This is our second installment of our monthly desktop background series. The feedback from last months post was fantastic and you will notice that I have removed the calendar which was included in last months backgrounds. If you would like one of the following backgrounds with a calendar for November, please just drop me an email and I will be happy to send you one!
To download a background, simply click on the image and you will be re-directed to the download page!
This first image is of a rock monitor (Varanus albigularis) which was spotted on a game drive in the Madikwe Game Reserve. This little guy was hiding in a Leadwood tree before coming out to catch the morning sun.
The second image for this month is off a lioness in mid yawn. We came across this female and her youngsters at a waterhole at mid-day where they were relaxing in the shade of a Tamboti grove.
Our third and final image for this month is of a Grey Heron in silhouette at sunset. I under-exposed by a third of a stop and selected the “Cloudy” white balance setting in this image in order to accentuate the orange and red tones of the sunset.
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Great choices this month!!
Thanks Gerry!
These images are amazing. The rock monitor one is my favorite, but all three are great. As a very novice photographer, I’m just curious about how long you had to wait to capture these shots. Really nicely done. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Crystal
Thanks so much for your comment. I was fortunate enough to spend a number of years as a field guide in the Madikwe Game Reserve and have been conducting private guided tours throughout South Africa for the last couple of years. This gave me plenty of photographic opportunities, its all about the amount of time you spend out there, as Gary PLayer once said, the more I practice the luckier I get!
Do you focus mainly on wildlife photography?