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Black and White Pets

Here is my contribution to this weeks Black and White challenge from Cee  The topic is PETS.  I no longer have pets but I enjoy taking photographs of my pet belonging to friends and family.

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Lisa’s cats Mia and Shadow

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Nameless Cat – A pet of a caravan park we stayed at

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Lauren’s Dog Sheba in the river that runs through her property

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Lauren’s Dogs Sheba and Lucy

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Diane’s Dog loves to pose for portraits

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Black and White Challenge – 26 October 2017

Here is my contribution to Cee’s Brick and/or Stone Black and White Challenge

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Little Stone Cottage near Mossel Bay

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Entrance to Mopani Rest Camp, Kruger National Park

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Klipspringer (Stone Jumper) on a Stone

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Black and White on the Farm

Here is my contribution to this week’s Black and white challenge from Cee

The topic is All Things Farm Related

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Farm Wedding

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Farm Freedom has its limits

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Dubolani on the Farm

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Moo to you too

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Where’s my mum?

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Black and White Challenge 21 September 2017

I love this week’s black and white challenge – The back of things

Here is my contribution.

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Checking out the shipwreck – Cape Agulhas

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Orpen Dam Lookout – Kruger National park

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Target Bum of the Waterbuck

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Stripy bottoms

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Woolly-necked Stork – Back view

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Journey of Giraffe

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Elephant Mums and Elephant Bums

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Black and White Challenge – Candid Shots

This week Cee asks us to post candid black and white photographs.   Here are some of mine.

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Play fair or else!

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Fun on the beach

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Fishing from the canoe 

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Enjoying the wet sand 

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Black and White Challenge – Shadows

This week’s Black and White Challenge from Cee is Shadows.

I’ve never thought of taking pictures of shadows before so today I stepped out to see what I could get.

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Shadow in the garden

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Shadow Selfie – Number One

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Shadow Selfie Number Two

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Garden Decor and Plant Shadow

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Vygie Shadow in Sepia

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Vygie Shadow on Rock

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Cee’s Black and White Challenge – Numbers

Here is my contribution to this week’s Black and White Challenge from Cee

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Boat Club Registration Number for taking part in competitions

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I’ve been knocking and knocking but nobody answers

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A Stop along Route 62 – Western Cape

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Yes – every fisherman agrees!

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Black and White Challenge 13 July 2017

The theme for Cee’s black and white challenge this week is Things made from wood

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A beautiful wine box given to me by Ann and Dean, and Caitlyn, James and Sarah. I just love it.

Our local coffee shop – The Shipwreck Cafe – provided me with some lovely subject matter for this challenge.  I found most looked best in Sepia

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Cute wood carving

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Model of a Sailing Ship

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Model sailing ship display

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A pirate’s treasure chest?

 

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Carved toothpick holder

 

 

 

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Black and White Challenge 29 June 2017

Here are my contributions to This week’s black and white challenge from Cee

Feet

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Gemsbok (Oryx) 

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Wide Spread toes of the African Jacana

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A Warthog tucks his feet away to get closer to the new grass shoots

Hands

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Clasped in Prayer

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Fingers were made before forks

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Grasping a fork

Paws/Legs

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Mighty Lion Paws

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It’s not easy taking a drink with such long legs and an extended neck to deal with

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Enormous

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Cee’s Black and White Challenge 23 June 2017

Here is my contribution to this week’s black and white challenge

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Female Waterbuck – back and front view

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Elephants having fun at the waterhole

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Did the tree move for you too darling?

 

 

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Young elephant love

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What a big mouth you have dearest

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Kelp Gulls

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Water Thick-knees

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Y Is for Yellow-billed – Z is for Zebra

This week’s Black and White/Sepia Challenge is to post photographs beginning with Y or Z

Once again I have found wild life photographs taken in the Kruger National Park.

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Yellow-billed Kite

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Yellow-billed Stork

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Yellow-billed Hornbill

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Zebra Crossing

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Zebra Mom and Foal

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Don’t get lost Baby Zebra

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W is for Wildlife

Here is my contribution to Cee’s Black and White challenge

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W is for Warthog – What a Whopper


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W is for Wild Dog


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W is for Wildebeest (Direct translation Wild beast – but he is a gentle Gnu)


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W is for Wheatear – Capped in this case


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W is for Woodpecker – working at the wood


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W is for Wryneck  – Sepia suits his colouring which is of browns and a rustic red throat.