Saturday, February 28, 2009

Taiwan; Temple Street continue...

Drink seller. I'd order the "hua li cha" taste good even thought i didn't know wat it is :)


Chihuahua!!

Dog's cloths seller. TAIWAN IS A DOG OWNER HEAVEN!! we bought a stack home for our chihuahua

Friday, February 27, 2009

Taiwan; Temple Street continue...

Temple street continues...

A guy promoting Bags for sell, they were selling 100TWD each, all standard price. Cheap, but not very nice actually ehhe. Taken at 1/250s, f5.0, ISO100




Balloon Seller, LOOK at the dolphine! It's saying HI!! Taken at 1/640s, f4.8, ISO 100




This shot of a kid concentrating on his toy while not realising I'm taking a photo of him. Take at 1/250s, f6.3, ISO100



A guy walking out of the temple. I'm so bored of shooting in conventional angle, so I included persons from the temple too. This adds context to the subject. Adding to the being there factor. I like how the guy in pink appeared in this photo as I deliberately waited for the guy to come before firing the shutter. I'm starting to love street photography. Taken at 1/200s, f6.3, ISO 100

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Taiwan continue...Temple Street

Like its name suggest, this street we went was really full of temples, ranging from different gods which I don't even know which is which. But Tell you what, temples in Taiwan was way grander than what we have in KL. Though not as big as Tien Hou Temple, but certainly is alot nicer. Didn't really took pictures of the inside since I'm not familiar with the customs there. So.. i guess better be safe.


But anyway, usually this street did not have so much stalls along as what was shown in these pictures. Since the day I went there was the 1st day of chinese new year, so it is a fiesta there! LOTS of FOOD!!! Lots of stuffs u could buy!! LOTS LOTS LOTS of everything!!


Here a picture shown the seller selling little pouches, just look at her expression!! Taken at 1/400s, f6.3, ISO 100


Here's one of the picture I took from the inside of one of the temple. Jus a quick snap on the candles
. Taken at 1/160s, f6.3 ISO 800


A picture of Pagodas found in the same street too. This is where you suppose to go in, which is from the dragon mouth, and go out from the tiger mouth. Taken at 1/1250, f3.5, ISO 100


Ah, one of the temple. I like this picture, look at the Father and his daughter. It added a little drama to the photo.
Taken at 1/800s, f3.5, ISO 100


This is one of my favourite too. The old man's gesture of looking back and the kid next to him too was looking at the pagoda, as if the picture was telling you that, the subject of the picture was the pagoda eventhough you might look at the old man and the child too.
Taken at 1/1600s, f3.5 at ISO 100

Tried to image host it.. but too slow.. So i posted it the traditional way. Anyway, for a larger view, just click the pictures :)

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

A little more pictures!!

Too many pictures I just don't have the "feeling" to resize it one by one.. Basically my laptop now is so messy, everywhere is pictures.. need a little time to clean it up. but till now, just a little bit more pictures..

Lavender, Shot in Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan
LAVENDER SMELLS SO GOOD!! OVERWHELMINGLY GOOD!!!

Needless to say, Taipei 101

Friday, February 20, 2009

Taiwan continue..

Like I previously said, Taiwan is almost a food heaven, no, it is a food heaven for me!!

Since the first day being there, our tour guide told us one thing. Whether or not Taiwan was a nice place for a holiday, whether or not Taiwan's food was amazing, it all depends on what sort of mood you bring together with you to while you are in Taiwan.

I find it not very true. To tell you the truth, I never liked Taiwan. no, not even its food. My girlfriend used to tell me how she wish she could be at Taiwan, saying how great it is to be there. I'm not very sure at that time though. Another thing is, i'm pretty sure many people would recognise there are a lot of food programme in chinese channels like TVBS and other taiwan related channel. I rather find foods in Taiwan disgusting. especially those slimmy fine noodle soup or what they call "mien xien". no i really can't accept that.

I'm a rather more adventurous kind of traveller, so I'd try lots of Taiwanese food.. so, mien xien is the priority.. I had it several times in the taiwan restaurant in The Gardens, named Fong Lye. and surprisingly!! I FREAKING LIKE IT!!!!!!!!

When i'm in Taiwan.. me and my girlfriend "pandai-pandai" went to xi men ding even before the tour bring us there. and we found this Ah Chung mien xien. Not sure if its good, but one thing for sure is that LOTS of people lining up for it!! yes and i mean really lots of people. but heck, we've already seen the whole xi men ding the night before.. So i decide to line up too..

turn out??? THE BEST I'D EVER HAD!!!





Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Finally..

Finally I'm done with my assignments.. really got very busy previously..
I don't even had the time to place any CNY stuff in my blog. Since I've gone to Taiwan even before CNY

Taiwan was such a nice place to visit. Especially to those who are a little adventurous, you'll find alot of stuffs in the street. For those who had a big appetite like me, oh my god.. their night market was so full of local snacks! CHEAP and TASTY!!

Most importantly, I've shoot thousands of pictures, but only a few would pass my test and would be exhibit in here and hopefully in Digital Camera Magazine too. Hopefully.. but here are just some of them.. need some time to get lazy after so many assignments done..


Hey!! look! another Olympus user!!

Some street photo i took in one of their famous temple street. that street really is, full of temples

Taken this shot in Love river located in Kaohsiung. Nothing particular there.. but manage to shoot someone shooting

Shot this in Danshui, left over donut, strange enough, it is on top on a rubbish bin

hopefully, more to come!