Tag Archives: nature

Where Have All the Ellies Gone?

The best time to go to Addo National Elephant Park? Funnily enough, all the tourist websites say the Winter months. Why? Because there are fewer visitors … and it’s dry. Ha-ha-ha! They’ve obviously not heard of global warming. We’ve just returned from Addo, early June, slap-bang in winter. And it poured. Thunderclaps roared above us,…
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Botanicals (the weird kind)

Just when I think I need to venture beyond the familiar to find things exotic, out of nowhere I get a bump on the nose. It’s been taking me a little while to find my feet again after being on the road communing with wild and untamed creatures … 7,400 kilometres later … I mean,…
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Subtle sepia

Stimulated by my friend Clare’s comment (she, herself, is an accomplished photographer with an excellent eye for an unusual composition), I’ve done some experimenting with sepia on a few textural photos from Kgalagadi. Simply love the shapes of the collapsed camel thorns, gnarly limbs splayed out like giant tarantulas The term “sepia” is inherited from…
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