Shem Compion is an award-winning nature photographer whose work has been published in publications such as Africa Birds and Birding, Country Living Magazine South Africa, Getaway Magazine, and Travel Africa. He is the author of A Landscape of Insects.

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• How to use this book; Wildlife photography and the seasons; Cameras and equipment; Understanding light; Understanding composition; Animal behaviour; Travel in remote areas; Behaviour and ethics; Seasonality and local movements; Botswana; Botswana introduction; Okavango Delta; The Panhandle; Delta fringe and seasonal floodplains; Chief's Island; Godikwe; Linyanti; Chobe Riverfront; Savute, Chobe National ParkCentral Kalahari Game Reserve, Deception Valley and Deception Pan; Makgadikgadi; Makgadikgadi Pans and Lekhubu Island; Makgadikgadi Pans National Park; Nxai Pan National Park and Baines' Baobabs; Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Tuli Block; Other photographic highlights in Botswana; Mabuasehube Game Reserve; Khutse Game Reserve; Namibia; Namibia introduction; Southern deserts; Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park; NamibRand Nature Reserve; Swakopmund and Walvis Bay; Desert-adapted elephants; Etosha National Park, Kunene; Other photographic highlights in Namibia; Quiver-tree forest; Spitzkoppe; Epupa Falls; The Caprivi Strip.