Dry Season, 21 days across Namibia and Botswana

Within minutes of being on the Continent our taxi was stopped by a pack of wild Baboons
crossing just outside of the Airport.
This was Africa's welcome to a wild life photographer!
The journey brought me first to Etosha at the peak of the dry season. Several times
larger than Rhode Island, Namibia's Etosha National park is thriving with wildlife
competing for watering holes along the coast of a now barren salt flat that once was a
thriving inland sea.
Then on to the Okavango River in view of Angola on the far bank, Chobe National Park in
North East Botswana, and the Okavango Delta which empties it's millions of gallons into
the heart of the Kalahari desert.
Different worlds, different lifestyles, all connected. Wild Elephants, Hippos, Leopards,
Fish Eagles, a healthy pride of 7 Lions, and the most amazing people were among the
wonders I had privilege to connect with and document.

Wings Over Providence

The beauty of the natural world, the wonders of Avian life.
Unique amongst the wild things, their enjoyment does not require a far flung expedition. We can find these treasures in our backyards, in the city itself. Around us as we bustle to work in our daily routines, a separate yet connected ecology is happening right in front of our eyes every day. We need only look up from the pavement to glimpse it.

Urban avian photography will make up the most of the exhibit, accompanied by several infra red photos and a selection of other nature and wildlife photos.

Jake Hegnauer is a self taught freelance wildlife and nature photographer using modern photographic equipment, digital processing and printing.

The God's had left centuries before,
But something still keeps the place pristine....


A selection of Digital infra red images.