--- title: "I have a picture for you! 2 October - 8 October" 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/2022-10-07-i-have-a-picture-for-you-2-october-8-october/" published: "2022-10-07T17:56:06" updated: "2022-10-09T08:36:27" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 308 --- # I have a picture for you! 2 October - 8 October > The First Thing newsletter's Ever-lasting Subscriber Photo Gallery. By Daily Maverick · Published 7 October 2022, 19:56 SAST · Updated 9 October 2022, 10:36 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 your picture's not published, please keep 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.* ![Angry bird, Kirstenbosch Gardens. Photographer: Martin Fennell, Noordhoek](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/qVU04Boai2AzbmtMWRjprmP2LIU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Angry-bird.jpg) *Angry bird* ![Springtime. Photographer: Karin Linder](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/46JJeJkMeNqFtdL-b9JlxNBCRzY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/8DE686EF-414D-4E3D-9576-3DEAE97B40AC.jpeg) *8DE686EF-414D-4E3D-9576-3DEAE97B40AC* ![Watersport in les Calanques nature reserve at Cassis near Marseille in France. Photographer: Sarena Baxter](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/i-0Xt9Q2Ju4tfFrLGv6bHv5b6O4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image0-4-1.jpeg) *image0 (4)* ![Walking in the footsteps of the artist Paul Cezanne with the magnificent view of Mont Saint Victoire in Aix en Provence France. Photographer: Sarena Baxter](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/DkqyzNQTv9Bh3xLhIxBYHXaXiKo=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image1-3.jpeg) *image1* ![Early morning in Keurboom Park. Photographer: Jenni Bessesen](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/9GAw5S_KZn0jmsyAkqcgGXWK37M=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_1395.jpg) *IMG\_1395* ![An eye over the Thames at sunrise. Photographer: Shalendra Misser, London, UK](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/0ALXi8YsuZ2tKkF69ykBeEvBVIA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image0-3-1.jpeg) *image0 (3)* ![Kirstenbosch Contrasts. Photographer: Cecil Schneider](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/RhQZfVE_BLaQdpLCwgCaTrt1zcI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_1778.jpg) *IMG\_1778* ![Knysna Lagoon at sunset, from Thesen Island. Photographer: Chris von Ulmenstein](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/0UEvCaOnLNXH_-t8194I_G8F5AQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/B604490A-11E0-4B4C-B2E6-07909F6C7E60.jpeg) *B604490A-11E0-4B4C-B2E6-07909F6C7E60* ![Sunrises across Falsebay. Photographer: Johann Van Den Berg](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/9hABarXG0ib4dKCM-tGlVzjg7gs=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220718_075853.jpg) *20220718\_075853* ![African river. Photographer: Faith Rubin](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/h2AuRmKLpmO4lIK8-9Uot7K9pi0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/fullsizeoutput_77c.jpeg) *fullsizeoutput\_77c* ![Rain on its way. Photographer: Ian Morris](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/rrDnf80p__znXXTw8Dqqeval1DQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221006_183758.jpg) *20221006\_183758* ![Last Rays of Sunset over Kleinmond, added drama formed by the clouds. Photographer: Peter Strydom](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/7YGTYg0Mnik794AvA5BtJiH4wvU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Image-2-8.jpg) *You want it darker* ![Monk’s Cowl from near Injisuthi. Photographer: Jens von Delft](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/3Llnhv2FpozrcAACvkF5T9aWNys=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image0-2-1.jpeg) *image0 (2)* ![Molly and Rupert intrigued by a bee. Photographer: Joy Rosario](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/f6VgMbRdUO6IFMa-n76A-T6KBJY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Image.jpeg) *Image* ![Smoking Lions Head. Photographer: Dalene Morris](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Y6m4VZWlwtfQ4rDtwHUdTRhDQ9s=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG-20221004-WA0006.jpg) *IMG-20221004-WA0006* ![First Thing in Kgalagadi. Photographer: Adrienne Coetzee](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/U8TmJ2eokBz2vXQ647wjv6X2XPI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1665042625092blob.png) *1665042625092blob* ![Skeleton Rock (“Skelly”), Fish Hoek. Photographer: George Vine](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/jjTd2qQ-ZBmnqo6q3isS-Sq1MUM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_3787.jpg) *IMG\_3787* ![Franschoek splendour! Photographer: Charmaine Gunnell](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/d33kwEMF6lXh296HNj59l9WHPZ4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image0-1-2.jpeg) *image0 (1)* ![Who knows where the time goes ? Muizenberg 5th October. Photographer: @lollo.v.w](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/W7509TODgWGsiHWzGployfqE1aY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/portraits-19.jpg) *portraits-19* ![Tranquility on the Knysna Lagoon. Photographer: Chris von Ulmenstein](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/e_iAW6vDZWjRH72Ib3J8gYA5xd0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/D6F007F2-95C7-4F74-BF17-730220FC3CF1.jpeg) *D6F007F2-95C7-4F74-BF17-730220FC3CF1* ![Oops. Photographer: Chris Heymans](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/lX12-6ifsod6bAhuuZNvoLspjYo=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/CAF5250F-7FFE-4AFA-8E45-B0D7AE41386A.jpeg) *CAF5250F-7FFE-4AFA-8E45-B0D7AE41386A* ![Tenderness – Elephants in the Etosha Park, Namibia. Photographer: Claudia Lothering](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/K1EuMJ3TJqJ3fm85GnsB6qJoGJs=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/DSC_2597.jpg) *DSC\_2597* ![Sunset, Sea Point, Cape Town. Photographer: David Swart](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/D7352h6DF7jpzzq5CoPo-j7YH7U=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_20221002_083441_015.jpg) *IMG\_20221002\_083441\_015* ![October, Norway. Photographer: Inger Anne Heldal](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/m4Lm9d9-njCFAZz-dHjP_P3Dfx0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image0-4.jpeg) *image0* !['Land of the rising sun', Dana Bay, Mossel Bay. Photographer: Jo Naidoo](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/EQxwbpP0Jr1gqE4a8CKfSxJz08Y=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1664949828403.jpg) *1664949828403* ![Glossy Ibis, Kariba. Photographer: Mike Bridgeford](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/xZ4L_4AuMA_nRZc8Md1mHGNnEUU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Glossy-Ibis_DSC1416-Edit-2220915.jpg) *Glossy Ibis\_DSC1416-Edit-2220915* ![Sunrise in Dar es Salaam. Photographer: Busi Manana](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/6w3Lb45BzM8ivfc6DUDDNLXWWRI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image_6483441.jpg) *image\_6483441* ![Seapoint sunset. Photographer: Adriaan de Buck](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/GPmhip9X_V62y-DD8e-mt6VGGIc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image-1.jpg) *image* ![It will over-run you, one grain at a time! The growing dunes of Hout Bay. Photographer: Peter Strydom](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/tAS4aHSudJxjAnBP_Xv1ShFOk1g=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Image-3-6.jpg) *Restrictive* ![Baby humpback whale breaches off the point at Umzumbe. Photographer: George B Watson](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/nRkaHXMj4wYGmV8qLZesNXLxQNY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Baby-whale-breaches-1.jpg) *Baby whale breaches-1* ![Protea in the Drakensbeeg. Photographer: Ramon George](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/m5_3bzsogF3rGbK8GjYtjHeXQBI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221003_161010.jpg) *20221003\_161010* ![Mid-morning at the beautiful Van Gaalen farm terrace in Harties, Gauteng. Photographer: Masetshire Lebona](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/zD1BM3jNILUSS_91ozt4ZlGE4FQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_1915.jpeg) *IMG\_1915* ![Spring blossoms at Kirstenbosch. Photographer: Terry Lessem](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/g_7_wXwpQftokSUwtK7Cj7vrAjM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG-7593.jpg) *IMG-7593* ![You only get to dance with this lady once! Praying Mantis eyes out the photographer. Photographer: Kevin Farr](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/wOC8Y1TvkhPopUwqMDhyZCHDzzM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Praying-Mantis-in-cape-garden.jpg) *Praying Mantis in cape garden* ![Spotted eagle owl Kirstenbosch. Photographer: Terry Lessem](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/hBLj9WVGE7RKdmCxreckcU6-G3M=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_7592.jpg) *IMG\_7592* ![Abigail heard that you asked for more cat pics...so she said: 'Send this!' Photographer: Donald Knight](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/zXHvP6fmVJWX6PZFIHGHf45kRi8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221003_101405.jpg) *20221003\_101405* ![Photographer: Terry Lessem](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/YGEkqyGLWZbVHUeR1N_TniDKcPo=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG-7589.jpg) *IMG-7589* ![King Proteas greeting the sun at Kirstenbosh. Photographer: Terry Lessem](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/8RWe1DpQfzfEdVdgSkoYKiekkuw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_7590.jpg) *IMG\_7590* ![Rainbow halo at Benguela Cove on Sunday ringed the head of Anton Smit’s 7 meter bronze sculpture of a man facing heaven. Photographer: Ali McCutcheon](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/CUMzZ_z-20fNi04k0ibl2qhscVE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Unknown-1-2.jpeg) *Unknown-1 2* ![Even in the Kruger National Park, plastic is part of the diet of young baboons. hotographer: Lorna Gibbons](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/8rQm64kSmGU9_3BzTpJp3-hGXgY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/DSCN4482.jpg) *DSCN4482* ![Weaver admiring his nest building in the Cape Winelands. Photographer: Dricus Bosman](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/-vHE_Wa8vYiL_Oc-KwagRP4sykM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG-20220930-WA0049.jpg) *IMG-20220930-WA0049* ![Busy busy busy! Photographer: Peter Strydom](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/MlThdC3ShPGlc0JQxXtFsPsZnuA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Image-5-3.jpg) *Industry* ![Sun Halo over Saint Helena Bay. Photographer: Roy Menzies.](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/5BVOvhLsTREehQI_SfSzuSrnmrA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image.jpg) *image* ![Rooivalk returning to the roost at dusk. Photographer: Cecil Thompson](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/wyjSGV2g_Ipt-hiNPuguwEnY2ME=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMGP4998.jpg) *IMGP4998* ![From left: Former health MEC Brian Hlongwa, whom the Special Investigating Unit started investigating in 2010. | MEC Qedani Mahlangu, who resigned in 2017 in the wake of the Life Esidimeni scandal | Former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke, who led the arbitration hearings into the Life Esidimeni scandal in 2018. | Former health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku, who was fired in October 2020 because of irregularities related to Covid-19 tenders. (Photos: Facebook; Gallo Images / Beeld / Simone Kley; Gallo Images / Oupa Bopape; Gallo Images)](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/tz-eOCv_aAsnvvryKDmLLUa9prk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Gauteng-Health-timeline-Ufrieda.jpg) *Gauteng-Health-timeline-Ufrieda* ![Is that a fish I see? Photographer: Keith Cattell](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Jxd5j_YxLaPOMroqxsgaWNxQCeQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Is-that-a-fish-I-see_.jpeg) *Is that a fish I see\_* ![Tree orchid growing on Pecan nut tree. Photographer:Anesh Govender](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/AUX_wuv5Jek3Ik-9XGsSfAjrCLI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG-20220312-WA0014.jpeg) *IMG-20220312-WA0014* ![Secunda sunset! Photographer: Gerhardt Streicher](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/gjbYFBAlyc51qOjEf1WBSxuG6hM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image0-1-1.jpeg) *image0 (1)* ![Golden sunset, Parkview Photographer: Chris Heymans](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/H-JTn6v7coBExbYvgTrPTZcMhtY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/009F1B12-0D60-4E5F-AFB2-649CB90D693A.jpeg) *009F1B12-0D60-4E5F-AFB2-649CB90D693A* ![Snow near Underberg en route to Swartberg. Photographer: Jeff Moys](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/wtNKwnNeon1zFvgKsVXGfsNtcyA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_20220920_102852.jpg) *IMG\_20220920\_102852* ![Glorious Kirstenbosch. Photographer: Lucia Oosthuysen](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/89BuIOYz3xegvfoQwz5aerG0-5U=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220927_140930.jpg) *20220927\_140930* ![Galago Moholi. Photographer: Dean Polley Photography](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/5UPRI1VpXgN_K0FmjSoWkqD7hX4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image1-2.jpeg) *image1 (2)* ![Harnessing solar power: Dwarf Mongoose family, Orpen area, KNP. Photographer: Jean Morrison](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/aZtYSxKFyTNp6lSb6Z4y8NltOjM=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Dwarf-mongoose-family.jpg) *arial* ![Looking out my train window onto the Douro River Portugal. Photographer: Glória Clegg](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/uVsBMXOBRYvkreWjOQ9wKlaMqH8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image0-3.jpeg) *image0* ![Sunset from my kitchen window, Esmoriz Portugal. Photographer: Glória Clegg](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/jFS4yVO4w-1LqQNOgNYedS8LlNk=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image1-1.jpeg) *image1* ![Atmosphere Schoemanskloof. Photographer: Barrie Smith](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/U7Vy66o4MYOg-L3roacJYENQodo=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_2629-2.jpg) *IMG\_2629 2* ![Common beauty. Photographer: Jane Turner](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/_7qVLgL3wY7HhaFsPjuoRphEfIc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220624_110306.jpg) *20220624\_110306* ![Spring beauty in Kirstenbosch. Photographer: Wendy Davis](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/MpPKffqSF_ODH3F9SERCiqzQGbA=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/43a2ff5f-26e7-43c0-9e48-09c72807954d.jpg) *43a2ff5f-26e7-43c0-9e48-09c72807954d* ![Fire on the ridge. Photographer: Jane Morison](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/q1SLy8MA2xJLI8PVN-Dr7xQ8dhY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image1.jpeg) *image1* ![Tablecloth in position. The cotton wool ball clouds appears within 20 minutes — at Keurboom Park. 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