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We have to be up before dawn to wash and get dressed, so to get in the jeeps before six, to get access to the park, all so that we miss the heat of the day for at least one safari per day.
It was cool and dawn just beginning to break as we walked from our hut to reception, there we are all allocated our vehicle with driver. Once at the park gate, we collect a trained guide, and show our passports that have to match the permits we have each day.
As we entered the park, the sun rose and we could see its blood red face through the trees. We stopped to take shots.
At the first lake we stopped and saw a Crested snake eagle, then further along, the guide shouted to stop, and right beside the roadway was a sleep Nightjar, blending in with the rocks around it.
We drove through the park, taking half an hour to reach the inner gate, then another half hour to reach a watering hole, where on the far side, a mother tiger was guarding her two nearly year-old cubs. They lay in the sun, half playing before going to sleep, and we all moved away.
Our guide knew of some out of the way places, so thanks to him we saw a fine White-throated kingfisher, and I spotted a wild boar, rummaging in the leaf litter. A pure white Paradise flycatcher delighted us, as it showed well in a tree above the main road, and later on I saw a Mongoose fleeing into the undergrowth, its black-tipped tail flowing behind.
We stopped for a late breakfast at ten, then went to check on one final spot before returning to the main gate to drop the guide off, then back to camp with an hour to kill before lunch.
Lunch was buffet curries, all different from each other and the day before, but most containing lots of vegetables, so all good.
Back into the jeep at two, in the full heat of the day. Something like 41 or so degrees, hotter than it has ever got back home by several degrees. And once moving, the breeze would have cooked roast chicken in half an hour or so it seemed.
A fairly uneventful safari, there was rumour of more tigers at the same watering hole as the morning, so we set course for there.
As did all the other jeeps, from our party and others like us, as well as day trips, there must have been 25 vehicles, all jostling for space. It was pretty unbecoming to be frank, and I would have said we gave up.
And left.
But, a pair of tigers came, but lay down over the crest of a rise, so out of view, sometimes the back of the male’s ears were just visible.
Jeeps were three and four deep, and those at the back like us stood little chance of seeing anything, so two wardens arrived and insisted that the ones in front get out and let others, like us have a chance.
So we got to the front, both tigers had by this time escaped into the long grass, and again I wondered why we were wasting time, waiting.
The female broke cover, and ambled down the bank from the grass, down to the edge of the lake, then into it, to get to the small island the other side. Light was perfect, as the tigress began to stalk a family of barking deer the other side of the lake.
Step by step it went right, slowly and with deliberate steps, onto a line of rocks sticking out of the water. Remembering Xavier’s shots of the Arctic fox from Svalbard, I zoomed out slightly to get the tigress’s reflection. It was perfect.
The light, the tiger, the reflection, using the jeep as a tripod meant the shots were blur-free.
The tigress stretched, doing kitty yoga like the mogs back home, and then continued inching towards the deer. They knew she was there, and also knew that in the event of an attack, they had a 50 yard head start, and the tiger would be running through water too.
Our time ran out before the tableaux could be completed, but pretty sure all deer got away and the tigers went hungry.
We made our way back, taking an hour at 25mp/h to get to the gates to drop the guide off, then finding the town jammed because of a bad parker on the 90 degree bend. Horns sounded, and the bolshiest drivers got through first, ours was second, then hammering through the gloaming without lights back to the camp where supper of yet more curry was waiting.
We all celebrated with large bottles of cold beer.
Never regret a photo that you took, because matter how you look at it, its beautiful.
You don't go around taking pictures of just anything. Each one has a true meaning. Either when you walk up to that capturing moment and say, "This photo is going to make it to EXPLORE!!", or "This is pretty." or "I want to remember this". Each one has a true meaning. and to me this photo represents that you are not the only one out there starring at that rainbow, you are beautiful, and never alone.
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Six pretty petals with bokeh (a little early for HBW). Somewhere in the world it's Wednesday!
P.S. I love that one of the petals looks like it's creased like paper.
Pretty florists window display. I really liked the plain jars with paper doillies wrapped around them. Simple but really effective!
Extreme Trail Competitor, Champlain Valley Expo - Vermont 2009
I think these guys came in 3rd, but I'm not sure. They sure were an eye-catching pair!
The "Extreme Trail" competition is catching on like wildfire all across North America at shows, exhibitions, 4H clubs everywhere. It is proving to be extremely popular with crowds and among contestants and show organizers.
The Extreme Trail competition (sometimes called "Extreme Obstacle Challenge") is a timed trail-course competition designed to test horsemanship skills, horse-and-rider communication, cooperation, and the horse's willingness, trust and ability to negotiate various obstacles. This year's competition was limited to a maximum of 20 riders with over $3,000 in prize money, including a $1,500 first prize.
Here is a video showing one of the contestants and obstacles at the show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRQ9TqxNtwQ
And another: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-5xyXByD0o
Many of the obstacles are decorated with colourful balloons, and may consist of back throughs, navigating a teeter-totter bridge, opening and closing a gate, dragging an obstacle, pushing a huge ball, walking through a water obstacle, and whatever other clever obstacles the course designer can come up with to challenge horse & rider ;-)
Oldie, I'm in my Anatomy and Physiology class right now...well we're on a 10 minute break, if I survive this class I'll be surprised!!!
Pense num esmalte desgraçado. hauhauahu
Sábado eu tava com tempo e queria usar um esmalte rosa pra campanha. Ai lembrei do Pretty que eu já tinha usado nos pés, mas por ser mt ruim de passar nunca tinha usado nas mãos.
Deu trabalho mas até que ficou mais ou menos. Passei TC numa unha e ficou horrível. Mas era 15h então pensei que dava pra deixar secar ao natural.
Gente... Os dois dedões não secavam NUNCA. Sério, acho que tem algum componente nesse esmalte contra o dedão. huahuahua
Acordei domingo com os dois dedões todo borrados. Ai fiquei com raiva e tirei tudo.
Definitivamente, não gosto dos esmaltes da Eyeko.Foram meus primeiros gringos e só decepção. O Vintage é uma desgrama pra passar tb e o Lilac não foi o lilás do meu sonho como eu pensava que seria.
Pelo menos a embalagem é bonitinha e vai ficar enfeitando minha caixinha. haha Outra coisa boa é que brilha mt. Mas do que adianta brilhar se não seca??? hahah
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Medicine Tour
TLA
Philadelphia, PA
April 12, 2012
Pretty and Nice play Richmond's Gallery 5. March 2010. Taken with my Holga 120N with a Holgon MF flash and Portra 800 film.
Although she was in a field some distance away, I was able to get this shot before she turned away and went back to grazing. Having no carrots, my charm only goes so far. Taken along Hartline Road outside of Stanleyville Ohio.
I was walking past my lovely Grandma's Garden and i happen to stumble across many of these different colored Flowers. I think pink looks the best!
"Ah! Pretty women, at their mirrors,
In their gardens,
Letter-writing,
Flower-picking,
Weather-watching.
How they make a man sing!"
Starring: Johnny Depp And Helena Boham Carter
OBS: Eu amoooo esse layout!! Me orgulho de tê-lo feito!!! \o/
Thanks for the lovely kit, Anita.
This is a quick revamp (using the Pretty
Flamingo kit} of a page I made ten years ago.