--- title: "I have a picture for you! 9-14 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/2021-05-14-i-have-a-picture-for-you-25-april-1-may-2021-2-2/" published: "2021-05-14T23:31:53" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 324 --- # I have a picture for you! 9-14 May 2021 > The First Thing newsletter's Ever-lasting Subscriber Photo Gallery. By Daily Maverick · Published 15 May 2021, 01:31 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.* ![Why live in Joburg?](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/-iObqb5gG4xCICD_NWiQAKf3RtY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_2020.jpg) *Chris Heymans* ![An autumn day in Central Berg](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/g5aedfGu3hQd6RVdk1efR6yuB-o=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG-20210513-WA0026.jpg) *Yvonne Renwick* ![Why live in Joburg?](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/kwTtJi9BFCovINVVrb4zxfJvg-E=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_2016.jpg) *Chris Heymans* ![Promenade mornings.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/a9Tq8b7a_yt_PvFSIUDoG9r2sVE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-14.jpeg) *Nicole Beare* ![After the floods: adventure race contestants in Bontebok National Park, Overberg, Western Cape.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/suXPG-JPU6igImUE9bvlK5168_0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_20210508_165826.jpg) *Cobus van Dyk* ![Somerset Girt Farm in Swellendam. Heaven on Earth](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/eVcGex2IIwjJyuay3jJiwhlsXTA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_5342.jpeg) *Alex Downes* ![Iconic Table Mountain.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/jXNOB7sQY-jBIWbDTnyWtUcxvZU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210514_075259.jpg) *J. POUPARD* ![Magic hour.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/sLha5hUE84cgCQtT6tkC0hhYwbQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-13.jpeg) *Nicole Beare* ![Rhinoceros, Sea Point Promenade, Cape Town.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/r2uckxhb39_XavQRQKm27X0JFbQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Rhinoceros.jpg) *Peter Reber* ![The early morning sunrise ‘MistDefying’ over the lovely Buffelspoort Dam.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/5fknDc2vFz1wYy5tCzWxKDd_jZY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_8177.jpeg) *Dave Starley* ![The early morning sunrise ‘MistDefying’ over the lovely Buffelspoort Dam.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/t4WjkjlPYMFVL42Wt3Bak_4D5IE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_8182.jpeg) *Dave Starley* ![Early morning walk with Frida, Graskop Mpumalanga.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/riAQ4ARVDgJwG3lE1_LTtOhiqQE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image-4.jpg) *Auke van der Meulen* ![Red Sky At Night is a Sailors Delight](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/FesMDHWvAfWrkQAyPVUi61x6Tao=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG-20190402-WA0046.jpg) *Red Sky At Night is a Sailors Delight* ![Fishing Sunrise.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/sFKczRTxh0Wx9qTqbyr9pmmrkOQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-11.jpeg) *Tanya Cromme* ![Aela only has eyes for the ball! Scarborough.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/w6FkCCJiVtiA8_2fJLfVqAvIMdc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-12.jpeg) *Sue O’Brien* ![Clear water & kelp at St Helena Bay.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/stV7tCxLh0Hcds0nAcJ8sONLn90=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/A5014B62-E2EB-4227-B988-1636DED1C2AA.jpeg) *Philip King* ![Sunset at Lamberts Bay.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/iagExpra4nB_DElc_ttOeGue5nI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_20210428_182451.jpg) *Liesl Couperthwaite* ![Great wall of China.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/MCl2RdloKlqwk_tjhTvhJAJm158=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/PastedGraphic-1.jpg) *Richard Bennett* ![Mobile fastfood (Sea Point).](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/amxa8Hkn2v-ndAYrMDG1q2MAZo4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_2875.jpg) *Joe Polliack* ![Dichotomy of Regrowth. Beautiful green growth flanked by the slow post-fire recovery on a clear Cape Town morning...](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/rFOAS8JUOuNgs5LliY-Qwdjia6c=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Rhodesfire.jpg) *Prof Lester Davids, Rondebosch.* ![The Sunset in Norwood, Johannesburg on Sunday 02 May 2021. Taken at 17:28 with my Canon PowerShot SX50 HS camera.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ctsduF9fklRpYn0pHevvhC8r_WE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_0025.jpg) *Malcolm Dee* ![Sunset in all its’ African glory – Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park 03/05/2021.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/9Gv6VdjdaHpBeUxRANaxIw_AYg4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Sunset.jpg) *Gaynor Purcell* ![Early morning rainbow on Bushmans beach.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/nE6kz24wR1dagkNb87wmXvdNm5Y=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210508_070028.jpg) *Cherrie White* ![Along the B1 highway, Namibia.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/c2F0JRaqdDsN4KObmwjnRx5I6w4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image1-1.jpeg) *Noel Furlong* ![The highveld sky was showing off with streaked clouds this past week. A small reminder that as nature perseveres, so can our beautiful country.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/yjTpbnrWpWWYgGcFNaXWaYPNrZg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_20210505_192832_632.jpg) *Melanie Govindasamy* ![After the rains in the Overberg.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/LuIIktZlSuFn_jnFG_JaVOhzNdU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-10.jpeg) *Christina Coates* ![Our Table Mountain.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/gsjCzBpJYApvCiGJf4iJ5Xl6ebY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-9.jpeg) *Jenny Luyt* ![2021.05.09 Durban beachfront, Sunday 7h00. Another glorious autumn morn. Calm. Tranquil. Cool.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/xyc6_0Mh7LV6KC3iWHo-Z-D_hqM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DSC_8441.jpg) *William Giles* ![Hard at work.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/2nEDQMoDa8wyC3gEFo_MgQrk5kQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_6777.jpg) *Peter Reber, Cape Town* ![Spectacular sunset 4 May, Jozi city centre.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/-A5ZRXfQUuBYDBjGlkYSXO5jbaQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210505_171241.jpg) *Alicia Thompson* ![Mountain View.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/y9j-0XypxKPGvq2YdAgg2wJ0w9I=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210508_123335-01.jpeg) *Wynie Carelse* ![Sunset over Groot Brak River.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/6ahniU1l4dWjjVVRy3CUIU8vXgI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_20210509_174248.jpg) *Lynne Bird* ![Autumn skies over Britannia Bay!](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/9mWlJmER1jOMyJdoL2MFUuDJ_C0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20171220_195908.jpg) *Shaheen Mehtar* ![“Red sky at night...” Glen Cairn - Cape.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/N2fsHmz6ZmJ8GoBrGGtTrb991Sw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-8.jpeg) *Ant van der Spuy.* ![Wavecrest, Wild Coast, Eastern Cape.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/0ePMQ9YCE2vUUuhhmoNj_JG4U9A=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/961.jpg) *Dennis Wesley* ![Early morning mist at the Mfihlelo (or Secret) Waterfall, Wild Coast, Pondoland. Worldwide there are only 20 or so waterfalls that fall directly into the sea. Three of them are found on this section of the Wild Coast.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Mf7sDfrKxSRFk1LlSBkvcmrqy7g=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_20210428_082441.jpg) *Craig McLachlan* ![First light before a chilly dip in Fish Hoek, Cape Town.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/DPkZ_lIML6Oz9RMAOSU14IMsHOI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/fish-hoek2.jpeg) *Geoff Dalglish* ![First light before a chilly dip in Fish Hoek, Cape Town.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/H8kHjYwv6FPV3M02EkodG8xstq8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/fish-hoek1.jpeg) *Geoff Dalglish* ![Homeward bound.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/VrXUxT6uq71c-lmBPBl3OTASrxU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/318.jpg) *Cornelia Bullen-Smith* ![Above Kirstenbosch.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/bwJM43yDyGc5aBOveHIV8B541-8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image1.jpeg) *P. Philips* ![Rainbow over the sea near Salt Rock.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/BW0rX4vyGfzX6gDjNbvT83cNONE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_8219-2.jpeg) *Samantha Choles* ![A view of Pretoria from Brooklyn House, just after sunset.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/MRh5HoG9HiM_oNraRzxn90YpZSQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Pretoria-after-sunset-.jpg) *Marlene Birkholtz* ![Bloubergstrand.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/1cW8TLv8z1cYZQoeSbzjoFIfwzU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210509_162448.jpg) *Bloubergstrand.* ![Broad walk across Umhlanga Lagoon.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/kLsRykkRd7SEn2bSo4uhlKIyyaE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Broad-walk-5526.jpg) *Ronnie Herr* ![Sunset in the Waterburg.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/WKLX_QiTnBxwVyTMpeFB9epP-iM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_1274.jpeg) *Angela Dyer* ![A streak of light, a streak of night! Cape Town 10 May 2021.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/nHdeVakWc-LuxF-659SfSL0Yh-A=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210510_182727.jpg) *Debby Myers* ![Inside Bosjes Chapel.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/FndYI7R5sZs7AbMYZQNJ5l_YJM4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Bosjes-chapel.jpeg) *Keith Cattell* ![Descent into Kalk bay - the ocean is a lake.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/mj28c9feTnd7UoLhHCsPJ1gcPhs=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-7.jpeg) *Clare from Fresnaye* ![Seapoint promenade during lockdown](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/6xyQOgBGC6OuHiumn0wBUy_RTd0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_1890.jpg) *Alan Sloan* ![Goliath Heron spotted in the Umhlanga Nature Reserve.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/tHZAJclNSA3owWq-k0UyNLXJavk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Goliath-Heron-5528.jpg) *Ronnie Herr*