I received the official poster yesterday from First Thursdays Durban.
My first ever photo exhibition prompted by Marco of Spiga Florida Road.
Bongani Mtolo of ECR Newswatch (ECR) will be doing a live broadcast and some great tunes look to be lined up for inside Sidebar next to SPIGA Durban.
A wonderful Durban evening not to be missed!
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did so. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover” ~ Mark Twain
F16, 1/125 sec, ISO 640 Canon South Africa 6D fromOrms, Canon EF 17–40mm lens, 05 April 2015, 06:33 AM, Point Yacht Club Durban, 2nd photo in series “Explore, Dream & Discover”
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That’s one thing my mom and I never got to do – High Tea at The Beverly Hills on Mother’s Day coming to you this Sunday (that’s tomorrow!). A lovely venue with well-mannered staff and delectable treats!
Trust me, it might cost a little more but you can eat your money’s worth. Have savoury treats for lunch, rest, drink tea, all different types, listen to the violin, go for a stroll, and when ready…. fill up with all the sweet cakes :).
Canon South Africa 6D from Orms, 24-105L, 1/50 sec, F11, ISO 640
Tues 5 May 2015 at 06:38 of Beverly Hills Hotel Umhlanga Rocks
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Umhlanga Rocks, KwaZulu-Natal Umhlanga Pier
— at Umhlanga Beach.
“Umhlanga is a residential, commercial and resort town north of Durban on the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, created in 2000, which includes the greater Durban area. Commonly and erroneously pronounced (by residents and visitors alike) as Umshlanga (the correct pronunciation of “hl” in Umhlanga is similar to the Welsh “ll”), the name means “place of reeds” in isiZulu.
Umhlanga is named after the Ohlanga River, which reaches the Indian Ocean three kilometres north of the town.
The Oyster Box, a luxury hotel since the 1930s, was originally built as a beach cottage in 1869, before the town had even been founded.
In 1895, Sir Marshall Campbell founded Umhlanga. The town’s first hotel was established in 1920, followed by a shop, a lighthouse, the Natal Anti Shark Measures Board (today called the KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board) and further hotel developments.[2][3]
The Borough of Umhlanga was formed in 1972 through the merger[citation needed] of Umhlanga Rocks, a seaside resort town, and the suburb of La Lucia.
In the 1980s, development expanded inland.[2]
Umhlanga, specifically the former sugarcane fields of Umhlanga Ridge, has become the focus of development in the greater Durban area with many businesses relocating offices from central Durban (similarly to Sandton forming the new centre of Johannesburg), a move that has been criticized for “fragmenting the urban fabric” and furthering “the new apartheid” in Durban.[2] In 2010, Durban International Airport was moved to La Mercy, near Umhlanga, and reopened as King Shaka International Airport.” ~ Wikipedia
The Beverly Hills Hotel looks down onto the lighthouse and it a 5 Star Tsogo Sun establishment.
Just to recap: On Tuesday morning, 24 March 2015 I woke up before sunrise and headed alone up the hill to the top of Mt. Thesiger (Port St John’s – South Africa) at around this spot GPS: -31.603330, 29.527454. I spent the night before having a scrumptious seafood feast and filter coffee plus hot chocolate at @amapondobackers. I was photofit!
I set up my Canon South Africa camera (6D & Canon EF 17–40mm lens) and tripod in anticipation of the forthcoming sunrise. The river lodges were some 300 m or more below and I could faintly see their lights through the mist or low clouds.
It was calm, peaceful and dead quiet except for the medium-size predatory birds that were circling the mountain and squawking at each other. Every so often they would fly fairly close and it was amazing to hear their wings “woof – woofing” through the air.
The view across to Mt Sullivan on the other side of the river was glorious to say the least for about three minutes or less at one point of the sunrise. The sun then “disappeared” but not completely, although there was no more golden light forcing through the somewhat thick clouds.
The accompanying photo is a self-shot image using the camera’s 10 second timer.
If I’m looking a little tense and you wonder why I wasn’t doing some classic pose / holding a flashlight, then wonder no more. I sprinted 15 metres across rocks to get to my posing position, all the while trying not to trip and end up 300 metres down to the left. The “woof-woofing” birds flying around me were big enough for me to suspect they might be brave enough to try pecking my eyes out while I’m alive! Community of Port St Johns, Wild Coast
Settings F11, ISO 320 & 1/8 sec (-2 exp. comp.)
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A few years back I had a Canon Powershot S5iS.
Although I didn’t know a thing about photography then and shot on full auto with basic PP, I am still please with these two photos (NB: some newfound PP added). Both taken at Mngazana at sunrise.
It’s a special person’s birthday today and I’m sure he’ll love these photos.
Same spot different view and more PP
Map of the area
Ben Myburgh is a humble well-mannered chap. I often see him training at the local gym. He is well-built and “sticks out”.
But Ben’s photography is far more in your face.
He is forever displaying images of lovely landscapes, interesting portraits or beautiful bodies on Facebook and other sites.
Ben, I hear, works for a telephone company and so this begs the question: Telephone man or Hot shot photographer?
The latter for sure!
Tonight I saw that he had recently won a competition on Pixoto.
His winning image is shown below.
It seems that if he is not shooting “gym bodies” then he is often at the seaside.
Umhlanga lighthouse I would guess
Westville Camera Club outing with local fire department
And finally to end off: in the mountains
Please go and visit ben myburgh photography or outdoor photo to see more of his excellent images.
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