--- title: "I have a picture for you! 2 - 8 May 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/2021-05-07-i-have-a-picture-for-you-25-april-1-may-2021-2/" published: "2021-05-07T23:25:43" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 322 --- # I have a picture for you! 2 - 8 May 2021 > The First Thing newsletter's Ever-lasting Subscriber Photo Gallery. By Daily Maverick · Published 8 May 2021, 01:25 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.* ![Storm over Etosha Plains.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/tE0uzjUEibLUeK-ON4Pj7D3f0QE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Image.jpeg) *IP Matthews* ![Muldersdrift (Gauteng) autumn sunset. 5 May 2021](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/nUjG6sZ2x0CERqaDTd14pLKfV5M=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG-20210505-WA0007-1.jpg) *Craig de Necker* ![Image](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/1gnTBWRVTZ8hJG09Ocg3kq8yTYw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image-2.jpg) ![Light through the clouds.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/r1kha6DOakxa9ipYv15GnYUzoZE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-6.jpeg) *Jil Hrdliczka* ![Kirstenbosch Gardens](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/UMTP63WLbcByDRZAMS2wgxk7XKU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image-1.jpg) *Denise* ![Garden Route Autumn Sunshine.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/4XEbDSIqYHiEk6nhm1ttKoqin9g=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210502_124124.jpg) *Mark Taylor* ![Sunset Johannesburg](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/jTiFSqBd2Uc1gCQGYpa0kjKVIM8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image.jpg) *Annie* ![Sunset over Joburg Wednesday 5 May](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Oh4INW3-vWf_xmTR2N1a0osHS-8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_20210505_172215.jpg) *Ron Robertson* ![City of Gold - sunset on Empire Road, Johannesburg 5 May.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/LEbLKvyDoEeEUVq1rzgceqPdVeA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-5.jpeg) *Zoë Lees* ![Image](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/n3iHNQNIJE-B9fEad-QAATTXeZs=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210504_070429.jpg) ![Phoenix Sunset.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/3J1nnDXt8l3a21hbATNt1NT6aWc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210505_172621-01.jpeg) *Wynie Carelse* ![Sunset, Dwarskloof AH, Randfontein.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Motk8xPjQDZW25BxxqCvRIRIrPo=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG-20210505-WA0006.jpg) *Wynie Carelse.* ![Sunset, Dwarskloof AH, Randfontein.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/an9Q6VXZSNPodqmHZ93zOOTi1IY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG-20210505-WA0007.jpg) *Wynie Carelse.* ![The Storm approaches.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/RHD0x2JyuP4BwNqJ-M_sf1DASOo=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-4.jpeg) *Allen Ambor* ![City of Gold.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/hl9J3trOwNlmfss5Nx6FmfntQ98=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_1514.jpg) *John Muller* ![City of Gold.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/T_LVdaFO8R_cIgY7zzBXMzrBLZ4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/PHOTO-2021-05-05-18-42-29.jpg) *John Muller* ![Sunset on the Orange River at Gariep 5/5/21.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/6GzUVe3l-uAwv3pd8EdpwQcBraE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-3.jpeg) *Theo Pauw* ![Canal Scene Amsterdam.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/g7fKamMRlQruLtlDjiayqTlzVVM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20150926_160054-1.jpg) *Andre Raath* ![Seals doing backstroke, Hout Bay.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Q53dSfPq6Tf-hb0HZhevb0CTMZg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_20170118_111443.jpg) *Andre Raath* ![Pond at Spier wine Farm. Dusk.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/1bo3t6NRcCy8qTzBKnv9p7hqqjE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/PANO_20190127_191103-03.jpeg) *Andre Raath* ![Sunset, Mouille Point, Cape Town.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/edMgsycDel6P4gFkW_kImWgMmYE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-2.jpeg) *Jil Hrdliczka* ![Midday @ Camps Bay.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/m3rdNEn-HE_m3e1TyD6JvgBMWT0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_20210418_104409.jpg) *Rishi Hansrajh* ![Doornkop Mmpumalanga](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/gJKbDlrR4QST1xWdCv7jT5vyR5M=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_2777.jpeg) *Donnée Mac Dougall* ![Son of a Beach. Taken at Sea Point, Cape Town last weekend. Hope you enjoy!](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Ea0Cr9S-RfpsylhBX_fYVV3Iens=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_5356-1.jpg) *Hannes Itope* ![Son of a Beach. Taken at Sea Point, Cape Town last weekend. Hope you enjoy!](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/DuMYbgYbcIZYNHZ8u9HmU7y6qPI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_5375-1.jpg) *Hannes Itope* ![Autumn skies.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/wRwYCabqIeYA0sYIixVKbsVWTnI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-1.jpeg) *Janet Winterbourne* ![Taken at our regular early morning swim at Glencairn Tidal Pool.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/jDAzNJ8hlvhhw6srQh1zt5dMWYM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image-05-05-21-07-05.jpeg) *Emma Rowett* ![Sunrise at the Wild Coast Sun.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ZMqNWLy7NjbhVjjclYlyItdAlsc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0.jpeg) *Danny Callow* ![Sunrise on the Breede River near Swellendam.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/HS7CqjagJP6iZGEu3znxu6K3aNk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210404_071027-1.jpg) *Graham* ![Spier wine farm 4 May.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/-p-V9D8y7F8t_9AoM44jioOASj8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/1050314.jpg) *Ellen Corrigall* ![Plettenberg Bay at sundown with Tsitsikama. Mountains in background.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/7lfLry4EyyMQ6otRYrmA9db8C9M=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210503_173814.jpg) *Basil van Rooyen* ![Nqobile Ndimande](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/TKfcU_jknr5ZWIO_sbaJvv-CIE8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/129be492-6d22-4daa-a3ab-4d18a5592c30-3.jpg) *Nqobile Ndimande* ![Woolly clouds with a hopeful speckle of winter rain!](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/KKF2jtLf2OJshkXersEUjch5LU8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210503_181504.jpg) *Viv Ward* ![A Durban institution. The Point, Durban 2021.05.03.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Zf_AjcsVCsIu9ipbqKDiF_XMVZw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DSC_8419.jpg) *William* ![First Aloes: Autumnal arrival. Durban, 2021.05.03.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/bc0-7IFdSU57LAQ1kbyt_SUstFY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DSC_8418.jpg) *William* ![Wild horses in the Lagune.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/vgC4WBhp4H9im42UHcHKlrtP3jg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_4110.jpg) *Ernest* ![Spot the Border Collies? South of Kreefte Bay, Blaauberg](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ftzyNVJdK67PWEwZ71VNcdRwrRw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_5189.jpg) *Louis Germishuys* ![Hooded Vulture in The Timbavati.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Tup_NxlI3lGKZss7b70dtPLApJE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DSCN5578.jpg) *Grenville Wilson.* ![Sunset in the Timbavati.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/qLXanIU1ifAhqLol5a4W_YGv5mU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DSCN5591.jpg) *Grenville Wilson* ![An intriguing web.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/gMvqbJjhIstrG_P2vyhAhyeoEgY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210424_074348-01.jpeg) *Gordon* ![Horst Hopper in Hout Bay first May.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/r2QkZ7nn1aP5lnOkrT__y8g1x4M=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-18.jpeg) *Fritz Milosevic* ![Autumn morning on Fish Hoek beach.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/c2q-tk9CMutAGg2hP3Megaj3hOk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_4387.jpg) *Leoné Prentice* ![Sea Point Balcony View](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/_tbJ6cOEwbYAy5yse25MNdYqeFY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20200424_172922.jpg) *Sea Point Balcony View* ![Wilderness Heights.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/-gqFLP5hxeAFPhB-NlZ7fc8HuFk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Wilderness-Heights.jpg) *John Miller* ![Rock Lizard, Serengeti.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/mnJX6ZyXxCWbsiUAtrCgnxJd6xQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_0705.jpg) *Annalene Sadie* ![Water masquerading as glass.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/0MvOy7mICxQ4fWeHHAqtqXE0iBI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG-20210501-WA0001.jpg) *Alan Glass, Cape Town.* ![Dawn at Rietvlei Nature Reserve. The waterbody has been closed to the public due to increasing pollution levels. (Photo: Marlene Birkholtz)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/tSUIBOcsajHM-dEpnwro9LKSagE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Rietvlei-en-Paasnaweek-78.jpg) *Marlene Birkholtz* ![Braving the cold morning. Herolds Bay.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/aLCGjq2ahUSx7nAoQrhlnmZC_Ho=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210407_072307.jpg) *Andrew Crawley* ![Karoo sunset after storm.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/_XHCOri-neVe8JeXDHoCTXVX1uQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image_6487327.jpg) *Anthony Akerman* ![Autumn at Florence Bloom Bird Sanctuary, Jhb.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Zxz2MEok8a6vXmkDBB-z8Q1oFKw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-17.jpeg) *Jacqui Wiles* ![Mountain enthusiasts tackle Mnweni Mountain Marathon through the snow this past weekend (1 May).](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/zycEyb2cOuE0dMUGcs9k3w6ugeg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/da14379e-1cac-4318-bdd0-19331cbac497.jpg) *Terence Vrugtman* ![Autumn at Emmerentia](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/6bWHbGth6SGyQJpsH9ZKfVI1w20=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/B0B9FEED-45AF-4351-BC8D-06F761667B94.jpeg) *Chris Heymans* ![Rainbow over Bushmans River, Eastern Cape last year in mid-June.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/n7xTRfyv_VNAy2BjKbmtK2pV6IA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Rainbow-Bushmans-River-2020-06-15-DZ-Low-Res.jpg) *Derek Zimmerman* ![Phinda’s Morning.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/IpW3faAdOx3QaNFscLlhDK3ro-I=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MG_3606.jpg) *Sachin du Plooy-Naran* ![Mountain enthusiasts tackle Mnweni Mountain Marathon through the snow this past weekend (1 May).](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/PXgQbc25WYPM_JV-rw70CxaE1VE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/3d8f514f-6663-478c-aa78-8148c1eb81bb.jpg) *Terence Vrugtman* ![Leon Starker](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/L6VuippyE2JFdWoEsBtGZGnAUBg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_7577.jpg) *Leon Starker* ![Stormy clouds over Clarens.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/iLei0Ax2JsrUCrvUGD6SOLoFVi8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210402_180915.jpg) *Stormy clouds over Clarens.*