Another hike

 

Date: 24 April 2011

Venue: Long Ke

 

I can’t believe I went to Long Ke twice shortly!  With different people and even happier!  This time no Nikon D90, only a Ricoh!  I’ve got tons of pictures so I am only posting group pictures :D

 

Group photo after getting off the mini van, before actually hiking.

 

Another group photo in the summit of the hills :D  Look at the back of us!  So many mountains!!!!!  So beautiful!!!!

 

After we’ve made it to the beautiful beach!  Not quite a group photo… but still interesting!

And girls only :)  A few girls anyway!

Yeah!  Had to keep on hiking!

After we got to the dam.

 

While we were waiting for the taxis to come, and the sun was setting… so got a few shots, taken by Po :D

 

How look at breathtaking the view was!  I love Hong Kong!

 

In the end… I am looking sooooooo dark! (picture taken before dinner in a seafood restaurant!)

I love to be dark :D

Butterflies!

 

Date: 3 April 2011

Venue: Fung Yuen, New Territories

 

Our photography class activity was to go to Fung Yuen!  I went to Fung Yuen last year in June (but I didn’t post any pictures on my blog!!) so you can say that I am ‘experienced’ this time than the last!  Here we go!

   

There are quite some species.  See those butterflies mating?  Haha amazing!

 

The butterflies were looking directly at me!  Quite human, no?  Actually I think they looked more like aliens…

 

I remember on my first shooting butterflies, Ricky asked me to shoot in manual mode.  I didn’t even know how to focus using my 200mm lens.  This time I am well prepared and being soberly alert when I see them.  Hah, I’ve got better pictures this time!  I think I’ve got a good eye.

 

You see many of the leaf-coloured butterfly on the left.  Camouflage.  The picture on the right is one of my favourite this time.

Now this is a rare species.  It’s got tails!  You find them in Asia.

This is another very human-like butterfly…

And we’ve got ugly dragonfly and a cicada!

My butterflies are very beautiful, yeah!

Hiking plus Big camera

 

Date: 26 & 27 March 2011

Venue: Long Ke and TST

 

Went hiking with Yan, Kimmy and Molly on 26 March in Long Ke.  It was quite hazy and windy too.

 

On 27 March, Chan-sir and Ban-sir showed us how to use BIG OLD cameras (the one they have… wow, are too expensive for me to buy in the coming 10 years! and it’s unlikely I would be using them even).

The harbour is too hazy again…

Shenzhen

 

Date: 11 March 2011

Venue: Shenzhen

 

Was my first time to this side of Shenzhen… the bright side.

 

We were in Children Palace… actually I don’t even know what that building is for :p but it looked futuristic in a way.

With this great dome.  What’s the use of this?  Anyone knows?

At night we went to the library :D

My photography buddies :D  Everyone was very serious about their work!

Nam Sang Wai

 

Date: 20 Feb 2011

Venue: Nam Sang Wai in New Territories

 

Invited by Anna, Ricky and I joined her and went to Nam Sang Wai on a cloudy Sunday - it wasn’t a very cheerful day!  Now when I think about it, it could only be a cloudy day that you could take some moody pictures…

 

 

This is what you see when you get into NSW.

 

 

After crossing a stream, you step into Nam Sang Wai.  The vintage wooden floor… hm, I had a nice feeling about this place.

 

 

 

There are indeed people living there!  Actually NSW is a huge wetland area where is home to many birds.

 

   

 

There was a fire broke out earlier this year… as you can see from the photos, it kinda giving some eerie feeling… a cloudy day, burned wood… all was quite depressing.

 

 

 

Grass is slowly growing back - there is always hope.

 

 

 

There is a pond inside NSW, and a pier too.  Many couples love taking their wedding shots at that spot (on the left).  I don’t see how special it is.  The colours of the place inspire me.

 

 

 

We walked a long way in NSW.  It is a huge place.  You can spend a whole day walking there.  I am serious!  We bumped into this man who uses Nikon too.  He lent me his glass lens and I took some shots.  Wah.  The colours are vivid!

 

 

And we walked pass those abandoned houses… Anna said she felt she was touched by someone - Ricky and I said we didn’t - may be she was touched by something… that idea was very scary!!!

 

 

 

The whole place gave me a very nice feeling.  When we were about to leave (at around 5pm), there was a fog coming… Anna said she couldn’t stay because she had to catch a ferry home, I didn’t want to stay on my own… So we left.  I wish we had stayed for the fog.

 

As I said earlier, NSW is home to many birds.  Even though I didn’t bring my 200mm lens, I still got a nice bird shot :D

 

 

And we left.

 

 

(Anna found this nice grass on our way out) (and that’s her on my right).

Leonardo da Vinci

 

Spent some time in the Museum of Science for a while.  Leo da Vinci amazes me!

 

My mood was unbelievably light.  Everything I saw, I saw beauty in it.

 

…able to observe and record every experiment phenomenon precisely.  He was left-handed with written from right to left… difficult to read and understand…

He’s DA VINCI!  His notes were a mystery, he’s attractive, he’s mystic.

Here is a picture of his handwriting…

I focused all my attention of flight.  How much had he contributed to the world!  To all those places I’ve been… a plane.

My physics was so bad it would make you cry.  I liked the model :p

You must have seen this before!

… and a projector!  He used this to make light for working at night!

 

History repeats itself again and again.  I will have to break through.