Author: Hannelie de Klerk

About Hannelie de Klerk

I am a Clinical Psychologist with an avid love of nature. I take photographs to remind myself to get out of my head and into the world. I run a Private Practice at 18 Versfeld Str in Yzerfontein. I can be contacted on +27828554874. View all posts by Hannelie de Klerk →

Sleepy Sunday

July 31, 2016Wild, WingsAfrican Scops Owl, Bird Photography, Kruger National Park, Nature PhotographyHannelie de Klerk Leave a comment

The African Scops Owl is the smallest of our Southern owls. It is a blending expert, sleeping in plain sight against its chosen tree trunk all day long, hardly ever noticed by those who walk on by. When it is noticed and photographed it gives the barest recognition by opening its eyes into the tiniest slits imaginable. It fully embodies the need for rest and recovery.

Meeurots sunset

July 25, 2016Sea, Views, Wings, YzerfonteinAfrican Black Oystercatchers, Bird Photography, Meeurots, Nature PhotographyHannelie de Klerk Leave a comment

The lingering light of an approaching sunset makes brilliant silhouettes out of ordinary scenes. Here some African Oystercatchers are finding their way home just before the sun dips behind Meeurots and the light fades from orange to pink, then grey, and finally the deep darkness of rest.