"Blue Pinkgill" Limited Print Run of 30 (Copy) Material:Museum Quality Paper This giraffe photo was part

This giraffe photo was part of an 8 day safari through the southern region of Kenya

The goal was to see the rich tapestry of African wildlife for myself (and maybe get some wildlife photography along the way

Lake Nakuru National Park is almost mostly water

A solitary hyena prowls the edges of the massive wildebeast herd

"Blue Pinkgill" Limited Print Run of 30 (Copy) Material:Museum Quality Paper This giraffe photo was partEntoloma hochstetteri Photography There were no blue mushrooms. It was hard to hide our disappointment when a New Zealand Department of Conservation ranger told us Abel Tasman had been too dry. We were likely weeks too early to find the elusive blue pinkgill mushroom (Entoloma hochstetteri)a rare species known for its surreal, sky blue color and found only in select forests of New Zealand. This was the reason we had traveled halfway around the world.