曾經滄海難為水
曾經滄海難為水
除卻巫山不是雲
取次花叢懶回顧
半緣修道半緣君
Rising or Setting?
Is the sun rising or setting? Is the next moment going to be light or darkness? Regardless what it is going to be, let’s enjoy this very moment. Look, it is so beautiful. Isn’t it?
仲夏晚荷
Sunday mornings are meant to be slept in instead of waking up early, driving 30 miles one-way and taking portrait of flowers. This was exactly what I did this Sunday morning. Good to catch those water lilies before they are gone for the season.
Time to play some Polo
This was my third times taking Polo pictures. The first time didn’t count since it was in the evening and the arena was poorly lighted plus (insert other excuses here). The second time around was okay. It was a beautiful sunny day but still didn’t get many good action shots. I think the third time around came out a bit better with the same camera (5D Mark II), same lens (70-200mm f/2.8L IS) and similar lighting although a bit more overcast. The differences were:
- I added a 2x extender which gave me a bit more reach with 400mm although I lost a few f stops, suffered a bit on image quality and gained a lot more noise even at ISO 800.
- I focused on actions this time around more.
- I used a monopod instead of a tripod. This gave me more flexibility on framing.
- I moved around a bit more instead of staying in one place.
- I used AI Servo AF which helped with moving objects. This is the time I wished I had an 1D Mark IV or even a 7D.
- I used continuous shooting a bit more. Again 3.9 fps of 5D Mark II didn’t cut it but did help.
- I got better with Lightroom for post processing.
Here is one of my favorite of the whole set:
Casualties of War
Today is the Memorial Day in the US to remember the men and women who died in wars. With wars we all lose regardless which side we were in. This picture was taken in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC, USA. There are over 58,261 names listed on the Memorial to remember the men and women who either died or missing during the Vietnam war. The memorial was designed by a second generation Chinese American Maya Ying LIn.
And here is the rest of the picture set.
飲茶養身 攝影養心
Tea is good for the body and photography is good for the soul. The tea happens to be the new 2010 Spring Dragon Well. Absolutely wonderful with great and lasting aftertaste. Photography is still mamafufu.
The Real Iron Man
Tired of seeing all the flower pictures from me lately? Here is something different and perhaps something more contrastive. Mr. Nol Putnam is a master blacksmith and is famous for the three gates that he built for the Washington National Cathedral’s Columbarium. Here is the rest of the picture set.
Larry Price: Very dramatic. I always shoot DETAILS for editorial work. These are great to help tell stories and suggest editorial direction. This is well executed, spot on.
走馬看黃花
照片攝於一個多風的早晨. 想起自己最近喜歡的一首歌. 走馬看黃花.
Attended a macro photography workshop this weekend. This is not an Olympus commercial but I have to say Olympus makes very nice four third/micro four third cameras and lenses. These pictures were taken mostly with the E-P1 and the 50mm f2.0 macro lens. The system is about one third the size, weight and cost of my Canon macro set up. I don’t think I could have done any better with my Canon this weekend. Perhaps next one.
http://www.mamafufu.com/album/Olympus/
Larry Price: Folks, notice the “shoot-through” effect. Other foliage in the foreground smoothed out the fore and backgrounds to great effect.
酒紅色的心
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It was an early evening after an all day of Spring drizzle when I took this picture. I may have named this picture 酒紅色的心, but the song that I had in mind was something different. For some reason the song that came to mind was 張惠妹的一首歌. It goes like … 外面下著雨
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絕代雙驕
I have my E-P1 for a bit over a month now. I carry it with me most of the time these days. It is a nice little camera. At the same time the Canon 5D Mark II is just wonderful. There are always better and more things to ask for. 知足常樂. Here to my 絕代雙驕. Cheers.
