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Bo-Kaap

emmabooysen March 9, 2024June 23, 2026

A popular daytime destination, hillside Bo-Kaap is known for its narrow cobbled streets lined with colorful houses. We stayed in this area close to the start & finish for the

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Melkbosstrand sunset

emmabooysen March 6, 2024June 23, 2026

We are back at Melkbosstrand for the Cape Town Cycle Tour. The sunsets are always just amazing.

The day before CTCT

emmabooysen March 11, 2023April 5, 2023

The Cape Town Cycle Tour is a big event on the cycling calendar. The day before we usually cycle a short distance to make sure all is good for the next

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Milky Way

emmabooysen July 14, 2021

    Photographing the stars has always been a challenge for me. Last night on a cold winter night in Bloemfontein, I have tried my luck again at capturing the

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Bloemfontien sunset

emmabooysen May 1, 2021

The Free State also has beautiful sunsets.

Heron in flight

emmabooysen April 12, 2021

            Spending time at the beach and the lagoon in Cintsa, I tried my luck at bird photography. I was lucky capturing a few birds

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Crab

emmabooysen April 10, 2021April 10, 2021

Spending time on the beach of Cintsa near East Londen, I captured this crab busy digging in the sand.

Fishing Village

emmabooysen April 27, 2020

I have photographed this scene from a fishing village in Cambodia. We took a boat trip through the fishing village. It is always interesting to observe people and their life

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Flower Dome

emmabooysen April 18, 2020April 24, 2020

The flower dome was listed as the largest glass greenhouse in the world as listed in the Guinness World Records 2015 and hosts flowers and plants from the Mediterranean and

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Cloud Forest

emmabooysen April 17, 2020April 20, 2020

Inside the Cloud Forest, there is a waterfall. There are also many walkways between the unique plants.

Moolmanshoek

emmabooysen March 21, 2019March 24, 2019

    We had a photography congress at Moolmanshoek in the Eastern Free State. There are so may photographic opportunities.

First ride 2019

emmabooysen January 1, 2019

Werner & I did our first ride for the new year at run rise. It was a beautiful morning.

Clearwater trails

emmabooysen December 23, 2018January 1, 2019

We were fortunate to have a short break to Uvongo. Along with the camera gear we also took the mountain bikes and had a few rides. This was at Clearwater

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Isle of Wight

emmabooysen September 21, 2018

  The Isle of Wight, an island off the south coast of England, can be reached with a ferry. It is a beautiful island with lots of landscape photographic opportunities.

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East Mebon – Cambodia

emmabooysen April 20, 2018April 27, 2018

Siem Reap became a very popular for touring as there are many ancient temples of which Angkor Wat is probably the most famous one. This one is East Mebon, a

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Singapore

emmabooysen April 12, 2017April 18, 2017

Singapore has been one of our  holiday desytinations for the past few years and I love doing photos around the Marina Bay Sands and Gardens by the Bay.

Supermoon

emmabooysen November 14, 2016December 28, 2016

"A Supermoon happens when a Full Moon or New Moon coincides with the Moon’s closest approach to Earth; also called perigee. A Super Full Moon looks around 12% to 14%

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St Paul’s Cathedral

emmabooysen September 6, 2016September 8, 2016

We went to London one evening while we were in the UK earlier this year. This was one of my night shots of St Paul’s Cathedral.

Roelof & Roz

emmabooysen July 1, 2016July 7, 2016

I had the privilege to photograph, my younger brother, Roelof and his wife, Roz’s wedding. Congratulations!! It was very special for me. It was also my first UK wedding.

Krabi

emmabooysen August 25, 2015September 19, 2015

Wishing we could still be here – Ao Nang beach in Krabi, Thailand.

Sapa Children

emmabooysen August 23, 2015September 19, 2015

There are so many of my holiday photos I still want to share, like this one of the children in Sapa, Vietnam.

Sweetlips

emmabooysen August 16, 2015September 4, 2015

Although it has been quite a while since we went diving, I can still revisit my diving photos. This sweetlips I captured on a dive trip in the Similan Islands,

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Raylay Beach Sunset

emmabooysen August 10, 2015September 4, 2015

Celebrating some public holidays, we wished we could still be on holiday. This was at Raylay Beach, Thailand.

Taxi

emmabooysen August 7, 2015August 28, 2015

In Bangkok the Tuk-Tuk’s is a common mode of transport. I took this image on our trip in 2009.

Anemone

emmabooysen August 4, 2015August 28, 2015

There is such a variety of animals in the ocean. Sometimes the less colorful ones are overlooked, such as this anemone (also photographed at Umkomaas).

Wrasse

emmabooysen August 2, 2015August 28, 2015

Since weekends are quite busy, we don’t get the opportunities to go diving any more. However, I still have many images from our dive trips to share. This wrasse was

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Cat

emmabooysen July 30, 2015August 16, 2015

On our last trip to Singapore, we passed via Hong Kong where I photographed this cat in one of the shops. There were a couple of cats at this shop.

At the Market

emmabooysen July 26, 2015August 11, 2015

Bicycles are a common mode of transport in Vietnam. This was at one of the local markets in Hanoi.

Thiên Cung Caves

emmabooysen July 21, 2015August 11, 2015

The Thiên Cung Caves are located in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. What caught my eye in this image was how the sunrays came through an opening in the cave for

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Singapore Stadium

emmabooysen July 20, 2015August 11, 2015

I have done a few photos of the Singapore stadium before it was completed. On our last trip to Singapore I had the opportunity to photograph the completed stadium.

Raylay Beach

emmabooysen July 19, 2015August 7, 2015

I have experimented a little with black and white landscapes. This was one of my images from Raylay Beach in Thailand, I felt it had good potential.

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