August 20, 2012

White Fronted Bee Eater
No time for a photo today, so I decided to try my hand at editing one that was taken last week.
Surely that makes it count for today?

August 19, 2012

It was rather windy today and I found myself deleting just about every photo that I took.
 Protected by the huge Pine tree,  this Aloe bravely stood its ground and
therefore the only photo that is in focus.
(The insect flew in quite by chance - no claim for 'perfect timing' here!)

August 18, 2012

Although this shot was an accident, I find it strangely appealing! 
The birds were running in a section of the
Hluhluwe Imfolozi Park that was destroyed by fire earlier this week. 
 In an attempt to get motion blur in the background, with the Guinea fowl  in focus,
I rested my camera on the half open window and tried to drive next to the running birds.
Unfortunately the camera slid down the slanting edge of the window and this was the result!
The photo somehow conveys the terror that runaway fires cause to all creatures- great and small.
"Running from the Fire" therefore seems like an ideal name for this shot.