Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Day 3 - Cing Jing & Alishan

Woke up early to go visit Qing Jing's famous "Qing Qing Chao Yuan", a place where you get to see and feed little lambs. Was hoping to be mesmerized by green pastures of grass but it wasn't so....probably because it was still too early in spring. Instead, we were greeted by yellowish fields of grasslands. Guess we picked the wrong period to visit.




"Early morning Qing Jing"
DMC-LX3, 1/250s shutter at f/2.0, ISO-125



"A new day has come..."
*HDR*




"Cute little lambs"
EOS 40D, 1/1250s shutter at f/3.5, ISO-200




"Sheep"
DMC-LX3, 1/125s shutter at f/2.8, ISO-80



"Looks like New Zealand..."

EOS 40D, 1/320s shutter at f/8.0, ISO-200





"Qing Jing's mountain ranges..."
EOS 40D, 1/400s shutter at f/8.0, ISO-200





"Enjoying..."
EOS 40D, 1/400s shutter at f/8.0, ISO-200



After departing Cing Jing, we headed for Alishan. The bullet train ride was a new experience. Smooth and fast. Hopefully we'll get to see one of these in our local shores within our lifetime. Fingers crossed...

We were late for the only train ride up to Alishan, so we had no choice but to take a cab. But be warned, it is really expensive and the journey took us a rough 2+ hours to reach our hostel at Alishan. We checked in & took a stroll around the small community. The weather was wet, misty & cold.....great weather if you pair it with a hot cup of coffee ...=^^=




"Purple blooms of Alishan"
EOS 40D, 1/80s shutter at f/5.6, ISO-640



"The magnificent colors of nature..."
EOS 40D, 1/50s shutter at f/5.6, ISO-800



"Misty Alishan"
EOS 40D, 1/250s shutter at f/5.6, ISO-400




"The mystifying forests of Alishan..."
EOS 40D, 1/50s shutter at f/5.6, ISO-400




Met a really nice couple when waiting for dinner at "The Great Beauty of Rihchu". They were travellers themselves, choosing to roam around Taiwan in their caravan home. The restaurant itself was really well decorated and the food was also good. Definitely comes highly recommended if you visit Alishan.


"The Great Beauty of Rihchu"


EOS 40D, 1/30s shutter at f/3.5, ISO-400




"Teddies"
EOS 40D, 1/20s shutter at f/5.6, ISO-800





"The intricately decorated interior..."

*HDR*





"Super satisfying pork rib dinner"
EOS 40D, 1/25s shutter at f/4.0, ISO-500



For the full album, please visit:
http://khpc82.multiply.com/photos/album/116/Taiwan_Day_3_-_CingJing_Alishan


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Sunday, April 5, 2009

Day 2 - CingJing

Departed Taipei early in the morning and headed towards Puli and then Cing Jing. After arriving at Cing Jing late that afternoon, we visited a place called "Swiss Garden". There were quite a lot of blooms there, nice place for macros and close ups of flowers.



"Dawn of a new day..."
EOS 40D, 1/8000s shutter at f/4.0, ISO-400



"Taipei's Skyscrappers"
HDRed from 3 exposures.




"The old & elderly..."
EOS 40D, 1/40s shutter at f/8.0, ISO-800




"Standing out"
EOS 40D, 1/500s shutter at f/5.6, ISO-800



"Not black & white"
EOS 40D, 1/800s shutter at f/4.0, ISO-800



"Magnificent Purple"
EOS 40D, 1/125s shutter at f/5.6, ISO-800



"Fiery Colors"
EOS 40D, 1/250s shutter at f/4.0, ISO-800



"Pine Tree"
EOS 40D, 1/400s shutter at f/4.0, ISO-800



"Magazine Cover?"
EOS 40D, 1/250s shutter at f/5.6, ISO-800



"Misty"
EOS 40D, 1/400s shutter at f/8.0, ISO-800



"The sky in the pond"
HDRed from 3 exposures.




"Yellows & whites"
EOS 40D, 1/800s shutter at f/5.0, ISO-800



"Drooping pinks"
EOS 40D, 1/30s shutter at f/10.0, ISO-800


Still fairly new to DSLRs, and when night fell, I finally managed to test out my night shots and long exposures on my barely few weeks old 40D. Some rather satisfying outcomes, but still much to improve. Too bad the sky wasn't very starry that night, would've liked to try shooting stars also since our hostel was named "摘星", which meant picking stars out of the sky.... =)



"摘星 Night View"
EOS 40D, 8s shutter at f/10.0, ISO-200




"QingJing's Night Scenery"
EOS 40D, 13s shutter at f/10.0, ISO-200



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Saturday, April 4, 2009

Day 1 - Taipei

Just came back from Taiwan.
Was there with my dear for a 10 days 9 nights trip in March '09 where we visited Taipei, CingJing, Alishan, Kaohsiung, KenTing, Hualien & Taroko National Park.
The weather wasn't really nice though... kept raining through most of our trip. Even if it didn't, it would've been either cloudy or misty. Not the kind of weather for good photos I would say...
Anyway, here are some of the better ones to share. ^^



"The early morning sky at KLIA"
EOS 40D, 1/500s shutter at f/8.0, ISO-800




"Flying over magnificent KL"
DMC-LX3, 1/400s shutter at f/2.8, ISO-80



"The ocean of people @ Shilin Night Market 士林夜市"
EOS 40D, 1/25s shutter at f/4.5, ISO-500



"Colorful Fruit Stall @ Shilin Night Market 士林夜市"
EOS 40D, 1/125s shutter at f/4.5, ISO-400



"Lion's Head @ 慈诚宫"
EOS 40D, 1/50s shutter at f/2.0, ISO-640



"Intricately decorated urn @ 慈诚宫"
EOS 40D, 1/60s shutter at f/2.0, ISO-400



"Hana @ Shilin Night Market 士林夜市"
EOS 40D, 1/125s shutter at f/2.0, ISO-400



"Fishing game @ Shilin Night Market 士林夜市"
EOS 40D, 1/100s shutter at f/2.0, ISO-400





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