mdnjustin's photos

Canadian International Autoshow 2014

2014-02-19T21:28:00.002-05:00

I usually go to this every since it's close by to where I live. This year was no different, except that I had gone to the North American International Autoshow beforehand... and it made this one extremely boring. I snapped a few pics and just left. I only stayed about an hour. Here's what I was able to snap... enjoy.

Corvette Stingray

Those 18" rims on the new Mazda3

This one's a hybrid

I've always been a fan of matte paint on cars

Surprised they didn't have a launch edition here

I want to drive this one... CLA45 AMG

Wonder if this one can fly

Peter Gade Exhibition 2014 - Toronto

2014-02-17T19:56:00.000-05:00

Peter Gade exhibition, showing us a lesson in badminton. Also showing us his chillsminton is much better than our Canadians' best, which is embarrassing.

University of Guelph Badminton Club Open 2014

2014-02-05T19:26:00.002-05:00

This past Saturday, February the 1st, a bunch of friends and I decided to play the Guelph tournament. The competition in this tournament isn't as high as some other tournaments hosted in the area, so call what we play here chillsminton. I was also asked to take photos while I was there, so here they are.

The first few pictures here are of the winners of 1st, 2nd and 3rd of various flights A, B and C. I don't remember which is which but enjoy.

North American International Auto Show 2014

2014-01-19T23:27:00.001-05:00

A few of us decided to go down to Detroit and check out the auto show. We mostly wanted to see the new concept car, the Toyota FT-1. I also wanted to see what the new Subaru WRX STI was like in person. Here are some shots of some new cars. Look forward to next month when I go to the Canadian International Autoshow. This was also my first "outing" or "event" that I took my new Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 II IS USM lens. That thing is a beast, but pretty not useful for car photos unless you're standing far away. Since I had it with me, I had to use it so there are a few shots below of the Toyota FT-1 that are zoomed in. Enjoy.

Ripley's Aquarium of Canada

2013-11-11T21:20:00.004-05:00

I've been meaning to go to this place for a while. I was hesitant because it was a bit pricey in my opinion. It's still new so when I got in, it was nice and clean. The weekends are still pretty rammed. Probably around 1 hour wait to get in, but I decided to go on a Monday night. Still seemed like there were quite a lot of people. It wasn't as big as I thought it would be, but it was entertaining. I was in the gift shop on the way out and noticed some turtle plush toys but then realized I didn't see any live turtles in the aquariums.

Here are some photos that I took while I was there.

Unplugged Expo 2013

2013-10-27T21:46:00.000-04:00

Here are a few pictures of my friends cosplaying Shingeki No Kyojin characters at Unplugged Expo 2013. See more photos after the break.

Scout the Husky

2013-09-07T01:16:00.001-04:00

Scout the Husky, a photo by mdnjustin on Flickr.

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I took this picture a while back when I went to Vancouver to see my sister. This is one of her dogs, Scout. He is a handsome dog, but very energetic and hectic when new people are introduced into his environment.

Red Flower

2013-09-05T00:27:00.001-04:00

Red Flower, a photo by mdnjustin on Flickr.

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I'm no flower connoisseur. I don't know what this flower is called. In any case, yet another shot where I used my 100mm macro lens. Enjoy.

Dandelion Flower Thing

2013-09-02T16:46:00.001-04:00

Dandelion Flower Thing, a photo by mdnjustin on Flickr.

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So today I went down to the habour front to go look around and wait for the airshow to start. It was scheduled for 1PM then rescheduled at 1:20. I still didn't see any planes flying around so I just took a stroll and used my macro lens to shoot stuff. This is one of the things I was able to shoot.

Nissan GTR

2013-08-12T22:43:00.001-04:00

Nissan GTR, a photo by mdnjustin on Flickr.

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I went to Importfest Toronto recently. Thought these were interesting because of the colours. They set them up at the entrance.

Doing an experiment... the last car photo I uploaded got quite a number of views so I want to see if these will get some views too.

Pepper Plant

2013-07-20T19:07:00.001-04:00

Pepper Plant, a photo by mdnjustin on Flickr.

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Here's my pepper plant but it hasn't grown any peppers yet. This is just the flower. Hopefully I'll be able to keep this guy alive and get some peppers.

Atop the Peace Tower

2013-06-03T23:02:00.001-04:00

Atop the Peace Tower, a photo by mdnjustin on Flickr.

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This photo has a few firsts for me. This was the first time in my life going into Parliament Hill, first time going up the Peace Tower and the first time I'm posting a photo I shot with an iPhone. I used the panorama function of the iPhone to create this vertorama.

This was one of the places that my cousin and I went to during Doors Open Ottawa.

Subaru Impreza WRX

2013-05-29T23:31:00.001-04:00

Subaru Impreza WRX, a photo by mdnjustin on Flickr.

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2013 Subaru Impreza WRX at the 2013 Canadian International Autoshow in Toronto. I haven't uploaded a car picture in a very long time and this was in my bank of photos so I figure I'd upload it sometime.

Pool at An Lam

2013-05-26T21:50:00.001-04:00

Pool at An Lam, a photo by mdnjustin on Flickr.

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So here is the pool at An Lam Resort. Probably one of the coolest resorts I've been to. You get your own little villa on the island and there's basically nothing around. You can go hiking and there are activities to do but otherwise you stay here to relax. You arrive to this resort by boat. Just so happens that my dad has a boat that this place rents out for trips. So we arrived by his boat, unannounced.

Golden Gate Bridge

2013-05-24T21:56:00.001-04:00

Golden Gate Bridge, a photo by mdnjustin on Flickr.

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In the previous photo, I mentioned I was taking in the sights of San Francisco before GDC. It wouldn't have been a complete trip if I didn't see the Golden Gate Bridge. I went on a boat tour to see the bridge and Alcatraz. It was extremely windy on the water. Good thing I had my spring jacket with me. My coworker just had a T-shirt on and he was suffering pretty bad.

Jellyfish

2013-05-22T20:46:00.001-04:00

Jellyfish, a photo by mdnjustin on Flickr.

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This is the first shot I've uploaded that I took with my 35mm lens. I took these photos while I was at the aquarium at Fisherman's Wharf, Pier 39. Had some time to kill during the weekend before GDC so I took in the sights of San Francisco.

Petronas Towers

2013-05-20T20:38:00.001-04:00

Petronas Towers, a photo by mdnjustin on Flickr.

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Petronas Towers from up close. I've been incredibly lazy about uploading pictures. I really should try a bit harder. So here's me trying harder. But I probably won't try hard enough to edit the photo, trying to become a better photographer without Photoshop or Lightroom editing.

Nha Trang

2012-11-20T21:22:00.001-05:00

Nha Trang, a photo by mdnjustin on Flickr.

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Panorama of Nha Trang's beach from the hotel. I want to go back. Food's good, weather's good, sun's good.

Canada Day Fireworks

2012-07-04T21:39:00.001-04:00

Canada Day Fireworks, a photo by mdnjustin on Flickr.

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Finally had a little bit of time to import these fireworks to my hard drive.
My friends, cousin and I went out to watch the fireworks. There were three of us with cameras and tripods set up. We took up quite a bit of space considering how many people are always around to watch the fireworks.

No processing whatsoever, just a straight export from Lightroom.

Las Vegas Fountain

2012-05-27T11:05:00.001-04:00

Las Vegas Fountain, a photo by mdnjustin on Flickr.

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This is somewhere in Vegas. I don't remember which hotel this is part of, but probably Caesar's.
I figured I would throwback to the old days of when I only processed in Photomatix, so this is done all in Photomatix tonemapping.

Caesar's Palace

2012-04-23T21:50:00.001-04:00

Caesar's Palace, a photo by mdnjustin on Flickr.

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I went to Las Vegas about a month ago. I finally decided to process a photo. Even then, I barely processed this at all.

Anyway, the first time I went to Vegas, I was 12, so it didn't even matter... but Caesar's Palace was nothing like it is now. This is like a compound... it's massive.

Boats

2011-11-26T22:07:00.001-05:00

Boats, a photo by mdnjustin on Flickr.

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My triumphant return to flickr isn't quite triumphant. It's quite lazy. I didn't do much to this picture other than process it at little bit in Lightroom. This is from when I went to Montebello. I should go to take more pictures sometime, but I've been too busy (read lazy).

Chateau Montebello

2011-08-29T11:28:00.001-04:00

Chateau Montebello, a photo by mdnjustin on Flickr.

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My friend invited me to a boat ride to Montebello to do some activities. This is part of the inside of the Chateau Montebello. I didn't take too many photos when I was here because I was doing too many things.

Lightroom processing and then changing some colours in Photoshop due to Adobe RGB not working on flickr with jpegs.

Jackson-Triggs Vineyard

2011-08-24T11:47:00.001-04:00

Jackson-Triggs Vineyard, a photo by mdnjustin on Flickr.

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I went to visit my sister this past weekend and went to Jackson-Triggs to do a wine tour. They were all booked up until later, so my friends and I just did the wine tasting. This is what the vineyard looks like.

More Lightroom processing. Pretty powerful stuff in there for the normal processing that I do.

Motion Blur

2011-08-19T13:03:00.001-04:00

Motion Blur, a photo by mdnjustin on Flickr.

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Here I am sitting in the car getting driven around in Seattle by my dad's friend. I decided to turn down the aperture and have a long exposure while he was driving. This is the result. I don't think I've ever done a motion blur before and posted it (I don't remember what I've posted and don't feel like checking).