sunset – Christian Sperka Photography

2023-11-05

Orange Sky!

Last night, just after the sun had set, the sky over Thanda Safari turned spectacular orange. As we stopped for drinks my guests were treated to a most stunning visual effect.

There can be multiple reasons why the sky turns bright orange: #1 The sunlight has to travel further than normal through the atmosphere as the sun sets, #2 particles from large fires are in the air, #3 there are more clouds than usual, scattered just so, #4 air pollution fills the atmosphere with dust and pollutants. It is often a combination of all above reasons that make for the most beautiful sky.

I think that yesterday’s 15 minute light extravaganza was mainly due to reason #3. This is one of my favorite times of the day!

Technical data: Canon R6 with RF lens f4-6.3/24-240mm | 1/500sec | WB 6500K | AV Mode | Top: ISO 1600 | ev-1.5 | 100 mm | f5.6 | Middle: ISO 1250 | ev-2 | 24 mm | f4 | Bottom: ISO 1250 | ev-1.5 | 24 mm | f4 | All hand held

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2012-08-08

This time it’s me!

Quite a few of my friends have asked if there are ever any picture with me on game drive.

Well, this shot was taken by Jo Perry, one of the African Impact Volunteers (Thanks for letting me use the picture :-).

I was explaining the “circle of life” after one of our sunset shots at our largest waterhole (I was kneeling on my driver’s seat!)

2012-06-25

With a little bit of luck :-)

I had a successful and enjoyable first game drive with the photography volunteer program group at Thanda.

We found two White Rhinos drinking at one of the dams, enjoyed various general game and a pair of Giraffes and rounded off the day with a sunset shoot at another waterhole.

Not bad for my first official game drive on the reserve 🙂