--- title: "I have a picture for you! 7 - 13 March 2021" description: "The First Thing newsletter's Ever-lasting Subscriber Photo Gallery." type: "NewsArticle" publisher: "Daily Maverick" site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za" section: "Newsletters" author: "Daily Maverick" author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/dailymaverick/" canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-03-12-i-have-a-picture-for-you-7-13-march-2021/" published: "2021-03-12T19:08:49" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 343 --- # I have a picture for you! 7 - 13 March 2021 > The First Thing newsletter's Ever-lasting Subscriber Photo Gallery. By Daily Maverick · Published 12 March 2021, 21:08 SAST ## Content Want to send us your photos? You need to be a **[First Thing Subscriber.](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/about/newsletter/)**When you're subscribed and ready, there'll be a link to submit your own pics in the Picture of the Day section. **Guidelines:** we try to be as inclusive as possible when publishing your fantastic photos. However, if you can, please try orient your camera horizontally ('landscape' format) and please, *please*, try send us as high resolution a photo as possible. First Thing's John Stupart is very much a dog person, but **we encourage all wildlife** and animal-related pictures. Are you an amateur or professional photographer? While we don't have money for your pics, if you have a portfolio link or options for prints, let us know when you submit your pic and we'll do our best to include it. ***Note:**By submitting a photo you acknowledge that you have given us permission to publish them on this site and in this format. You still hold all rights to your work. If you would like to re-use, print, or otherwise use our subscribers' photos, **contact us** and we'll put you in touch with the original photographers.* ![The Klein River in the Overberg. The photo was taken from Mosaic Lagoon Lodge.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Ghey-QsTgMMXXkoDR0CDZ77HPwc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/1-24.jpg) *Liz Beare* ![Mpande Bay, Eastern Cape](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/M-2R-oL5OYLB7HAJbEXtzIvQaC0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20210306_181649.jpg) *20210306\_181649* ![Hi John! Cape Point yesterday - near a dam... A Zebra and some Bonteboks lolling around! And a pretty flower!!](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/rYUuIgBMkKdQrzvq_o93mCrUSdk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20210307_112457.jpg) *Natalie Greatorex* ![Safari Life Luangwa Valley Zambia](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/tWTydLZMdPqMyhaf1lhk1jXHwI4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/Safari-Life-Luangwa-Valley-Zambia.jpg) *John Oosthuizen* ![Birds Of Eden, Plettenberg Bay](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/u_2cpKVTqPDUx0gX4YNPKVM-A_U=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/025.jpg) *Ben Ebenho* ![Klipfontein, Cape Peninsula](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/h7WUudlX5rRh6ZbNMvXdURNb2tk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/068.jpg) *Ben Ebenho* ![Picture of Zinkwazi Lagoon at sunrise today](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/t25F9OLXqE7OU2Vk2CN2q4g3DYE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/IMG-7948.jpg) *Jessica Trusler* ![Table Mountain](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/V29n4N8aWxZiHiJf8NsLrggMcXQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20210306_144050.jpg) *Gerhard Janse van Vuuren* ![Rainbow at Augrabies](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/bfCTidvN4tdDQF5uj_fmMqd06VQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/IMG_3716.jpeg) *John Stephenson* ![Can’t go to Greece? Langebaan’s Mykonos ain’t bad!](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/gdcSmElvWu_mdxFN6Je7WvfJzy8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/image1-3.jpeg) *Rick Teagle* ![Rick Teagle](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/WnoWGxR_Uvq00aQZkZ1ZkUw3n-o=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/image0-1-5.jpeg) *Rick Teagle* ![Crowned Lapwing taken at the Albert Falls Dam, KZN.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/JvGSYIeIetUSIopchKQwWkvDZ7A=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/Crowned-Lapwing-2498.jpg) *Ronnie Herr using Nikon D7500 with a Nikkor 200-500mm Lens.* ![Toffee, our dog, showing some recovery after a recent diagnosis of Addison's disease. A rare ray of sunlight bursting through on an overcast morning, while enjoying a beach walk in Kleinmond.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/x75fG4TImOBQ5sJQSq-fmt8DWqg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/Toffee.jpg) *Clarence Ford (iPhone 11)* ![Yellow Billed Kite taken at Albert Falls Dam, KZN.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/t3Q2kQnVTzBw3C1HvIV4Ou6Rl5o=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/YBK-2658.jpg) *Ronnie Herr* ![Social distancing I run a small cell phone photo competition group. We have been going for 5 years!. After every season of about 30 weeks, we vote for "the pic of the series". The attached photo came second in our last series. It was taken on the promenade at Muizenberg, Cape Town.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/-Ii-3t2wF6cDhs1dXfIlIvTeAkY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/IMG-20210309-WA0001-1.jpg) *Alan Glass* ![Cirrus clouds on Castle Rock above Kirstenbosch gardens heralding a cold front.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Hoq1uEOSwQ8ypJqnVm9-t0JbzHM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/image0-2-4.jpeg) *Pam Knipe.* ![Picturesque Cape Point](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/NaBNKgSj3CKN7plPLPT2_PiiE1Q=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/image0-3-2.jpeg) *CREDIT (Photographer): Dineo Noganta* ![Thunderstorm over Wanderers golf club](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/48rq1ArP3VfjziwVhmhcpBR1rIg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/XKFV1504.jpg) *CREDIT (Photographer): Marc Hindle* ![Durban harbour at the Point. Tuesday 2021.03.09. Heave Ho , and off we go](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/M1aly9k-G4XPFgrxewdaknVHHsY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/DSC_8102.jpg) *William Giles* ![First rays of sunlight on Algeria Peak, seen from Sas-se-Werf at Uitkyk Pass, early last Saturday.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/9h_XLr1oen2V4SVf43lCL_Fq9Og=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/IMG_5491.jpg) *CREDIT (Photographer): Peter Chubb* ![Beautiful Fish Eagle in Chobe March ‘21](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/VJlr7geLXBF1yFDKbkJZ57P9qUQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/Fish-Eagle-1b-chobe.tif) *CREDIT (Photographer): Andy Smith* ![Chokka fleet at Port St Francis.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/FFkfzZ0N6eWrSkD0KcpWmqhcfTU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20210309_074751.jpg) *Simon Haigh* ![A crown over Table Bay](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/RwjGoLsM9iqG7ffy0qppNTvHxI4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20210301_192521.jpg) *CREDIT (Photographer): Debby Myers* ![the beauty of nature... overcast day in London](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/0AzvC3moSdEzggka18GDlNpIab0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0717-10-03-21-09-57.jpg) *(Photographer): Alessandro G Mauri* ![Chapmans Peak – first winter storm](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/iKiGc-No3WmDJi0LK_SU3XOSJq8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/Chapmans-Peak-10032021.jpg) *CREDIT (Photographer): Iona Zietsman* ![Early morning walk at Emmerentia Dam with BFF.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/qZcHb7IltTMs1yZ4XH28Ba_6YUc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/IMG_7068.jpg) *Photographer: D. GARDELLI* ![Gariep Dam](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/1nlq6Gbr1FUhdgrmWLqf7nh3hW0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/Gariep-Dam.jpeg) *Gariep Dam* ![Black Rhino in Mountain Zebra Park](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/UPb_gcYOoqNAmifg_9jD4E-lDCo=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20210215_183451.jpg) *CREDIT (Photographer): Niven Postma* ![Sunset from Grotto Beach, Hermanus](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/VVp69p1ou3tEH3-h4r99YoZazuk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20210311_082436.jpg) *CREDIT (Photographer): Roger Kohne* ![Getting Ready for winter](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/T2IsM7tpmBcyio2k--QvfWF4URc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/Winter-Fire.jpg) *CREDIT (George Olivier):* ![Sunbird in all its glory](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/_lENQPt0lrywfbiPVNrcKa4x9aU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/Sunbird-2-1.jpg) *CREDIT (Photographer): Trish Board* ![Farm Dam in Mpumalanga. Early morning mist.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/57jLWrwL_GFDh_1aiOAq5w7kWOM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/IMG_8138.jpg) *CREDIT (Photographer):David Howard* ![Mtunzini Doggy beach](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/XXnfrK1PNRipjMPlmWX9sn352J8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/image0-4-2.jpeg) *CREDIT (Photographer): Mira Slavuckis* ![A Transvaal milkplum tree lit by a campfire with the Milky Way in the background.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/56PdUl99uEAVTVAQu6cT9nstWlw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0397.jpg) *CREDIT (Photographer): Naudé Cruywagen* ![Good Morning Kalk Bay!](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/xLUZOHkP24sgInZVS8KrSF1rwbA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/image1-4.jpeg) *CREDIT (Photographer): Karien Boolsen* ![The theme of the week was WATER. Jack strolled through the veld, and came accross a scene of a deadly killing spree: a dove which fell prey to a nifty neighbourhood cat..blood and feathers everywhere. His winning photo captured the beauty of magnifying raindrops on the wings of the poor dove. The challenging part of our group is that photos are not allowed to be set up, or staged. Only cell phone photos. We call ourselves"Mik en Drukkers", and thats what we do: aim and shoot. We are only 15 members, all amateurs.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/-yRq6VfHoJTOtaMZwmDvytb4D14=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/IMG-20201002-WA0011-1.jpg) *Snowy Jack Kruger* ![Bees making a nest, my house](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/cKodhWAAdx84AlcBx1pUcPr1W6A=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot_20210311_100100.jpg) *CREDIT (Photographer): Rosa Gil* ![Sunrise over Lenasia South, south of Joburg, at exactly 6am one morning this week.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/3-yRIqMN4tEH_p6IwFiPYerzoVk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20210308_061921.jpg) *CREDIT (Photographer): Trevor Paul (on a smart phone).* ![Westbrook sunrise.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/aDq_zrk5cvcg9IYnSO5jj-WQuDM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/IMG_6615.jpg) *Ian Nicholson* ![Kleinmond walk.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/LPc3Y0qRw00_dFc7S-oa-B7IThs=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/IMG_20210227_095553.jpg) *CREDIT (Photographer): Katharine Ambrose* ![(Photographer): Shelley](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/iQCQbK9hfjazTeLa2odm8DZ8h_Y=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/image0-10.jpeg) *(Photographer): Shelley* ![A Durban sunrise after the heavy rain last night](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ZNWJkG-Rl0TiyCwn6zfDYFhHy8Q=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/IMG_5615-1.jpg) *A Durban sunrise after the heavy rain last night* ![Sunset in Simonstown](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/mbJYXNoRuAiE2c_eNoooVzC1S88=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/IMG_9002.jpg) *Tony Van Niekerk* ![New Forest Growing – Delta Park Johannesburg](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/2Hohr0mjc-7Dsma6jAZP4Kj51mY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20210312_074414_HDR_DxO-2.jpg) *CREDIT (Photographer): Roger Lee* ![I spotted this Plains Zebra in Kruger National Park - it has a genetic mutation that has resulted in it having normal coat colouration, but striking blue eyes! In horses, this is a common phenomenon because of selective breeding, but it is very rare in wild zebras. There is no evidence that it is in any way detrimental to the zebra's health.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/mqbiV3mKaC6W6OYSIqMEz2DQY0k=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/blue-eyed-zeb-5.jpg) *CREDIT (Photographer): Rebecca Desmet*