--- title: "I have a picture for you! 15-21 January 2023" 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/2023-01-21-i-have-a-picture-for-you-15-21-january-2023/" published: "2023-01-21T12:33:44" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 245 --- # I have a picture for you! 15-21 January 2023 > The First Thing newsletter's Ever-lasting Subscriber Photo Gallery. By Daily Maverick · Published 21 January 2023, 14:33 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.* ![Namib Desert at it’s best. Photographer: Uwe Harms](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/-QoBToA6yFow1w8Jg0oKm76VTiU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_1295.jpg) *IMG\_1295* ![Cows on the road to Grosvenor, Transkei. Photographer: Richard Noyce](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/OeNZ5w1XSASCCDD6JIEJ2vdhzak=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_8055.jpeg) *IMG\_8055* ![Reaching for the Ball - Dominic Thiem former world no 4 on return from injury. Gstaad, Switzerland. Photographer: Gordon Simmonds](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/JJKMMMBLUmbm8n81c5u4yXTMFwI=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/DSC_7769.jpeg) *DSC\_7769* ![Beach Club, Hermanus waves. Photographer: Martin Etsebeth](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/vLnaGqZh5edMgr36bpc0iypedx4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/001-1-1-1.jpg) *001-1-1 (1)* ![Lanner landing. Juvenile Lanner Falcon, Fourteenth Borehole, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Photographer: Steph Vermeulen](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/4S-On3glM46vpCA1kkLvJKFQXYQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/image0-1-1.jpeg) *OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA* ![Jessie enjoying her early morning swim at Silvermine reservoir in the Table Mountain National Park. Photographer: John Yeld](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/DXXh1gA2DpGHRKj6GXwS8hbG66E=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Jessie-in-Silvermine-2.jpg) *Jessie in Silvermine 2* ![Hanging in there. Photographer: Chris Heymans](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Cza8xbPYOxcHU-zPuwCzwzMLly4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/98BB033C-AECA-4AFB-94A4-4AE429EA6263.jpeg) *98BB033C-AECA-4AFB-94A4-4AE429EA6263* ![Mommy spider with babies on her back. Photographer: Jurie Moolman](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/Osn3QRf2fYu1QoaAZmHgtI-QuPY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_5976.jpeg) *IMG\_5976* ![Determination. Photographer: Megan Jones](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/hHWLzYdjh2xBMsm7NABhmVgDBuw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/image0-4.jpeg) *image0* ![Knysna Heads, December 2022. Photographer: Precious Mushayi](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/3jPir7VY1D8GUoK_2MF-MVnAiXU=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG20221230161952-EFFECTS.jpg) *IMG20221230161952-EFFECTS* ![Feeding Rock Kestrel fledgelings - Cape Agulhas, January 2023. Photographer: Peter Franklin](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/oOqUiyIX9H4EQi8mLKpsvZFNytQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/6_21963-Edit.jpg) *\_6\_21963-Edit* ![Dumbo- I believe I can fly! Taken early January 2023 in Greater Kruger. Photographer: Jackie Cilliers](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/U4lN6FaTVGCCh6M0LBZucMT4ank=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_4983a-1.jpg) *IMG\_4983a (1)* ![In the Orb web spider family , walking along a Forest track. Photographer: Bruce Ward-Smith](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/le1nEgE0X05Q1bh5uHg8Ys-QqI0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/image.jpg) *image* ![Orange breasted Sunbird Harold Porter Botanical Garden. Photographer: Karin Linder](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/VynBNdMG_jsIPIDQXPJGhiIcJuc=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Orange-breasted-Sunbird-2.jpg) *Orange breasted Sunbird 2* ![Shades of blue. Photographer: Akheel Khan](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/E_M3tDt7WKWXB72d74ZmT-25oXY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_20221211_102434_edit_118950014503722.jpg) *qrf* ![Hallstatt, Austria: from the salt mine mountain viewing deck overlooking the town below. 17 December 2022. Photographer: Marc Latilla](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/qXOsN-tHY0xdi-tBLvVmzP4Gt2M=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Hallstatt-Austria-17-Dec-2022-Marc-Latilla.jpg) *Hallstatt Austria 17 Dec 2022 Marc Latilla* ![Southern rock agama. Photographer: Martin Etsebeth](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/CVt3xwuwbaaMbu2WAI_DsHI7pLw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/004-1-1.jpg) *004-1-1* ![The famous fisherman of Sub-Saharan Africa : The giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima). Taken at Intaka Island in Cape Town on 20 January 2023. Photographer: Samuel Surdut (Instagram: @SamuelPS.photo](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/sl7YlWxL8loxRQEegXX4wtZ54j4=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/image1.jpeg) *image1* ![Looking at the sleeping city towards Stellenbosch from Constantia. Photographer: Deon van Schalkwyk](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/WG77xbJaGmqrzL-9-Yr9GQ-e8Zg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/20230118_072401-01.jpeg) *20230118\_072401-01* ![Dune 45, Sossusvlei, Namibia. Photographer: Monty Roodt](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/-ZLwZHsO8QGP_cb2gqbyWRXacKY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_0339.jpeg) *IMG\_0339*