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“Jackals trou met wolf se vrou”. Rain whilst the sun is shining in the Free State. Image: Patrick Wysoczanski
Dont mess with me! Image: Barbara Lindop
Surprise! Image: Amanda de Wet
Early morning beach. Image: Mireille Webb
African dawn on the Wild Coast. Umngazi River. Image: Leon de Kock
Trees on reflection: Zinave National Park, Mozambique. Image: Brian Alexander
Getting stuck in. Image: David Reucassel
Stay alert. Image; Barry
Cape winter bloom. Image: Craig Naude
Photobomb. Taken last week in the Kgalagadi. Image: Claudia Lothering
Don’t let the sun go down on you. Robin Hill Salem South Africa. Image: Jack McLeod
Flowers after the Fire, Rondebosch Common, Cape Town. Image: Richard Hill
The Deesis Mosaic of Christ located in the south gallery on the upper floor of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul. The mosaic dating from the 13th century is widely accepted as one of the best examples of Byzantine art and considered the renaissance of Byzantine mosaic art. Image: Shalen Misser
9.36pm St Honoré les Bains. Image: Craig Thompson
Low Tide! Langebaan. Image: Lynette Clements
Image: Brandon Harding
From Rhodes to Ruin – Rhodes Memorial viewed from the ruins of the Tea Room. Image: Lesley Fiona Caplan
High tide, late sun. Image: Lynn Crossley
A protea in bloom with the starkness of the burnt Three Sisters of the Kogelberg in the background. Image: Vicki Sabor
White rhino, taken in one of our parks. Image: Derek Reynish
Gauteng: Death of the Stop Sign! Image: Gilbert Grace
View from the Forest Cafe, Tokai Forest, Cape Town. Image: Peter Reber
Garden on a wine farm – Robertson area. Image: George Olivier
Blooming beach, Capricorn, Cape Town. Image: Heleen Bron
Orpen Gate, Kruger National Park. Image: Martin Scholtz
Sunrise over Hottentots Holland Mountains. Image: Jeffrey Kaimowitz
In the pre-sunrise glow. Image: Jenni Bessesen
Rush hour in The Wartrail, Eastern Cape. Image: Lewis Lynch
Sunrise, sunset, swiftly move the days. Saartjiesnek, Hartbeespoort. Image: Dricus Bosman
Elephant and trunks, Image: Campbell Reyburn
Yum Yum. A Southern Red-billed Hornbill having a snack. Image: Elindi van den Heever
Reflecting in the golden light @ Limpopo Lipadi. Image: Melanie Black
Giant Kingfisher on Takeoff – Intaka Island Cape Town. Image: Colin Thomas Brown (Amateur)
The Corn Mills with working water wheel, Bushmills, Northern Ireland. Image: Barbara Reid
Wind pumps make for fascinating silhouettes. This old faithful is silhouetted against the inner ring of the Vredefort Dome collar rocks. Image: Johan Smit
Baby crocodile, from Mopani camp, Kruger Park. Image: Lucy Allais
“Cat on the back”. Image: Natalie Greatorex
Sunrise Fishermen – Modderfontein. Image: Marlene Birkholtz
Beautiful sunrise, Broederstroom. Image: Dricus Bosman
Wild dogs looking cute! Image: Karin Linder
Gordon’s Bay Yacht Club. Image: Chris von Ulmenstein
Giraffes @ Tala. Image: Beate Kleim
Too hot! Image: Eila Gunning (9 years old)
Atlantic puffin, Island of Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Image: Alan Dodson
View from Die Kelders across Walker Bay to Hermanus. Image: F. D. Rubin
Watching you. Image: Chris Heymans
Spring not far away. Image: Barbara Lindop
Early morning dip on Table Mountain. Image: Don Pinnock
Table Mountain Cloudscape. Image: Janice Ashby
Sunrise in Aniston. Image: Alice Kimani
Elephant silhouette. Image: Jane Turner
Kalk Bay. Image: Ken Barris
Star trail & Milky Way over the Amphitheater, Drakensberg. Image: Melanie Black
Gordons Bay Yacht Club. Image: Chris von Ulmenstein
Purple haze. Robin Hill farm Salem South Africa. Image: Jack McLeod
First Light. Image: Judy Stevens
Die Kerk – Graaff-Reinet. Image: George Olivier
Winter eve – Sea Point. Image: Matthew Cornish
Tivoli Reef Simons Town. Image: Cleeve Robertson
Last light over Langeberg, Swellendam. Image: Val Glass
Evening tranquility in Kalk Bay harbour. Image: Martin Fennell
Samango Monkeys eating spring buds in a leafless tree. Image: Mark Harman
Crossing a swing bridge,a day in the life of children in Nepal. Image: Melanie Black
Sharing a cave with Basotho goatherds on a Drakensberg escarpment winter night. Image: Bob Baigrie
Dutch Prayer. Image: Virginia Golding
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