the zebra and the valley

A view down the valley, across the dam and over to the ocean.
I made this image earlier this week when I spent a few hours in the Vernon Crookes nature reserve.

the old tractor

this old tractor is parked in a small clearing in Zinkwazi on the KZN North Coast. I don't think it runs anymore, but it looks like its all ready for the next load!

rocky river

made this picture in the Drakensberg Mountains on Saturday evening.
a slow shutter created the silky effect on the water, while the setting sun provided the soft backlighting...

quenching her thirst

lilac-breasted roller

after spending a week in Kruger, driving around and walking around and sitting around, this is my favourite picture...

the rose

i couldn't resist spending a few minutes photographing this beautiful flower in the early morning light..
i used a macro 100mm lens with the aperture set at f/22 and a really slow shutter of 15 seconds...

gotcha!!

another backyard macro... it's not every day you stumble upon this kind of wildlife action

freeflow

this is a high speed macro photo that ended up looking like some crazy alien...
i made this picture with a 100mm macro lens at f/2.8, back lighting from a gold reflector, specifically for a dpchallenge contest.
i didn't do very well, it was a bit abstract
 :-D

horny

I took this photo last Sunday - he just stood there looking at us, then starting getting edgy, shuffling his feet... magnificent creature!

eye candy

a little picture of sweets and sugar that was created for a web photo challenge - it was set up on a red transparent plastic sheet with strong side and rear lighting.
shot with a 50mm lens at f/4, hand held.

Two in one

Here's another picture from our weekend at Spioenkop.
There was a large herd roaming around the campsite all weekend. They were quite happy with the people activities within the camp, but as soon as somebody left the camp area, into the veld, they'd become wary and move away...

Spioenkop's flowers

We spent a quiet weekend enjoying the peace and beauty of Spioenkop.
It's a really special place, with the animals roaming freely through the campsite.
Sometimes one needs to look out for the smaller things too, like the tiny, delicate wild flowers in the veld. These are some of those flowers...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"H"

using "H" as the theme, as stipulated by a dpchallenge contest i tried my luck with, i made these two pictures:

"Hair" is a picture of Renee with her hair folded over her face. I just love the way her eye looks right into you.
"Handful of water" was created by flowing water through Renee's fingers, and then converted to quadtone to give it that rich colour and texture...