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Taken during a 2 week adventure holiday to Namibia with Exodus Travels, October/November 2006. Image taken with a borrowed Minolta Dynax 5D camera, the first DSLR that I ever used. Originally shot in jpeg format, then recently reprocessed using DxO PhotoLab 4 to try and get the best out of them, as I hadn't really appreciated the possibilities of what I'd taken at the time.
Namibia in the dry season is hot, especially before the rains break. The mid-day temperature can often top 45°, a hot wind also blows sapping the living moisture out of every animal and plant. Eventually the rains break and with their cool moisture refresh the parched landscape and all of the animals and plants that make their life there.
This picture of a Thomson’s gazelle was taken near Twyfelfontein during such a time when the temperature was 45° in the shade. Louise and I were on our way from the Aba Huab River to the lodge at Twyfelfontein and decided to stop and sit in the shade of a couple of Acacia Trees, just so that we could take in the enormity of the landscape. We sat, cold drink in hand, marvelling at the awesome nature that was all around us when we noticed not 50 yards away under the shade of a small acacia tree this Thomson’s gazelle, waiting patiently for the heat to diminish. The Gazelle was totally unconcerned as at these temperatures it is too hot for predators to hunt so the pressure was off for a while.
Two hours later we quietly packed our seats into the Range Rover and slowly reversed away from the gazelle so as not to disturb him. He stayed motionless except for an occasional flick of his tail as we disappeared out of his life to find a cold rock shandy at the bar in the lodge.
Damaraland - Herero Lady selling Traditional Dolls. Photo by David and Jenny Holmes (guests in 2010)
BRANDBERG: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandbergmassiv
WHITE LADY: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fe_Dame
NAMIBIA CLICK & TRAVEL: www.namibia-click-travel.com/de
Die Christuskirche in Windhouk
Unter dem Namen Deutsch Südwestafrika war Namibia einst eine deutsche Kolonie. Die Fotos in diesem Album gehören zu meinem Reisebericht auf meiner Website www.reiselust.me:
"Helau und Halali. Die deutsche Vergangenheit ist in Namibia noch immer lebendig. 2012"
reiselust.me/deutschland/fruehere-berichte/026-050/037/in...
Fly-in safari through Sousso
Fly-in safari through Sossuvlei, NamibRand,
Fly-in safari through Sossuvlei, NamibRand Nature Reserve, Twyfelfontein, and Etosha National Park
Fly-in safari through Sossuvlei, NamibRand Nature Reserve, Twyfelfontein, and Etosha National Park