TAN: Mutating travel plans

Our ever-changing travel arrangements now have us leaving for Safari Camp, in a pickup, right after breakfast. We get a few shots in and head out.

It seems as if everyone is in agreement that outside the vehicle cab is the best pace to be. Even our two new group members make a beeline for the pickup bed. Everyone enjoys the quick drive over to Safari Camp.

We kick around the camp for a couple of hours logging, editing, and shooting new material. I take a break to try shooting an HDRi. I am not entirely pleased with the results, but it is a start.

For lunch, we have the best meal yet. It is so fresh and tasty a to be unreal. Tim, the camp host, is available after lunch for a two-hour game drive. It is our first opportunity this trip, so we jump at the chance. Tim is an excellent guide. He dutifully pointed out all the salient features and even though he has been doing this for the last ten years, managed to spot two new birds. We spend most of our little trip waiting for a big bull elephant to come down to a watering hole. His very cautious approach exceeds our time constraints, so we leave him to his meandering. As we get nearer to the camp, we come across a small family of elephants that are mush more photogenic.

Back at camp we set up our lights and do some shooting in the Dining Hall. In the early evening light we also get some shots of the accommodations.

Another fantastic meal is served for dinner. We start with a delicious pumpkin soup followed by a main course of rice, a refreshing pasta salad, a creamy potato salad and some steamed carrots that are heavenly. The others enjoy a piece of Banana Cream Pie for desert.
The rest of the evening is spent organizing the coming days activities and talking with the camp host Tim and Vlad from Lazy Lagoon, who we unable to shake. I also take a few moments to photograph some interesting insects. Unfortunately, the centipede we found was moving to fast to show up in the low light.