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Palmnut Vulture St Lucia Estuary.
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Holding on to the sun in Langebaan Lagoon
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Saldana Steel at night.
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Seapoint cloudy winter sunset.
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I think I can. I’m reminded of Thomas the tank engine, “I think I can, I think I can …” but unfortunately this one just can’t. It is as if it’s rusting away at the coastline in the evening light… an image of where Eskom is right now.
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A misty start to a Cederberg day.
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Durban at its best.
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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – JUNE 02: Gift Of The Givers at Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital on June 02, 2021 in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is reported that Gift of the Givers teams drilled for water at the hospital following water disruptions at the facility and surrounding areas. (Photo by Gallo Images/Papi Morake)
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I chose this picture because of the interaction we have with bees during this time of year.
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Morning light.
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Sunrise over Arniston Bay – taken from the Arniston Spa Hotel.
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Early morning dog walk.
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Taken in my back garden.
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Beach buggies on Strand beach last Sunday
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Volunteer agricultural chaingang in Soweto.
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The retreating midsummer snowline of the lower Himalayas near Dharamsala, India. The peaks played hide and seek in the clouds all day, but I was ready for this brief window where they bared themselves in all their glory! (Taken 8 June 2021).
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Winter dawn. Plettenberg Bay.
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Hout Bay beach looking West
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Sunrise over Meerhoff, Hartbeespoort.
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Proteas starting to bloom in the Southern Cape.
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The view from my handle bars – mountain biking up Tokai forest to Silvermine.
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Snowfall, Garden Castle and Rhino.
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Wild fishing at Port Edward, June 2021.
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Baobab – Mapungubwe Nature reserve.
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Klaas’s Cuckoo seen at Hazelmere Dam, KZN.
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White Fronted Bee Eater seen at Verulam, KZN.
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At the end of the day.
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Sunrise on the Zambezi at Chitembe.
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Little tree before sunrise
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Maltese Cross, Cederberg Mountains.
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Greyton, Western Cape in June 2021.
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Greyton, Western Cape in June 2021.
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Look closely for a treasure hidden in the sunlight.
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Cape Town wakes up.
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Quiet evening at the beach.
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Durbanville sunrise.
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Struisbaai enjoying an Indian Summer.
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Near Skukuza, Kruger Park.
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At the Mabalingwe resort near Bela Bela.
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I will follow her, wherever she may go.
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Winter sunsets are coming home / Keurboom Park.
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This was taken in Kimberley, Northern Cape in an area that is been mined by “illegal diamond miners” and is a highly contested area at the moment. It forms part of a research project at the UFS Fine Art Department.