Good morning Cape Town! (and Durban 
)!
“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Canon South Africa G3X, F8, 1/100 sec. ISO 320. Fixed lens at 49 mm. Joby 30 cm tripod. 24-12-2016, 05:54.
I clambered around the rocks at the southern end of Miller’s Point Cape Town, South Africa in the gusting cold winds to find a little nookie for my Canon G3X, Joby tripod and I a few minutes before sunrise.
It was one of those blessed “once in a blue moon” sunrises where I sat for some time after shooting and thought “Oh Wow!”.
The ocean lapped the shore, the birds were squawking about, golden light was about and I soaked up all Mother Nature had to offer. The Kogelberg Nature Reserve / mountains lay in the background.
F8, 1/30 sec. ISO 320 base image – 24-12-2016, 05h35
This post once again features the one and only fearless (only if there’s no thunder) Otter-swimmer and Sardine & Apple & Tomato eater: Roscoe, who visits the beach; usually once a week.
He gets very hot (overheats) sometimes; especially now in his “old man” years.
A cold shower sorts the “heat” problem out.
When he is super-hot he just lies under the shower and doesn’t really want to go anywhere.
The air-conditioner (large mouth now missing 2 teeth) is usually desperately trying to cool the lazy-bones body.
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Hot Roscoe 1 appeared in response to “Happy Rusty” by Conor Cullen. Another post, aptly named Jackson (the snow dog), played a small part.
I’m planning to run a “series” showcasing some photos of my hometown (Durban, South Africa).
Durban is a lovely and interesting place to live. It’s mostly warm, vibrant and diverse.
No comment is therefore needed – the photos will hopefully tell a story of their own.
It’s after midnight but I couldn’t resist processing some photos I took a week or two ago. Then I got sidetracked.
No new post was actually planned and then I saw “Happy Rusty” by Conor Cullen.
Rusty looks very happy and is seen galloping across the sand. He appears to be dripping wet and some water is seen in the background of the photo.
I thought it might be a little cold in Conor’s valley (Ireland I believe) but Conor quickly assured me that Rusty’s coat is geared for this climate.
Now at about the time I was tying a return message to Conor, Roscoe, my faithful Staffordshire X-Terrier, who is recovering from a near heat stroke at the beach, saw the photo of Rusty and immediately barked out a few orders at me.
One order was “let’s get some sleep” and the other was, “but first send Rusty some photos of me at Durban Beach, South Africa where the bloody temperature was 34 degrees centigrade the other day!”
The photos below were taken with a Blackberry 9700. I tried to improve them a little with Picasa and PS.
PS – late edit to this post:
I saw Jackson (the snow dog) in the snow this morning (and quickly shutdown before Roscoe could see).
However, I will let Roscoe know that Rusty isn’t in the coldest place on earth right now.
Andrew Harvard Photography 