{"id":4685,"date":"2024-07-07T12:06:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T10:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lostshepard.co.za\/?p=4685"},"modified":"2024-07-07T12:07:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T10:07:27","slug":"6-months-november-2023-to-may-2024-favourite-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lostshepard.co.za\/?p=4685","title":{"rendered":"6 months November 2023 to May 2024 Favourite photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

In and around Cape Town mostly with some from the Greater Cape area \u2013 Panasonic Lumix G9 Mark 1 with 25mm f1.4, 42.5 nocticron f1.2, 35-100, 8-18. 100-400. March 24 added new Lumix G9ii vastly improved auto-focus for birds etc only the 100-400 lens attached to this.<\/p>\n

NOVEMBER 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

Muizenberg
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Muizenberg
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Muizenberg
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

St James
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

St James
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

St James
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Under the railway to the Sea St James
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

St James
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

St James with Lulu
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

And back under the railway
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Table Bay V&A
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

De Waterkant – Central Cape Town
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

De Waterkant
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

De Waterkant
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Wine Farm Durbanville
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Wine Farm Durbanville
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

In the garden
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

The newly born baby Eagle Owls at Kirstenbosch
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Kirstenbosch
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Cape Bulbul in flight Kirstenbosch
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Kirstenbosch – Cape Bulbul
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

In the garden
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Kirstenbosch
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Kirstenbosch Cape Bulbul
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Walk about Constantia
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Walk about Constantia
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

In the garden
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Sea Point
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

In the garden
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

DECEMBER 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

Intaka Island
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Groot Constantia
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

One of the owlets Kirstenbosch
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

In the garden
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Owlet parent – Kirstenbosch
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

In the garden
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The other Eagle owlet parent – Kirstenbosch
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

In the garden
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Kirstenbosch Sugarbird
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Wynberg Boys Playing Fields
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At Boschendal Paarl-Franshoek
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At Boschendal – Paarl- Franshoek
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Kirstenbosch Sugarbird
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Kirstenbosch Cape Eagle Owl
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

In the garden
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

In the garden
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Cape Bulbul Kirstenbosch
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

In the garden
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Groot Constantia
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Lumix G9<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

January 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

The neglected Tokai Manor House, National Monument, National DISGRACE,
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Tokai Manor House
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Tokai
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Tokai Manor House
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Tokai Manor House
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Tokai Manor House
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Eagle Owl Kirstenbosch
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Kirstenbosch
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Kirstenbosch
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Kirstenbosch Sugarbird on Protea
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Tokai Forest
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In the garden where’s the G&T
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Near Paarl
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Lulu at 18 months
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Coffee & Cake near Paarl
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In the garden
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In the garden
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In the garden cape white-eye
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In the garden
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In the garden
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FEBRUARY 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

Groot Constantia
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Groot Constantia
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Groot Constantia
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In the garden
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Cape Robin-Chat Kirstenbosch
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In the garden
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Groot Constantia
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Kirstenbosch – Klaas’s Cuckoo a first for me –
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Kirstenbosch Klaas’s Cuckoo
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Kirstenbosch – Klaas’s Cuckoo
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In the garden
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Kirstenbosch
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Kirstenbosch
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Kirstenbosch – sugarbird
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Kirstenbosch – sunbird
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Tokai Forest
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Kirstenbosch – The dance of the Sugarbirds
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Sugarbirds
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Sugarbirds
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Cape Bulbul
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In the garden
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Kirstenbosch Double collared Sunbird
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Tokai Forest
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Kirstenbosch Sugarbird
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Kirstenbosch Protea
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Kirstenbosch Paradise fly-catcher
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In the garden
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Kirstenbosch Sunbird & proteas
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Kirstenbosch
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Kirstenbosch – Mousebird
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Kirstenbosch – Sunbird
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In the garden
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In the garden
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Kirstenbosch – Sunbird
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MARCH 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

Late summer day Kirstenbosch
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Cape Batis – Kirstenbosch
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Kirstenbosch
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African Dusky Fly-Catcher – Kirstenbosch
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Escaping the dog – Tokai
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Cape Robin-Chat – Kirstenbosch
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In the Garden
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Mousebird – Kirstenbosch
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African Eagle Owl on the River in Kirstenbosch
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In the Garden
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Chance encounter we both got a fright – E-Owl K’Bosch
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Beautiful Skies – Kirstenbosch.
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In the Garden
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In the Garden Olive Thrush
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Kirstenbosch
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Cape Bulbul – Kirstenbosch
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Atlas Cedar damage – Kirstenbosch
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Karoo Prinia – Kirstenbosch
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basking in the rock warmth – Kirstenbosch
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Swee waxbill – Kirstenbosch
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Protea – Kirstenbosch
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Sugarbird – Kirstenbosch
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Lucky find – Shink – Kirstenbosch
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Double-Collared sunbird – Kirstenbosch
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Malachite Sunbird – Kirstenbosch
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Orange-Breasted & Double Collared sunbirds K-Bosch
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Mousebird – Kirstenbosch
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Late summer skies
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In the garden Olive Thrush
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Having a whirl Tokai Forest
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Olive Thrush – Kirstenbosch
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Lemon Dove – Kirstenbosch
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Making a get-away – K’Bosch
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Double-Collared sunbird K’Bosch
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Lunch in the basket – K-Bosch.
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Sunbird K-Bosch
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Forest Canary – K-Bosch
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Common Waxbill – K-Bosch
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Sunbird – K-Bosch
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Sunbird – K-Bosch
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Olive Thrush – Tokai
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Having a whirl Tokai Forest
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Sunbird in the basket – K-Bosch
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Sunbird and Pollen K-Bosch
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Orange-Breasted sunbird – K-Bosch
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APRIL 2024 and the arrival of the New Panasonic Lumix G9ii with 100-400 lens<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ritz – Sea Point
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Street Photography – Sea Point
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Street Photography – Sea Point
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Sea Point
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Accident waiting to happen -Sea Point
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Fly around Sea Point
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Happiness is –
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

The decisive Moment
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

In the Garden
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

In the Garden
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Kirstenbosch – Dble-collared sunbird
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Kirstenbosch early morning.
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Kirstenbosch – Karoo Prinia
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Kirstenbosch King Protea
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Milnerton – Rietvlei – a fence full of non-breeding S red bishops.
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Kirstenbosch – Cape Grassbird
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Eastlake Island Marina Da Gama – Eagret
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Kirstenbosch Dble-collared sunbird
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9<\/p>\n

Rietvlei – Milnerton – Plover
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9<\/p>\n

Rietvlei – Milnerton Gannett
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Eastlake Island Marina Da Gama – White necked Raven
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Kirstenbosch Dble-Collared Sunbird in the wild dagga
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Eastlake Island Marina Da Gama – Egret
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Street Photography Sea Point – out for a jol – with attitude
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Street Photography Sea point
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Street Photography Sea Point – Look Ma – no hands – no brains –
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Sea Gulls having fun – Sea Point
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Street Photography Sea Point – True love –
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Street Photography Sea Point – The long and the short of it.
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Street Photography Sea Point – old age fight – “You come back here right now”
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Street Photography Sea Point – Well she’s happy.
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Street Photography Sea Point – out for a stroll
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Kirstenbosch – Mousebird
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

Kirstenbosch – King Proteas
\n\"\"<\/a> Lumix G9ii<\/p>\n

May 2024 onwards to follow in due course<\/strong><\/p>\n

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