The Week in Pictures #285
This week was characterised by a contrast of emotions, a celebration of life and the departure of two of our game rangers. The bush is full of trials and tribulations, …
This week was characterised by a contrast of emotions, a celebration of life and the departure of two of our game rangers. The bush is full of trials and tribulations, …
Another phenomenal week filled with dramatic weather conditions, sensational sightings and enthralling interactions draws to a close at Londolozi. Whenever I compile the Week in Pictures I feel there is …
Wildebeest calves strike me as particularly stupid little creatures. They’re hilarious to watch as they gambol around the clearings with their funny “Meep” sounds, and their expressionless faces with those …
The highlight of this week was not a sighting itself but the way in which tracker Jerry Hambana spotted the Tutlwa female (picture 3) a couple of days ago. I …
Landscape photography is just that; illustrating the landscape in a still image. It furthermore encapsulates nature photography by discarding the rule of the “subject”. Capturing natural landscapes can be done …
The crisp of the mornings is broken by warming African sunrise, and once the day draws to an ends, just after the golden hour, we are led into an ever-changing canvas brought …
Rangers and trackers were fortunate this week to have the team from Nikon conducting a photographic workshop at Londolozi. Obviously on a photographic course one wants things to photograph, and …
Reminiscent of Londolozi’s New Year’s Eve horse race, 2016 is evidently off to a hot and fast start. And much like the somewhat theatrical performance, the new year is creating …
As exciting and interesting as April has been, it is left behind in hasty anticipation for May. We are seeing the fast introduction of the new as well as potential changes …
With the inevitably dry winter creeping ever closer and the consistent mumblings of a summer not delivering enough rain, it would be a lie to say that this last week …
The week dawned with the heavy promise of nourishing rain for the bushveld. Being encircled by the thirsty Sabi Sands, with views of growing aridity on every rise, we have all …
We are, as Rangers and Trackers, in a very rare position, whereby we have the ability to explore. To search, to walk, to drive, to look and to see. To …
After a busy cycle with some incredible winter game viewing, I find myself looking back and reliving some of the scenes I was briefly apart of. Windows of insight into …
A cold front has moved up from Cape Town and blanketed the Lowveld in icy conditions. Freezing mornings over the past few days have rendered the bushveld relatively quiet (in …
Winter is a time that has much appeal, it is also a time that brings much hardship. It is a time that sparks our memory and plays with our senses. …