Stories Behind the Images

1. Magic Garden -- Droplets glint through layered greens, like myriads of fireflies... (Succulent plants and water droplets from the irrigation system in my backyard, Cape Town, South Africa), National Geographic "My Shot" Photo of the Day (May 7 2013)

2. Oribi -- A pause at the water’s edge — soft reflections, muted colours, and the shy presence of an Oribi. (Bothongo Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve (2025)

3. Agia Kyriaki-- Light and colour gather along the harbour’s edge.. (Agia Kyriaki, Pelion, Greece, 2025)

4. Golden Gate Highlands -- Open plains and quiet distance, Golden Gate Highlands National Park (2024)

5. Nature's resilient trickster navigating the arid terrain. (Black-backed jackal, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa)

6. Fiery clouds gazing at themselves in the ocean. (Big Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, 2021)

7. Golden Gate -- A moment that asked for nothing and gave everything...(Golden Gate Highlands National Park, 2024)

8. Sunlight Dancing Over an Emerald Mosaic. (Cherni Iskar River, Bulgaria)

9. "Voznesenie Gospodne" Chapel -- A single chapel holding the weight of the mountains. (Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, 2022)

10. UFO -- Buzludzha Monument (The Monument House of the Bulgarian Communist Party, 1981), emerging through fog and distance. Bulgaria (August 2022)

11. Mum & Baby -- A precious moment held close, Baboons at Cape Point, South Africa (March, 2020)

12. Impression of a Forest III -- Bulgaria (2022)

13. Kavala I -- Layered hillside colours, Kavala, Greece (August 2022)

14. Kogelberg Mountains -- Coastal light drifting across mountain slopes, Kogelberg Mountains, South Africa (2021)

15. Autumn Fest -- Colour and light. German Autumn Festival in the City Garden, Sofia (Bulgaria)

16. Nature Taking Over -- Green growth folding over rust and metal, reclaiming the forgotten, Kralev Dol, Bulgaria (October 2020)

17. The infamous African "flying banana" in all its glory (Southern Yellow-Billed Hornbill, Kruger National Park, South Africa)

18. Golden Hour -- Sunlight breaking through cloud and field, South Africa (2021)

19. Kostenski Waterfall -- Over moss and stone, a falling rhythm...Kostenski Waterfall, Rila Mountains (Bulgaria), October 2020

20. Black-Backed Jackal -- A solitary pause in the warm grass and soft light, Golden Gate Highlands National Park (2024)

21. Autumn25 -- Autumn light and colour brushing leaves into a vivid flame, Rila Mountains (Bulgaria)

22. Dusky Dolphins -- Dusky Dolphins gliding through still water, a soft rhythm in silver light, Waterfront Harbour, Cape Town (South Africa)

23. Nature's complex map, written in emerald. (Gunnera leaf, commonly known as giant rhubarb, Goettingen, Germany)

24. Mediterranean -- Golden light drifts between warm walls, letting the alley breathe in slow, sun‑soaked motion, La Ciotat, France

25. Spring Chicks -- Morning light on small beginnings, South Africa

26. Ghosts Of Autumn -- Mist drifts through burning colours, the forest breathing in its own fading glow, Olot, Spain (November 2015).

27. LegoLand -- Dubai, UAE (2019)

28. Fog -- A container ship emerging through pale mist, gulls tracing soft lines in the air, Cape Town (May 2020).

29. Windmills -- Green fields leaning toward the sea, windmills turning in a hush of light. (somewhere above Denmark)

30. A ghost of the industrial age meeting the timeless power of the ocean -- the magnificent BOS 400 shipwreck off near Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, battling the elements long after the voyage ended. The French crane barge ran aground during a storm in 1994.

31. Iskar River Gorge -- Light flowing through the valley, tracing river, hillside, and distant air, Bulgaria, September 2020

32. Sunlight weaving silver threads through a mosaic of stone and liquid sky… (Cherni Iskar River, Bulgaria)

33. Stillness and Force -- A frozen hush wrapped around a heart that never stops beating (Niagara Falls, USA, March 2016)

34. Reflections -- Stone and sky dissolve into the river, pale contours drifting in silvered stillness. (The Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest, Hungary)

35. Zebra Tango -- Sun‑warmed stripes against dust and rock - a quiet rhythm in the heat, South Africa

36. Quixote’s Wistful Whisper -- Windmills at Sunset, Halle, Germany

37. Wildebeests -- Dust rising like a spell as the herd decides what the day will become.... Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

38. Plaça Clara -- Autumn’s quiet geometry, Plaça Clara, Olot, Spain (November 2015).

39. Hills With Pointed Hats -- Sunlight glides over the hilltops, shadows drifting like ghostly veils... (Namibian landscape from above).

40. Hello Yellow -- Canola Fields, Germany (2017)

41. Lion's Head and a Flock of African Sacred Ibises -- Mist curling around the mountain’s head as the birds stitch a slow dream across the sky, Cape Town, South Africa

42. An Apple A Day -- An apple a day… keeps the shadows at play!

43. Namibian Sunset -- Molten gold spilling across the desert, long shadows stretching over rock and roofline, and that quiet breath before night settling gently into the vastness, Moon Mountain, Namibia

44. Traffic Officer -- Pelican, Johannesburg, South Africa

45. Etched -- Where the earth remembers every wind that touched it (Namibian landscape from above, 2014).

46. Amber Glow -- Streets glowing in amber hush, the day folding gently into evening, Nice, France

47. Autumn Patterns -- A corridor of falling time (Passeig Barcelona, Olot, Spain, November 2015).

48. Kite-Surfers -- Bloubergstrand, South Africa

49. Un Paysage Pastoral -- Light moving softly across the field, holding the landscape in quiet ease. (Kostinbrod area, Bulgaria).

50. After Work -- As the day falls away and you meet yourself again... Goettingen, Germany (2018)

51. Mr. Kitty (2020) -- A portrait of stillness with a pulse. (2020)

52. River Leine's Painting -- Colour drifting like memory across the water, the river painting its own quiet dream... River Leine, Goettingen (Germany)

53. Early Spring -- Luxembourg (2016)

54. An Arc of Light and Grace -- African Sacred Ibis, South Africa

55. Pocket-sized perfection (Wild Pansy)

56. Namib Desert -- Vast, Ancient, Unapologetic - a place where sound dissolves...(Sossusvlei, Namibia, 2017)

57. Early Morning -- Autumn breathing over the fields (Olot, Spain, November 2015).

58. A Thousand Waiting Colours -- Rimini, June 2019

59. Malta -- Where stone gathers the sun and the sea guards its secrets. (Malta, 2018)

60. Ant -- A small pilgrim moving through a cathedral of green.(2015)

61. Primary Colours -- Malta, 2018

62. Waiting for the Morning Sun -- Rimini, Italy, June 2019

63. After the Storm -- When the storm exhales and the mountains rise luminous from the quiet, Augrabies Falls National Park, South Africa (December 2019)

64. The Pool of Tears -- Aloe leaf, spider silk and water droplets, at sunset (Cape Town, South Africa) (2013)

65. The Eye -- Sandstorm in Augrabies Falls National Park, South Africa (December 2019)

66. Desert Shapes -- Gold dunes flowing in soft curves, shadows pooling gently around the quiet green of desert trees, United Arab Emirates

67. All That Glitters… -- Pulse and shimmer — a city breathing light into the night, Dubai, UAE (2019)

68. Rolling Mountains -- Mountains forming part of the Cape Fold Belt, Western Cape, South Africa (2016)

69. The Trinket Seller -- A poem of neon, rain, motion, and stillness — and one quiet figure keeping watch over the glow...(Phuket, Thailand)

70. Flecks of Sunlight -- Malta (Dec 2018)

71. Thirsty Kitty -- Kruger National Park

72. In Pink and Green -- Pink unfolding like a quiet sigh above deep green — a tender hush of blossom and leaf held lightly in the air (Leipzig, Germany)

73. Coca Cola Fan -- Vervet Monkey, Kruger National Park

74. Untitled -- Self-Portrait (2013)

75. Autumn's First Steps -- Bulgaria (2019)

76. Baby Ellie -- Kruger National Park

77. Good Morning, Berlin -- Early Morning in Berlin, Germany (February, 2019)

78. One Thousand and One Nights -- Dubai, The United Arab Emirates (September 2019)

79. Blue and Gold -- A freighter against Lion's Head Mountain, at sunset (Cape Town, South Africa) (2016)

80. I'm All Ears -- Young Kudu, Kruger National Park

81. Pastels -- Western Cape, South Africa (2016)

82. Duet -- A pair of Southern Yellow-billed Hornbills, Kruger National Park, South Africa (2015)

83. Stairway to Heaven -- The stairway and elevator shaft inside Prague's Old Town Hall Tower (1364), Prague, Czech Republic (2013)

84. Rays of Gold -- The seaside town of Strand at sunset (Strand, Western Cape, South Africa) (2016)

85. Stitches -- Somewhere above the U.S.A. (March 2016).

86. Red Sands -- Trees and red dunes in the Namib Desert, Namibia. (2017)

87. Busy Bee -- A bee on aloe flower (2016)

88. Yellow, Blue, Green -- Pampas Grass, Goettingen, Germany (2018)

89. Beacons In The Fog (Cape Town, South Africa)

90. Earth's timeless architecture... (Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South Africa)

91. Kavala, Greece, shrouded in a golden mist after the rain…

92. A lone blue wildebeest navigating the vast, sun-drenched sands as the day winds down… (Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa)

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