There is a hole in my new Cape Town Stadium Dear Lisa !

So I checked the photos I took when they had ripped the facade

and they are replacing this one which was ripped (Sept 21 2009)

they patched it up but are obviously not happy with it

A peek inside the grass looks nice and green

If you are still looking to buy tickets for a match in this stadium

Try this:  website

Green grass of home

I was in Camps Bay today and the beaches are still packed

Its been very hot lately

The sprinklers seem to be going the whole day

Just showing you what I got ...today..

The other hole

My work station Cheers :)

Deja vu ? Work on the facade of the Cape Town Stadium and half a strip of facade is missing on the East side

There was a lone cherry picker at work yesterday but that was increased  to three today

and when I drove to the movies this evening I couldn't believe my eyes but there is half a strip of PVC membrane missing again on the East side I have had  no time to check it out

up close

There hasn't been anything happening on the Urban Park for a long time

and the belt of trees they planted are a joke

it will be a long long time before they will give some shade

Cape Town Stadium January 2010

I never shoot people if I can help it, but I had just set up my camera on very uneven ground and scrub wood fiddling with the spirit levels on my tripod then when I looked through the view finder I saw a plastic coffee cup in my frame, so I walked over and removed it, by the  time I returned to my camera, this couple had walked into my frame and I was waiting for ages for them to move and while I waited I took some shots out of boredom What do you think ? I quite like it actually

If this is you or if you know this couple then contact me

capetown_sa@yahoo.co.uk

and I will send you the photos

The road leading from the sea is the Fritz Sonnenberg Road

and it is where I stood at the corner of the stadium podium

when I took this shot

Dramatic skies over Green Point and a very dirty roof on the Cape Town Stadium

Its around 6 PM the sea looks ink black with a menacing sky
am replying to e mails and taking shots every 5 min or so
My camera is set up on my new tripod
and my now new indispensable Tilt pan head which has a spirit level, so now my images will never be tilted anymore it used to be immensely frustrating to take shots at night and then find that they are not horizontal
So happy that now pretty all my shots are usable :)

6.21 PM

6.26 PM
...am now debating if I should drive up Signal Hill
I can see that there is a gap in the clouds to the West ..

Took this shot at 07.09 PM
I haven't seen the roof that dirty before ...
Wil you believe it ?
Fifteen minutes later it started drizzling again !
More tomorrow .

Canon EOS 450D close up night images of the Cape Town Stadium

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Januari 2 2010

Cape Town Stadium photos of the first day in 2010

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Happy New Year From Joanne

There was so much wind tonight, we couldn't go to the beach  like we usually do at midnight, with a bag of glasses and champagne ofcourse. Instead we went up to the roof terrace....
 its where I took this shot from BTW the stadium was not even lit up like in that shot .....
to watch the fireworks but there was no way I could photograph anything because of the strong South Easterly wind and the mountains were shrouded in clouds as well So just a quick pick from the past few months for tonight

Hope this is going to be a good year for all of us and may the World Cup bring allot of good fortune and good will to South Africa