Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary

Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary, a set on Flickr.

Last week I was was scheduled to attend a meeting at the well known Blue Crane Restaurant in Pretoria, situated alongside the main dam at the Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary.
Although it was a meeting relating to business, as always my trusty Nikon accompanied me.
A nominal detour to the bird hide presented me with a view of this magnificent Small White Heron (Klein Wit Reier) with sun perfectly placed for these images.
I still made it to the meeting on time :)

SAAFMPC outing to Friends of the Rail 16 November 2013

SAAFMPC outing to Friends of the Rail 16 November 2013, a set on Flickr.

The South African Air Force Museum Photographic Club recently visited the Friends of the Rail venue in Pretoria to photograph the magnificently preserved steam locomotives in action.
I am privileged to be part of this group. Our normal comfort zone is all about aviation photography and not about photographing steam locomotives.
We were fortunate enough to see two of these grand old ladies Jo-Anna and Susan in action.
These are some of the images shot on this outing.

JHGC Site Progress Visit 11th November 2013

JHGC Site Progress Visit 11th November 2013, a set on Flickr.

On Monday this week I photographed the next phase in progress on the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre's construction site. Whilst there does not appear, on the face of it, to be much progress since the progress shoot in October, there are subtle changes and most prominently the channels for the airconditioning and of course other nominal changes.
The Jacarandas with their purple flowers still dominate the skyline.
There will probably only be one more progress shoot before closure for the builders holiday.