--- title: "I have a picture for you! 23-30 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/2021-05-30-i-have-a-picture-for-you-23-30-may-2021/" published: "2021-05-30T18:48:33" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 350 --- # I have a picture for you! 23-30 May 2021 > The First Thing newsletter's Ever-lasting Subscriber Photo Gallery. By Daily Maverick · Published 30 May 2021, 20:48 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.* ![Drink up.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/1ZrXLNQp5lzRMPVNH-xBffaSyNU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/PastedGraphic-8.jpg) *R Bennett* ![Nature’s painting in Camps Bay.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Gfszpdn4EtLItFXFP5t36k2Yw88=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/95911B10-E1B9-4CB2-9E8F-8F2C570408D4.jpeg) *Chris von Ulmenstein* ![Mtunzini beach.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/TSpXOXzvTVyjUgLG3SSjZUsERRU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210411_081956-EFFECTS.jpg) *Barbara Chedzey* ![Coming in for the landing at Grasslands Flying Club Pretoria.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/BKb_uz_vIB6zYd0nIDbBE3AK9yM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/descending.jpg) *Marlene Birkholtz* ![F Rubin](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ap8_hLWGh2RJQEqGaFevsaO-vHc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210427_144202.jpg) *F Rubin* ![Keurbooms Beach early morning Plettenberg Bay.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ac5TBEESUE7WLVMkXNrCLz7gNmo=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DSC_2036.jpg) *David Packwood* ![Muizenberg beach - low spring tide.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Eo9pzzVS1tc2n4u_dwhOd0bCXkA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-21.jpeg) *Suzanne Custers* ![Before sunset in Keurboom Park.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/dAbj179-I8xSSuNX6CU0AqVtqTI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/A51311F3-156D-4BBE-A0B6-B69955ABB119.jpg) *Jenni Bessesen* ![Muizenberg beach.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/YpI9W7ptO1Q1eXvcuXME_bw3U88=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-20.jpeg) *Suzanne Custers* ![Sunset over the Orange River at Vioolsdrift.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Z8swTUM4N8qeXHUT8c8pKTPdRzg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG-20210526-WA0000.jpg) *Jean Stewart* ![Tugs leaving the V&A Waterfront harbour to do what tugs do.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/pwblNE-G87rdnMig3PerleEfhWI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/P5130187.jpg) *Faul Bosman* ![Early morning warning.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/2eg8Z-OGKvYQi3_k5NT9_d8_fbM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/867873430_IMG_0709_145150.jpg) *Jan Jordaan* ![Ottertrail morning beauty.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/2nm9rr2r2cyloPSAMUUPFEa6w0E=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-19-1.jpeg) *Christiane Dreismann* ![Tshani, Wild Coast.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/uqQQ06GWhvlXP8OXx2wEByOf-es=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-18-1.jpeg) *Cindy Snell* ![House Crow](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/IX5R_vxNcjMgqqLvr0Qx1WSzy4k=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/House-Crow-6201.jpg) *Ronnie Herr* ![From Dalebrook Tidal Pool, Kalk Bay at sunrise.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/421mXpZYdryZ-JZBaT6fvqbc2xE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-17-1.jpeg) *Gary Fisher* ![Light of the Moon.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/4ffvNIPlzJvim9Kek72ZotZJtiQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG-20210525-WA0043_resized.jpeg) *Barbara Lindop* ![Hartbeespoort dam sunsets.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/jSqTnS52r8MnxEcOpj-AwK4k-YM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210521_165341.jpg) *Stefan Hartman* ![Hartbeespoort dam sunsets.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/CsHenTVWzL06_fxjet9fd2U_7kk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210521_165736.jpg) *Stefan Hartman* ![Pink Backed Pelican in the Durban harbour.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/kV1dPXL4qp0VCAjt9DyguT7axCE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Pink-backed-Pelican-6159.jpg) *Ronnie Herr* ![Fynbos Lesser Double-collared Sunbird at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens on the slopes of Table Mountain.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/0I9ls6gtFu3bLjSFaeDv4B3tZD0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/034A7909.jpg) *John Gale* ![Leopard in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/m--lssJthJL4WLLIWRHA1dl37Ck=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DSC_9166.jpeg) *Cailan Crawford-Kempster* ![Face to face with a stink bug.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ZWz-oVkBcVC1CFo3NJA_RzBneLY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stink-Bug-Landscape.jpg) *Samuel Surdut Instagram: @SamuelPS.photo* ![Escaping Paris for some trail running in Chamonix with my border terrier, Indiana Jone.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/EH81BI9lQmOZ2CuwlililKRE_ps=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Cham.jpg) *Dillon Mc Evoy* ![Jozi skyline.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/QQS0JmULMrCVWXOAp6s9z1CP9M4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/fullsizeoutput_450.jpeg) *F. D. Rubin* ![Autums sunset on the Namaqualand coast.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/iAOuHKUaIn7VwUpsQlpiJn_BpZ8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-05-14-17.59.57.jpg) *Richard Cowling* ![Autums sunset on the Namaqualand coast.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/matNZhRzinjW3J6r5oAsFuPgWqg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-05-14-17.51.54.jpg) *Richard Cowling* ![Rhino Peak, Drakensberg, KZN.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/lkiKnIUOIqQ49XJRAaUEaUGtnZc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG1861-Rhino-Peak.jpg) *Dallas King* ![Sunset over Langeberg, Swellendam.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/8iEiUVvZkU1OoTRt9zJo6Q0KRt0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210527_191011.jpg) *Val* ![De Hoop sunset.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/7QYbnu0UcTE6EXVWjZiSZmtoAlY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_20210522_104807_356.jpg) *Ellen Corrigall* ![Pretty butterfly](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/gUs1sP4gVtVoTDcmaoZB6aAAv1Q=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_6799.jpg) *Mandy Charlton* ![De Hoop Nature reserve.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ac-XXRYBt9EyFqWE_5QkT4rfWY8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210523_083932.jpg) *Ellen Corrigall* ![A family of Cape clawless otters leave their tracks on a wintery. early morning beach at Rooiels.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/-9biuUfHiYNdRftanClZxgK9kTs=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Cape-clawless-otter-tracks-on-beach-Credit-Andrea-Weiss.jpg) *Andrea Weiss* ![Taken behind the mountains that surrounds QwaQwa Free State.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/S6T9df9TqZRNiEgEWrbdDu4ZH_s=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DSC00869_2-1.jpg) *D Fadane* ![Autumn vineyards at Steenberg Estate.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/v8MyBe9dYOT-5y31emhDynyegeI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/NatGoldZAlookingdown-210516.jpg) *Natalie Goldsmith* !["After the storm".](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/hRhm_U2bCqAvwd0SbFc-_ufLwL8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Screenshot_20210521-195637_Facebook.jpg) *Alan Glass* ![Dramatic Sunset.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/sRutwnRhYb5s0Boip8wcdExGX_8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Dramatic-Sunset-2.jpg) *Wynie Carelse* ![Move on. Nothing to see… Great Plains Conservation](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/vxLzDevkF-i42eRujSqbV_Mvln8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-16.jpeg) *Hilton Walker* ![A corner in the sun. Havana.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/pDWrjEBFzPNaKDvxhfGcgBTmfEM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image1-8.jpeg) *Thelma Pichs Hernández* ![50 shades of green. Avenue of trees in the Magwa Tea Estate, Lusikisiki. #wildcoast.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Y9yh-X_GOZAoJirhGp55_S7cr4Q=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_20210427_121932_1.jpg) *Craig McLachlan* ![Busy Bees at Durban Botanic Gardens.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/45kMxY07EVnUqaH4qkSB-zvgSu8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Busy-bees-%40-Durban-Botanic-Gardens.jpg) *Beate Kleim* ![Dapper Daywalker.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/P-QbWe1H7kW24EOKUcs-u0ORuuc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210513_093452.jpg) *Virginia Shane Golding* ![Sunrise in Keurboom Park, Rondebosch.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/s6F_csDNU9QVUIAtwSBV2tbEnkw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_4927.jpg) *Jenni Bessesen.* ![New ferns on the charred slopes of Devil's Peak, 23 May 2021.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Rm-lhArZ1JgoUwXs9ZHL0Iq06oA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210523_095915.jpg) *KM Wilson* ![Sunset Sunburst! Underberg, Southern Drakensberg.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/obKFBsjJpv0yJEcACcosRJyShbM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_0359.jpg) *Mike Bloom* ![Kasira in Kruger Park.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/DNYtAu0XAKAKVUsibKqDRc5-OpA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210428_170406.jpg) *Jan Jordaan* ![Kite surfing at the Lagoon mouth at Grotto Beach Hermanus.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/nC1joUwh72Oc5sCWUzZo1xxrEl4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-14-1.jpeg) *Lesley Caplan* ![Dune defences at Hout Bay May 22.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/oBdakJHYKLpl1QafxkOkjCLr1eA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image1-6.jpeg) *Lesley Caplan* ![Kite surfing at the Lagoon mouth at Grotto Beach Hermanus.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/-MB7Hb6BFoash49e_2dkOsFzqx4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-13-1.jpeg) *Pam Knipe* ![Silence before the storm. 5 May 2021. Strand Beach Cape Town.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Vk2tRboBSODODPwvQFXmuumJ8tM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210505_175846.jpg) *Anneen Steyn-Durand* ![After the storm. Dargle valley KZN.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/AgH3fyY2sfbZYtbLWDaay8Ur7Vo=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-12-1.jpeg) *Kathryn Coulson* ![Baboons waking up at Cape Point. Sunday May 23.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/dM44VZFo7Zkd_9Xx1Jra9eAuSYQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210523_082651.jpg) *Natalie Greatorex* ![Baboons waking up at Cape Point. Sunday May 23.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/oma37XeZqeios9kRaHuwj3le77k=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210523_082701.jpg) *Natalie Greatorex* ![Stillness. Hermanus Lagoon edge.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Z72QHtn1I9m-InWSS596YRK2mv0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image0-11-1.jpeg) *Christina Coates* ![Stillness. Hermanus Lagoon edge.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/y5_TBmww1aK7NZCDzWeKT6Qwa1g=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image1-5.jpeg) *Christina Coates* ![Taken on the morning of the 8th May, at Castleburn, Drakensberg Gardens Road.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/XwZW6Ty4b8OyJQozkrOvhbkkinI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_20210508_074048.jpg) *Charlie Robinson* ![Langebaan lagoon before the mining ruins it.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/dr106O3-eu31sBB4QOKnJaLGM2E=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/P1710197.jpg) *Mary Berry* ![Sunset on a farm in Swellendam at Afrikamp Kam Bati Glamping site from the chalet.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/xvuxPRHZ0-ppfT3QgqRNuC_V-g4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_20210516_173455_resized_20210524_084234221.jpg) *Rene Herbst* ![Sunset on a farm in Swellendam at Afrikamp Kam Bati Glamping site from the chalet.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/FF8c2SKveNaQJ8o0mY4gdGLjHk8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_20210516_173849_resized_20210524_084234344.jpg) *Rene Herbst* ![Sun set at Irene, Pretoria.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/b3PE0ahtF1dFPLTDEhk5QFu3iaU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_2908.jpg) *Carla Barbosa* ![Renosterberg near Middelburg.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/mBQv9OSlyND3kX3yB7c8ZUK6-3g=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image_6483441.jpg) *Johan Minnaar* ![Norwood, Johannesburg"s sunset 24 May 2021.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/cz64GZaFWPw6GSKsa_qXYs3cjis=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Img_0049.jpg) *Malcolm Dee* ![The sunset this evening in Norwood, Johannesburg - 24 May 2021.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/XsDFQCIyySaMH6AaB-ISX9aLMRw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Img_0001.jpg) *Malcolm Dee* ![Riebeek Kasteel church taken by a Cape Camino.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ELChkjKV64BrR9wQbXJtVv_iVNU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image-2-1.jpg) *Kirsten Steenfeldt-Kristensen* ![Boy with dogs early morning Rebanang Lesotho.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/aaxfMEdOzcy0sN4S5WSyak8Pkdo=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210520_145123.jpg) *Peet Steyn* ![Olive Woodpeckers, Kirstenbosch.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/weJnHYfkhjSSZS99ying07SQDDs=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/O-Woodpecker-4.jpg) *Daryl de Beer* ![Wavecrest, Wild Coast, Eastern Cape.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/E7Pw1q8gf2OXQiYNSrXT3D4gzJg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/961-1.jpg) *Dennis Wesley*