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Limestone Sugarbush – Protea obtusifolia 10 Aug 2013 | 10:47 pm
The Protea obtusifolia or the Limestone Sugarbush belongs to the Proteaceae family. Other names for this include the Bredasdorp protea, limestone protea and limestone sugarbush. This is the white form...
A Collection of Stinky Stink Bugs 9 Jul 2013 | 10:05 pm
Over the past few years I have collected various macro photos of different bugs. A number of those bugs smell pretty terrible when disturbed or threatend. Here are a few of those stinky insects: Gree...
An Eastern Cape Harvestman 14 Jun 2013 | 10:55 pm
We recently went on an outing with The Spider Club of Southern Africa to a place outside Port Alfred called Riet River. Part of the outing was to go to a place nearby called Pig Island. I am not too s...
Small Chameleon 13 May 2013 | 09:52 pm
A got a little bit of luck for a change with a friend of mine calling me up to take a macro picture of a green crab spider. It just so happened that this little reptile was hiding in the same gooseber...
Seaview Sunset 27 Apr 2013 | 01:45 am
Our Port Elizabeth Photography Club often gets folks together for sunsets and sunrises. Here is one of my shots from such an event.
Garden Inspector or Commodore – Precis archesia archesia 23 Mar 2013 | 08:03 pm
The Garden Inspector or the Garden Commodore is from the genus Precis. This genus consists of robust, medium-sized and brightly coloured nymphalines. These are similar to Junonia (the Pansies), but th...
A Collection of Ants 3 Mar 2013 | 08:06 pm
Over the years, I have taken many macro shots, some being ants. Here are some of the shots have taken mostly with a Canon 7D with a Raynox DCR250 filter attached to give a little amplification. 3mm A...
Awesome Green Jumping Spider 14 Feb 2013 | 11:44 pm
Here is a beautiful green jumping spider. I believe it to be of the family Salticidae and of the Genus Thyenula. The species is probably juvenca. This male was found in my back yard in Port Elizabeth,...
Common and Water Geranium Bronze Butterflies 28 Jan 2013 | 08:46 pm
Both the Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus marshalli) and the Water Bronze (Cacyreus tespis tespis) are butterflies from the family Lycaenidae. They are both small, low-flying butterflies, with the underside...
Awesome Sunsets 1 Jan 2013 | 08:45 pm
A recent outing of our Facebook group, the Port Elizabeth Camera Club, called for a sunset shoot out at a place called Seaview. This was a chance to test some HDR style photos of sunsets as well as tr...
