tommy thompson park

4 hours of walking, taking pictures, walking.... walking....
next time, i am bringing my bike.
the park is only open on weekends. it's conservation area, a home to many birds fly in and out of toronto.
it was amazing to see the birds fly and listen to them sing.
it was a perfect place to forget the busy city living and relax.

마음이 맑아지는 기분. 최고!

holga and diana

martin schoeller

thank you mr martin schoeller for amazing photographs.
i'm flabbergasted.

martinschoeller.com

mustang

Dhakmar villagers return to the town after a day of working in the fields. (Taylor Weidman/The Vanishing Cultures Project)

"Mustang, or the former Kingdom of Lo, is hidden in the rain shadow of the Himalaya in one of the most remote corners of Nepal. Hemmed in by the world's highest mountain range to the south and an occupied and shuttered Tibet to the north, this tiny Tibetan kingdom has remained virtually unchanged since the 15th century. Today, Mustang is arguably the best-preserved example of traditional Tibetan life in the world. But it is poised for change. A new highway will connect the region to Kathmandu and China for the first time, ushering in a new age of modernity and altering Mustang's desert-mountain villages forever." -taylor weidman

from bigpicture

titanic and one hundred years

These spoons, salvaged from the wreckage of the Titanic on the ocean floor, were part of an exhibit at the Maritime Aquarium, in South Norwalk, Conn., Feb. 1, 2002. RMS Titanic, Inc. is the sole salvage company allowed to remove items from the ocean floor where the luxury liner sank in the North Atlantic. (Douglas Healey/Associated Press)

from bigpicture

natalie portman

simply gorgeous.

how to take good pictures

i bought three books on my way home from dinner with my sister the other day. at dollar a book, it was a great bargain! and the how to take good pictures was an awesome find!!! it's published by kodak in 1982. i just love looking at these retro photographs. the book has useful tips on photography too. i love this book!!

taking photos of food is hard....

ever since i started blogging about food, i find myself struggling to take photos of food especially in a dimly lit restaurants. food photography is some serious procedure. i've searched google (how will i ever live without you) to learn some tips on taking food photos.


white board! that was the secret behind it! but it is highly unlikely that i will be carrying my own reflective board when i am dining out. also, how silly would that look? by the time the food is served, i feel bad for friends dining with me to wait for me to get that one good photo. i don't need extra commotion to delay the hunger longer. meanwhile, i am going to study and practice on getting the angle right, and hopefully photoshop will help me at best ☺

for yummy reviews visit threepurpleplates.blogspot.com


awesome food photography tips:
http://www.mycookinghut.com/2008/12/02/tips-on-food-photography
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/10-tips-to-improve-your-food-photography-styling
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/angles-for-food-photography
http://souvlakiforthesoul.com/food-and-prop-styling-for-food-bloggers

emperor penguins

LOVE OF PARENTS: The emperor penguins fight for survival and to protect their only baby in the frozen Antarctic ice desert. Antarctica: Atka Bay, Weddell Sea. (Photo and caption by Claus Possberg/National Geographic Photo Contest).

it warms my heart every time i look at this photo.

[Andreas Gursky] Rhine II

Rhine II. $4.3m

"a dramatic and profound reflection on human existence and our relationship to nature on the cusp of the 21st century" - Andreas Gursky

andrew b. myers

a is for anachronism, 2011

spectacle to be hold, 2011

from here

love the colours

peculiar snapshots

from unexpectedtales' flickr.

there are so much more weird/crazy/funny/odd vintage photos.

i love the collection. fantastic!
*images screen captured from flickr

minerals?

Using reflected light, Yanping Wang of the Beijing Planetarium in Beijing captured sand at 4x magnification. (Yanping Wang). from bigpicture