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Alice in Green. Photographer: Elizabeth Sole
The Lion and the rainbow. Photographer: Marie Green
Golden mountain pony at Witsieshoek Mountain Lodge in December 2022. Photographer: Jackie Cilliers
Master of camouglage. Photographer: Susan Harwood
It’s going down! Taken at Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens – December 2022. Photographer: Celeste Von Metzinger.
To celebrate WORLD WETLANDS DAY (2nd February 2023), let the female DRAGON FLY Blue Emperor (Anax imperator) – ovipositing (laying eggs) do the honours! Photographer: Anthony van Dalsen
A beautiful sunset in Lisbon at the Tagus River. Photographer: Elvia Els
Tingwall Kirk, Shetland. Photographed 27th December 2022 whilst “hunting” the Northern Lights.
It was built around 1790 and is currently up for sale by the Church of Scotland. It has been described as the “mother church of Shetland” and the site itself is steeped in history, as there has been a church in Tingwall since the 12th Century. Part of the old St Magnus church, circa in the 1100s, is said to be seen in the grass-covered burial vault in the graveyard. Photographer: Paul Clarke
Spoonbills – Sunday morning at Marievale. Photographer: Mark Chertkow
On my Sunday morning bike ride I made a stop at Oude Kraal, between Hout Bay and Camps Bay. I was struck by this tranquil rock-strewn beach and took a (very cold) swim. Photographer: Herman Hintzen
“Limited Resource”. Three species of Sunbird jostle for feeding rights. Photographer: Don Hunter
Beauty at the “Ends of the Earth”. Jan 25, 2023
Neko Harbor, Antarctica. Taken from the deck of the World Navigator en voyage! Photographer: Carrie MacLeod
Photographer: Deon van Schalkwyk. Solitude. De Villiers dam Table Mountain 01 Feb 23
The rugged, rocky coastline at De Kildare with views of the sunset over Walker Bay on the Whale Coast in the Western Cape. Photographer: Roger de la Harpe
The Heads ahead. Photographer: Robert-Ian Caldwell
Old vs new. Battersea Powerstation, London. Taken through the sunroof of a LEVC Electric Black Cab. 1 Feb 2023. Photographer: Evan Alexander
Sunset at Tokara Wine Estate. Photographer: Daniel Bertschinger
I named him Hugo. Pringle Bay in front of our place. Photographer: Karin Linder
Spotted eagle-owl, Hermanus. Photographer: Martin Etsebeth
Early evening shadows in the Cederberg. Photographer: Martin Fennell
Gallery viewers attend the JP Morgan collection of Abadali Art Programme artists. – Jan Pascal
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