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Durban Bay
The accompanying photo was taken on the grass embankment at Wilson’s Wharf Durban looking east towards the Royal Natal Yacht Club over the sand bank, which gets exposed at low tide. At low tide, and especially at sunrise, the exposed sand bank becomes a playground for pigeons and people; whether it be fishermen looking for cracker shrimps, fishing off the edge of the bank into the deep channel or young children running after crabs who are scurrying along the muddy surface. At high tide it is a known fact two most fishermen who have fished this area that Grunter and Stumpnose venture onto the covered sandbank to dig in the mud for cracker shrimp. Shoals of Mullet also swim lazily around away from the deep channel’s seeking some measure of safety. As a young lad, this area of Durban Bay was our playground. If we were not fishing or getting up to some other naughty tricks, then we were digging out clay from some of the banks and placing blobs on sticks to then launch missiles at each other.
Durban Sunrise
Durban
“I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning” ~ J. B. Priestley
A summer sunrise in Durban (not this morning)
First Bridge
“The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which to burn” ~ David Russell
In my youth we would often fish on this river (Umgeni River Mouth / Blue Lagoon Durban). We named our locations by the bridges’ numerical order from the sea heading inland – this is 1st bridge just before the mouth.
Canon South Africa “Baby” 550D, Sigma South Africa 10-20mm – F16, 1/3 sec, ISO 100
Wilson’s Wharf
Moyo Pier
Rising Swell
“Without great solitude, no serious work is possible” – Picasso
This is the last of my shots of a recent sunrise shoot at Umgeni River Mouth in Durban South Africa.
Canon South Africa 550D, 24-105 L lens: F9, ISO 200, 1/200 sec
— in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
Comrades Marathon 2015
Sunrise this morning at the ComradesMarathon. Runners at 45th Cutting. Durban heading up to Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal.
“The Comrades Marathon is an ultramarathon of approximately 89 km (approx. 56 miles)[1] which is run annually in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa between the cities of Durban and Pietermaritzburg. It is the world’s largest and oldest ultramarathon race[verification needed]. The direction of the race alternates each year between the “up” run (87 km) starting from Durban and the “down” run (89 km) starting from Pietermaritzburg.
The field is capped at 23,000 runners, and entrants hail from more than 60 countries.[2] In every event since 1988, over 10,000 runners have reached the finish within the allowed 11 or 12 hours. With increased participation since the 1980s, the average finish times for both genders, and the average age of finishers have increased substantially.[3]
Runners over the age of 20 qualify when they are able to complete an officially recognised marathon (42.2 km) in under five hours.[4] During the event an athlete must also reach five cut-off points in specified times to complete the race.[1] The spirit of the Comrades Marathon is said to be embodied by attributes of camaraderie, selflessness, dedication, perseverance, and ubuntu.[5]” ~ Wikipedia
Canon South Africa 6D, Canon EF 17–40mm lens, Yongnuo Magyarország flash fromCameraStuff. ISO 200, F4, 1/250 sec
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Love Durban
“It’s the “dance” that never seems to get resolved. We pursue a life of comfort only to find that a life of comfort slowly begins to weaken us. So we pursue a life filled with challenge only to find that a life of challenge slowly begins to wear on us. This “dance” will never be completely resolved. We will always be fluctuating between the two. The only trap is to make sure not to go on the deep end on either side because once we’re in the deep end, it always seems too hard to make it to the other side. Be wary of where you are on this dance. All life fluctuates between these two sides” ~ Brian Kim
Photo: Love Durban. Taken at Wilson’s Wharf, Durban – South Africa with Canon 550D & Sigma 10-20 lens
Andrew Harvard Photography 