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title: "I have a picture for you! 20 June - 26 June 2021"
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# I have a picture for you! 20 June - 26 June 2021

> The First Thing newsletter's Ever-lasting Subscriber Photo Gallery.

By Daily Maverick · Published 25 June 2021, 20:43 SAST · Updated 25 June 2021, 20:49 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.*

![African Dawn](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/_MmLGM3o24sDUOjILF2HWRua7aM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210616_065020.jpg)

*Judy Elliott-Norris*

![Approaching Cape Town airport on a flight from Joburg.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/P9wl1tbnqG7qDLfTlxIwIwXKCTw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_2015.jpeg)

*Vuyo Kobokoane*

![Sun setting over the city from a very quiet Cape Town International (19 June).](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/2y6ZerUK61zxtd9gxZYWgZXvLy8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_7370.jpeg)

*John Gribble*

![A early morning sunrise in the Tankwa Karoo National Park. Desolation at it’s best!](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/5UMPf8qDa3oZtlEXau-NaxBVOvs=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/addo-sunset-office.jpg)

*Bob Bartholomew*

![Woodbridge Island reflections of Table Mountain.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/TaPs0W1lHVGcomvkmZFUr93OORk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image1-7.jpeg)

*Lesley Caplan*

![Woodbridge Island reflections of Table Mountain.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/nE8ddSEqt-OWXuuwr5z1BAE-caw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image0-9-1.jpeg)

*Lesley Caplan*

![Sunset on the Kwando river.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/KsPvI2-6GtbW7TAlmSsPxg0GyEk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210607_173052.jpg)

*Pieter Badenhorst*

![Sunset on the Kwando river.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/p8zQYzhafl2a8T2q6nUneb6A8sM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210607_175152.jpg)

*Pieter Badenhorst*

![Mtunzini beach.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/xVPOB0b1_lIiaaOs5pEAqnrzvqU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image_6483441.jpg)

*Ann Brown*

![Mtunzini lagoon.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/y9gdUZZmO_2PY7C_DV98xovQoVk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image_6487327.jpg)

*Ann Brown*

![Karoo charm. Despite the trusty ol' wind pump keeping the dam full, the prolonged drought forced several farmers to abandon their properties in search of greener pastures (read lawns).](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Y0Ez5iZBKfOYLmfPz_X6aAjD7aA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210615_160803.jpg)

*Johan Smit*

![Ann Brown](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/BB-TlHNpjTYJ6N81sqqUB7pSQkM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image_50389505.jpg)

*Ann Brown*

![Rainbow over Rondebosch Common](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/_SjDNX9OT2bh9r9KRb24Qvf3YwI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/47D8E4023A23493CA9A8550710C0B96A.jpg)

*Liz Sparg*

![The Winter sun setting in the Cape Winelands.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/4t4_nMUQZsBSHBQ7-rC_l4ulHRM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/FB_IMG_1624251160758.jpg)

*Jenny Wentzel*

![Diamond Coast Shipwrecks. The Northern Cape’s desolate shoreline is littered with dozens of wrecks, all intertwined with local legend and lore. The ‘Piratiny’ is a Brazilian vessel that was dashed onto the rocks to the north of Hondeklip Bay more than 70 years ago, and her rusty hulk can be accessed as part of an enchanting Shipwreck Tour offered by local guide, Dudley Wessels – TEL: (083) 305 2569.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ET4P8WEL0dVFYNUD5t1PUb1iTKs=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/JMMsonya7r3-54642021.jpg)

*Jacques Marais*

![Diamond Coast Shipwrecks. The Northern Cape’s desolate shoreline is littered with dozens of wrecks, all intertwined with local legend and lore. The ‘Piratiny’ is a Brazilian vessel that was dashed onto the rocks to the north of Hondeklip Bay more than 70 years ago, and her rusty hulk can be accessed as part of an enchanting Shipwreck Tour offered by local guide, Dudley Wessels – TEL: (083) 305 2569.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/CLGicBpSAzMXT6uxazPgI_7cJcA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/JMMsonya7r3-54582021.jpg)

*Jacques Marais*

![Diamond Coast Shipwrecks. The Northern Cape’s desolate shoreline is littered with dozens of wrecks, all intertwined with local legend and lore. The ‘Piratiny’ is a Brazilian vessel that was dashed onto the rocks to the north of Hondeklip Bay more than 70 years ago, and her rusty hulk can be accessed as part of an enchanting Shipwreck Tour offered by local guide, Dudley Wessels – TEL: (083) 305 2569.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/BNjmdkUdNpryPKJru05PvhtZoxI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/JMMsonya7r3-54562021.jpg)

*Jacques Marais*

![Sunrise on the Winter Solstice, Kenton-on-Sea.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ZCZxNVv8_rYVG93gb1fb7w_Wnmw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/DSCN1326.jpeg)

*SJ Wagg*

![2021.06.21 Winter solstice. Durban, North Beach, Pirates Club. Artist creating beauty...](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/zFH_KyWjT9soYW6BIYwGEUua2HM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210621_165702.jpg)

*William Giles*

![Cold front moving in over Paarl Rock.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/chsmj-Vc-kaqm_RfxVCtUhU2u6c=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_2303.jpeg)

*Gerhard Kroukamp*

![Sunset at Epupa Falls on the Kunene River stirs up feelings of solitude and gratitude for the wonder that is Nature. Taken 24th May, 2021.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/-JB80QOzFRV2KgNlgmdHQdvY5Vc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/JDP_0174.jpg)

*Jacky du Plessis*

![A perfect winter's morning at Pearly Beach near Gansbaai.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/6pw5LUQQ58cP_sTUue_SaL4sidU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/4M1A9509.jpeg)

*Gerhard Kroukamp*

![These giraffes of the dry Hoarusib riverbed, northern Namibia, survive the harshest of conditions nature has to offer. Taken 29th May, 2021. Jacky du Plessis](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/nvhmkRD100-aJ9gwMMZiUGK7SdY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/DSC_3289.jpg)

*These giraffes of the dry Hoarusib riverbed, northern Namibia, survive the harshest of conditions nature has to offer. Taken 29th May 2021. Jacky du Plessis*

![Lone tree with storm rising behind her.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/-J-OcmWS7xPspfEhA90D3gGe8i4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_5678.jpg)

*Jenni Bessesen*

![What you looking at?](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/suB78M8DRdkMjHuuUFmLotGVETM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image1-6.jpeg)

*Nicole Beare*

![Charlie & Aela enjoying the Scarborough lagoon after the winter rains.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/w_ZCscVbQRWTylj6vjlEJhJUBsc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image0-7-2.jpeg)

*Sue OB*

![Calm before the storm Caledon Western Cape 22 June.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ACBiQj4-m6Ou3kzvqOhNbz1IkR8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_20210622_114559.jpg)

*Kerry Soderlund*

![Meaning “Place of the Pots” in Northern Sotho, the Debengi Falls in Magoebaskloof, Limpopo are lovely.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/sGPe10CU0YL0I01baw532HqdHgs=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG-20210619-WA0028.jpg)

*Sudeshan Reddy*

![June 22nd, 2021.The Sardine Run arrives at Scottburgh, and eager fishermen are rewarded by nature’s mysterious bounty. No-one truly knows where the sardines come from, or where they go, but while they visit the KZN coast on their annual migration, they are met with tourist-packed beaches, birds, gamefish, sharks, dolphins and nets as big as whales.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/kdMqgH3q4qkmMPUt99Hj6ZAMlaM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image0-6-1.jpeg)

*Paul Hepker*

![Morning Skies at nDzuti Safari Lodge.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/osNvJBhs2J2PYsFcVTzupVgVfNo=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image2-1.jpeg)

*Nicole Beare*

![Early evening Pretoria during winter.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/hHevs79CYL2NQ5e6qxcLL89GsfQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/345_7680-HDR.jpg)

*Alexius van der Westhuizen*

![A croc with modest ambitions. Taken at Sunset Dam, Lower Sabie.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/pEPdqG0-ylAIzqIbReQTV93AIrc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/9S0A6269-1.jpeg)

*Lex van Vught*

![Sunrise at Vleesbaai.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/LdvEc4Fhu7HwFHXFs2yt4pDvTNk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image1-4.jpeg)

*Anne Felgate*

![Just after dawn on Sunday at Muizenberg.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/iTLiHspbKXPwPw1FMxiA2dJyuDU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image0-3.jpeg)

*Pam Knipe*

![Great Egret in dawn mist, East Kleinemonde River.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/wId_qP0MRVEF4LC3ZiKF8X-_FYI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/great-egret-Dscn0400.jpg)

*Denis Tweddle*

![All fluffed up and nowhere to go. Near Sirheni in the Kruger Park.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/BvKi-DN0TOMK-0C5jxGbkvWa5a4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/RMG_0169-B.jpg)

*Rob Glenister*

![The lonely fisherman. Taken in the Drakensberg near Drakensberg Gardens](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/_VDSTASfSvGtK0W3vc4d3EFdJW0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-06-21-15.58.17.jpg)

*Brian Downie*

![Strawberry Moon rising over Devil's Peak.  24th June 2021.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/5LDsgq5EGgBWbj3HZP0sJ8ZcU_k=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Strawberry-Moon-June-2021-3.jpg)

*Irene Ansems*

![All shook up.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/WZptHbt55kIFVxK0z2-LGzvBSOU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/All-shook-up.jpg)

*Iain Kerr*

![Winter in Cape Town as seen from the Table Bay](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/0l2tXuLIiNBq4hJLk__2IkcZq5s=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image0-2.jpeg)

*Joep Schoof*

![Kirstenbosch Gardens - every visit provides a new view or aspect of the gardens and the mountain.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/-FoI2-ZmE6m3Af-zqK5eWUrqvMg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210624_221242.jpg)

*Ellen Corrigall*

![Reflections in the Molteno Reservoir above De Waal Park in Oranjezicht, Cape Town at sunrise.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/cI8h2Ux2JyOy1dv0GI3eAjhhs6Y=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_8625.jpg)

*Linda Schomer*

![Namibian fisherman in a makoro with buffalo grazing at Ihaha campsite on the Chobe River, Botswana.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/654SQiVKYCDY5UvzSoj8dyf2hmI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG-5488.jpg)

*Bertie Phillips*

![Cooling down!](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/uDhPv-YLkBbm0eeFfFvpVea80ZY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image0-1.jpeg)

*Piet Snyman*

![Celeste von Glehn](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/t90ByFJgXrVyVgAHi9QlCVK47Yw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_7358.jpg)

*Celeste von Glehn*

![Surfin Sunday. Family wave at Witsands, Scarborough on Father’s Day!](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ADFgQcz-_tmAJ6owNUrqcPjueww=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image4-2.jpeg)

*Charles Buchanan*

![A game of battleships for the ages ?. Taken at Addo National Park](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/uA26f-8XN2XAaUSrJc5aAWoL-D4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image1-2-1.jpeg)

*Mitch Boden @mitchbodenphotography*

![Mostert's Mill Mowbray. 1945](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/_aujpbSl_XbLV0iVK_P1HhKt-SM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/mostert2.jpg)

*Mannie De Saxe*

![European roller. Never be afraid to show your true colours! ?️‍? Taken at Amakhala game reserve. @mitchbodenphotography](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/M_ISbt9e7ieWGS7XkNYrZswDHJc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image0.jpeg)

*Mitch Boden @mitchbodenphotography*

![Taking home the catch of the day, Bara, Inhambane, Mozambique.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/8gwAw0gt9SnXiNrpYNJv3OmH-Do=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_7954-4.jpg)

*Monty J. Roodt*