Day 30 → last call

a. Autumn

all taken with Minolta XE-7 film SLR
Scanned from prints
mostly editing free, except cropping

Day 29 → Lomo Autumn

a. Autumn

second last day
autumn no more..

用最誇張的色彩
抓下飛之將去的秋


全給它
做成
lomo
的
彩繪 .. 標本

封在
一
處
稱之 來年
的
核桃木窖

記住 下一次
季節

歸還時

秋天該有的 微醺

映象

Day 28 → 10th ave.

a. Autumn




taken with 1.7f/55mm MC Rokkor
scanned from prints, unedited







i lomoized some photos using photoshop which were to be posted
today. but at the end i still find that i like this original photo more than
any other edited ones (by me of course) no matter how much more attractive
they were. maybe i'll post them tomorrow. they are kind of interesting.

i learned a lot of interesting things about photoshop today thanks again to
LE especially the instructors: Eric, Chord, Jerry, and Paulu.
I am not sure if I have really gotten every items presented today but
i am sure i'll remember how to calibrate the color of a photograph
using the white test tube icon thingy
and which 補習班老師 i should hire when my kids in future need help in school work ;)

Day 27 → Coming

a. Autumn















taken with 3.5f/28mm-85mm tokina
in Kokda Chrome Slide film 100
reproduced from digital camera, unedited

ntoes on manual lens

The reasons you might want to step backwards to manual focus lenses are:

1.) Lower cost

2.) Smaller size and lower weight.

3.) Faster f/stops ideal for use with slides hand-held in low light, also with lower size, weight and cost compared to zooms

4.) Standardized 52mm filters. You can have every lens from 20 mm to 200mm, including PC shift and macro lenses, take the same 52mm filters.

5.) Much better mechanics. The manual lenses are works of mechanical art with their very high quality metal construction and flawless precision. The focus rings can be operated with a single finger and work at all temperatures. The manual lenses feel much better than AF lenses when used manually.

6.) Easier focusing. The AF lenses are a little skittish when focused manually, since they are designed for speed on AF cameras. By comparison the manual lenses are a joy to focus by hand. Also fixed lenses are easier to focus manually, since zoom lenses focused manually usually focus too slowly at wide and too fast at tele.

source: http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/nikkor.htm#mfrex

Day 25 → 幻燈片底下的 SUB woods

a. early autumn

(click here for enlargement)

taken with tokina 28mm-85mm/3.5f-4.5f
in Kodak Color Chrome Slide film




I don't know how many people have actually seen a slide.
Here is one, reproduced using a digital camera.
The real thing looks X times better, imagine that!









The idea of reproducing slides using digital
camera was inspired by a good friend of mine,
a talented film camera photographer, Pavel

Day 24 → Garden Shop

a. Autumn

1.7f/55mm Fuji Superia 200

unedited, scan from print

taken on 10th ave. and Sasamat. these plants were sitting in front of
a lovely garden store on 10th ave. i was a bit shy or nervous should i say when taking
this picture. I recalled I constantly looked inside the store to make
sure that no one was about to unleash their
dogs as I composed the frame.
.............[short of sentence]

but anyway, the color turned out pretty nice, so
i am happy :)

Day 23 → Keep It Spectacular !

a. Autumn + b. 攝影是 + c. freestyle

Same goes with our minds,
"Keep it Spectacular (by Keeping it Clean) !"

comments:

i like this photo a lot, cuz the object itself is very interesting.
i know it might seem like nothing and boring but i like the look of it
and the idea of the making. i am gonna call this one a freestyle for the
category C for the apparent reason. I am also attempting to push
this for qualifying as an Autumn photo- my theme for category A, for that it's
taken during the Autumn. LOL


Ok, i actually realize i want to call this photo for
category B competition as well since today's topic
is "攝影是.." i personally think
photography is the absolute manifestation of one's personal
experiences and perceptions.
Therefore, to me it's all about learning the spirit of expressing what
you believe in
and what you feel for even when
no body else in the world would give a damn.

ps. i thought since i was already being 賴皮 in claiming this one
as an Autumn photo, i might as
well 攎它 all the way

Day 22 → leaf and food

Today, I am doing two categories : )

a. Autumn

[variation]

taken on 10th ave.
1.7f/55mm
ISO100

b. 美食 (inspired by umie )

[fresh tomato]

fresh tomato was taken back in 2004 spring if my memory served
me well. I like to eat tomatoes fresh especially when they are
nicely riped. it has this unique 爽口ness and its sweetness
is very 不膩 (pardon my lazy use of mixed
languages) if you know what i mean.

yes, it has always been my favourite fruit, second to none,
except the taiwanese papaya and the huge ass sweet
碰柑 during their season. the special thing though about
fresh tomato is that it's one of the very very few food
that i can brag to my family and friends in taiwan because
the ones here are actually better than what they have
on the fruit kingdom of taiwan




[mushroom with green bean]

yes, a dish that i cooked back in ottawa that i dig out.
I like its crispy green look and the elevating of hot air.

Day 21 → 距離感

[leaf]

為什麼這個新網誌會給人有距離感的感覺，是版面顏色?　

還是　少放了關於自己的介紹?　

總之

我自己也覺得現在版面和內容不知怎麼搞得

確實是有點冷冰冰　

有點嚴肅　有點孤傲　

孤傲．．　是這個字眼嗎?



北京市　現在新實行的一向捕狗政策
那就是　市政府的人可以任意進入

全北京每戶的民宅

捕走超過一隻以上的狗
然後由捕狗人員予以"處理"掉

也就是強制實行狗的一胎化
以後一家只能養一條狗
　現在多出來的也不行在養了


理由:
１．為了迎接奧運　減少和避免狂犬病　
２．減少流浪犬和狗的戶外大小便　影響市容

反應:
１．中產階級　反彈激烈　認為這是宇宙霹靂最懶惰最沒人性的管理狗的方法
２．愛狗人士　捨不得愛犬　只好搬出北京城外郊區處



this is quite a news and policy that i heard today. it made me think quite a both
about respect for life and about the way how public policy is made in different
place different systems of government and its pros and cons.


daryl is a super cool dude who does things always
so systematically and efficiently. i have a lot to learn from him.

he will be a prof one day i have the feeling.

and a very good one.

[leaf] taken in 10th ave. Sasamat area
outside of a restaurant called.....something something
unedited, fuji superia color film 100 ISO
1.7f/55mm

　

Day 20 → Fall's Path

[1]

[2]

[1] [2] taken in UBC

on the way back from the village to UBC campus,

there is this small path across street from the korean

grocery shop. walking in for for about 5 minutes

there is a somewhat hidden but gorgeous residential

area with beautiful trees with dark and tall trunk neatly

aligned along the two sides of sidewalk extending

beyond the furthest point the eye sight can reach.

ps. in [2] if you drill thru the thick bush on the left, you'll see the bus loop

editing-free
miolta XE-7
fuji superia 100
lens 1.7f / 55mm.

Day 19 → Sky

[1] Granville & 41st bus stop, i think.

[2] 10th avenue

Film: Kodak Chrome Slide 100[1]
Fuji Superia 100[2]

Camera: Minolta XE-7
Lens: MC Rokkor 1.7f/55mm

Day 18 → Portrait (C)

[1]

[2]

unedited, taken with
Minolta XE-7 (film SLR )

1.7f 55mm

[1] Mark (senior IT advisor) @ IT meeting
[2] 陳力 M. Eng. (Electrical) @ McLeod

Day 18 → Autumn's Shadow

[Autumn: Main Mall, UBC]

I always found this building kind of neat. Its wall is uniquely white and clean,
like fish belly. Its second floor has this long chain of big silver modern windows,
some are open , some are not. These differently but trimly positioned windows
reflected sunlight in various angles that when seen as you walked down the Main
Mall, resemble fish scales that swim through the sun light.

Day 16 → autumn on the leave

[autumn: Gerald McGavin Bldg, UBC]

[Autumn: East Mall, UBC]

Day 12 → simple leaf

-photoshop free, taken in Gatineau Park Ontario, Fall 2005

Day 10 → Cross Section

-taken in Gatineau Park, fall 2005

Day 9 → Standing on a hill

Day 8→ Wooden Bench

i had a quite a full day, kind of. woke up before the 7am alarm went off, shot two
photos of 730am sky with the cheapest Canon digital camera available in
market, outcome was quite good however, to me at least. then i jumped
into the (his mother's cold) ubc pool at 740am. made to the first class on time, something
i wasn't able to accomplish for quite a while. but i fell asleep throughtout.
took off from school to get a haircut at 10th ave. ABC photolab at 4th ave. after
getting of from Sasamat stop, on the way to the barber's i finished a new roll of
24-exposure film. saw a warm and cozy looking restaurent called Burgoo, shot
some pictures at a leaf on its outdoor patio table, plants from its neibouring garden store,
the wooden 扛棒 of a veterinary clinic couple stores down.....etc. dropped off a
slide film and at the time an out-of-no-where thought hit me, i asked the lab to
make a negative film of some beautifully saturated red leaves fallen on the black
mud that i posted a few days ago here into an 8x11 enlarged photo. looking forward
to pick it up next week. will mount it onto a styrofoam board, hang it on a nice spot
in my room. i want to listen to jazz and look at this photography from my sofa when
i get drunk next time. ate a strawberry sundae in McDonald, together with a big Mac
meal at 3:30pm. l came to the 4pm tutorial ten minutes late, extremely under prepared.
however i felt i definitely had to loosen up myself before entering the room with nothing
prepared, so i took a piss in the buidling's toilet. but somehow, i forget how,
miraculously i managed to make the entire class of about 80 students to paid
attention at me and laughed for the first time. i actually get the feeling that they were really
interest in what i said and didn't notice that i didn't really understand the
material myself. perhaps my randomly improvised crap was better than the real stuff the
instructor gave me. it was almost entirely dark when i walked out the building at 5:25pm,
but the agronomy road under the deep blue sky and warmly lit street lights was
too gorgeous, i put the slr on the pavement and groveled my entire frontal body
against the pavement floor with two legs tied straightened so that my eyes can
get down to the height of the viewfinder. as i was down on the pavement
manuevering my face in an attempt to put my eyes on the viewfinder window, two
grey hair old men walked by and smiled. came home and finally got the intel-
funded research project that i was assigned to started, supposingly the most important piece
of work in my two years here, which really should have been started off a month ago.


and till now, i still haven't showered or ate.


















quite a full day........, kind of.
probably would have felt even fuller had i ate my dinner.






: )

Day 7 →

Day 6 → 秋意

秋的氣味 。




讓想念 似雪花

在暗藍靜靜的夜 緩緩飄下




回憶 最初的夏午




一抹笑的暈開

暖和了 秋意裡的涼

Day 5 → it's fall

yes that's fall...