The Pill That Cures

Toy Camera

2009-08-02T08:07:00.000-07:00

Choosing size

2009-08-01T20:24:00.000-07:00

How do you embed your image in your blog ?
Which is the best way to post high-quality pictures ?

I tried these :

Exported out from Lightroom with SRGB, 800 by 640.
Upload to Picasa , and chose Large Size for embedded image.
Made photo to match the width for the column here by setting ' witdh="100%" ' in the HTML

Exported out from Lightroom with ORIGINAL setting (as taken by camera)
Upload to Picasa , and chose Large Size for embedded image. (it seems like Picasa does not allow embedded image more than 800 px ? )
Made photo to match the width for the column here by setting ' witdh="100%" ' in the HTML

Exported out from Lightroom with ORIGINAL setting (as taken by camera)
Upload to FLICKR , and chose Largest Size 1024*685 (I dont have pro-account at this moment)
Made photo to match the width for the column here by setting ' witdh="100%" ' in the HTML

Questions:
1) Does setting 'width=100%' to match my blog column affect the image quality , or even create better quality since bigger image are squeezed to match the column size ?

Hydrangea Series 2009

2009-07-15T07:40:00.000-07:00

2nd trip to Shirakawa-go in 2 months time. :)
This time, hydrangea is in full bloom in Shirakawa-go.
Meanwhile, back in Kyoto, it is so hot, that the hydrangea here has already started to wither.

Mosaic of hydrangea

Frog in green back ground

Pink hydrangea

Zen ...

Hydrangea in shallow DOF

Hydrangea in shallow DOF

White hydrangea

Bee working

Fuji 藤

2009-05-26T15:21:00.000-07:00

This is not Fuji.

Fuji (in Japanese) or wisteria, is very hardy and fast-growing. It is considered and invasive species in certain areas !!

Beautiful Rainy Day at Todaiji, Nara

2009-04-30T16:27:00.000-07:00

Go'kuuu~~~ri in HDR

2009-04-27T08:30:00.000-07:00

Trying out HDR. By the way, this is my favorite drink at this moment.

地蔵禅院

2009-04-02T06:34:00.000-07:00

Location : JR奈良線ー玉水駅

Please see other photos here :

Bank of China Tower by I.M. Pei

2009-03-22T16:33:00.000-07:00

Undoubtedly one of I.M Pei most famous work, The Bank of China Tower, which began construction on 1982.

From the observation floor.

View of Kowloon Island

Bank of China still glitters and stands out among other taller and more modern buildings.

Still gorgeous at night

Beautiful garden in front of Bank of China

Bird Shot in Kamogawa 2008

2009-02-22T06:16:00.000-08:00

Kamogawa = Kamo (ducks) + gawa (river). This river indeed is habitat and migration point for several type of birds.
Most commonly seen are the Magamo (マガモ）(Anas platyrhynchos ) and Karugamo (カルガモ）(Anas poecilorhyncha). Both are in the ducks family.

The more elegant and rare bird in Kamogawa is the heron. Thanks to Ernesto's invitation and great idea of luring those birds with 99 yen bread, I managed to get some shots of Aosagi (アオサギ) (Ardea cinerea) in action.

This post is also dedicated to him, to stop his nagging. :P

Aosagi (heron) and Magamo (duck)

Look ! Aosagi is aiming on the bread.

Huh?

P/S: This is the list of birds found in Kamogawa (in Japanese)

高雄　Takao Kyoto

2008-11-22T20:34:00.000-08:00

My first visit to Takao, Kyoto.

Jingo-ji

View from Jingo-ji

The pink wall

World Heritage - Kozanji

天竜寺 Arashiyama

2008-11-02T21:30:00.000-08:00

Framing

2008-10-23T19:37:00.000-07:00

Furniture

2008-10-11T19:55:00.000-07:00

Some shots I did last year using my D80.

お　！

2008-09-24T17:17:00.001-07:00

Nagoya Aquarium, where the killer whale Ku died recently

Ryoanji and Vignetting

2008-09-14T17:55:00.000-07:00

Vignetting is a weakness in optical lenses. But vignetting your pictures may help to "highlight" or "bring out" the main object in the picture. Vignetting is one of my favorite tool in post-processing.

Yellow in green ocean.

The red paper bag.

Isuien (Nara)

2008-08-27T07:45:00.000-07:00

Isuien Garden, established during the Edo Period and enlarged a century ago by a Nara merchant, is a strolling garden that uses the principles of borrowed landscape, incorporating the hills of Kasuga and Wakayama in its design. While nothing spectacular, it does have a wonderful thatched-roof restaurant overlooking part of the garden and a pond -- a great, traditional place for a meal.

Gion Matsuri 2008

2008-07-23T17:53:00.000-07:00

This is my 5th Gion Matsuri.

slide show

35 Outing

2008-07-15T06:05:00.000-07:00

It is nice to walk around Kyoto, snapping photos.

I love my new 35 / F2 lense. It is light to carry around all day , and razor-sharp.

This lense is fast enough for normal to dim light shot. But it is a pity that Nikon has already stopped producing the older Nikkor 35mm/F1.4 which is a much faster lense.

WYSIWYG.
With factor of 1.6 for my D50 and most non-full frame DSLR, 35mm lense produces a view equivalent to 50mm lense in full-frame camera.(35mm camera).

Another amazing thing about this lense is its minimum focusing distance about 25cm.

Prism

2008-07-13T07:18:00.000-07:00

35mm B W

2008-06-30T17:24:00.000-07:00

A quick shot at underway pass in Kyoto Station with my new 35mm F2.

Never Give Up ~ Baby Monkey

2008-06-11T16:48:00.000-07:00

I am gonna try to cross over.

Ouuch !

Argh.. no. I won't give up !

Plan carefully. Don't give up

Yes ! I made it . Hooray.

Element of Voice

2008-06-07T19:46:00.001-07:00

IF you love music (especially free music), pls visit Element of Voice.

天天想妳

2008-05-19T07:55:00.002-07:00

當我佇立在窗前　妳愈走愈遠
我的每一次心跳　妳是否聽見
當我徘徊在深夜　妳在我心田
妳的每一句誓言　迴盪在耳邊

隱隱約約　閃動的雙眼
藏著妳的羞怯　加深我的思念
兩顆心的交界　妳一定會看見
只要妳願意走向前

天天想妳　天天問自己
到什麼時候才能告訴妳

天天想妳　天天守住一顆心
把我最好的愛留給妳

(天天想妳 - 張雨生 1955-1997)

The Ghost

2008-04-20T17:46:00.000-07:00

Fire 火

2008-04-15T04:57:00.000-07:00