Even the hot, dusty unforgiving gravel road is subdued by the coming storm. Light and shadow clash spelling the end of a dry season.

Focused - determined. Doves scatter as the usually cheeky looking jackals turn serious. The intent is clearly visible in the character of their body language.

Two Giraffe watch as bands of rain streak the horizon and the brooding sky turns menacing.

Scars, lines and bumps that can tell stories. A character study of the Giraffe.

The patterns slashed by scars and broken by nicks and scrapes. The body tells its tales.

A thought. A look. A memory. - This is probably the quintessential African character for me.

There is no escaping the inevitable to come. Oryx graze in single file as the shadows close in.