I was mentally prepared for nearly everything we saw accept for one thing, the African landscape. It’s just amazing! The book on the trees of the area is three inches tall, oh my! While it reminded me a lot of California’s Oak woodlands, accept it has Lions, Leopards and Elephants and we have squirrels and a couple of deer, the beauty of the open African woodland habitat we ventured through is, stunning! If there is one regret I have from the trip is there wasn’t enough time to sit and smell the roses. Sitting on the deck and just looking out over the landscape and watching life grazing on by, that was adventure in itself. And it didn’t hurt either that Mr. G (seriously, his name) was there to fill up your cup with killer coffee and offer awfully good tasting pastries (oh, did he make a great Vodka Tonic!).
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I’ve talked about my principle wildlife gear but I’ve not mentioned my primary landscape gear. And I have to admit I didn’t see this coming. 99.9% of my landscape work was shot with the Nikon 1 V3! And many of those taken while the Landie was moving, there wasn’t much stopping for landscapes with all the wildlife. And there certainly was no getting out of the Landie for landscapes because, well, you might get eaten. That fact kept me in my seat! The V3 is so small, light, takes big, gorgeous files and with its tilt monitor, a simple joy to use as my primary landscape tool. And its video ability … oh my! I’ve NOT even gotten through a tenth of that I shot! One reason why I am so excited to go back in 2015 is in large part to enjoy more of this magical landscape.