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Johan Mocke Photography

Wildlife, Birds, Landscapes, Travel, available for Events and Personal shoots. Based in Cape Town and Overberg area.

I love to share and inspire beauty via photos, sometimes personal insights, and invite you to follow, participate, and make contact. I am a serious amateur photographer who whenever it is possible, will grab the camera and go look for beautiful moments in the world to capture. I love Birds in Flight or action
I love Wildlife
I love to travel and explore things via landscape photography or street photography
I love people via events, family, street photography. If you like what you see, feel free to follow me, contact me, either with a comment, or whether you want to get hold of a picture that inspires you or gives you joy. To pass by...is ok
To like...is appreciated
To comment is to start a communication, a connection, a sharing of ideas and much more - please do!

31/10/2026

When visiting the most southern point of Africa, one would get introduced to a spot between Struisbaai and L'Agulhas, called Spookdraai, or Ghost Corner in english. I managed to get tis picture from Spookdraai on a foggy morning.

31/10/2026

The Phesant is not really my most interesting bird to photograph - perhaps because I like to catch birds in flight - and that was until now not possible for me with these birds. But then I got sight of this one against the background of the see just as the sun was going down in Struisbaai, and thought that was worth a shot.

29/10/2026

Living organisms make the world beautiful.

28/10/2026

Some greenery as an add-on to the seascape of Struisbaai coast. The season is changing from Winter to Summer, and although I am no fundi, I suppose that the changing weather has to do something with all the green algae that appears this time of year.

23/10/2026

Female Eastern Bluebird (Sialia Sialis) from Birmingham Alabama.

23/10/2026

17/10/2026

USA visit: The Birmingham area where our son lives, is a beautiful Woodland. Autumn (or Fall, as they call it) is on its way.

I took a(more than one) walk one morning to try and capture some of the calmness and beauty of the place.

16/10/2026

So How did this happen?

We had a long planned holiday visit to our son, his beautiful wife and our cute granddaughter in Alabama.

Usually I take my camera with me, and learned to travel with only two lenses. I also made peace with the fact that a family holiday is not a dedicated photography outing.

My two Nikon lenses: 24-120 Z-lens, for an "everyday carry" and holiday snaps. and my 100-400 Z-lens, for some reach and maybe interesting places we may visit.

On our first day, just being picked up at he airport, walking with my son around his never seen before house - still piping Birmingham hot - he casually points towards his front port where these little humming birds come and go like cars to a petrol station! He had three birdfeeders on his port.

The rest is history! The 100-400 lens on the camera, early morning while the rest of the family still sleep or slowly waking up, I was sitting on my bum on the porch and trying to get these small little birds sharp enough and in focus! They are migratory and according to my son, only days left in October before they vanish to another region.

A total surprise. Not my best lens for birding, but worth the effort and glad I packed it in. An easy bonus opportunity to photograph a bird species I never thought of encountering. And still lots of wonderful holiday time with my family!

It happened to me - it can happen to you! Be prepared!

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