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After a very exciting first day in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve (its official name is Sabi Sand Wildtuin), day two had arrived, and it would be our first full day in the African bushveld for this trip.  We had no idea what awaited us, which always makes for an adventure.  Unusually when we travel [ continue reading ]

Earlier this year, I learned of an urban watering hole, at which various species of birds could be found.  During my first visit to this watering hole, I saw the potential, and decided that it would be a good location to visit at another time and photograph the bird life there.  Recently, after an afternoon [ continue reading ]

Yesterday I decided to start looking back through the many thousands of images I captured during our most recent trip to Kenya in 2019.  It has now been over two years since that wonderful trip, and sometimes, in the excitement of the 'now', it is easy to overlook images that should have published.  Additionally, the [ continue reading ]

It has been a long time since I shot a macro image, and in all honesty, I am not a great macro photographer.  In 2017, I sold my macro lens, as I was making changes to my gear lineup, and it was a lens that was rarely used, and did not really suit my wants [ continue reading ]

In my last update about the Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year 2020 competition, I related my experience of having one of my images selected from the Top 101.  Unfortunately, that was the end of the road for me, for this year at least, as my image did not make it into the final selection [ continue reading ]

In these strange times, there has not been much activity for me photographically, and consequently I have not had anything to report, until now.  Last night, I received an email from Africa Geographic to advise that one of my images, which had earlier been selected for feature in the Weekly Selection in its Africa Geographic [ continue reading ]