--- title: "I have a picture for you! 11 October - 16 October 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/2021-10-15-i-have-a-picture-for-you-11-october-16-october-2021/" published: "2021-10-15T23:03:38" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 319 --- # I have a picture for you! 11 October - 16 October 2021 > The First Thing newsletter's Ever-lasting Subscriber Photo Gallery. By Daily Maverick · Published 16 October 2021, 01:03 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.* ![Wine tasting, Franschoek.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/yIoGthCj6ZqCczOeFi9w_iRhq6Y=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image0-61.jpeg) *John Laurence* ![Saddlebilled Storks in Sabie River, Kruger.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/JNSgxYS9Y_giZikENP6zX3qa5IU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/88-SADLEBILLED-STORK-Kruger-NP.jpg) *Bert Bron* ![De Hoop Nature Reserve.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/mw8DR3iof-bjkd_GalnjjTBg_Nw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/9fed8c5e-f000-4ab2-8209-9a8c1306629e.jpg) *Sumi Padayachee* ![Crescent Moon.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/5dHv7d72VR8_7r87HZ6ve6OY5Qg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image0-63.jpeg) *Peter Brett* ![Cape Vulture - an Endangered Species.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/xmFmXhM_ME2nvXu9EaYUOBiW--Q=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Cape-Vulture20210930_DSC7956-Edit-Edit.jpg) *Mike Bridgeford* ![Inquisitive Dwarf Mongoose.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/hdeq9XgCnNZ8H19-BpH2yfckkz8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image0-62.jpeg) *Peter Brett* ![Girls just wanna have fun. Shingwedzi river road Kruger Park.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/d5G8IxIavNQWuHX3nxAUEHHq2jk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image-13.jpg) *Sue Edwards* ![Woolly necked stork drying out his wings after the rain in Umtentweni, KZN.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/RH8FHffPnpHJXMFgvEFpVElLMcQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/20211008153645.jpg) *Dianne Goring* ![Bikini beach, Gordon's Bay.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/d3awGz2NekhTzekkyQlFXIQDS8k=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/20211009_113940.jpg) *Anneen Steyn-Durand* ![Delights of life in Johies… one of the most treed cities in the World.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/qSBC_GAUsJBYkw-RRnW_6HRHpPo=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/5BC06393-4114-407F-8986-E239C44E3A14.jpeg) *Chris Heymans* ![Scenes from Sunday's Cape Town Cycle Tour.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/mCpbpF8uTIukA86ivgbSwEKYndY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG-20211010-WA0000.jpg) *Gary Hoek* ![Curves.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/u-S2ftebOSitChhSpkF5U0Z3fLY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Nomads-505.jpg) *Xander Buys - Nomads Travel Photography* ![Pristine moments after sunrise.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/uXDrSuyo9tyb7-R_zH51D2Ie7e8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/C1D159D3-600E-4139-8B1C-8C55311D3BF2.jpg) *Jenni Bessesen* ![Wagtails 5 days old.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/h1L1j6VqLnE4P1FuEC20RHdRXEc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/20211006_121830.jpg) *Linelle Irvine* ![Paris’ Gare du Nord rail station has been busy for a good while.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/TjWeB-hb90OFm2uxBEvMBqF1otQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_6429.jpeg) *Angus Begg* ![Looking at the Cape stadium from the docks.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/JuSSIgP40JcczImqWAXnsrXk99o=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/20211007_110239.jpg) *Peter Reck* ![Simon K Boyse](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/apKd8QVKe81g9FSfjnyZs2pQtSk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_20211011_175538.jpg) *Simon K Boyse* ![The Big Skies of The (Beautiful) Karoo. Taken while riding the ‘Ride The Karoo’ MTB stage race last weekend.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/jLpNGy6MjMvhljjzi8AU0vWE9yU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Unknown.jpeg) *Rory Steyn* ![Kogel Bay located between Gordon’s Bay and Rooi Els Western Cape.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/-bcArOVogquDD9NR_1b0AYH7tTo=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_20210430_160049.jpg) *Allan Adams* ![Aela & Charlie sharing some shade on the mountains above Misty Cliffs.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/XmBww2aW1DseKO_HKRmPQyAhWq0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image0-60.jpeg) *Sue O’Brien* ![Gemsbok in Namib dessert at Sossusvlei.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/QXKX6rRlQyBm_spzgU9PcuKsOaM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image-12.jpg) *Gail Roux* ![Sossusvlei from the air.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/QOxxpRh70Ee2DqvFzdiXwN_VXkg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image-11.jpg) *Gail Roux* ![Sandwich harbour coast near Swakopmund- where the dunes meet the sea.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ehj0sh8Kh3Jj8AJMMO6DeMu2FcQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image-10.jpg) *Gail Roux* ![Fishing at the Vanderkloof dam.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/6jE1f4iRZvYjNrdYG7OoUko_MvE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/20211012_153235.jpg) *Steve Berry* ![Mvuleni/Bamboo mountain outside Underberg.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/SF15nm7fFxXjdO5fMBw833Uykqk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/20211012_084426.jpg) *Colin Pilkington* ![Turning heads in Cape Town. Our nocturnal visitor in Durbanville.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/iaxlidcMDJwWwaZyRz6UfbVLo7A=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Owl.jpg) *Steve Gardiner* ![Autumnal Pastures, Oxfordshire.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/LRTAwLHUS1TkvRRXBs1gucNLYzU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/20211009_170358.jpg) *Barbara Lindop* ![Dusk at Rockwood Conservation, Northern Cape.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/kfRw7GaiOiKg_XkDILzomc0YDIE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2_Dusk-at-Rockwood-Conservation-Northern-Cape-.jpg) *Gerard Steenkamp* ![Beautiful - but an invader on our shores. A bell ascidian, a colony of creatures related to red bait.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/hFMM4-ytRCPCZsTPmy0TETKv1eg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PA111788.jpg) *Irene Ansems* ![Not an alien from outer space, but seaweed!](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/WBSo4e6KIDHi2gKOIFwd5udo8XY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PA111812.jpg) *Irene Ansems* ![Amaryllis time.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/p4BYK_l4g0BvfcMVRE_5PfUUdIY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_20211013_100747.jpg) *Ian Lowdon* ![Pretty in pink at Helderberg Nature Reserve (Biscuit would love it here).](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/u1omBx9dwzmfyUsayb5RuQTclR0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/20211012_101424.jpg) *Keith Roxburgh* ![Rapids and mini falls at Haenertsburg / Magaboeskloof area.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/7n0QOpio4azStGYnkfMrMDsB_fA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Haenertsburg-120.jpg) *Marlene Birkholtz* ![Tala Game Reserve KwaZulu Natal.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ErvcYfyyHJa4vp7EMXrnVrzQFJ0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_3703-2.jpg) *Bruce Muggeridge* ![Weavers, Buffalo Bay, Knysna.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/iiffhsXUoz-D3WmTtp3rxPQrLak=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/20211010_110941.jpg) *Amanda Davidson* ![Stumbled across this beauty sunning on a rock in the Pilansberg.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/O_8pgYknot5wmuqxPZpaUBOQtdc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/f3e19650-db23-48a5-b6ac-42efa5a4f591.jpg) *Andrea Field* ![Fishing the Thames at low tide by Kew bridge, London.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/tlrpIV5mPwXd6BEAjb5sna_RfRM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_1077.jpeg) *Tom Bedford* ![Between the rain showers. Keurboom park.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/EwUZQfEuA2hv6r7H8vsvWU2S8O8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/7BC69F7A-DD9C-4A6F-B3E0-1DA652630EE8-1.jpg) *Jenni Bessesen* ![Keurboom tree in flower in Keurboom park.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/H1_oi2cM-onp_TH8CwgOEnRtC0k=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/47CA74BC-E5D4-422F-B7DB-697BD4C5DE19-1.jpg) *Jenni Bessesen* ![Thirsty Elephant rushing to get a drink as the sun sets over the Luvuvhu River - Pafuri - northern Kruger National Park.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/wjq8cDGspOZwzrlm760ZFcSAEmk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/DSCF9499-2-2.jpg) *Albert McLean* ![Morning misty drive on the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape – strange tree.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/AldIzADlClTSfZYFZroWVcs4xiE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_6151-2.jpg) *Violet van Zyl* ![Sunrise at Kob Inn on the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/A9narhMdr0R7pcizfFsZ0UKGgkc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_0354-2.jpg) *Violet van Zyl* ![Elephants swimming in Kruger National Park.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/hA5ml-9Kpfh3xw3Yvwc3CgeLHZo=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_0011-2.jpg) *Violet van Zyl* ![Tired mother in Mkhuze.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/dq_L7evy3IS38gPcPCQkC8hvE3E=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_1040-2.jpg) *Violet van Zyl* ![A 32 year old man having lunch break inside illegal mine in Wesselton Ermelo Mpumalanga.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/pJSDIMx3jRld24WFZk5DkD4u6eU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Illegal-miner-Lunch.jpg) *Motlalepule Isaack "Papi" Mofokeng@papi\_mofokeng* ![Sunset in the Helderberg Basin.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/PfsC31qZnpXE-IRhjk7WbCPcig4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Sunset-in-the-Helderberg-Basin.jpg) *Peter Tychsen* ![West Coast National Park.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/X1b8a7sOq6vqFSOtpqgmIoEr1Ho=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/20210912_155511.jpg) *West Coast National Park.* ![Baby Cape Robins in our garden in Stellenbosch.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/ACkjLoQWCNi6X8yIPgNPrupdOf4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_3408.jpg) *Di van Niekerk,*