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Monthly Archives: February 2012

Fishing Village

This is one of the local fishing villages on the river close to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The people make their living of fishing.

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Black Oystercatcher

The Black Oystercatcher is a large entirely black shorebird, with a long (9 cm) bright red bill and pink legs. It has a bright yellow iris and a red eye-ring. The Black Oystercatcher is a species of high conservation concern throughout its range (Wiki).

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Thapelo

For the first time in Kovsie history the University crowned a Mr Rag along with the Rag Queen. Thapelo was the second runner up for Mr Rag.­ This was one of the photos from his portfolio shoot.

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Candice

I took this photo a long time ago, when I just started with photography. I have reworked it and done a black and white conversion.

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Celtics vs Arrows

Another photo from the game last week between the Bloemfontein Celtics and the Golden Arrows. The Celtics won the game 3-2.

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Fireworks

This fireworks is to celebrate Photoaday’s fi­rst birhday. I photographed these fireworks in Cambodia. The photo was not taken like this, it is a combined photo.­ ­­­­

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Bird-like creature

At Sentosa Island, Singapore there used to be a musical fountain, which I presume has been replaced with this show. Lazars and colored lights are still used to project on water, however there are these bird-like creatures with displays also in the show.

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Bannerfish

Bannerfish are also known as false Moorish Idol. I photographed this one at Aliwal Shoal, Umkomaas.

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Bloemfontein Market

We had a "kiekie safarie" at the Bloemfontein Market which was arranged by the Bloemfontein camera club. One of the set subjects was a wide angle photo of the market and this was my version of the theme.

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Charmé

I did a portfolio shoot for Charmé. This was one of the photos from the shoot.

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Mokala Sunset

Sunsets does not always have to be red or orange. Blue ones are also beautiful. This was another one from Mokala Nature reserve in the Northern Cape.

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Bloemfontein Celtics vs Golden Arrows

Bloemfontein Celtics played against the Golden Arrows in a PSL match. They won the game 3-2. This photo is a special one for me because the player in red is the goal keeper who missed the ball. This was one of the goals scored by the Bloemfontein Celtics.

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Faces temple

This is a close-up of the faces looking in the four wind directions at the Faces temple (the Ba­yon) in Cambodia.­

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Blue Wildebeest

The Blue Wildebeest, also called the Common Wildebeest, is a large antelope and one of two species of wildebeest. It grows to 115–145 cm shoulder height and attains a body mass of 168–274 kg. They range the open plains, bushveld and dry woodlands of Southern and East Africa, living for more than twenty years. The […]

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Pens

Simple objects such as pens have the potential for interesting table top photography, however lighting can change the picture.

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Chrismarie

I have done a few portfolio shoots for models lately. This was one of the photos from Chrismarie’s shoot.

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Cleopatra

Theme shoots are always a lot of fun and results obtained from these shoots are also interesting. We used live snakes for this shoot. One of the challenges was to have model who was comfortable with the snakes. Anel Dreyer was one of the models for this shoot, Anel Cronje from Makeup-Me did the makeup […]

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Mokala

Landscapes can also sometimes work in a black & white conversion. This was one that I took at Mokala Nature reserve in the Northern Cape.

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Bayon

The Bayon is a well-known and richly decorated Khmer temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Built in the late 12th century or early 13th century as the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII, the Bayon stands at the centre of Jayavarman’s capital, Angkor Thom. Following Jayavarman’s death, it was modified and augmented […]

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Paperfish

It is commonly known as leaf scorpionfish or paperfish. The color of this fish varies from green and red to a ghostly white. The fish is almost as flat as a leaf and resembles a leaf in many other ways. The skin often has blotches that enhance a camouflage effect (Wiki).

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Chess

Colored lighting, shadows and reflections can add dramatic effects to a simple subject such as these chess pieces.

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Jeanette

I have been fortunate to do a couple of model portfolios lately. This was one of the photos from Jeanette’s shoot.

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Amer Fort

Amer Fort (pronounced as Amber Fort) is located in Amer (a town with an area of 4 square kilometres, 11 kilometres from Jaipur, Rajasthan state, India. It is one of the principal tourist attractions in the Jaipur area, located high on a hill. Amer Fort was made by Meenas king Raja Alan Singh Chanda later […]

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