Field notes · in pictures

Africa, in motion

Photographs from the road — light, animals, weather, faces. A slow-scrolling album from journeys past.

An elephant in the wildAfricaFrom the road, in passing.

Golden hour, on the moveAfricaElephants in the long grass at sunset.

Africa from aboveKenyaA balloon being woken into the cold dawn air.

When the day turns goldAfricaGrass burning at the edge of the day.

Hemakshi on a mokoro with an elephant in the distance — Okavango Delta — Mokoro on the deltaBotswanaAn elephant feeding in the channels — Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Lion lying in long grass — Lion at restKenyaA male lion at the edge of the long grass.

Two cheetahs lying together — Brothers at duskZambiaCoalition cheetahs — South Luangwa, Zambia.

Herd of impala in golden afternoon light — Impala in golden hourZambiaImpalas grazing as the light turns gold — South Luangwa.

Lion pride watching the bush — Pride watchingZambiaA pride taking in the morning — South Luangwa.

Grey crowned crane in grass — Grey crowned craneKenyaKenya national bird, in full plumage.

Maasai women in traditional dress, lined up in welcome — Maasai welcomeKenyaA traditional welcome from a Maasai community.

Hemakshi with armed walking safari guide — On foot, into the bushZambiaWith our guide on a walking safari — South Luangwa.

Hemakshi with a guide carrying binoculars — Tracking, slowlyZambiaA morning's tracking with a master guide.

Hemakshi by a wooden bridge over a lagoon — By the lagoonZambiaFirst light at the bushcamp — South Luangwa.

Hemakshi by a wide river — On the riverbankZambiaBeside the Luangwa River, late morning.

Cracked baobab fruit — Baobab fruitZambiaInside a baobab fruit — the African superfood.

Massive ancient tree by water — An ancient treeZambiaSome trees hold centuries — Lower Zambezi.

Leopard standing on a fallen log, looking at the camera — Leopard, alertKenyaOn a fallen acacia, watching us watch her.

Leopard resting along a tree branch — Leopard in the figKenyaAn afternoon's nap thirty feet above the bush.

Crowned crane close-up portrait — Crowned crane, closeKenyaThe crown — every feather a brushstroke.

Crowned crane standing tall in grass — Crowned crane on the plainKenyaWatching the herd pass — Maasai Mara.

Marabou stork by the roadside — Marabou storkKenyaAn undertaker of the savanna.

Flock of ostriches looking toward camera — An ostrich gatheringKenyaA whole flock of curiosity.

Ostrich flock walking away across grassland — Ostriches on the moveKenyaCrossing the plain at dusk.

Young baboon sitting in soft light — Quiet morningKenyaAn olive baboon, lost in thought.

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