“Everything in Africa bites, but the safari bug is the worst of all.”
~ Brian Jackman
I Love My Neck
Standing Watch
Sable Beauty
The Big Yawn
Kudu You Love
A Tower of Giraffes
Strike a Pose
The Flying Banana
All Alone, Zebra
Lioness
“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.” ~Mark Riboud
Mzuri sana, Memsahib. Very goo, ma’am. Great shots. Some may think “shooting” wild animals is easy, but “it ain'”.
The hornbill was one of my favourite birds in Kenya. Cheeky little buggers.
All well?
Some seriously wonderful images here Jane. ~Looks like you must have a seriously good telephoto lens, as well as a great eye and patience. Fabulous captures and thanks for sharing, I just love a good safari, so exciting. MM ☘️
HI John, How nice to read, thank you so much. Yes, a long telephoto is a must and I had a Nikon 70-200 with an extender. Happy you enjoyed these…I hope maybe one day to go back. Have you been on safari?
Yes, been on a couple now, the last in 2018 in Tanzania. Felt like a kid all over again, so exciting and loved every minute. The birds, the trees, the scenery and not just the obvious. 🦓🦏🦛🐘🦒🐊
Agree wholeheartedly, John. It’s great that you’ve been more than once. There is so much to take in along with the amazing animals.
Wonderful images. I think my favorite was the elephant in b&w. Thanks for sharing.
I’m happy you stopped by, Evangelina, and enjoyed these favorites. That young elephant was mock charging us just to show us who is boss. Exciting memory. Thank you very much for letting me know. 😊
Awesome images Jane! I have been planning a trip to South Africa for 2022. I hope it happens. Hopefully I will get a few nice images like these to post. We will be in Cape Town and then the Garden route and then Kruger NP for a few days.
Hi Roy, Lucky you! I hope by then things are opened up. Kruger will be wonderful. Our safari camps were in Botswana and SA. We ended in Cape Town and the Garden District. I’m sure your photo will be fabulous! 😀
Amazing creatures! Awesome shots!
Thanks very much, Sally. It was a life-changing experience. Happy you enjoyed these.
Yes, I enjoyed it.
Wow…. Can’t imagine being there!
It’s a dream come true. Glad you enjoyed them, Amy. Thanks so much. 😊
Absolutely stunning images all!! And great captions like “Kudo You Love” and “The Flying Banana”
And how is life at your new digs?
Thanks so much, Michael. Glad you liked my captions, too. 🙂 We are doing as well as we can here. One vaccinated, one to go. Hope you are doing well!
Amazing shots, Jane. They are all such gorgeous creatures.
Thanks so much, Sylvia. What a gift to see and photograph them. Happy you enjoyed. 😊
Wow, you’re already welcome here in Kenya 🇰🇪
Thank you so much, Luciana. I would love to visit. 🙂
Very wonderful greeting to our African continent from the state of Morocco. Indeed, our continent is full of many livestock and some species are now in the wild of endangered animals… But he returned to Africa itself to rearrange itself and preserve the various natural resources for the sake of humanity and for generations to come.
Hi Mobarak, I’m so pleased you like this homage to the amazing nature and wildlife in your continent. It is with hope that efforts in conservation are successful. Thank you for viewing and sharing your thoughts.
thanks for sharing with us.. really it’so beautiful picture and Contents.
nice photos where do you live??
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed. California.
what do you do apart from photography??
Amazing Pictures. So true… we can only have mind travel at the moment and looking forward to be physically be able to explore in the future
Thank you, Freja. We can dream…and rely on our photographs for memories. 🙂
So true:)
Wow
Thank you, Eco. 🌱 Appreciate your visit.
This is where you want to be a good photographer with a good camera. Amazing!
Thanks so much, Caroline. I lucked out… so much pressure when you know it’s a once in a lifetime experience. 🙂
I know what you mean. We bought a new camera for our Africa trip, and got some good photos (nothing like yours of course). You were lucky with the leopard. We saw a few way up in trees but you can’t even see them in our photos. Thanks for the trip back to Africa!
So glad you had a great trip, Caroline. 😄
Beautiful pics
Thank you, Vishal. Glad you enjoyed.
Fantastic shots!
Thanks very much, aeiou! 🙂
These captions are great! I love my neck and strike a pose… those made me laugh. Great pics! Absolutely great! My daughter enjoyed the elephant one and me of course the giraffe… that caption awesome. You be you giraffe
Haha, Guat. I’m so glad. And it’s awesome your daughter enjoyed them, too. Thank you very much! You be you… 🤣
What a portfolio, Jane! It’s impressive that someone who doesn’t exactly spend all her time photographing exotic wildlife could make so many beautiful images ina strange place, where everything was new. The first giraffe caption is brilliant, and what an interesting view that is. I love the other giraffe photo, too. Love the symmetry in the elephant photo. The flying banana bird is terrific – so startling and vivid. The final quote fits this group of images very well. 🙂
Hi Lynn, Thank you so much. I felt lucky to get the shots I did. I’ve been revisiting my Africa images, reediting them and reliving the experiences. Happy you enjoyed the collection, captions and quotes. I imagined Nora Ephron smiling. 🙂
Yes – I always thought that title was great but I never got around to reading the book. 🙂 It must be fun spending time with those images and I bet your editing has improved enough to make a difference. A good way to pass the time until we can travel again, right?
Me neither but I love her work. It has been a good escape going through them while dreaming of traveling. I wish I knew then what I know now and the technology was so different a decade ago.
Right, and right. 😉
Nice
Thank you.
Nice
Thank you, Emmanuel. 😊
Amazing 😱
Thank you, Danirah. 🙂
Stunning captures and portraits! What a wonderful adventure it must have been! I love the B&Ws … the zebra image feels intimate, and the elephant image is powerful!
Hi Denise, I’m so glad you enjoyed and like those especially. I am getting into reediting these again and really like the B&W conversions. Glad you agree. These do bring back the feeling of how thrilling the safari experience was. Thank you so much! 🙂
Wonderful portraits, Jane!
Thanks very much, Belinda. They bring back wonderful memories. 🙂
W.. nice
Thank you, jebill. 😊
Wonderful wildlife portraits, Jane. The Kudu stole my heart.Those wonderful curly horns and the backlit leaves! ❤
Not leaves! Ears!!!!! 🙂
Haha! Yes! Love those ears! 😄😄😄
Thanks so much, Steve! It was a thrill. ❤️
I’m an African I owe my being to the flowers, mountains and animals.great post great pictures and magnificent heading
Hi Vincent, It means so much to me that you enjoyed these. I hope to return someday to your beautiful continent. Thank you. 😊
Stunning shots 👌💖
Thanks so much, Gibberish. These are special moments to me. Happy you enjoyed. ☺️
Incredible photos, Jane … and I imagine your trip was a photographer’s gold mine!
Thanks so much, Frank. It was amazing…it was quite a long time ago..would love to return someday. Glad you enjoyed! 🙂
Thankfully, photos take us back to places – especially during crazy times like we are in now.
just amazing photos Jane. wow. the yawn is incredible!
Thanks, Andy. So glad you enjoyed these. I was happy with Yawn in monochrome. ☺️
I would LOVE to go to Africa sometime, thanks so much for sharing these pics. Giraffes have always been my favorite animal so I liked those best, but all of these are just fantastic.
I’m happy you are inspired by these, M.B. Thank you so much. Agree, giraffes are amazing and such a thrill to see. They are such gentle giants. Hope you get to Africa someday soon….life-changing for sure. 🙂
Full impact whit this series of magnificent photographies Jane. Thanks for sharing
Thanks so much, Maria Jesus. I’m please you enjoyed them. 🙂
These are beautiful Jane and I really enjoyed that the monochromes and the colour shots worked so well together in the same collection. I think your sable portrait is about the best I have seen – their colouring and that they are usually skittish makes them very tricky to photograph and you have captured something very special and vulnerable about it. You mention that the elephant was photographed in Botswana. The National Parks in Botswana are about my most favourite places to visit and spend time in. Btw, even though I live in South Africa I had not heard the term ‘flying banana’ used for yellow-billed hornbills before!
Hi Carol, How nice to read, especially about my Sable portrait. I don’t have many because, as you said, they were very skittish. Our experience seeing so many elephants in Botswana was amazing!
Our guide on safari referred to the yellow-billed hornbill as the “flying banana” which I thought was funny. There are online references to this nickname but it may not be that widespread! 🍌
Thanks so much for your great response to these- means a lot coming from you. 🙂
Those elephants in Botswana are fantastic to experience. Were you in the Chobe area at all?
Perhaps one day when the pandemic is under control we will be able to visit there again. Here’s hoping!
Yes, we were in Chobe and Okavango Delta.
Both wonderful 🙂
Amazing shots.
Thank you, Rupali. Great memories. 🙂
Hi Jane, I love these! You’re very talented! I tried to “reblog”/share this on my site. I was not able to share it in a pretty fashion, but at least I have a working link so people can come here and see your page for themselves. 🙂
Thanks so much, Melanie. I’m happy you enjoyed and shared. Seems like reblogs work well – not sure what happened.
Wow🥰
Glad you like these, Tulendra. Thank you.😊
These photos are incredible, a world away from snowy England where I am now.
Thank you, Amber. And a world away from me in California. 🙂 Glad you enjoyed this safari in our minds.
Splendid! That kudu looks magnificent.
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Thanks, Graham. He seemed very proud of his beautiful horns. 🙂 Happy you enjoyed these. 😊
Never been to Africa so far yet. But I thank you Jane for taking me on this tour with your striking images. The elephant is my favorite with others along.
I’m pleased you enjoyed this digital safari, Cornelia. The high concentration of elephants in Botswana was incredible. Thanks so much for traveling along. 🙂
Loved my visit with you today Jane. Mind travel is definitely the safest way to travel these days. Are you ready for the week ahead?
Thanks for all your lovely comments and for taking the time to peruse, Andrew. I really appreciate it.
Ready as I’ll ever be…the kids thankfully make the days seem less Groundhog Day and more Grammy Day. 🙂 Hope you enjoy yours!
We do indeed with ours here in town, but I miss seeing our beautiful granddaughter on Vancouver Island. Not sure when we’ll see here next.
Thank you for the gorgeous reminders of amazing Africa, Jane. Can’t decide if Kudu or Flying Banana is my favorite.
Thanks so much, Susan. Glad these brought back good safari memories. Those two are favorite moments. 🙂
Such fabulous animal portraits Jane. I should like the elephant best as I adore ellies, but I found the tower of giraffes the most striking image here. You did a lot better than I did with the African wildlife!
Thanks, Jude! I’m so glad you highlighted the giraffes…I love the memory of seeing them and recently reedited the image – was pleased with the result. I bet your Africa photos are wonderful. 🙂
My memories are, the photos not so much!
Nice big cat images, especially that big yawn. 🙂
Thanks, David. Glad you like that yawn- I thought it worked well in monochrome. 🙂
These are amazing shots, Jane, I was up and down and up and down, looking at this array of wild creatures over and over. I loved your captions too!
What a great compliment, Donna, that you were compelled to look again. These were a thrill to make- you know the feeling. Glad you enjoyed them along with the captions. Thank you so much. 🙂
Beautiful portraits of these magnificent creatures, Jane. I haven’t been to Africa…yet. It looks like an amazing once-in-a-lifetime experience. The quote is perfect, too!
Thank you so much, Patti. You said it, a life-changing and thrilling experience. Hope you have it on your bucket list. Glad you enjoyed these portraits and the quotes. 🙂
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Each one is wonderful! I love the intensity of the lioness.
Thanks, Jane!
Perhaps I meant concentration? Or watchfulness? Anyway, lovely image!
Agree! Intense, watchfulness. Or she was just working the camera. 🙂
Thanks, Adam. I loved watching that pride of lions and she was a beauty. Glad you enjoyed.
Awesome!!!! These are great pictures!
Thank you very much, YC! Glad you like them. 🙂
Incredible pictures!
Thank you so much, DandB. Appreciate your visit. 🙂
Jane, your photos always either inspire me or make me realize how far I have to go as a photographer or both simultaneously. I guess I should thank you for that. 🙂 I especially love the shot of the kudu. Magnificent–animal and photo.
janet
Hi Janet, How kind of you to say with your beautiful photography skills. I’m happy you feel inspired. Glad you like Kudu especially- that was a thrill to capture. Thank you so much for taking a look. 🙂
That’s nice of you, Jane.
Stunning shots. Makes me want to jump on a plane to go on a safari
Hi Amanda, Thanks! Me, too. Someday we will be free. Hope you are doing well and I’m glad you stopped by. 🙂
A great joy to see your African photos, Jane, of these magnificent creatures. You have a way of giving majesty to each one. I liked your subtitles too, espec. “The Flying Banana” for the Yellow-billed Hornbill. My favorite photo of all of these masterpieces is the head-on capture of the male kudu. You managed to capture every inch of his unusual markings and those glorious horns.
Thank you very much, Jet. You know what it’s like being there- sometimes I was shaking it was so thrilling to see these beautiful creatures close-up. I am drawn to the singular portraits among my safari photos. After your antelope post, it reminded me of all the different types we saw- this Kudu was a star. Glad you like the captions- Flying Banana is their nickname in Africa- I’m not that clever. 😃
Awesome pics. I think you’re getting the hang of it Jane 😁
Ha, thanks Jerry. Hope you are doing well. 🙂
Welcome! I’m ok thanks 🙏
These shots are realy awesome Jane !
Thanks so much, Rudi. It was a thrill to be in their presence. 🙂
These are excellent animal portraits. No surprise.
Thanks, Steve. Happy you enjoyed these. 🙂
Love these!
Thanks, Sharon. They bring back wonderful memories.
Great shots Jane! You gave each animal a unique identity.
Thank you, Peter. That means a lot. 🙂
Amazing captures.
Yes, it is good to have one’s memories captured in times when one can not travel.
Thanks very much, Rabirius. Agree. I am enjoying going through the archives both to rework images and just live in the memories.
These are marvellous, especially that head-on shot of the elephant and the leopard (cheetah?) in profile 🙂 I also love the B&W shot of the zebra – quite unusual to see one on his own like that.
Thank you, Sarah. Happy you like those in particular. Agree, most zebras were in groups. That leopard gave us a thrilling show by hoisting her kill (an antelope) up a tree and feeding her cub. I was happy to capture the sequence.
Wow, that sounds amazing! I’ve only ever seen a leopard in the wild in the distance – I would love to get close to one 🙂
Majestic. I was stunned how strong she was. And the cub was adorable, and very hungry.
Simply magnificent …
Thank you, Linda. So glad you enjoyed. 🙂
I remember you and Bob being bit by the Safari Bug. These photos are fabulous testimony of your trip..
Thanks, Jane. It was certainly a life-changing experience. Glad you enjoyed these images. 🙂
Brilliant close ups on your safari trip in Africa, Jane. Each one has stunning clarity. Well done. Love the first quote. Seeing those animals in the wild up close must have left you wishing you were there longer 🙂
Thanks, Mabel. These sure did bring back great memories of the thrill and respect I felt being close to these animals. Someday, maybe we will return. 🙂
Amazing animal portraits.
Thanks so much, MM. Such a thrill to be able to make these. Glad you enjoyed.
Well this is a surprise, Jane – in another life, I worked as a safari leader in Kenya. The kudu is particularly well caught – and a Yellow-billed Hornbill too! Wonderful! 🙂
Hi Adrian, Oh yes, I remember your terrific Kenya posts. Glad you enjoyed these- we had a wonderful time in Botswana and South Africa. 🙂 Thank you!
I love your interpretation of the animals, Jane! The big yawn and the Flying Banana, all alone … Fantastic!! 👏👏👏
Thank you, Simone. I love them as portraits. So glad you enjoyed those in particular. Much appreciated!
Stunning images, Jane
Thanks very much, Sue. Happy you enjoyed them. 🙂
True portraits of these creatures
Thanks- in the thousands of images I shot, the portraits really speak to me of the experience.
Result!!
Such fabulous creatures and wonderful photos, Jane! Kudu won my heart, the elephant looks kind of sad and oh, the cats! Beautiful 🙂 🙂
Thanks, Jo. Wonderful memories. That elephant was about to mock charge us as he flared his ears.
Stunning captures Jane.
Thank you, Brian. So glad you like these. 🙂
Being a city slicker, I am always amazed how people and animals tolerate the clouds of insects in the African bush country. Your opening quote was beautiful, Thanks for putting these together. Off to share. B
Ha, Bob. Somehow we survived that…I don’t have memories of the insects bothering us. Might be that staring an elephant down is a great distraction. 😃 Thank you so much and I appreciate you sharing.
What a beautifully executed collection of images, Jane. Just what I needed being trapped in Pretoria this morning rather than being out in the bush.
Thanks, Dries. That means so much to me coming from you. 🙂
Awesome pictures
Thanks very much, Harpiy. Much appreciated!
Oh Jane these are wonderful! All of them. Still, my faves are the opening giraffe, the kudu, and the banana.
Alison
Thanks so much, Alison. Going through them brought back great memories of feeling the reverence of being in their presence. Happy you enjoyed them. 🙂
such a beautiful world 👌 stellar captures Jane ❣️ sending you joy 💫
Thank you, Hedy. It sure is…happy you enjoyed these memories of Africa. Sending you some joy right back. 🌟🌈
Wonderful, as always!
Thanks very much, Russ. 🙂
Love these photos of these animals in Africa..makes me want to return..soon..
Hi Anita, Yes! Wouldn’t it be great to return. Happy these brought you back to those days. Thank you so much. 🙂
Thanks sharing Jane.
Wow nice😊
Thank you, Vaishnavi. 😊
Your welcome 😊
Gorgeous, gorgeous shots, Jane. Magnificent creatures!
Thanks so much, Eliza. Such a thrill. Glad you enjoyed! ☺️
Nice shots!
Thanks so much, Sharon. Appreciate your visit. 🙂