South African Country Life – September 2019

FirstPrize

A R1 000 cashprize

Thecomingsandgoingsofthe

CapeGannetsonBirdIsland

in Lambert’sBayarea bitlike

Heathrowona busyday.It’s

neverstillorquiet.Andonceyou

overcometheinitialassaultonthe

nose,thehideis a topspotfor

photographinggannetsandtheir

shenanigans.Thisis exactlywhat

Braemedid,andhewasrewarded

forhispatiencewhenthisgannet

waddledintohisframe.I particularly

lovethelowangleofviewandthe

useofa longlenstofilltheframe.

Powerfulstuff.Thepictureis also

sharpandtherearenodistractions

lurkingin thebackground.Bestofall

is theemotionhehascapturedas

thisratherchuffedlookinggannet

carriesitsfind.

PHOTOGRAPHERBraemeHolland

CAMERACanon5DMarkIV,Canon

500mmf4lens

SETTINGSf8at 1/3200,ISO 500

014 http://www.countrylife.co.za

Image Club

September 2019

The countryside

through our

readers’ eyes and

lenses. Here are

this month’s four

winning entries in

our photographic

competition