You need a really powerful flash and one of those flash extenders to add the right amount of flash into a wildlife sunset shot. It is best used in manual mode and when this technique works you can get some wonderful pics.

Shooting wildlife doing what you want it to do, while at the same time getting the setting sun in the right place can be really tricky - luck plays a big part of course.

Be patient - the Blue Hour after sunset and before sunrise is the best time for shooting ‘night’ shots. And, with a little planning you can also get the moon in the pic, like in this instance at a Phinda Game Reserve sleep-out.

While it can get really spiritual and serene out there do be careful about photographing or looking directly into the sun - you don't want to damage your eyes.

Strong, graphic shapes and clouds make this sunset shot of mountain bikers at Rhodes’ Baobab at Mashatu Game Reserve in Botswana.

Quite a bit of post production was needed in this shot of Rhodes’ Baobab to bring out detail in the foreground, while still maintaining colour in the sky.

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Red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama or Alcelaphus caama) lying on the ground in misty conditions. Eastern Cape. South Africa