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Guidelines: we try to be as inclusive as possible when publishing your fantastic photos. However, if you can, please try orient your camera horizontally (‘landscape’ format) and please, please, try send us as high resolution a photo as possible.
NOTE: We limit our weekly entries to maximum 20. If your picture’s not published, please keep sending them in!
First Thing’s John Stupart is very much a dog person, but we encourage all pictures.
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Lions Head at night. Photographer: Oscar Orpen
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The forgotten ruins of the infamous Kolmanskop town. Photographer: Leigh Newlands
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Two male lions in an early morning confrontation. Photographer: Larry Bentley
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Sunset in the Alps. Photographer: Harry Loots
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Spring erupts in the Biedouw Valley. Photographer: David Bass
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Snow chaser. Photographer: Hannah Wolpe
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San Rock Art, Cederberg. Da Vinci of the Wild before… well, before anything really. Photographer: Lewis Lynch
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My kingdom for a tree! Giraffe – between Khowarib and Brandberg, Namibia. Photographer: Con Fauconnier
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Lines of decay. Photographer: Clare Appleyard @clareappleyard
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Lake Lucerne, Switzerland showing off her Alpine beauty. Photographer: Roline Wilkinson
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‘Home Is Where The Horse Is’ follows a herd of wild horses inhabiting the Bot River estuary at the Rooisand Nature Reserve, in the Overberg region of South Africa. Several theories circulate around the origin of the herd. The most popular one says the herd stemmed from survivors of a large-scale cull of local farm horses (‘Boland Waperd’) during agricultural mechanization. Another theory connects their origin to eight surviving British horses of the Birkenhead shipwreck at nearby Gansbaai. A third one holds that ancestors of the current herd were once hidden in the wetlands from the British army during the Anglo Boer (South African) War. The horses play an important ecological role by creating footpaths through the reed beds, which keep the waterways free of debris, and the estuary an ideal habitat for many bird species. The cattle egret, in particular, is often seen mounted on the back of a horse, feeding on ticks and flies. Despite individual curiosity, the herd typically avoids human interaction, which is advised against by local nature conservationists. Photographer: Jacques Smit www.pursuethewolf.com
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Flower power. Photographer: Mary Lou Nash
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Africanis on Bot River, Lagoon Beach. Photographer: Athol Leach
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Beach Patrol. Photographer: Tom Coetzee
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Botmaskop and Simonsberg seen during golden hour from Stellenbosch Berg. Photographer: Niel du Toit
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Cadence in Betty’s Bay. Photographer: Anton Myburgh
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Contemplation. Photographer: Katie Friedman
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Eastern Cape splendour. Photographer: Skye Grove
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A friend’s adventurous dog named Ranger. Photographer Gertrude Smith