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Friday, May 2, 2014

Mandarin House, Senado Square, & Ruins of St. Paul's - Macau (Part 3)

In the month of December in 2013, I took a trip to China to visit relatives and to travel places and take photos. On this trip, I visited Jiangsu (江苏), Anhui (安徽), Hong Kong (香港), and Macau (澳门). I took many photos on this trip and I will be splitting them into many parts. I will do my best in these blog post to describe the photos, however due to the lack of map data for China (on Google) and my horrible Chinese, I may not be able to give you too much details on certain things. At the time of visit, the smog in China is very heavy. In many of the photos, you will see what looks to be fog or haze, but it is the smog (pollution) in China. Be warned, that the pollution in China is not at safe levels. I started coughing less than one week into the trip, and I did not recover until the beginning of March this year (2014). Many individuals in China had the same cough I got. If you haven't done so, you can view my vlogs here. I already posted all my vlogs (of the entire trip) on Youtube, but these photos will come out in parts.

12/2013,我去中国旅游。我去了江苏、安徽、香港、和澳门玩。我会把照片分成很多部分。我的中文没有那么好,我不能翻译所有的东西。 我去中国的时候有很大的雾霾。我咳嗽咳了好几个月。我这次旅游也拍了一些视频,你可以在这里看。

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Here is part 3 of my Macau photos. Places in this blog post will include Mandarin House, Senado Square, and Ruins of St. Paul's.

这是澳门第三部分。

First off is photos from the Mandarin House. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 22 11 19 N 113 32 03 E 

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 22 11 18 N 113 32 04 E 

Another photo from Mandarin House.  

 Last photo from the Mandarin House. They had a few turtles there so I shot a photo of them. 


A photo of St. Lawrence's Church. 
  Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 22 11 25 N 113 32 12 E 

A photo from inside St. Augustine Church.  

Now I arrive at Senado Square. I did a long exposure as there were a lot of people there.  
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 22 11 37 N 113 32 23 E 

 A long exposure of an alley at Senado Square. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 22 11 38 N 113 32 23 E 


 A seller selling roasted chestnuts at Senado Square. 

 A seller selling mini pancakes. 

 An alley at Senado Square. This is a long exposure. 

 A photo of Saint Dominic's Church at Senado Square. 


A store owner posing for a photo. This is a Turkish Ice Cream store. It was expensive but very good. :) This shot was taken past Senado Square on the walk to Ruins of St. Paul's. 

Another street photography type shot of a store selling jerkey. 

A seafood stand. 


Long exposure at Ruins of St. Paul's. This is a tourist destination with many many people so I used my ND filter to try to blur out the tourists. Still, way too many even for a long exposure!

Another long exposure of Ruins of St. Paul's.

 A long exposure of the stairs leading up to the Ruins of St. Paul's.
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 22 11 50 N 113 32 27 E

Another long exposure of the Ruins of St. Paul's. This one was shot close to sunset.
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 22 11 48 N 113 32 27 E

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them! Next time I will have more photos from Macau (澳门). Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

下一次有跟多澳门特区的照片。

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Victoria Butterfly Gardens (Part 3) - Central Saanich, BC

From 7/17/2013 to 8/2/2013, I took a road trip from the SF Bay Area to Vancouver, BC, Canada. Half of the trip was spent driving up the west coast. On my trip, I visited many famous places such as Seattle, Butchart Gardens, Mount Rainier, and much more. Obviously I got many coastal shots and many places that isn't as famous. The reason I am posting it now is because the high amount of photos I took equaled a high amount of processing time. I took a bit over 2000 photos on the trip. After stitching the panoramas, compositing the HDRs, and picking out photos from the repeats, I have a bit over 1000 photos to show you guys. The photos will be split into parts. I will link you to the previous and next parts on each post just like I did with my Death Valley National Park photos and my Yellowstone/Grand Teton National Park photos. Hope you enjoy viewing this chain of posts!

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Today I have part 3 of Victoria Butterfly Gardens in Central Saanich, BC, Canada, the last of my photos from the Victoria Butterfly Gardens. Since I took many many photos at this place, I split them into several blog posts.

Golden Helicon (Heliconius hecale)

White Tree Nymph (Idea leuconoe)

Great Eggfly Butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina)

Pink Cattleheart (Parides iphidamas)

Giant Owl Butterfly (Caligo eurilochus)

Great Eggfly Butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina)

Pink Chenille (Acalypha hispida)

The butterfly is the Golden Helicon (Heliconius hecale) and the flowers in the background is the Pink Chenille (Acalypha hispida). 

Common Mormon (Papilio polytes)

Great Mormon (Papilio memnon)

2 photos of the Red Eared Slider Turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Brown Clipper (Parthenos Sylvia)

Giant Owl Butterfly (Caligo eurilochus) on the left and Great Eggfly Butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) on the right. 

Photos of the White Tree Nymph (Idea leuconoe) and the cacoons. I thought the made a really nice depth of field shot. 

A black and white process of the photo above. 

2 photos of the Brown Clipper (Parthenos Sylvia). 

A photo of the Silver Vase Bromiliad. Achmea spp.

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Next time I will continue with photos from the Butchart Gardens in Brentwood Bay, BC. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Reptile & Amphibian House/Alligator/Baboon - Oakland Zoo in Oakland, CA (Part 5)

I know that I am posting these photos a little bit late, but here they are anyways. So last year (12/7/2012), my biology professor took the whole class on a field trip (as one of our labs) to the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, CA to teach us biology. While I was there, I took many photos of the animals and I am here to show you them. I have to say, I am not a big fan of zoos, but it sure is a great place for animal photos! If you love animal photos like me, definitely give your local zoo a visit. All of these photos were shot using my Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens on my Canon EOS 7D.

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Message from the Photographer: Sorry about not posting recently! I've been busy with school work (end of the semester). Also, I've been really bummed out because my camera sensor has been pretty dirtied up and my rocket air blower and the auto clean function isn't doing anything to the 20-30 dust particles. I probably have to send it into Canon to get it cleaned. Really sad because I was originally planning to go on vacation beginning next week, but I won't have a camera to use if I do. I might have to postpone my trip. :/ It is kind of stressing me out plus my school work so I totally forgot to post.

Today, I just have photos of a turtle, poison dart frogs, some amphibians (not sure what the specific names are), alligators, and Hamadryas Baboons (Papio hamadryas).

A turtle. Not sure what the specific name is for this.  

Lucky enough to get a photo of 2 poison dart frogs mating. Yay! What a rare sight.  

 More poison dart frogs.

 I have no clue what these are. If anyone knows, please help me out in the comments below!

A sign talking about alligators.  

 Two photos of the alligator.

A sign talking about the Hamadryas Baboons (Papio hamadryas).  

One of the Hamadryas Baboons (Papio hamadryas).  

Another photo of the Hamadryas Baboons (Papio hamadryas). I think that is poop in the butt. 

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Next time I will be posting some photos of animals from Africa. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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