This picture of a kudu bull was taken in the Kruger National Park in late afternoon light. The backlighting confused both the camera meter and the photographer, leaving the original digital image badly overexposed. After some heavy manipulation in Photoshop and other digital trickery, a picture emerged with emphasises on the warm winter colours and distinct rim-lighting that makes the subject stand out from its surrounds.

The pictures below were taken years ago, when I was living in Durban. Although I’ve never surfed, I’ve always been fascinated by the sport. I didn’t have a long enough lens to capture conventional action shots from the beach, so instead used to take shots from the pier, using slow shutter speeds and colour negative film. These are scans from some of the old negs.