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Johann van der Walt

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Photographer by heart, programmer by profession

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Johann van der Walt
@johannvdwalt Dec 25, 2019, 5:36 AM UTC

Merry Christmas from China

Merry Christmas to all my friends! On Christmas Eve we had dinner with my Chinese family (I baked an epic olive bread that complimented our red wine and cheese very well!) at Xiaoyi's daughter's apar…

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Johann van der Walt
@johannvdwalt Nov 1, 2019, 2:24 PM UTC

This is why I am a FujiFilm Fan

On 23 October 2019 the Fujifilm X-Pro 3 was announced and in good Fujifilm tradition, there are several reasons why this new iteration of the X-Pro series surprises us! In-camera Orton Effect (see be…

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Johann van der Walt
@johannvdwalt Sep 5, 2019, 3:03 PM UTC

George, The Animated Listener

While in South Africa, I received the new (not-yet-publicly-available) Fujinon 16-80mm zoom lens for just more than a week to test its usability for street and travel photography. So, I had to create…

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Johann van der Walt
@johannvdwalt Jul 20, 2019, 2:09 PM UTC

The Southern Great Wall of China in Linhai

Linhai City, located in the southern wing of the Yangtze River Delta economic circle, 300 km south of Shanghai and 230 km southeast of Hangzhou, is a historically significant city because of the well…

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Johann van der Walt
@johannvdwalt Jul 17, 2019, 3:26 PM UTC

Tools of the Trade

When the group of South African photographers visit us, I could not but take them to Dafen. For me, Dafen is like an island in Shenzhen. The inhabitants of this island also share "Shenzhen Time", but…

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Johann van der Walt
@johannvdwalt Jul 13, 2019, 11:15 AM UTC

Planting season at Longji

Our recent trip to the Longji rice terraces was planned to coincide with the start of the planting season. There were two reasons for picking this time of the rice-growing cycle: * This is the time w…

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Johann van der Walt
@johannvdwalt Jul 8, 2019, 2:09 PM UTC

At the halfway Mark

Longji has become quite a tourist attraction. With this comes also the habit of the local people to ask for money in exchange for being photographed. I have no problem with this as we are intruding o…

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Johann van der Walt
@johannvdwalt Jul 7, 2019, 12:04 PM UTC

Wuhan Reflections

In my post yesterday I mentioned that I went to the Yangtze River to photograph the city skyline reflected in the water. The reflection is a well-known feature of Wuhan and like in many cities around…

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Johann van der Walt
@johannvdwalt Jul 6, 2019, 12:16 PM UTC

The Old and the New

On our weekend visit to Wuhan, I wanted to photograph the city lights as it is one of the major attractions of Wuhan. The Yangtze river flow through the city and the reflections of the lights in the…

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Johann van der Walt
@johannvdwalt Jul 1, 2019, 1:47 PM UTC

Honghu Park Lotus Festival

Honghu Park is well known for its Lotus flowers. In winter they die down to the point that you see almost no sign of them in the water. But come spring the leaves start appearing out of nowhere, and…

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