Tidbits 3

I like this so much that I’ve decided to make this my mantra:
“Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”

                                              Helen Keller

On camping:
“Often the camping place is the most memorable part of a day in the wild, and it sometimes seems that my life is defined by a long trail of abandoned campfires.”

                                              Delia Owens
                                              in Secrets of the Savanna.

On wildlife:
“The best thing about animals is that they don’t talk much.”

                                              Thornton Wilder

On photography:
This makes me laugh each time I hear it:
“You miss 100 percent of the photographs that you don’t take.”

Finally:
This advice from National Geographic photographer and filmmaker, whose film on leopards I recently saw on TV. If there is an elephant offended by your proximity, photograph it from a low vantage point, looking up, so as to bring across the strength and size of this animal. I’ll try to remember this when I am next charged by an ellie!

Leopard - Central Serengeti

06-01-2008