This pair of young male giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) was photographed in Mashatu Game Reserve in the Tuli Block, Botswana. It was quite late in the afternoon, when the soft light from the setting sun gives images a pleasing warm hue.

I used a Canon EOS 450D (Canon Rebel XSi 12.2MP) with a Canon EF70-300mm lens zoomed to its maximum focal length. Shutter speed was 1/50 at an aperture of f8 with ISO set to 400.

This portrait of a Burchell’s zebra (Equus quagga) was taken some years ago in the Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve, a small, semi-urban wildlife sanctuary within the greater Durban area on South Africa’s east coast.

It was the second-last shot I took, quite late in the afternoon, so the lighting was from the side and back, putting much of the background in shadow. The result is a pleasing rim-light along the zebra’s mane and around its ears.

Camera was a Canon Digital Rebel (EOS 300D) fitted with a Canon EOS 80-200mm F2.8 zoom lens at focal length of 110mm; shutter-speed was 1/1000 at aperture of F8.

This photograph of an elephant walking across a partly dried out pan was taken in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. It was late afternoon so the slanting rays of the setting sun have bathed the background in warm light. The elephant is following a path where others have previously crossed and broken through the crusty surface of the pan.

I used a Canon EOS 400D with 70-300mm IS zoom lens at a focal length of 200mm. Aperture was F5.6, shutter speed 1/80th and ISO 200.

Rear light and tail fin of Ford Fairlane 500, taken at local “Cars in the Park” Show, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Canon EOS 450D digital SLR with Canon 70-300mm IS zoom lens, 1/1000th at F8, 165mm.