I took this pic in Soweto, Johannesburg a while ago and the more I look at it the more I think I should go out and try to take more of these kind of pics. The funny thing about the picture is that I keep on thinking I have to spot the difference between the two sides. So spotting the differences on the right:Maybe I play Spot the Difference on Facebook way too much. LOL.
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African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Lion (Panthera leo)
Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) (above) or Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
Leopard (Panthera pardus)
The Yesterday-today-and-tomorrow (Brunfelsia pauciflora) is a fascinating flowering bush which originally came from Brazil. It is very unique as the flowers open purple before turning light lavender and finally white before wilting. This means that you get all three colours on the plant all the time. A word of warning though. The plant is known to contain poisonous alkaloids. The berries are especially toxic. 
Sunrise over Kings Beach here in Port Elizabeth with fishing boats on the horizon, some early morning brave bathers on the right and a couple of gulls flying through the middle of the picture.
This is looking towards the 2nd Avenue entrance. The building with the green roof is home to Algoa FM while in the front there is a couple of food kiosks.
The building with the red roof is the casino while on the right is an excellent seafood restaurant called 34degrees South.
Cochineal insects are soft-bodied, flat, oval-shaped scale insects. The females, wingless and about 5 millimetres (0.20 in) long, cluster on cactus pads. They penetrate the cactus with their beak-like mouthparts and feed on its juices, remaining immobile. After mating, the fertilized female increases in size and gives birth to tiny nymphs. The nymphs secrete a waxy white substance over their bodies for protection from water and excessive sun. This substance makes the cochineal insect appear white or grey from the outside, though the body of the insect and its nymphs produces the red pigment, which makes the insides of the insect look dark purple. Adult males can be distinguished from females by their diminutive size and their wings.
Here I have crushed the cochineal to show the red colouring
Prickly Pears are originally found in Central America and first came to South Africa as fodder for cattle. Being a cactus plant, they grow very easily and took root quickly before starting to spread throughout some part of the country at an alarming rate. The spreading of it was brought under control through the introduction of the cochineal beetle. 
Chaos Boy wading in the lagoon at the Maitlands River mouth just outside Port Elizabeth. I also took a couple of pics of the river on its own, but it needed a subject and I had my model (at this stage he still volunteers his services when required but sometimes grumbles when I take to long to get the right shot) on hand.
Not a lot that I want to say about these today. Both were taken at the Seaview Game and Lion Park the other day (last lion photos for now, I promise).
The Natal Creeping Fig (Carpobrotus dimidiatus) are found in coastal areas from the South East of South Africa and all the way up to Mozambique. Its a succulent which grows very easily and is often very popular as a ground cover in landscaping. 
The flowers are magenta and its close relative is the Sour Fig (Carpobrotus edulis) which looks very similar but has yellow flowers.
My post tonight on the Port Elizabeth Photo Files is about the Seaview Game and Lion Park and in the picture is a couple handling the big cubs at the park. On my visit there were also small cubs (I didn't get the age, but I think them to be about 5 or 6 weeks old). They are still too small for guests to handle them as they haven't had their inoculations yet.
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One of the three Siberian Tigers at Seaview Game and Lion Park. I have posted a pic of the Seaview tigers before and it can be seen here.
For so long now I've been wanting to take a picture like this, but I haven't really had a chance yet. Mainly due to the lack of barbed wire in the suburbs. Electric fences, yes... Razor wire, sometimes... but not a lot of barbed wire around. So on the weekend I got the opportunity just outside town. The barb is lined up about two centimeters from the lens and the camera is set on super macro. Cars going past must have thought me lacking a couple of barbs on my wire, but I was hiding behind my camera so that makes it ok.
This one stands on the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town...
... while this one is situated at Cape Point
I am not much of a people's photographer and much rather prefer landscapes, nature and travel pictures. Last weekend I got to be part of a recording for the Afrikaans television magazine show Pasella. The insert on Port Elizabeth will be presented by Vicky Davis who most South African tv fans will remember as Tessa of 7de Laan. (If you want to know more about Vicky, read this article) Anyway, I got this awesome portrait shot of her during the shoot and although its a candid shot and not posed, its not bad for a guy who would rather look for a nice foreground to a stunning sunset than shoot people.
The reflection of the City Hall clock tower in one of the windows of the Feather Market Hall
I was out the whole day today with the presenter and crew of the television magazine program Pasella. By late afternoon we were in the city centre and although I go there quite often, I never get there late in the day. We were shooting in front of the Feather Market Centre and I noticed that the sunlight was perfect on the old Post Office tower.
