Cola Beach

I would prefer to be here right now rather than sitting in Johannesburg doing work on my computer.

Sedgefield Sunset

I took this picture near Sedgefield, South Cape. Wish I was there now rather than back in Johannesburg. The joy of having to work for a living! Still better than not being able to work though. 

Black Headed Heron

There are many trees around, but only one tree on the little island in the middle of the dam. The perch at the top of this tree belongs to the top bird. There is always competition for the honor. This time the Black Headed Heron won.

Buffalo Bay Waves

I took this picture at Buffalo Bay, South Africa. Various storm fronts moved around the coast resulting in strong wind and spectacular waves.

Coot building nest

I photographed this Coot building a nest near Sedgefield, South Africa. Its chick is growing up fast and it must be preparing for the next breeding season. The chick is still young and dependant on its mother. When eating etc. it learns by imitating its mother. It watched its mother building and would then go to the nest and also start 'building' while the mother was away gathering building material. The photo of the mother (above) was taken a few days after the picture of the chick. The original photo of the mother, taken at the same time as that of the chick, did not come out great. It is difficult to get detail into a picture of a black bird taken against a colourful background.

Coots are fairly common in all fresh water dams, swamps and lakes. They are aggressive and will chase away much bigger birds that comes too close to it's nest. While building three Egyptian Geese started what appeared to be a fight close by. The Coot and her partner chased all three of them from the little dam. 

Seaside and Website updated

Website Updated

I have updated my website to display a bit more than just salt prints. Saltprints will always be my favourite, followed by black and white and colour. See www.coismeyer.com

Hopefully I will soon be off to the seaside for a vacation. In my opinion well earned. 2012 has been a tough year. Looking at the world economy, the South African economy, unrest, labour disputes etc. etc. One can never really get away from it all but one can not think about it for a while.

Warthog

Warthogs can become quite tame near camp sites, to the point of being a nuisance. They can push over rubbish bins, open fridge doors etc. Then they act all innocent when caught red handed.