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Bryn De Kocks

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Birder, Storm Chaser & Photographer

Bryn De Kocks

I try to capture little moments in time.
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Hightlights of 2013 – Birding and Photography

Bryn De Kocks11 years ago11 years ago01 mins

I can’t even remember when last I made a blog post, and quite frankly it’s inexcusable, as I have had many pretty good days out since my last update. However, I figured that I should make at least one post to end of the year. This year has been far from great, on almost all…

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Newlands Forest Waterfall
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Catching Up With Some Photographs

Bryn De Kocks12 years ago11 years ago22 mins

This is my first update in months, and I assure you it’s of no choice of my own. The weather has really limited the ability to get out in the field, granted I am a bit fussy and don’t enjoy heading out in cold winds and rain, but none the less it’s almost October and…

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Digging in the Archives

Bryn De Kocks13 years ago11 years ago02 mins

Well, winter is without a doubt upon us here in South Africa, especially true for the Western and Eastern Cape where we have been having rain for at least two-thirds of the week and as luck seems to always have it, the rainiest days occur on the weekends. Because of these conditions I have been…

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Few Birds But Beautiful Skies

Bryn De Kocks13 years ago11 years ago03 mins

While I would like to keep this blog primarily a birding blog with a few lines in a post about my landscape photography adventures, this week has not allowed it to be possible and the following post will contain mostly landscape photographs, but don’t get me wrong, there was a lot of attempted birding. First…

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Gordon's Bay Beach Landscape
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Putting the ‘Man’ in Manfrotto

Bryn De Kocks13 years ago11 years ago02 mins

With the seasons well into their transitional period, I’ve been on alert for a few weeks now with regards to the weather. In Autumn there are by far the most interesting weather events for Cape Town, this is to say that our thunderstorm season, if it were to be called that, runs from March until…

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Kogel Bay Camping Trip

13 years ago11 years ago
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One Last Wave – A Memorial to a Lost One

13 years ago11 years ago
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Chaos in the Water – Strand Beach

13 years ago11 years ago
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Breaking Big – A Koeelbay Adventure

13 years ago11 years ago

Storm Chasing

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Chasing Dusk: A Guide To Predicting and Photographing Sunsets

13 years ago11 years ago
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Chasing Lightning in Cape Town 12 & 13 February

13 years ago11 years ago
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Chasing Snow in Ceres – 16 July 2017

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Chasing Lightning In The Cape

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Chasing Fires in Somerset West (3 January 2017)

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Chasing Mammatus and Other Local Adventures

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Chasing Snow in Ceres – 6 July 2014

13 years ago11 years ago

Music

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My Top 10 Albums of All Time

13 years ago11 years ago
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Peasant EP Launch – Carnival Court

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The Awakening at Mercury Live

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Comeback Kid Ignites Cape Town Hardcore Scene

13 years ago11 years ago
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Metal4Africa’s Summerfest 2014

13 years ago11 years ago

Recent Posts

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