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Autumn in the winelands near Stellenbosch. Image: Faul Bosman
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Image: Jackie Campbell
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The Lion King – Serengeti. Image: Godfrey Budler
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What are you looking at? Image: Teresa Budler
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Tusker – Tarangire National Park. Image: Godfrey Budler
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Gotcha Saddle billed Stork fishing. Image: Peter Brett
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Sardine netting Mozambique. Image: Prospero Bailey
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Image: Stephanus Roux
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Rainy Cape Town. Image: Danielle van Schalkwyk
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On the straight and narrow. Image: Chris Heymans
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Beautiful blooming buttercups, Worcestershire, UK. Image: Lesley Caplan
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Ladybird beetle after an Autumn shower. Image: Jean Morrison
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Reconnecting with Nature, Constantia green belt. Image: Gordon Knight
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Dusting of snow on the Drankensburg. Image: Kevin McGeer
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Spring in Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany. Image: Lydia Schröder
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Fresh from the salon now looking for a snack. Image: Madikwe game reserve
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Ballito sunrise. Image: Zack Patinios
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Cape Town City Bowl. Image: Azza Ahmed
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Misty morning in Dullstroom. Image: Carole Evans
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Sunrise on Napier Mountain 7 May 2022. Image: Dan Meistre
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Sunset Grazing. Image: John Miller
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Peek a Boo I am watching you. Image: Sharlene Cathro
@sharlenewildlifephotography
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Mist rising in Keurboom Park before sunrise. Image: Jenni Bessesen
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Autumn in the Stellenbosch Winelands. Image: Brenda Dornbrack
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Crazy Clouds Sea Point Prom. Image: Janice Ashby
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Underwater magic – hidden treasures, Venus Pools, Cape Point National Park. Image: Martin Fennell, Noordhoek
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Karoo sunset. Image: John Gribble
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Wasp at waterhole …. Kgadegadi. Image: Ian Stewart
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Morning discussions in Tsitsikamma. Image: Ashlee Erasmus
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Lake Naverone Underberg photographic weekend. Image: Paul Welch
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Sunflower field, Kroondal, North West Province. Image: Drikus Bosman
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Autumn in wakkerstroom. Image: wendy Watson
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Otters at play. Image: Jon Gunning
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Dahlia Street, Babylonstoren. Image: Fathima Dada
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Rare Breed of Moroccan Tree Goat. Image: Janice Ashby
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“Back to the Wind” – Buffalo Bay (Knysna). Image: Albert McLean
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“Being Watched”. Image: Fiona Hilton
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Shower in Platbos Forest. Image: Fiona Wakelin
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Dawn and a dusty road. Taken just after the sun rose at Elements Private Golf Estate in Bela Bela on the 29th April 2022. Image: Stuart Sutcliffe
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Autumn in a Highveld garden. Aloe elegans. Image: Ken Robinson
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I was walking with a friend in Newlands Forest at lunch time, and a person walking her dogs told us that they had been barking at a “cat in the tree” just further down the trail. I immediately thought it might be a caracal, but suspected that it would’ve moved on by the time we walked past, but 100m down the trail we spotted it. It had just killed a squirrel and was very calmly watching us while it held onto its prey. We stayed there for 10 minutes or so taking pictures, and it was completely unperturbed by us being there, even nearly nodding off to sleep at one stage. A really unique sighting! Image: Jonty Fisher
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A live Paper Nautilus found on Arch Rock beach. Image: Chi Chi Love
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“I bless the rains down in Africa….” – Mountain Zebra National Park. Image: Jason Nicol
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Tulip season, Holland. Image: Zoë Lees
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Picture taken at Buffels Bay Caravan Park. A new day, new opportunities. Image: Marieke van der Merwe
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Fascinating Fynbos at Fernkloof Nature Reserve, Hermanus. Image: Shalen Misser.
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A bit deranged from fighting. Image: Karin Linder
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Damn tight up here! Image: Karin Linder
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Am I not dangerous? Image: Karin Linder
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Desert beauties Niewoudtville. Image: Jane Turner
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Last light over False Bay from Simon’s Town. Image: John Maskew
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Sunrise over Hartbeespoort Dam. On my way to work, taken with my cell phone, from the moving car. Image: Drikus Bosman
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Keukenhof Gardens, Netherlands. Image: JS Johnston
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We need inspectors like this one to stop corruption. Image: Sharlene Cathro @sharlenewildlifephotography
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Surveying the flood damage in Umdloti. Image: Suiko Alston
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“Under Her Skirt.” A Crown jellyfish provides a safe hiding place for the small fry. Image: Don Hunter
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Grasshopper in JHB. Image: Jody Snyders