Ceres Series

Posted by Graham Russon (Cape Town, South Africa) on 1 May 2008 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.

As today was a holiday here, we loaded the kids in the bakkie and headed off to wherever the navigator took us. We went through a whole span of small farming towns, and about 200 kms from home ended up in Ceres.

For lunch we had a picnic at the Pine Forest Resort. Which was pretty neat and rustic. A place we are definitely coming to spend a weekend at.

This shot is of one of the chalets to rent for the weekend.

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Comments (14)

Observing from Chester, United Kingdom

That sounds like a great day out, and the chalets look ok too. From the UK it would be difficult finding it, even with the TomTom. Really lovely shot.

1 May 2008 4:07pm

Isabel from Odivelas, Portugal

Excellent composition with beautiful reflections!

1 May 2008 4:16pm

Alun Lambert from Cheshire, United Kingdom

Great shot

1 May 2008 4:55pm

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

It looks a beautiful, peaceful place to stay, I love the reflections in the water.

1 May 2008 5:36pm

Tracey from White Hall, United States

Looks like a gorgeous place, for sure!

1 May 2008 5:38pm

akarui from Kagoshima, Japan

Beautiful light and reflections.

1 May 2008 6:13pm

Ron from Saint Louis, United States

Terrific light and reflections, Graham ... sounds like a great day!

1 May 2008 6:16pm

Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia

Excellent tight composition with beautiful lush tones and great reflections. You make such a simple subject look so exotic. Must have been a really nice day. By the way, I looked up "bakkie" on Google (Wikipedia), and found out that it's our "ute".

1 May 2008 7:31pm

@Andrew Gould: Thanks Andrew. Bakkie is slang for an all encompassing variety of vehicles that are not salon cars. My "bakkie" is a 4x4 Mitsubishi Colt. So with the navigator and the "bakkie" we can pretty much get anywhere.

Elisa from Massachusetts, United States

a perfect place to relax! very nice! like the reflections!

2 May 2008 10:29am

jane from Cape Town, South Africa

This is superb, I would definitely frame this one! The stillness of the clear water and the stark white of the building. What a lovely place for a weekend away from it all. I love the tall pine trees. Stunning shot Graham.

2 May 2008 12:25pm