Villiersdorp vineyard storm

Ok, the calendar artwork is going to the printers next week. I am only having 250 calendars printed, so, if you want calendars, you had better let me know by Monday so I can increase the print run!
Delivery takes up to 10 working days internationally, less if it's local (according to the post office). They will be posted at the beginning of December and all parcels have a tracking number so you can follow their progress.
In case you missed this info, they are printed on a high-end digital printer (HP Indigo, for those who love technical details), on a lovely, smooth, satin-matt, locally produced, recycled card (Sappi's Triple Green). January 2013 is included so you can plan your next December/January break, and major public and religious holidays as well as world environmental days are shown in the months - more details are at andynix.co.za/2012calendar

This is one of the images featured in the calendar, one of those simply spectacular winter storms over a vineyard just outside Villiersdorp, near the Theewaterskloof Dam. It was a very slow journey, with more photo stops than driving (I hadn't even driven 1km from my previous stop to photograph a graveyard, and before that it had been a ridiculously beautiful and intense rainbow over the valley, and before that...). Anyway, I decided I needed my tripod to take the shot, so I set my camera up. As I turned to put the lens cap on the car, the tripod decided to face-plant my camera into the stony ground. End of lens. It was 3pm on a Friday and I was on a mission to photograph vineyards. I had left my spare at home, and all I had was my 90mm micro baby. Now, nothing sparks creativity like constraints, so I decided that I would see this as an opportunity to get creative, to try and see landscapes from a whole new perspective. And boy did I love it! There were a few images that were just too wide to capture with the 90mm, so I planned stitched shots, but the majority worked! And I decided 2 things: to capture more landscapes with a long lens in future, and to always take my spare along! A few more of the images I shot on this trip are in my online gallery.