It’s not the size of the lens. It’s how you use it. - Unknown

Lately I have really been enjoying the use of my 16-35mm wide angle lens. It is a lot more difficult to create a really nice looking image when shooting wide, and especially if you plan to shoot in monochrome. This week I have chosen only images that have been captured with this wide angles in mind to showcase that one doesn’t always have to go in ‘tight’ with wildlife images. I hope you all enjoy this week’s selection...

35mm. When a bull elephant like this fills the frame at 35mm, you know he’s pretty close.

16mm. I had to wait for this female to feed really close to the vehicle to achieve this image and fortunately she looked up at just the right moment.

16mm. Always a favorite to capture the essence of a large herd.

16mm. Cheetah love to get on top of termite mounds for a better vantage point and this made for an interesting composition.

16mm. Cloudy skies always make for the best monochrome images and especially when two-thirds of the frame is sky.

20mm. A very nice scene again on a cloudy day. I just love the look of this image and the reflections in the water.

70mm. This isn’t ultra wide, but for birds it may as well be. I loved the sky in this image, as well as the activity of Gymnogene pictured here. It was flying from tree to tree searching for bats hiding underneath the tree bark.

18mm. A great thing about going wide is that you can bring so much more into the scene than just the wildlife itself. Here my tracking partner Zulu enjoys a close-up of a big male lion.

16mm. And of course there are landscapes.

35mm. A nice clean scene with zebras at one of our waterholes and a large buffalo bull resting in the pan.