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Surfing Dolphins – Malie van der Vyver

The photo wat taken last year during the annual Sardine Run, close to Coffee Bay in the Eastern Cape. Part of the spectacle if the Sardine Run is the predators such as the Common Dolphins that follow the sardines during the annual migration. It is quite challenging to predict when the dolphin while surfing, will break back from the shore and crash through the waves back to sea, while trying to keep your balance on a small boat that is not only going forward, but also up-and-down and sideways. Very difficult photography but quite rewarding.

Canon IDX Mk II – Canon 100-400mm

Shutter Speed: 1/3200
Aperture: f/7
ISO: 200

Early morning Gautrain bridge – Linda Fullard

This photo was taken a while back for a 52 week challenge, I took part in. I went out early on a Saturday morning to try and get a photo without too much traffic. I took my bodyguard (husband Rion) with because parking next to a Gauteng highway in the semi-dark did not feel safe.

I set my camera up on a tripod and waited for sky to change colour, timing the clicks between the traffic. I did get some reaction from passing cars, initially thinking it was a speed trap, but then realising it is just some crazy photographer.

Changed the angle and position a bit but did not spend too much time for two reasons – Safety and the light changing fast, becoming too bright for the blue bridge lights to stand out.

Canon Powershot SX60 HS

Shutter Speed: 1 Second
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100