Sun through the leaves

Every now and then I point my camera up into the air and capture something like this

Vergelegen tree

This black and white is of one of the historic Campher Trees at Vergelegen in Somerset West

Reaching for the sun

There are a number of exotic trees in Settlers Park in Port Elizabeth that has been ring barked so that they can die and probably be cut down at a later stage.  On a walk through the park I thought this makes for a nice picture with the tree's branches (arms?) reaching towards the sky and in particular the sun.

Fly on a pod

There isn't much of a story to this other than: "Once there was a fly who touched down for a rest on a Schotia Tree pod..." The choice was either swatting or photographing.  Guess which one I chose.  I couldn't get any closer though.  He wouldn't let me.