The photographs on this page have all won awards
from the library websites on which I have published my work
from the library websites on which I have published my work
They are in Chronological order
All my photographs are ©John Duncan Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus
If you wish to purchase any of them, the price is R1000 for a single digital download
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Maximum print size is listed with each individual photograph
Elephant mother and calf
An African elephant mother (Loxodonta africana) walking with her calf
in the Addo Elephant National Park
12 July 2005 - IMG_0507 1952
Canon PowerShot S1 IS, Canon 5.8-58 mm F2.8 - F3.1
2477kB 17x11cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Kudu Bull portrait
A head-on photograph of a Kudu bull in the bush at Addo
13 July 2005 - IMG_0507 2128
Canon PowerShot S1 IS - Canon 5.8-58 mm F2.8 - F3.1
2576kB 17x11cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Sunset Ship
A freighter off Sea Point, Cape Town at sunset
02 April 2008 - DSC_4001539
Nikon D40 Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 55-200 mm f/4.0-5.6
3966kB 24x16cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
High Tide Sunset
Sunset reflected in waves lapping the shore
17 May 2008 - DSC_4002199
Nikon D40, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 G
3576kB 25x16cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
A bee and an aloe flower
A bee harvesting nectar and pollen from an aloe flower, De Kelders, near Gansbaai
09 June 2008 - DSC_4002508
Nikon D40, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 55-200 mm f/4.0-5.6 G ED
2667kB 20x13cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Cormorant landing
A Cape cormorant aka Cape shag (Phalacrocorax capensis) landing on a rock
at Postberg, West Coast National Park
26 August 2008 - DSC_4003535
Nikon D40, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 55-200 mm f/4.0-5.6 G ED
4078kB 25x16cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Camper, Home
An old VW camper van - home for a family in trouble, in the car park at Kalk Bay harbour
This photograph was not posed
27 February 2009 - DSC_4005847
Nikon D40, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 G
4216kB 25x16cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Sunset with Fishing Boat
A fishing boat heads out to sea at sunset
22 April 2009 - DSC_4006883
Nikon D40, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 55-200 mm f/4.0-5.6 G ED
3416kB 25x16cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
In the Blue
Fishing boats in the Indian Ocean off Maputo, Moçambique
Fishing boats in the Indian Ocean off Maputo, Moçambique
14 May 2009 - DSC_4007726
Nikon D40, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 55-200 mm f/4.0-5.6 G ED
3230kB 20x13cm
Nikon D40, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 55-200 mm f/4.0-5.6 G ED
3230kB 20x13cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
In their element
Cape Cormorants (Phalacrocorax capensis) on a rock with stormy waves crashing on the rocks around them
Elandsbaai, Western Cape West Coast, South Africa
18 Aug 2010 - DSC_4014989
Nikon D40 - Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 55-200 mm f/4.0-5.6 G ED
3149kB 25 x 35cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
PicFair Gold Star Award
Cape grey mongoose
(Herpestes pulverulentus)
23 January 2011 - DSC_4017360
Nikon D40, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 55-200 mm f/4.0-5.6 G ED
2387kB 15x10cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Shipwreck Tree
A dead tree caught in a part of a wrecked fishing boat, Stilbaai
26 April 2011 - DSC_4018927
Nikon D40, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 55-200 mm f/4.0-5.6 G ED
2702kB 25x16cm
PicFair Gold Star Award
Liquid Gold
The setting sun turns clouds over the Atlantic Ocean to waves of gold
6 November 2011 - DSC_5105207
Nikon D5100, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 55-200 mm f/4.0-5.6 G ED
7870kB 41x35cm
PicFair Gold Star Award
Malachite Sunbird
A male malachite sunbird (Nectarinia famosa)
11 November 2013 - DSC_5134518
Nikon D5100, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 55-300mm 1:4.5-5.6 G ED VR
Nikon D5100, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 55-300mm 1:4.5-5.6 G ED VR
1253kB 14x9cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Sugarbird
A Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) on a giant aloe
25 March 2014 - DSC_4025304
Nikon D40, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 55-300mm 1:4.5-5.6 G ED VR
1888kB 14x9cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Shelley Point Lighthouse
The Shelley Point Lighthouse at Britannia Bay,
also known as the Stompneus Point light, Western Cape, South Africa
19 April 2014 - DSC_4027143
Nikon D40, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 G
4920kB 25x35cm
PicFair Gold Star Award
Fiscal Shrike
A fiscal shrike ( Lanius collaris), picking up scraps on a window sill
5 July 2014 - DSC_5143705
Nikon D5100, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 55-300mm 1:4.5-5.6 G ED VR
2242kB 20x13cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Two Donkeys
Two rescued donkeys on Excelsior wine estate, Robertson
20 October 2014 - DSC_5152332
Nikon D5100, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 55-300mm 1:4.5-5.6 G ED VR
6888kB 40x27cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Seal Portrait
The head of a Cape fur seal lying on the quayside at Kalk Bay harbour, Cape Town
21 February 2015 - DSC_5160262
Nikon D5100, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 55-300mm 1:4.5-5.6 G ED VR
10015kB 40x27cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Sunset Vessels
A motor yacht and a tanker in an Atlantic Ocean sunset
29 March 2015 - DSC_5301273
Nikon D5100, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 55-300mm 1:4.5-5.6 G ED VR
13971kB 49x32cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Quelea
A flock of red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea) rises from the grass
The red-billed quelea is said to be the most numerous bird species in the world
20 April 2015 - DSC_5302397
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 55-300mm 1:4.5-5.6 G ED VR
10657kB 48x29cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Steenbok Ewe
A female steenbok (Raphicerus campestris), Bartholomeusklip reserve, Western Cape
20 April 2015 - DSC_5302418
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 55-300mm 1:4.5-5.6 G ED VR
19846kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Bontebok
The bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus) is an antelope found in South Africa, Lesotho and Namibia
The bontebok has two subspecies; the bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus),
occurring naturally in the Fynbos and Renosterveld areas of the Western Cape,
and the blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) occurring in the highveld
05 April 2015 - DSC_5302443
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 55-300mm 1:4.5-5.6 G ED VR
20252kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
The Maiden's Tower, Istanbul
also known, since the medieval Byzantine period, as Leander's Tower
is on a small islet at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait
200 m from the coast of Üsküdar in Istanbul, Turkey
18 May 2015 - DSC_5304520
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 55-300mm 1:4.5-5.6 G ED VR
4340kB 25x16cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Istanbul Tram
One of the Istanbul heritage trams, similar to those introduced in 1912,
which were re-introduced in 1990. The city also has an ultra-modern tram network
20 May 2015 - DSC_5305050
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 G
26 May 2015 - DSC_5305881
3747kB 25x16cm
PicFair Gold Star Award
Ferry
A ferry approaching the Greek island Naxos on a grey day
26 May 15 - DSC_5305881
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 G
3457kB 25x16cm
PicFair Gold Star Award
Sunset with Oil Rig
An oil rig passes Sea Point in front of one of our wonderful winter sunsets
17 June 2015 - DSC_5307560
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 55-300mm 1:4.5-5.6 G ED VR
4904kB 24x16cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
The Final Glow
A ship sails into a highlighted patch of setting sun
28 June 2015 - DSC_5304520
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 55-300mm 1:4.5-5.6 G ED VR
11700kB 50x35cm
PicFair Gold Star Award
Meerkat family
A Meerkat family at the De Zeekoe reserve outside Oudtshoorn
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 55-300mm 1:4.5-5.6 G ED VR
22 September 2015 - DSC_5316281
17828kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Lone Tree Hill
31 January 2016 - DSC_4029136
A lone eucalyptus tree on a hillside, White Water Farm, near Stanford
Nikon D40, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
4549kB 25x16cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Egrets
A flock of cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) hunkering down at the early onset of winter
3 April 2016 - DSC_5322974
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
7347kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Kowloon
A mix of older apartment buildings and very modern offices in a shopping street
in the old part of Kowloon
21 May 2016 - DSC_5326327
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
16231kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Flamboyant Blossom
Blossoms on a Flamboyant or bang lang (Lagerstroemia) tree in Hanoi, North Vietnam
29 May 2016 - DSC_5327366
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
14544kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Ha Long Evening
Late evening on Ha Long Bay, North Vietnam, with a cruise ship
1 June 2016 - DSC_5327890
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
11791kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Oystercatcher Feast
Black Oystercatchers on mussel covered rocks, Yzerfontein, Western Cape West Coast
Despite their name, the principal food of African black oystercatchers is mussels
6 Dec 2016 - DSC_5339530
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
15765kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Bulbul at Sea
A bulbul surveys the Ocean from a rock at Yzerfontein beach
6 Dec 2016 - DSC_5339549
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
12176kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Barn Buick
A Barn treasure for vehicle collectors: a 1959 Buick LeSabre in a shed on a farm
near Robertson, Western Cape, South Africa
11 March 2017 - DSC_5341578
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
14862kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Into the Mist
A fishing boat heads into the mist on Hout Bay, Cape Town
22 March 2017 - DSC_5342179
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
12054kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Across Hamburg to the docks
Looking across Hamburg to the docks from the spire of St Nicholas Church
31 May 2017 - DSC_5345272
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
17666kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Poppy Field
Poppies in a field on a farm near Bogense, Denmark
12 June 2017 - DSC_5346449
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
17928kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Looking Sheepish
A group of sheep on an arid farm near Dwarskersbos on the Cape West Coast
10 January 2018 - DSC_5357092
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
11796kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Olive Tree
An ancient olive tree on Quinta de Castelo Melhor, upper Douro Valley, Portugal
13 April 2018 - DSC_5361668
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
16710kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Swartland Wheat field
A wheatfield in the Western Cape Swartland near Philadelphia
11 October 2018 - DSC_5607657
Nikon D5600, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
31021kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Sunset Cruiser
A twin-hulled yacht taking tourists on a sunset cruise to Clifton, Cape Town
17 February 2019 - DSC_5612407
Nikon D5600, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
16626kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
The Cairngorm Hills
The road to Speyside through the Cairngorms National Park,
before Braemar and Balmoral, Scotland
21 August 2019 - DSC_5621932
Nikon D5600, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
21846kB 57x35cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Landscape. Jordan wine estate, Stellenbosch
Evening light on a vineyard and the Stellenbosch mountains, Jordan wine estate
27 November 2019 - DSC_5628989
Nikon D5600, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
18079kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Crane Dance
Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradiseus) mating dance on a dam wall near Groote Post, Darling
26 January 2020 - DSC_5629850
Nikon D5600, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
20382kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Sunset Tanker
A tanker in front of the setting sun, Mouille Point, Cape Town
The colour of the sky enhanced by the smoke from a Table Mountain fire
15 March 2020 - DSC_5633162
Nikon D5600, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
13860kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Sunset Storm Tanker
A tanker lying off Mouille Point in Cape Town at sunset
with smoke clouds from a Table Mountain fire during a gale
15 Mar 2020 - DSC_5633189
Nikon D5600, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
19605kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Fluffy
A juvenile Red-winged starling (Onychognathus morio), still with downy feathers
19 September 2020 - DSC_5403078
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 55-300mm 1:4.5-5.6 G ED VR
10085kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Walker Bay Sunset
As the sun sets over Walker Bay, it paints a yellow brick road in the water
16 October 2020 - DSC_5403817
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
11618kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Peacock Blue
The beautiful blue head of a peacock (Pavo cristatus)
17 October 2020 - DSC_5403874
Nikon D5300, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
12613kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Yzerfontein Evening Panorama
An evening view across the Yzerfontein south beach
to Table Mountain and the Cape Peninsula
10 December 2020 - JDF_5636169
Nikon D5600, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 G
18897kB 68x28cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
I'm Watching You
An alert blue-eyed malamute-type dog watches
5 July 2021 - JDF_5638566
Nikon D5600, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
12566kB 44x29cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Young black Wildebeest
A young black Wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou) or white-tailed gnu
in the Camdeboo National Park, Graaff-Reinet
12 October 2021 - JDF_5639891
Nikon D5600, Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
16665kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Out of My Way!
An elephant gives another member of her herd a push at the Spekboom waterhole,
Addo Elephant National Park
15 October 2021 - JDF_5640391
Nikon D5600, Nikon AF-S Dx Nikkor 55-300mm 1:4.5-5.6 G ED VR
14435kB 49x33cm
YouPic Inspiration Gold Star Award
Young Malachite sunbird on aloe
A young Malachite sunbird (Nectarinia famosa), rear view with fluffed feathers, on an aloe leaf
29 January 2022 - JDF_5642681
Nikon D5600,Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 G ED VR
3450kB 27x16cm
PicFair Gold Star Award
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