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18/01/2026

DJI Mini 3 holds surprisingly well in strong wind.

Jimny in her natural habitat 😁I found a new place with easy access and relatively dark skies - some glow from the city o...
18/01/2026

Jimny in her natural habitat 😁
I found a new place with easy access and relatively dark skies - some glow from the city on the North side, but South is nice and dark. It’s close to Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve.
Will definitely be coming for more ;-)

Jimny in her natural habitat 😁I found a new place with easy access and relatively dark skies - some glow from the city o...
18/01/2026

Jimny in her natural habitat 😁
I found a new place with easy access and relatively dark skies - some glow from the city on the North side, but South is nice and dark. It’s close to Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve.
Will definitely be coming for more ;-)

Kiara Lodge. Long December weekend. Dark skies doing dark-sky things (well, there was a bit of light pollution, but it l...
15/01/2026

Kiara Lodge. Long December weekend.
Dark skies doing dark-sky things (well, there was a bit of light pollution, but it looked quite pretty) - between Orion rising and Geminides shower something was going to work for sure?

The plan was simple.
Timelapse. Blue hour turning into night. Camera facing north.
Andromeda and Pleiades rising out of the blue hour.
Clean. Calm. Controlled.
I was going to shoot Geminides later.

I scouted the area during the day, picked a spot that required committing to a path that barely qualified as one, and waited for blue hour to behave.
The path was grassy and bushy, but not too steep - that helped with carrying my gear.

Sky was clear and sun was setting nicely turning into blue hour. I set up my gear for the timelapse.

Then I saw a little glow. And another one. And more.
Firelies.

Instant chaos.

I remembered bits and pieces from and video, but I was not ready. They are in Cape Town and the firefly season was officially over. At least in Cape Town.
Fire flies are only active for short time, once their “batteries die” the show is over.
There was no way I was watching a tutorial on a mountain slope and losing time.

Timelapse abandoned.
I started shooting indiscriminately. Various shutter speed. Various ISO.
Shoot first, think later - I was hoping to get some frames right.

When I reviewed the shots, I didn’t see much until I looked at them on my laptop screen.
Then I saw the glow. Some were points. Some were streaks.
I combined them later aligning layers and bringing out the details of the yellow green of their lights.

It was too bright for stars, but they showed up somehow, although not at their best.

I could’ve replaced the sky, but I didn’t want to spoil the mood.

Some nights stick to the plan.
This one had better ideas ✨📷

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14/01/2026

One of the most colourful sunsets I’ve seen so far 😍
This was in fact just after sunset, when the city lights with “disco mode” of Hillbrow Tower was already on 🌆🌃🏙️
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Clear nights have been rare lately, so I didn’t waste this one. I headed down to the local fishing beach to chase stars ...
11/01/2026

Clear nights have been rare lately, so I didn’t waste this one.
I headed down to the local fishing beach to chase stars and wide skies.
Caught Orion and the Southern Cross, and even tried those dreamy sky reflections in the wet sand.
Still no idea how people get them just right — unless you’re standing in a tidal pool or lagoon, the waves make it nearly impossible.

On the walk back, this van caught my eye, parked right under the Southern Cross and facing the road like it was ready to roll.
It felt like a quiet little metaphor — for the end of a holiday, and for how quickly the whole past year seemed to fly by.





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