--- title: "I have a picture for you! 11-18 April 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/2021-04-16-i-have-a-picture-for-you-11-18-april-2021/" published: "2021-04-16T19:13:54" updated: "2021-04-16T20:29:12" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 303 --- # I have a picture for you! 11-18 April 2021 > The First Thing newsletter's Ever-lasting Subscriber Photo Gallery. By Daily Maverick · Published 16 April 2021, 21:13 SAST · Updated 16 April 2021, 22:29 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. NOTE: We limit our weekly entries to maximum 20. If you're picture's not published, please keeping sending them in! 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.* ![On the prowl.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/842B-63iMwi_yXqxK-m_89uZO3U=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/Mashatu32.jpg) *Peter Geldenhuys* ![Hummingbird in flight (Vermont, USA).](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/qJ_g5VXpVOhVj2z5cGwb4S_0biQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/LRM_EXPORT_1000135174636397_20190916_210725262ed.jpg) *Andrew Ogterop* ![Elephant reflection.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/df7WTPtIh6SwRBFirO6_p-Akzpg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/Elephant-reflection.jpg) *Richard Bennett* ![Spike enjoying the last moments of a spectacular sunset on Llandudno beach, Cape Town.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/zI6au-Qekvw3uw0PbpX8QwmVMmE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/image-11.jpg) *Nicky Elliott* ![Ramadan Rituals.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ympxX9KfMwH7c9N5PDD1vpG4BOs=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/image0-1-10.jpeg) *Nicole Beare* ![Bubblegum skies.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/YRS2s2Viz47xP4FgovR7WTNFVNQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/image0-19.jpeg) *Nicole Beare* ![Swallowtail Butterfly – Newlands, Cape Town.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/cQVn3ktjN2hJt6EjfQDtqEYDDmM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/Swallowtail-Butterfly.jpg) *Anthea Serritslev* ![Southern Black Flycatcher taken at Springside Nature Reserve, Hillcrest, KZN.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Y7v97xD9HIjyyP5anoXnuGcVv-Q=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/Southern-Black-Flycatcher-4631.jpg) *Ronnie Herr* ![The workshop.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/7EITp5vgxAjoodMAQRfZOoUBNzY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/345_2636-HDR.jpg) *Alexius van der Westhuizen* ![Sunrise Hamilton dog park.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/f0_yrfKENQ4AO1Aw76_vX1BHYjk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/IMG-20210409-WA0007.jpg) *Doug Dorren* ![Sky over Hilon this week.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/PRckZfnwjghP7vL7MIUfntQnpiM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20210408_173244.jpg) *Gavin Elliott* ![Taken on the 6th April at the Pretoria Zoo.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/mMNSC4YsW_J9AiVycsPD6JrjUmk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20210406_163330.jpg) *Joseph Koele* ![Taken close to Lephalale this morning.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/zDGfg5WaBY07c65e_MXZp2V0zWU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/image0-3-6.jpeg) *Johan Wassermann* ![Fisherman Cottages - Arniston.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/x7xw4BiZzQ7QeCxIRhhYFVHWQFg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/Cape-201936.jpg) *Peter Geldenhuys* ![Mother and child - Pafuri, Kruger National Park, March 2021.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Bpa4SjnaoDSnku4G8fmkXO3eQaI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/mother-and-child-9530.jpg) *Alice Möller* ![Wooly necked storks Eshowe Hills golf estate.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/UR-CKwjO-UnoTVs6486n3oL-ZkE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20210413_093452.jpg) *Barbara Chedzey* ![Andrew Gunn](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/RYHNwY_Lgq6DoHJyXGje0UiEFLg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20210413_091552.jpg) *Andrew Gunn* ![White Bellied Sunbird- a quick drink and splash bath, Sonneglans, Randburg.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/SqMw7LffDnNBefnmMtmPxad5DrY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0017.jpg) *Nick* ![How tall are these trees.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/-Cyv9iKpIGy4h6oeYz5UOeeojNY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/Rietvlei-en-Paasnaweek-64.jpg) *Marlene Birkholtz* ![Mosque Swallow.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/eiehuSezFCLDE1zBUegIe5wlZDw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/mosque-swallow1-6471.jpg) *Alice Möller* ![Seascape Scanning.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/uMhpeWk7yrPo-DOOhbonti9j1gk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/DSCN9792.jpg) *V Ward* ![Sea Point, Cape Town Sunset with Peninsula Hotel on the right.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ECZ0JUrNjNWkNI_8hzgd12gz198=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/image0-20.jpeg) *Ivan Steenkamp* ![Drakensberg Lights.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/pTMId3liv1YHXtTAgYW5uCZ09uk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/IMG-20210414-WA0004.jpg) *Shaz* ![The sun rises over the fog in the Plettenberg bay to brighten up the day.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/HDT0bvnt45DzXBwosasGCs_vhI8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/image0-1-11.jpeg) *Andrew Carlin* ![Gorgeous Granadilla.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/SSDnBZSD-6NGkcsilCdIpuqYtDc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot_20210412-101619.png) *Malcolm Finkenstein* ![Sky over Hilton - KZN last week](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/wzc2q3tbsFweqXj2Bf5HbWrWJ34=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20210408_173244-1.jpg) *Gavin* ![Sunset, Bantry Bay 14 April 6 p.m.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/6iE2DcTf4WwY_MOJx46D3FnV8xw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2781.jpg) *Joe Polliack* ![‘Shattered Sunset’ across the Atlantic Seaboard, Sea Point, Cape Town.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Si1q0M7bkB9ZFHcZojh7nrK7Qcs=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/image001-7.jpg) *Ali McCutcheon* ![‘Shattered Sunset’ across the Atlantic Seaboard, Sea Point, Cape Town.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/QcaVFAxtbyw7_GGoSxIqmYG0kKE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/0B76401A-15EE-4BAA-8F11-6B0013032C0E_1_105_c.jpeg) *Ali McCutcheon* ![Beautiful Sacred Ibis's... Olifantsbos Cape Point, Saturday April 10th.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/PIOKm9amhScu5r23PAneTRQR_20=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20210410_150647.jpg) *Natalie Greatorex* ![1938 McCormick Tractor outside: KANNA KOMBUIS restaurant in Ladismith WCape.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/VkYwLx9e-sZoLnLlVCH_draYdhU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/IMG_5452.jpg) *Louis Germishuys* ![Hordes of locals come to watch the sunset on Bakoven Rock in Camps Bay every evening.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/hCLtDzeUdyipWnT8QDk7Cy1WnNQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/3A6F3659-5616-4614-B552-E2A63395CD13.jpeg) *Chris von Ulmenstein.* ![Hordes of locals come to watch the sunset on Bakoven Rock in Camps Bay every evening.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ImY8RFXXmSGQ9uZ8x06gPv-5gDA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/CB3A15C3-0569-443D-85EF-59750656C571.jpeg) *Chris von Ulmenstein.* ![Sky over Kirstenbosch gardens.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/kPPqpRRx3hEKAP8QBd-ghMNTk70=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/image0-2-10.jpeg) *Pam Knipe* ![Sunsets at Ellerman House Cape Town.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/2xy0vGiVJUvIkLvl0LQRzxPFsFU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/image0-4-5.jpeg) *Nicole Beare* ![The Spider...from Mega Mind.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/DlZKKNQOqauYt2ueJ5hxdv3dCrg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20210321_104910.jpg) *Jerome Howard* ![I need to get out a bit, had enough of lockdown, come on human, hop in, I can't reach the pedals!](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/WsSwv1vZbDot7JKrB8jxqz9p7ks=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20210323_173835.jpg) *Ingi Brough* ![Veld Oasis on the Fanie Botha Hiking Trail, offered a cool respite from the hot Sabie sun!](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/v1gGlufgszA7anlB3135UhV9Kf0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/FanieBotha1.jpg) *Fanie Botha* ![Grass veld on the Fanie Botha Hiking Trail](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/k5BEv0ENh59M5g7GJfSIjNDGzSI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/FanieBotha2.jpg) *Fanie Botha* ![Bloody Mary.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/o7bfv3c8P8Y5E7i5WaXLcDVfIQ4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/image0-5-3.jpeg) *Christina Coates* ![New Year’s celebrations, Nan Hua temple, Bronkhorstspruit.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/QGLOiwJJqdLSe9ic8HKGt5dBh3M=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/image0-6-3.jpeg) *Ben Durham* ![Verreaux Eagle eyes tasty morsel.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/zlkgOe67mZihzGCyAvriGOzYTT8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/IMG_20210404_110306.jpg) *Natalie Geyser* ![Beautiful view of Table Mountain from Rondebosch Golf club. 13 April.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/aH7d2_ufygjHQajRZLzb1yqGvXE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20210413_163121.jpg) *Ellen Corrigall* ![Rainy day in the Bo-Kaap.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Q8Ah2eLjlh_tSOVxDV4W0Ibs6Rc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20140828-20140717-DSC_2866.jpg) *Barry Record* ![Sunrise in Stellenbosch.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ET-Lo9vMS0EcOxswevQPJqZ7Te0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/IMG_9924-002.jpg) *Kate Murray* ![Sossusvlei with water!](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/NLfQWjRKC0OvpCGuBXdOUAMny_M=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20210415_073614.jpg) *Sossusvlei with water!*