Karoo

[elsa hoffmann]

Karoo Tour -  is a semi-desert natural region of South Africa.  The Karoo is partly defined by its topography, geology, and climate — above all, its low rainfall, arid air, cloudless skies, and extremes of heat and cold. The Karoo also hosted a well-preserved ecosystem hundreds of million years ago which is now represented by many fossils.
Today it is still a place of great heat and frosts, and an annual rainfall of between 50–250 mm, though on some of the mountains it can be 250–500 mm higher than on the plains.

[Jacques Pochoy]

Wow, nice pictures of what seems to be a great region with quite some geographical diversity !!!

[elsa hoffmann]

Thank you Jacques. South Africa is absolutely diverse - it is a country worth visiting and photographing. And the people are hospitable (I recon Bjørn will concur) 

[Hugh_3170]

Three lovely shots that could just as equally have been from out of somewhere in Australia.  I very much like the 2nd with the two lambs and the way they are lit.  They are in what looks like saltbush to me - an apparently nutricious plant for sheep here in Australia.

[Frank Fremerey]

Very cool separations through color and lighting.

[elsa hoffmann]

Thank you Hugh - I was very lucky with the light - it disappeared quickly as you can imagine. And so did the lambs.
Thank you Frank.
it was literally the last light. And then it was gone. I waited for it on the road. Lucky timing. 

[Jakov Minić]

Beautiful images, my dear!

[Akira]

Lovely excerpts of the seemingly many beautiful scenes from SA.   

[elsa hoffmann]

Akira - thank you so much - the many faces of Africa.
Jakov - thank you my love

[Peter Connan]

Beautiful Elsa!

Love the windmills.

[elsa hoffmann]

Thank you Mr Connan.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

All of them are super nice and I bet those little lamb chops will taste exquisite too.

Quite a lot of vegetation given the low annual precipitation. But I have learned by direct interaction that African species are hardy.

[elsa hoffmann]

Thank you Bjørn for looking and commenting. You can not believe how much we have seen lately.
The vegetation is very hardy and drought resistant - although we have had severe droughts recently - the veld is looking surprisingly good.
Regarding the lamp chops - I prefer mutton mush tastier 

[BW]

Lovely images Elsa. Especially the first one fill me with warmth

[elsa hoffmann]

Thank you kindly Børge