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  • Vervet monkeys like to hang around the campsites in Moremi where they harass campers and steal food items. Despite that I actually love them, more especially the youngsters. I was determined to get some close-up shots of one of those cuties and after a few straight forward portrait images I tried some alternative framing. Here I was on my knees to get at eye level with my subject, a baby hanging upside down on its mother’s belly. I framed it such that the head of the adult is excluded; thereby creating an image that may have to make the viewer look twice before understanding what is going on.
    VGR_20080101_0818_B&Wn.jpg
  • The Main water fall inside the Moremi Gorge in the Tswapong Hills, Eastern Botswana
    VGR_20140221_0331_SEPIA_n.jpg
  • Herd of giraffe on the Sunday Pan in the CKGR, Botswana.
    VGR_20120127_5690.jpg
  • Herd of giraffe on the Piper Pans in the CKGR, Botswana. A summer rainstorm created the mood that is so typical for the Kalahari in summer. I used an ultra wide-angle lens to capture the vastness of the scene.
    VGR_20130207_7873_B&Wn.jpg
  • Herd of giraffe on the Piper Pans in the CKGR, Botswana. A summer rainstorm created the mood that is so typical for the Kalahari in summer. I used an ultra wide-angle lens to capture the vastness of the scene.
    VGR_20130207_1618.jpg
  • Herd of giraffe on the Piper Pans in the CKGR, Botswana. A summer rainstorm created the mood that is so typical for the Kalahari in summer. I used an ultra wide-angle lens to capture the vastness of the scene.
    VGR_20130207_7873_B&W_400x600_ALU.jpg
  • Herd of giraffe on the Piper Pans in the CKGR, Botswana. A summer rainstorm created the mood that is so typical for the Kalahari in summer. I used an ultra wide-angle lens to capture the vastness of the scene.
    VGR_20130207_7873.jpg
  • Herd of giraffe on the Piper Pans in the CKGR, Botswana. A summer rainstorm created the mood that is so typical for the Kalahari in summer. I used an ultra wide-angle lens to capture the vastness of the scene.
    VGR_20130207_1612.jpg
  • Close-up of zebra head
    VGR_20071222_8725.jpg
  • Vervet monkeys like to hang around the campsites in Moremi where they harass campers and steal food items. Despite that I actually love them, more especially the youngsters. I was determined to get some close-up shots of one of those cuties and after a few straight forward portrait images I tried some alternative framing. Here I was on my knees to get at eye level with my subject, a baby hanging upside down on its mother’s belly. I framed it such that the head of the adult is excluded; thereby creating an image that may have to make the viewer look twice before understanding what is going on.
    VGR_20080101_0818_B&W_400x600.tif
  • Rain falls from a dramatic cloud over Botswana's Nxai Pan, making a gorgeous backdrop for this Bull Elephant.
    VGR_20200221_5373-HDR.jpg
  • Rain falls from a dramatic cloud over Botswana's Nxai Pan, making a gorgeous backdrop for this Bull Elephant.
    VGR_20200221_5373-HDR_B&W.jpg
  • 'One in a thousand'<br />
This massive baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) is one of many baobabs rooted on one of the rocky hills that make up the Kgwebe Hills in Northern Botswana.
    VGR_20160909_3427.tif
  • An intrigueing abstract close up of a fallen, slowly decaying, acacia tree on an island somewhere deep down in the Okavango Delta in Botswana.
    VGR_20181022_0108d.jpg
  • Portrait of a back-lit Kudu Bull at sunrise in Botswana's  Khuste Game Reserve.
    VGR_20190716_8796.jpg
  • The far Eastern corner of Botswana is very different from the rest of the country and one of the main attractions is the beautiful Limpopo river, which forms the border between Botswana and South Africa. The riverine forests with its mighty trees had me fascinated.
    VGR_20130728_9089a.jpg
  • When shooting in rain (and in Botswana we don't get that chance too often, so I am no expert) there are basically two different approaches; one is to use a slow enough shutter speed to blur the rain drops, creating streaks, or two, to use a high shutter speed and freeze the rain drops. The first approach is the more common one. In this case, however, there was enough light due to the conditions, an incoming local storm shower in the late afternoon, resulting in a rainbow against a dark sky plus raindrops reflecting the sunlight. When a fleeting moment like that occurs you are desperate for a subject in the right place and simply have to be thankful for whatever you can find, even if it is not entirely as you had envisaged or dreamt of. Shooting in these conditions was not easy, but a few seconds later shooting was near impossible as it bucketed down..
    VGR_20120130_0595.jpg
  • Portrait of a back-lit Kudu Bull at sunset in Botswana's  Khuste Game Reserve.
    VGR_20190716_8803a.jpg
  • Glorious sunset over the flooded Tale Pan in northern Botswana
    VGR_20170323_3895_HDR2.jpg
  • Large baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) on Kubu Island in the Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana.
    VGR_20151030_3994.tif
  • 'Reflections of Baines'.<br />
The inspirational clump of Baobabs on the fringe of the Kudiakam Pan complex in the Nxai Pan National Park that was immortalized by and named after famous explorer/artist Thomas Baines, cast their reflections in a seasonally flooded Kudiakam Pan. This image was the winning submission in the landscape category in the Botswana 'Images for Conservation' photo competition 2013.
    VGR_20120129_0533a.jpg
  • Dawn over Gaborone City, Botswana
    VGR_20120526_0769a.jpg
  • A ghostly baobab tree under a luminous Milky Way on Kubu Island in the Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana
    VGR_20190629_6514a.jpg
  • Backlit Baobab uner the luminous Milky Way in the Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana
    VGR_20190530_2790-Pano_750x600_PERSP...jpg
  • Glorious pastel coloured sunset over the flooded Tale Pan in northern Botswana
    VGR_20170323_3966_1200x800_WHITEDIBO...jpg
  • A small pride of lions quench their thirst at a watering hole in Nxai Pan National Park, Botswana
    VGR_20181015_6794_sunlight3_750x500_...jpg
  • Abtract of a wild stormy sky over Gaborone Botswana
    VGR_20161118_.tif
  • Large baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) rooted on Kubu Island in the Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana.
    VGR_20151030_4030.tif
  • Large baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) on Kubu Island in the Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana.
    VGR_20151030_3994B&W.tif
  • 'Reflections of Death'-<br />
This bull giraffe died here on the shore of the Boteti River in Makgadikgadi National Park, Botswana. It is the end of October, the 'Season of Death' as I like to call it. Mostly though it is the drought combined with the heat that kills the weak and gives predators the advantage. In this case, with the river still holding water, it could impossibly have been the drought that killed this big bull giraffe. What did kill it remains a mystery. Despite the macabre nature of the scene I was interested in using the giraffe's unusual position and its reflection in a wide angle composition.
    VGR_20151029_3730b.tif
  • Velvet Spider (Stegodyphus sp) nests in Kalahari at dawn, Kaa, Swartpan, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana
    VGR_20090104_1253.jpg
  • Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis) followed by Geometric Tortoise (Psammobates geometricus), Nossob River, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana
    VGR_20081227_2922a.jpg
  • Kudiakam Pan in Nxai Pan National Park Botswana indundated
    VGR_20120128_0433_HDR.jpg
  • Glorious pastel coloured sunset over the flooded Tale Pan in northern Botswana
    VGR_20170323_3966.tif
  • The territorial male kalahari lion of the Molose pride in Khutse Game Reserve, Botswana
    VGR_20151121_4912.tif
  • Portrait of a wild dog walking on a dry salt pan in Nxai Pan National Park, Botswana
    VGR_20140215_9794B&Wn.jpg
  • Aerial view at firts light of Boro Village on the Borro Channel in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
    VGR_20140218_3896.jpg
  • Cape Ground Squirrel (Xerus inauris), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana
    VGR_20070930_5217a.jpg
  • Dawn over Gaborone City, Botswana
    VGR_20120526_0754.jpg
  • 'Okavango River Glory!'<br />
<br />
An amazing fiery sunrise over the always tranquil Okavango River near Shakawe in northern Botswana is this month's highlight I wish to share. It is moments like this that make my day!
    VGR_20170322_3675_HDR.tif
  • In celebration of Botswana's 50th Independence I figured a zebra image would be fitting. This small herd of zebra walks across a flooded plain in the Okavango Delta at first light as seen from the air.
    VGR_20160804_9294.tif
  • We were very privileged to witness the birth of a zebra foal during a Nxai Pan visit. The best image opportunities presented themselves after the actual birth when the mare was licking her young that was instinctively learning to balance on its four legs. Amazingly it could walk with ease within 15-20 minutes or so. Whilst all this was going on the lions were roaring only a few hundred meters away...<br />
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Location: Nxai Pan NP, Botswana.<br />
Techs:<br />
Camera Model Canon EOS 1D Mark IV<br />
Shutter Speed 1/800 Sec.<br />
Aperture Value f/8<br />
ISO Speed 400<br />
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM + 1.4xTC, Beanbag<br />
Crop is 85% of original
    VGR_20120129_6532a.jpg
  • Angry territorial bull hippopotamus charging head on!<br />
This month Air Botswana's in-flight magazine 'Peolwane' features my photo essay titled 'Hippo Power'. This in-your-face image is part of that essay as a full page print.
    VGR_20131011_7398b.jpg
  • Botswana has some wonderful 'surprises' for those who dare to venture a bit off the beaten tracks; the Gcwihaba Caves are one of these. This almost abstract image of torch light beaming through openings casting shapes of light on the cave wall , was my favorite of a recent adventure to these fascinating caves.
    VGR_20140219_5287b.jpg
  • Baobab and star trails<br />
(Highly Commended in the Landscape Category in the 2012 Botswana WPOTY)
    VGR_20110430_9656B.jpg
  • This is why I love the rainy season in Botswana so much; it offers the opportunity to see incredibly dramatic scenes such as these.<br />
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A storm cloud formation with rainbow at sunset above a lone Mopipi Tree in the beautiful Moreswa Pan in the Kalahari's Khutse Game Reserve.
    VGR_20150103_5389d.tif
  • Colourful stormy sky at sunset over the verdant green plains of the Kalahari at the end of the rainy season.
    VGR_20170413_4211-HDR.tif
  • VGR_20140213_8827_B&W.tif
  • Baobab trees on kubu island in the makgadikgadi pans
    VGR_20070715_8837.tif
  • An old brown hyena ventures into a pan in search of leftovers from predator kills. These extremely hardly carnivores are the ultimate decomposers and can even devour months-old dried out skin and bone. Needless to say, the brownies play a vital role in the fragile Kgalagadi semi-desert ecosystem.
    VGR_20190209_1566b.jpg
  • Common tree euphorbia
    VGR_20120307_0277.jpg
  • Elephant breeding herd following its leading Matriarch to a watering hole.
    VGR_20190315_7703B&W-sepia.jpg
  • Male Lion in the Kgalagadi's Nossob River Valley.
    VGR_20220130_9663-B&W-sepia.jpg
  • A Leopard Tortoise walks in an inundated Kgalagadi pan.
    VGR_20220121_5514.jpg
  • Three zebbras cuddling up.
    VGR_20140213_8827_B&Wn.jpg
  • Impala bachelor herd in nice soft backlighting with zebras in the background.
    VGR_20140213_8933.jpg
  • Grazing zebra in lovely soft back lighting with out-of-focus impalas in the foreground
    VGR_20140213_8975.jpg
  • Young male impala with zebra herd in background.
    VGR_20140213_8983.jpg
  • View over Gaborone City from the top of Kgale Hill
    VGR_20120107_9945a.jpg
  • An adult Barn Owl (Tyto alba) taking a break on its nightly hunt.<br />
Ghostly pale and normally strictly nocturnal, Barn Owls are predators of the night. These very successful hunters have excellent low-light vision, but it is their impressive hearing, aided by their satellite-dish-shaped faces, that enable Barn Owls to locate mice and other rodents even in total darkness. This species’ eerie screeching call, a long-drawn-out shriek, is unmistakable and a familiar night-time sound in the Kgalagadi.
    VGR_20210818_2332.jpg
  • Socializing Zebras with back-lighting in Nxai Pan National Park.
    VGR_20140213_8827.jpg
  • A herd of zebra gathering at the Nxai Pan waterhole at sunset.
    VGR_20200221_6269a.jpg
  • Close-up of an elephant trunk in action at a muddy watering hole.
    VGR_20190314_5548B&W.jpg
  • Frontal portrait of White Rhinoceros, emphasizing its magnificent horns.
    VGR_20211124_7041F.jpg
  • Portrait of a large Kudu Bull with steamy breath on a cold Winter morning in the Kalahari.
    VGR_20190716_8830f.jpg
  • An adult Barn Owl (Tyto alba) taking a break on its nightly hunt.<br />
Ghostly pale and normally strictly nocturnal, Barn Owls are predators of the night. These very successful hunters have excellent low-light vision, but it is their impressive hearing, aided by their satellite-dish-shaped faces, that enable Barn Owls to locate mice and other rodents even in total darkness. This species’ eerie screeching call, a long-drawn-out shriek, is unmistakable and a familiar night-time sound in the Kgalagadi.
    VGR_20210818_2332.jpg
  • Three members of a Barn Owl family in their favourite tree.<br />
Ghostly pale and normally strictly nocturnal, Barn Owls are predators of the night. These very successful hunters have excellent low-light vision, but it is their impressive hearing, aided by their satellite-dish-shaped faces, that enable Barn Owls to locate mice and other rodents even in total darkness. This species’ eerie screeching call, a long-drawn-out shriek, is unmistakable and a familiar night-time sound in the Kgalagadi.
    VGR_20210817_8878a-CL.jpg
  • Zebras in beautiful back lighting having a little conflict in the group.
    VGR_20140213_9040.jpg
  • Zebras in beautiful back lighting
    VGR_20140213_9017.jpg
  • Zebras in beautiful back lighting
    VGR_20140213_9104.jpg
  • Zebra Mare and foal
    VGR_20140213_8881.jpg
  • Male cheetah under a Mopipi Tree.
    VGR_20190207_7108-pano-B&W-sepia.jpg
  • Three wildebeest running through an inundated Makgadikgadi Pan.
    VGR_20181031_7016B&W-Sepia.jpg
  • A Leopard Tortoise walks in an inundated Kgalagadi pan.
    VGR_20220121_5405.jpg
  • The power of a full Moon creates Godbeams through a patchy cloudy Kalahari night sky.
    VGR_20200930_1773.jpg
  • Two zebras framed by their herd members' stripes
    VGR_20190317_8269B&Wn.jpg
  • Motion blurred image of two playful running zebras.
    VGR_20130213_4697B&Wn.jpg
  • Zebras in beautiful back lighting
    VGR_20140213_9081.jpg
  • Young male impala with zebra herd in background.
    VGR_20140213_8993.jpg
  • Animal track leading to a waterhole in a pan in Khama Rhino Sanctuary.<br />
(Certificate in the Fujifilm/Getaway competition 2008, Landscapes & Plants Category)
    VGR_20070908_3024Ma.tif
  • One of the Okavango Delta's main channels, meanders through the lush green landscape.
    VGR_20220423_7780-Edit.jpg
  • Zebras in beautiful back lighting
    VGR_20140213_9093.jpg
  • Grazing zebra in lovely soft back lighting with out-of-focus impalas in the foreground
    VGR_20140213_8970.jpg
  • Common tree euphorbia
    VGR_20120307_0278.jpg
  • Zebras at a watering hole in Nxai Pan National Park.
    VGR_20190317_8136.jpg
  • Thunder storm with lightning bolts at sunset over Kalahari pan
    VGR_20090110_4997_NEW_BLEND2_1600x80...jpg
  • Ostriches copulating
    VGR_20070908_2629.tif
  • Male white-winged widowbird singing
    VGR_20071124_7336.tif
  • Close up of an elephant eye
    VGR_20110715_9211B&W.jpg
  • Rear view of Bat-eared fox pup peeping from burrow
    VGR_20100107_7062.jpg
  • Bat-eared fox pup walking
    VGR_20100107_7266Ma.jpg
  • Bat-eared fox pups at burrow entrance
    VGR_20100107_7305.jpg
  • Bat-eared fox pup and shadow peeping from burrow
    VGR_20100107_7324.jpg
  • Close-up of an elephant blowing dust out
    VGR_20110619_2473B&Wa.jpg
  • Lioness with cubs
    VGR_20090720_0638.jpg
  • Sleeping lions with sprinbok in the distance
    VGR_20090721_0844.jpg
  • Lions showing mating bahaviour
    VGR_20090721_0865.jpg
  • Lions mating
    VGR_20090721_0879.jpg
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  • A giraffe on the Kalahari Plains poses for a vibrant picture.
    VGR_20180207_7892-HDR.tif
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