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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.
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A cat. Mariebergsskogen, Karlstad, Sweden. Taken on my iPhone on 20 October 2022. Photographer: Karin Kritzinger
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From Firgrove bridge. Photographer: Nat Gold
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Spring Cuckoo. Photographer: Dylan O’Hagan
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The Orange River at sunset. Photographer: Myen Chetty
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Forget the view – throw the ball. Photographer: Ian Morris
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Walking Tall. Photographer: Peter de Groot
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End of day across the bay. Photographer: Lynn Crossley
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A misty morning at Silvermine Dam, Table Mountain range: a time for reflection. Photographer: Martin Fennell, Noordhoek
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Soul food on Port Alfred west beach. Photographer: Carol Haywood
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Service please 🙏 Istanbul. Photographer: David Swart
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As above, so below. Lila Dolittle in the Theewaterskloof dam. Photographer: Leonhard Praeg
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Late afternoon magnificence; the Helderberg. Photographer: Joy Rosario
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Taken from Dasklip pass near Porterville. Photographer: Irma Esbach
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Leopard lookout spot. Photographer: Byron Beedle
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Ever had that feeling that you are being watched while out for a afternoon walk? Mokolodi Game Reserve, Gaborone, Botswana. Photographer: Cecil Thompson
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Dolphin beach, jeffreys Bay. Photographer: Hilton Veldsman
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Spring in Joburg – a purple month. Photographer: Mike Walters
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Fields of Canola. Photographer: Yolandé Woolford
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Kruger sunset. Photographer: Derek Reynish
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Samango Monkey. Photographer: Mark Harman
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Beautiful Limpopo. Photographer: Jill Menzie
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Sunrise – Desainagar, Tongaat Beach, Kwa Zulu Natal, RSA. Photographer: Pravesh Babulal
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Chilling at Warnerbeach. Photographer: Conrad Walker:
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Mist on the Murray River – Gol Gol pub – NSW. Photographer: Nigel Findlay
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The yellow gold of Aspen leaves in Aspen. Photographer: J. Duncan
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Monterosso- Cinque Terre – Italy – October 2022. Photographer: Beate Kleim
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Palais de Bruxelles in the soft morning light. Photographer: Kerrigan McCarthy
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A happy Hornbill and an African sky blue. Photographer: Keith Cattell
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Muizenberg beach. Photographer: Alison Wilson
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Moonlight and roses. Photographer: Liz Turnet
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Strawberry fields forever. Photographer: Ian Ossher
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A sunbird coming in for landing. Photographer: Karin Linder
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Six blooms on one plant. Photographer: Charles Wait
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Painted reed frog on the eucalyptus: Durban Botanic Gardens. Photographer: Craig Pheiffer
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Street kitty in Ammoudi Bay, Santorini. Photographer: Romi Boom
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Lotte World Tower. Seoul, South Korea. Photographer: Alison Templar
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No need for Aurora Borealis in Sutherland!!! Photographer: Marina Rubidge
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Rietvlei Nature Reserve. Photographer: Lynne Bird
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The Day the Music Died – the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Florida. Photographer: Helen Rallis
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3 Pretty zebras 🦓 all in a row! Taken at Rietvlei dam nature reserve in Centurion. Photographer: Marti Visser
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River sunset. Photographer: David Reucassel
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Spotted eagle owl, Silbury Hill, Mbombela. Photographer: Derek Reynish
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The kids eat first. Photographer: Ian Morris
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Sunset Seagull photobomb at Camps Bay Tidal Pool. Photographer: Chris von Ulmenstein
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Sedgefield spring. Photographer: Marry Purcell
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Pretties in the park. Photographer: Jenni Bessesen
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All four required to get atop Dune de Pilat at Arcachon Basin Bordeaux France. Photographer: John Armstrong
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Flower Season Western Cape. Photographer: Janice Ashby
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Central Park NYC. (Photographer: Jeremy Bradford
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3 Weeks on from Hurricane Ian. Devastation unbelievable. Photographer: Martin Davis
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For a KZN visitor, Cape Town offers a refreshing perspective. Photographer: Phillipa Lycett
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Cape Towns icon Athline Power Station peeking through the clouds. Photographer: Deon van Schalkwyk
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Blood Moon Sabie Camp Kruger Park. Photographer: Peter Brett
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Giraffe, Kruger National Park, October 2022. Photographer: Paul Datlen
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Zambezi sunset. Photographer: Don Louw