The gateway to Muizenberg

Tried something different with this picture, I removed all the colour other than blue.

What do you guys and girls think.

Be honest (please).

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Black and White (South Africa in a nut shell)

Ahhhhh, the politics of colour - got to love it.

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Beach huts - again and again

OK, here I go again - cannot stay away - sorry

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So what can I do then!!

OK, I cannot;

• Litter
• Drink
• Break Glass
• Stab or shoot anyone
• Walk my dog
• Lite a fire
• Camp over night
• Sleep over night
• Play loud music
• Ride my bicycle
  
• Roller blade
• Ride my motor bike

What is the point of going to the beach then - lol.

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The family train

When out with the family and looking for a scenic and enjoyable train ride all the way though to Simon's Town - well then this is the train to catch.

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Boyes Drive

The view from Boyes Drive over St. James, which is next door to Muizenberg. A beautiful day, just waiting for the whales to arrive

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How to hold your chimney up right

Just tie it to a antenna with a piece of cloth. Luck that antenna was there otherwise the chimney would have fallen down years ago.

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Street signs

The street signs of Muizenberg need a little straightening - lol. Naaa, it just adds to the character of the place.

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I would love this house

Seriously I would love to own this house, look at those walls? They simply do not build like that any more, can you imagine what it would cost to build a structure out of sand stone these days????

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That 70's building

A typical 70's building in the heart of Muizenberg, wonder what it was about the 70's that they create such cool structures world wide.

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Kitty on the wall

Ok, I know the kitty is blurred, but just look at that detail in the window frame! Love it and if I can ever find it again will take more.

Just hope that no one inside is looking out and see's me, I could be classified as a peeping tom - lol.

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The place to be?

The Muizenberg promotion banner, me I like, surfing, blues skies and the beach huts.

Red signs

I like the reds of the signs, why just do! Other than that the picture is rather boring, just the reds I caught with the flash and they really really stand out.

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LakeSide, Muizenberg

Taken from Boyes Drive, Close to Colona Castle. Overlooking Muizenberg, False Bay and into the distance.

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Improvising

Improvising can be fun, these two had great fun with a chair stuck on top of trolley wheels being pulled by a bicycle. Damn, the guy being pulled fall hard a few times, but was still laughing at the end of it (and so was everybody watching).

Kids will be kids - love it.

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"The Balmoral" Every town has one

Am I right on this? Well in South Africa very town has a Balmoral and a Royal.

Historic Muizenberg

One of the older building's in town that is getting a revamp, they have actually chipped away the paint. Looks more like it should be in Havana than Muizenberg.

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Dizzy Dizzy Dizzy

Playing around with my zoom lens, as I snapped the picture I zoomed out (very) quickly, this is the result. Do not know about you, but looking at it makes me feel dizzy, my eyes are getting confused - lol.

PS, nothing done to picture post production (promise).

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Black bearded proteas Part II

This this flower not the most beautiful thingy every??

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Black bearded proteas

This is a image of a rather rare species of protea "The black Bearded Protea", when up close and personal this is one awesome plant.

PS - tomorrows picture is of the same flower but taken from the topo.

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Muizenberg put put

It is obviously too cold to have a game of Put Put, not a sole in sight. On closer inspection it seems that this was build way back in the 70's, in need of a dash of colour I'd say.

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The Muizenberg beach

mmmmmmm - as you can see it looks like that rain is coming back - oh bother. The muizenberg beach is way too cold anyways, off to the pub.

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A double rainbow

A double rainbow, well I never - Have you? No post production magic on this one - promise.

I was 2 minutes away from getting soaked, lucky Pentax DSLR's come with all those waterproof seals.

Anyways, enjoy.

Me (the damp one).

Hiding from the rain

Look at what we found hiding from all this horrible weather, is she not beautiful?????? Even a little red "S" for super moth.

Anyways, some news of the recent rains down here in Cape Town;

• http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=797632 (Some 16,000 people and 3500 structures had been affected, most of them in low-lying areas of the Cape Flats, it said in a statement.)

This is the reason I have not been out and about taking photos for the last 5 days or so.

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Naval Helicopter

This helicopter flies past once a week or so, carrying military big boys (I presume) between Simon's Town and I do not know.

I did tweak it in Abode Lightroom though hence the vignetting.

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One of the original banks of South Africa

This is the old Standard bank building in Muizenberg, dating back a century or 2.

This is it for today, as I am still not venturing out into this weather.

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It a bum life

They say drinking in the morning is a clear sign of something. But drunk, passed out and vomiting by 8:30am is something a person (above) needs a ass kicking for.

PS - his dog saw me take the picture and barked, he did not.
PSS - every car that drove by hooted.

Oh and the very last thing on this picture, he is lying outside a community center that is filled to the roof with USAID workers, not one of them helped him out. What is the point of a community center when a member of the community is in trouble on your door step, and the most they did was step over him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Cold and rainy

It is way to cold and rainy to even set foot outside, so standing in my office door, camera pointing out - snap - this is the result.

Enjoy you nice warm weather in the northern hemisphere.

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Pillar and wave

I was testing my Pentax K10d 's image stabilizer with this picture - never used this feature before.

Anyways; of the below that I am most impressed about is the zoom and the shutter speed.
ISO - 100
Zoom - 230mm
F-stop - f11
Shutter - 1/50 sec

I do fear though that this is all I will be doing for the next few weeks, i.e. low shutter speed shots.

High tide in Muzenberg

This is the beach at high tide - note how far up the beach the water travels.

Surfs up

With my 18-250mm lens zoomed in all the way i.e. 250mm this guys was still quite away away. Over and above the lack of quality in the picture - the surfer himself was awesome.

Just out of interest, this picture was taken closer to Kalk Bay than Muizenberg, but we are talking millimetres here. That is Simons Town (South Africa Naval head quarters) in the distant back ground.