Early morning, Hout Bay, South Africa
Established as a colony in 1681, Hout Bay is bordered by Table Mountain National Park a short distance from Capetown, South Africa. The name of the bay, and the town on its shore, is derived from the Afrikaans: Houtbaai, meaning “Wood Bay”. As the name suggests, the area was important during colonial times for timber ... Read more
Bird Island, Lambert’s Bay, South Africa
Today, a look back at some photos from my visit to the Bird Island Nature Reserve at Lambert’s Bay on the coast of South Africa’s Western Cape Province. The island is about 3 hectares in size, lies about 100m off the shore, and is one of only six sites in the world where Cape gannets ... Read more
The Sunbirds of Kirstenbosch Gardens.
For visitors to Capetown in South Africa, one of the things well worth seeing is the Kirstenbosch Gardens at the foot of Table Mountain. The gardens, and the adjoining nature reserve, have a colourful history (see foot of this page) and support a wide variety of indigenous animals, reptiles, frogs and invertebrates. More than 125 species ... Read more
Time to dump Google Analytics?
Introduction Like most website owners/operators, I’d like to think that my website content is attracting an audience that find the material informative or enjoyable in some way. I’d also like to think that there is some chance of that audience growing over time as well, not because I’m trying to make a dollar (it’s actually ... Read more
Protea, Capetown, South Africa
A visit to Kirstenbosch Gardens in Capetown, South Africa, was worthwhile to photograph the sunbirds that abound there but also to enjoy the many proteas that they feed on. Canon 5D, 24-105mm zoom lens at f9.0, shutter speed 1/250 second at ISO 400. Image Processing Image processing here started as usual in Lightroom. In this ... Read more