--- title: "I have a picture for you! 27 June - 3 July 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/2021-07-02-i-have-a-picture-for-you-27-june-3-july-2021/" published: "2021-07-02T18:40:43" updated: "2021-07-02T18:41:31" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 329 --- # I have a picture for you! 27 June - 3 July 2021 > The First Thing newsletter's Ever-lasting Subscriber Photo Gallery. By Daily Maverick · Published 2 July 2021, 20:40 SAST · Updated 2 July 2021, 20:41 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.* ![Covid-19 lockdowns added pressure on fishing communities. (Photo: Supplied)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/-Y8RfSJgljJO70trup8WOko25G0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Winter-in-Struisbaai-by-Ilse-Zietsman-1.jpg) *Ilse Zietsman* ![Durban beach. Waiting for sardines](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/BoIqMZzgDhWpJvS4INA_JSTbOac=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image0-17.jpeg) *Durban beach. Waiting for sardines* ![2021.06.30 Durban, North Beach prom at Pirates. All finished: Well done @Giffyartist. Many thanks for the daily dose of GLEE for all enjoying the prom.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ZmOPhRI8QKZeSuUf_o7pVLWvPbE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210630_171231.jpg) *William Giles* ![Sunrise in Kruger.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/rCKEaHdepQJmsfyqfUHvpH3rUmU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image0-15.jpeg) *Sunrise in Kruger.* ![Anyone home?](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/p-j5YroGlfLULCx8vIk7YrT11GA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image0-14.jpeg) *Olaf Strelow* ![Pannetjie Dam on a crisp winter morning - nDzuti Safari Lodge.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/DFWLxRFTWSiWzSyUwbsYkCg6Xi8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image0-13.jpeg) *Olaf Strelow* ![Cloud rainbow in Sani valley, southern Drakensberg, no effects used in camera or on picture. Samsung S21.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/xpi2rvE3B10mVWdT4HsEFxX_NBU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210628_124417_2.jpg) *Riaz Haffejee* ![Cloud rainbow Sani valley, Drakensberg v 2.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/JHuyIdIIQQTDB5-5s0FYxrWRmtY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210629_120323_2.jpg) *Riaz Haffejee* ![Hyena enjoying a swim on a cold winter’s morning in Addo.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/CIVqZU-kBqTBAumHim2lBcDmN6A=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image0-12.jpeg) *Ben Durham* ![Crisp winter's morning in the Grabouw area.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/bA2WHqfaSw8gKpgVFCTwh-LcgAk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210617_094847.jpg) *Colleen Nero* ![Outeniqua Mountains.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/8hq6IPGL5djaPz2rUm2fpEP2P2I=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Outeniqua-from-Wilderness-Heights-1.jpg) *Wendy Adams* ![Zandvlei after the rain.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/COd-gr74IFPB9lZ5VkmkXyr1vcQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image2.jpeg) *Margaret Dugmore* ![Zandvlei after the rain.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/GorPVdL8fiFgYP4pWvad2TG5Lw4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image1-6.jpeg) *Margaret Dugmore* ![Sunrise before the storm.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/oYYv3bbT2M_24HH_Rfxc5DWAGz4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_5809.jpg) *Jenni Bessesen* ![Prince Albert.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/aTarKt4iPq28IQxEWzvxxOBIxsA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_9003.jpeg) *Prospero Bailey* ![Plettenberg Bay today.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/FsERDVaWwCT5uJthfDWSPKe_D7k=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Image-1.jpeg) *Brent Chalmers* ![Sun, moon and stars casting nasturtiums.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/1uUxiGFgDV2ATyv7rqAcidpBH7o=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Winter-Nasturtium.jpeg) *Mary Berry* ![Paternoster at Sunset.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/n6yQ3NKGcHlh4wflWuyEQaGI8MI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/7-copyw.jpeg) *Ansie Zondagh du Toit* ![Rainbow over a full Theewaterskloof Dam, Western Cape](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/mjRbv-Vk0vOr9jCUi6yYGA_qjao=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image_50436609.jpg) *Alison Gilbert.* ![Sunset in Botswana.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/aiiOVGuqHqKWq9WyJD98Q_VUmTA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/bOTSWANA-WATER.jpg) *Dave Mitchell* ![Sunset over the King’s Blockhouse, Devil’s Peak, CT.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/x4cmZ0EEy8Pvz5B9JwFNWlfqLp8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Image.jpeg) *Alex Carter* ![Yesterday in Citrusdal - Western Cape](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/2n1ylYx9rbrWBaDI8tGDmybSZFA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210701_141356-01.jpeg) *L. van Niekerk* ![Rainbow over False Bay.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/-94Oy2MckoK45MZ1G4MgYcYmXBw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image0-11.jpeg) *Gail Gottlieb* ![Still singing in the torrential rain! Kirstenbosch gardens.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/FdcxhvY2GM_rD5nw8IzS_oFIa6w=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image1-4.jpeg) *Pam Knipe* ![Winter in the Cape in Kirstenbosch gardens.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/YY3Z4i41j2OZeLTB6G3F7AGB8-I=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image0-10.jpeg) *Pam Knipe* ![Not even the cold wet windy winter weather can stop my Iris from it blooming. A sure sign of Hope ... given our situation with the virus!](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/lAcwkfOrnXYeuh8XZ-9dtpT5LPk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_20210701_135131.jpg) *Odette Gioio* ![Durban beach. Waiting for sardines.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/XlDAUjNkImb0Px5fVqyKySZRs0A=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image0-9-2.jpeg) *Megan Oxford* ![2021.06.29. Durban, North Beach Prom: Streaky sky.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/dtW-dRFSiWDsyUpyobQ89WFY-18=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_20210629_200722_496.jpg) *William Giles* ![Winter in Struisbaai.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/8-nE4uumU9ea7C_szs4UGeTFoOI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Winter-in-Struisbaai-by-Ilse-Zietsman.jpg) *Ilse Zietsman* ![A walk on Table Mountain.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/twwb0q7kYHwLHxXpzUPzldtVR5A=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_20210627_171040.jpg) *Sabelo Xulu* ![First Winter rains at Nursery Stream Kirstenbosch.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Gx5xw5qNtZjpqIFwpuIHZdQmjOk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image0-8-2.jpeg) *Pam Knipe* ![Hout Bay beach on Sunday.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/6wjdDOphmNrcXRc5tEZHR6gMlDs=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG-20210627-WA0067.jpg) *Helen Nuss* ![Sunrise over John Dunn’s pool (bathing pool for his 50 wives and family) in our Mangrove Swamps - Umlalazi Nature Reserve, Mtunzini, Kwazulu Natal.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/hBgrGe16N2wLMJ9RijwCZyb43Yo=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image_67178753.jpg) *Ann Brown* ![Take the gap! The park is, at last, awash with water. It’s fabulous. Keurboom Park.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/yU2MdJDeJM35ivED5Bhxfr3zR-A=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_5801.jpg) *Jenni Bessesen* ![Main Beach - Umlalazi Nature Reserve, Mtunzini, Kwazulu Natal - at its finest at sunrise.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/swEpGZ_Titw3MEPTipcYl-PRvGg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image_6483441-3.jpg) *Ann Brown* ![Looking for the best views in Leeu Gamka, Karoo.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/pan7FxXHVbaDMt7gPzg2zIqykmk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/pR1-06850-0028.jpg) *Michael Kriegler* ![Another African sunset. nDZuti Safari Lodge.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/fQLC7-AF3QBMIG6AhX0fGXU5muY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image0-7-3.jpeg) *Nicole Beare* ![Knysna Lagoon - Fire in the sky 2017.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/GBqBkfRtOvizdog1MPBDmR9i4mQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20170616_174052.jpg) *Amanda Davidson* ![Knysna Lagoon winter sunset.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ja_DTWpXZwu7YOe96TJArYQzOSw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210627_173220.jpg) *Amanda Davidson* ![Knysna Heads pink sunset.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/awwDQ-RCyo9V9Tyd3_boEj6YpMQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210627_173750.jpg) *Amanda Davidson* ![Storm's a-comin’.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/oIPsUd_khMlFOmIMaLhLDqIkKfA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Storm-acomin.jpg) *Keith Cattell* ![The forgotten grave of one of three children who died in the Spanish Flu Epidemic (1918 to 1922) a century ago. The children belonged to police officers stationed at Sunnyside, near Coleford in KwaZulu-Natal. The remains of the old police station can be seen in the middle distance. Who would have thought that a pandemic like ours would have struck families in such a remote, beautiful place.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/aoxEnUFLDHs4uSY_zYLRUUmwzro=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/v-d-walt-hstone2.jpg) *R. F. Sherwood* ![Storm a'comin'](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/TlTMsqSxXSTxXGLoZp_w-0nRFSs=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Storm-acomin.png) *Storm a'comin'* ![Reflective serenity Camps Bay evening.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/cXm5NaLTktyPmlQul7kaaLFCP6E=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Camps-Bay-1.jpg) *Kevin Farr* ![Wild Almond at Kirstenbosch. Also known as the Bitter Almond forming van Riebeeck’s hedge.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/FJ8J31DEjS9zzWGZRnqIpmdYFmM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image0-6-2.jpeg) *Judy Stevens* ![Sunset over Vilanculos Bay Mozambique.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ezQnjWKDyHKXc_L5z2DvBPwU43Q=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210612_172213.jpg) *Rob Parker* ![A walk on Table Mountain.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/snjRvtdwS-F6Yy8gwORV--20cPI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_20210627_171035.jpg) *Sabelo Xulu* ![Sunrise Sunday morning in Keurboom Park.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/kgof8M7pZohqAroAz79lq0qttpk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_5760.jpg) *Jenni Bessesen* ![Autumn Leaves, Citrusdal Baths.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/fz-neox5JAMhJfNlNQ2c4OB2-_o=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210519_152018.jpg) *Richard Hill* ![The fragrance of the land at sunrise, the vast inland ocean of mist before us as we set out to explore, the company of new friends. There is magic in Zululand. Game drive at Thanda Safari.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/4wlbomgEONoupfjX3jSQA_eaERI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Tracker-on-vehicle-at-sunrise.jpg) *Ryan @myimeboots* ![Caption: Silver Lining - Before the Storm, Llandudno, Cape Town, 27 June 2021.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/g6YFiAWKCPHs5Fn2kKrVIew325s=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210627_162255.jpg) *Richard Hill* ![nDzuti Greater Kruger.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/CprJLoKZA_OgtoEhePhqfiZ3YFM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image1-3-1.jpeg) *Nicole Beare* ![The annual sardine run on our east coast is followed by tens of thousands of common dolphins.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ynV5-mtr1GNMTcLWzYGaqXqaoIw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image0-3-1.jpeg) *Don Hunter* ![Ending off a safari filled data with a Rum Tasting experience whilst looking our from Selinda Camp in the Selinda Reserve in Botswana.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/bq81UWKd0hD_y4CX3tiVWlfzCCU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_3627.jpeg) *Hilton Walker* ![Cold City. Taken from a helicopter late afternoon.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/7jsRIOSo0HkElV5MRz3rithydY8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Pretoria-CBD-1.jpg) *Marlene Birkholtz* ![, sunset at Hartbeespoort dam 2015](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/30Z2RM3HOJ-4RAnaw0Omrzhxf7s=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_2299.jpeg) *Johan Harlaar*