Here’s the latest selection of the best readers’ photographs submitted to the Getaway Gallery Photographic Competition in association with Canon for September 2018.
Getaway Gallery is a prestigious showcase of the best photographs our readers have to offer. We have exciting prizes to be won this year worth nearly R150000, from equipment through to a dream trip to Madagascar.
Vote for your favourite image
Every month, you can also vote for your favourite image over on our Facebook page and the winner gets a year’s subscription to Getaway. Vote here.
Send us your photographs
Our 2018 Getaway Gallery Competition in association with Canon is now open with fantastic travel and equipment prizes up for grabs! Here’s how to send us your photographs.
Dew Covered Butterfly by Leslie Clemence
Where I stay, we very seldom have mist. But at the top of my bucket-list was to photograph a dew-covered insect, dragonfly or butterfly would do. One morning, my daughter messaged me to say that the open space in Sunridge Park where I like to photograph flowers, was like a fairyland in the mist. I went off to photograph the spider webs, which I thought would be abundant. They were, and after an hour, I was soaked, but happy, so started walking back to my car. Something caught my eye next to the path, and there was this butterfly, covered in dew. And because it was so cold still, the butterfly never moved during the impromptu photoshoot that ensued. It was wonderful!
-By Leslie Clemence, Port Elizabeth
Camera Pentax K-5, Sigma 70mm f2.8 macro + Pentax 1.4 teleconverter, ISO 400, F/11, 1/640sec
