traveling the back roads to the fever tree forest in the northern parts of Kruger.

Sunset in the Limpopo province

Sunsets in the Limpopo bushveld are awesome even if there are no clouds around.

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Village in Botswana

Exiting the southern border of the Makgadikgadi National park, we drove through this village. This is so part of Africa and I love it.

Makgadikgadi sunset

As we drove down the two track road, hoping to get to our camp site with some day light to spare. I said to Charles, to many clouds and that we would not get a good sunset. Boy, was I wrong. With sunset the whole sky transformed into a glorious painting, changing with every second, minute passing. I don't know how many images I took, each one different. Needless to say that we got to our campsite very much later than planned and set up camp in the dark

Makgadikgadi sunset

This a wide angle shot of the Makgadikgadi sunset. How can one describe this?

Botswana'a Makgadikgadi

We got out our vehicle to take a few shots of the sunset, hoping that we would not get eaten or trampled on.

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Back view

A friend told me many years ago. Don't only shoot the sun, shoot the opposite side of the setting sun and this is what I came up with, just as spectacular.

Settings

Trying different camera settings.

Sitting down in the two track road

To change the image slightly I sat down on the two track road to make use of the grass as part of the image.

Sunset Third bridge

Heading back to our camp site at Third bridge, Moremi. I stopped and took a few shots of this tree and setting sun hoping that I will make it to the camp in time.

Late afternoon in the Moremi.

More of a landscape image with Hippo's in the pool. Between Second and Third bridge. Moremi Botswana

Bridge in Moremi

Excitement. Years ago we drove on these bridges of the Moremi, some of which are not in use today. Pity.

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Dead Tree Island

I do not now why these trees have died. It looked much the same twenty years ago. Moremi Botswana.

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