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Buitenverwachting Estate

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

A shot I took a few years ago on Buitenverwachting Wine Estate in the Constantia Valley

Table Cloth

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

A common sight in Cape Town: Table Mountain with the famous cloth covering it - this shot taken from the V&A Waterfront

Cape Town CBD at Dusk

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

Taken on the way to Signal Hill: Cape Town central business district at dusk, with a view of the northern suburbs.

Camps Bay Sunset from The Bay Hotel

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

While enjoying a relaxing evening with Dennis at The Bay Hotel, this sunset presented itself to us one late winter day in August 2006.

Lion's Head from Camps Bay Beach

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

No matter how often you come down to Camps Bay beach, the energy is always special - and so are the views, this one of Lion's Head, indicating some not so nice weather announcing itself.

A Froggie in my garden

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

Well... not exactly from Cape Town itself, but if there's such a cute froggy in my garden, how could I resist?

Paraglider

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

Andy Forbes flying his paraglider above Sea Point

Dry, yet growing

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

An abstract shot of a plant in the dry Omaruru River bed

Yummy tea

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

I was chilling outside at Solveigh's place when I noticed this bee arriving for a quick recharge. Couldn't help but deploy my Fuji F30's macro mode.

Still Life

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

Both Solveigh and I love taking pictures - this one from one of our regular morning walks around the Pristelwitz Farm just outside Omaruru

Tiba and Mokoro (cross-processed)

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

I just love Paintshop Pro X's new Time Machine feature. This one is of Tiba and Mokoro being run through the cross-processor.

Tiba and Mokoro (normal)

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

One day, just before sunset, Solveigh and I (and the dogs, of course) climbed up this outcrop just outside the Erongo Mountain Reserve - with the northern part of the crater in the background. What a place - what a view! And the gods/dogs loved every minute of it!

Erongo Sunset

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

Also from that outcrop... a lovely sunset presented itself to us

Erongo Sunrise

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

On the way to the Spitzkoppe, we came across this sunrise. No colour enhancement necessary - it was just like that!

Guess What!

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

Now guessing what this is, but if you have problems... it's dassie droppings at Bushman's Paradise at the Spitzkoppe. You only get there by climbing up a steep rock as it's situated on a plateau high above the ground. Up there, though, it must have been paradise for the early inhabitants. Amazing rock formations, bushman paintings and a view to die for!

Spitzkoppe with dogs

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

Tiba and Mokoro posing nicely for me on our way to the Spitzkoppe

Creeping up

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

No matter where and how, nature always finds a way, as shown so nicely on this pic of a tree growing up a rock crevice.

Rock Climbers

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

Solveigh and the dogs... my favourite rock climbers! :)

Just a hole, but how?

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

Heaven knows how this hole came into existence. Made for a lovely photographic subject, though.

Spitzkoppe

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

Detail shot at the Spitzkoppe

Schattenspiel

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

I was having fun taking pictures of my shadow on a slopy rockface when Moroko and Solveigh joined to complete a remarkable shot.

Bushman's Paradise

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

Another shot of Bushman's Paradise at the Spitzkoppe

Alive with possibility

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

As you can see, I love taking macro shots of objects one normally just passes without further attention.

Gentle Grass

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

Gentle grass detail photographed on Signal Hill when I was driving my friend Patrick Simon around, who was in town for a film shoot.

Just like that

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

Same day as the grass shot... a rather striking pic of an aloe

Nature's Magnifying Glass

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

And another shot of water droplets on a nasturtium leaf - taken in my garden.

Suck me, baby!

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

This bee is almost disappearing into the honeysuckle - only its bum sticking out.

Going for Gold!

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

Close-up shot of a bee at work in my garden

Cape Honeysuckle

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

Nothing special here - I just enjoyed the amazing saturation of this particular shot.

Aaaaand... another one :)

2006-10-31T12:00:00Z

And the last one of the droplets - promised! :)