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Featured Work

Zulu Maiden by GEORGE SANDERSON

An acrylic painting of a young Zulu Maiden, Training as a Shangoma (Diviner)From a photo taken in Kwa-Zulu Natal
MARRIED NDEBELE WOMAN - LINA by Mariaan Krog

This is Lina, one of the two Ndebele women that is busy painting the walls at the open air museam at Botshabelo at the moment. The neckband is what the married Ndebele woman must wear. If you would like to read more about this beautiful & exciting place, please go HERE or HERE This place is about 20 km from my home town, Middelburg (Mpumalanga) in South Africa. ___________ / Image copyright: Mariaan Krog 2008 -For buying info, see top right of this page. / /
The Chief's Wife by Tom Godfrey

The inspiration for this design came from a piece of driftwood I saw on my evening walk. I photographed the log and then “sculpted it” later, using digital tools and a graphics tablet. It reminded me of one of the many wooden carvings done by rural people across Africa.
Memories of the Struggle. by sonjas

Performance by the Mama Africa Theatre Company, Johannesburg. / The theatre group was started in 2002 and most of the members are from the Soweto Kliptown Youth Group, an organisation that assists disadvantaged youngsters by offering educational support and an introduction to cultural activities like dancing and craftwork.
Faces of our future by Carisma

Voted among the Top 10 in the “Rainbow People Challenge” / of the South Africa – Rainbow Nation Group Children of the Bo-Kaap. / Lovely, happy, spontaneous faces ! / Cape Town – Western Cape / South Africa
FIFA 2010 by Vladan Radulovic

shot on film scanned and made b & w / my neighbourhood in jhb / Malvern / Gauteng
Storytime by Teresa Schultz

Reading is an art
Xhosa lady by pilanehimself

Acrylic on Paper Original work available: 100cm by 80cm , framed and ready to hang.
God's canvass by Carisma

Featured in Group: / South Africa – Rainbow Nation Sunset reflections over the Escarpment. Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve / Mpumalanga / South Africa
DUSK IN AFRICA by Mariaan Krog

______ / Dusk colours in Africa taken about a month ago. Location: Middelburg, M.P., South Africa on 21/03/2008. / _____ / Image copyright Mariaan Krog 2008 – For buying info, see top right of this page / _______ / DUSK PICS /
The Flaring Fence by Hougaard Malan

Being the (current) most popular piece of art on RB, this will obviously get thousands of views…so I want to use this little space to share with you all the most important thing I know about landscape photography… I read it in a blog by Marc Adamus…. and it is… That you will take the best photos in places you are familiar with. I have found this to be 9000% true. I’ve probably shot 100+ sunsets on this beach and all my best photos are from this beach. This was a 7 minute exposure taken at 11:47 midnight. I had shot this fence a lot and knew when(tide) and how( comp) it looked the best. I noticed that the clouds were coming over Cape Town and thought that a long enough exposure would make it look like the clouds were exploding from the lights of Cape Town. I set up my tripod, composed the shot and took some ISO1600 F4 shots to get an idea of what exposure time will be necessary. It needed to be longer than 5 mins to get the right look from the clouds, but not much longer because the peak waves got to the tripods legs and could ruin the photo. I tried over and over…took about an hour, and in the end it was 436 seconds, F9, ISO200. The Original is brown and purple…I colored the photo using WB settings from the RAW tool…. Once again. This isn’t sunset, it’s Cape Town, South Africa, about 50km across the bay….taken from Strand at midnight. Those lights to the left is Simon’s Town. All proceeds from sales of this photo will go to the art for aid group….so please buy people…very generous considering that I’m a poor student. And this proves beyond a doubt that the photographer makes the photo and not the camera… Taken with a EOS 400D (rebel xti), kit 18-55mm lens and a circular polarizer filter…..

Recent Work

Garage by parmi

Simonstown, South Africa This photo has not been enhanced, changed or edited in any way.
Hydrangea power! by Taschja Hattingh

Taken in the garden of the Stormsriver Hotel. Eastern Cape South AFrica. /
Sunbaking by parmi

Cape Girdled Lizard (cordylus niger) Table Mountain, Cape Town. South Africa This photo has not been enhanced, changed or edited in any way.
Writing

Crowing glory - FEATURED!!…May be it pays to have a day off….find out this morning that my crowning glory pic was featured in Proteas and friends! / Thanks to the …

May be it pays to have a day off….find out this morning that my crowning glory pic was featured in Proteas and friends! / Thanks to the hosts!!! /
Writing

The Great M has hit again!!!…I have a migraine! Again! thought it was over but no! It’s back again. So today I won’t be able to comment on your work – please bare wi…

I have a migraine! Again! thought it was over but no! It’s back again. So today I won’t be able to comment on your work – please bare with me….I really want but the stars are more than the ‘clear view’ so I have to go into a dark room and sleep it off. / A day wasted! / Please pray with me for this to clear quickly! / Thanks / Taschja
For Me and My Girl.... by Carisma

Just wanted to share this moment with you my friends….. I had to take a 5 days tour over New Year, but I was given the opportunity (first time!) to take my grandaughter Aurora with me! / / Aurora is a redbubbler on training wheels / link to Aurora We had an absolute ball, and my work felt lighter because she was with me ! Taken (by one of my tourists) at “Three Rondavels” Blyde River Canyon / Mpumalanga – South Africa
Fresh Air by faizee

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Valley of Desolation by Hougaard Malan

Valley of Desolation, Karoo, South Africa 5D / 17-40mm L / lee 0.9 hard grad / F16 / 3 exposures All rights reserved. this may not be used or reproduced in any way
Water Sports by faizee

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Robben Island by Night by Braedene

This was on our return. Theclouds darkened in the sky as the sun reached the horizon. The sea started to boil a little and the sky turned a purple black just before the lightning struck and then the rain came. Robben Island took about an hour by boat from Capetown.
Mischief by parmi

4 month old brown lion cubs, at the Lion and Rhino Park, South Africa This photo has not been enhanced, changed or edited in any way.