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WordPress Weekly Photo: Blurry Bush Safari

These cheetah were behind a chain link fence otherwise they may have had us for dinner.

Cheetah Africa SafariAs we were photographing the cheetahs, this curious bunch was wondering if we were coming over too, or perhaps they were also wondering what was for dinner…

lions game drive Africa Safari Thandeka Game LodgeThere were many of these chaps in the plains – Blue Wildebeest, or more commonly known in Africa as the Blou Wildebees.

blue wildebees Africa Safari Thandeka Game LodgeGame royalty – the sable – very skittish, a lucky spot, the blurriness of the photo evidence of his shyness, or maybe it was just the unskilled photographer…

sable game drive Africa Safari Thandeka Game LodgeAll taken at a game drive at Thandeka Game Lodge. Click here for some unblurred black and white photos of these and other magnificient creatures. And here for pics of the luxury tents I stayed in.

game drive Africa Safari Thandeka Game LodgeIn response to this week’s WordPress photo challenge theme of Blur. Check out more blurry photos here.

 

From Bairro Alto to Kalk Bay

Day Twelve: Architecture and Monochrome

Ok, so I’ve been off the radar since last week and I may or may not catch up on the assignments.  Only time will tell. Perhaps I’ll bombard The Commons with six posts tomorrow.

For today’s assignment we have to consider the beauty and complexity of architecture, and explore the drama in black and white, or monochrome.

The first photo is of a beautiful Edwardian villa in Kalk Bay, a classic colonial style. It’s been a guesthouse since about 1917.

Inn at Castlehill guesthouse in Kalk Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
Inn at Castlehill guesthouse in Kalk Bay, Cape Town, South Africa

The shadows cast by the buildings along the narrow streets of the Bairro Alto in Lisbon at night lend them a monochromatic cast. Sounds are muffled creating invisible walls as one walks through the streets at night.

Bairro Alto (Lisbon, Portugal)
Bairro Alto (Lisbon, Portugal)

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