tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120904892012-01-16T13:02:52.163+08:00SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.comBlogger2521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-46288268664514806722011-05-04T01:12:00.002+08:002011-05-04T01:16:32.154+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9FoL27_jIUE/TcA3013vFWI/AAAAAAAAANI/hW3C485j5A8/s1600/DSC_2190.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9FoL27_jIUE/TcA3013vFWI/AAAAAAAAANI/hW3C485j5A8/s400/DSC_2190.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602539317402473826" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Taken in Bogyoke Aung San Market, Yangon. The stall owner was leaning out of the counter at first, which would've made a perfect picture. Unfortunately he spotted me lifting up my camera and shrunk back in before I could snap a picture. Will have to settle for this picture instead.<br /><br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-4628826866451480672?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-41340463073672665882010-07-16T00:30:00.002+08:002010-07-16T00:32:59.331+08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/TD83qFfExjI/AAAAAAAAALI/Lyq3uGout0U/s1600/DSC_1763_.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/TD83qFfExjI/AAAAAAAAALI/Lyq3uGout0U/s320/DSC_1763_.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Take two!<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF Micro Nikkor 60mm<div style="clear: both;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none; padding: 0px; background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-4134046307367266588?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-75280924630651592152010-07-16T00:25:00.001+08:002010-07-16T00:33:13.694+08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/TD82lh3QzUI/AAAAAAAAALA/Nv0p7NsUSJk/s1600/DSC_1756_.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/TD82lh3QzUI/AAAAAAAAALA/Nv0p7NsUSJk/s320/DSC_1756_.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />As part of its natural defense mechanism, sea cucumbers spill their innards when threatened, so that they have time to escape while its predators feast on its offal. I found this one on the beach, barely a centimeter in length, with its insides beautifully intact<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF Micro Nikkor 60mm<div style="clear: both;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none; padding: 0px; background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-7528092463065159215?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-50468382349675124572009-12-01T00:41:00.000+08:002009-12-01T00:41:31.508+08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SxP1uWnXTAI/AAAAAAAAAKU/a6Ecc8D7VgE/s1600/DSC_1019.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SxP1uWnXTAI/AAAAAAAAAKU/a6Ecc8D7VgE/s320/DSC_1019.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-5046838234967512457?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-27644813791982038922009-12-01T00:34:00.000+08:002009-12-01T00:35:13.584+08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SxP0QNSgI7I/AAAAAAAAAKM/7a1ISra-o2Q/s1600/DSC_0849.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SxP0QNSgI7I/AAAAAAAAAKM/7a1ISra-o2Q/s320/DSC_0849.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-2764481379198203892?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-32861277912500757522009-08-19T01:19:00.000+08:002009-08-19T01:19:44.990+08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/Sorir0G6cFI/AAAAAAAAAI4/IDjSzx14Qk0/s1600-h/DSC_1304.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/Sorir0G6cFI/AAAAAAAAAI4/IDjSzx14Qk0/s320/DSC_1304.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-3286127791250075752?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-25972602264862014052009-08-19T00:57:00.000+08:002009-08-19T00:57:18.342+08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SordbVVEB3I/AAAAAAAAAIw/dZg4b-5N6EY/s1600-h/DSC_0696.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SordbVVEB3I/AAAAAAAAAIw/dZg4b-5N6EY/s320/DSC_0696.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-2597260226486201405?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-66889243410692030432009-08-19T00:54:00.000+08:002009-08-19T00:54:39.527+08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SorczSeMh7I/AAAAAAAAAIo/dMYsFyXOU8w/s1600-h/DSC_0674.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SorczSeMh7I/AAAAAAAAAIo/dMYsFyXOU8w/s320/DSC_0674.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-6688924341069203043?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-72139192707547268772009-08-19T00:46:00.000+08:002009-08-19T00:46:29.541+08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/Sora5B-5fQI/AAAAAAAAAIg/HYDB-34taD4/s1600-h/DSC_0600.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/Sora5B-5fQI/AAAAAAAAAIg/HYDB-34taD4/s320/DSC_0600.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-7213919270754726877?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-69371510707575704572009-08-19T00:38:00.000+08:002009-08-19T00:38:58.080+08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SorZIKOpgKI/AAAAAAAAAIY/2igXxrcZy18/s1600-h/DSC_0582.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SorZIKOpgKI/AAAAAAAAAIY/2igXxrcZy18/s320/DSC_0582.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-6937151070757570457?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-16948242137867389042009-08-19T00:35:00.000+08:002009-08-19T00:35:34.426+08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SorYVJkpzXI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/VR56bGOeUMA/s1600-h/DSC_0577.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SorYVJkpzXI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/VR56bGOeUMA/s320/DSC_0577.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-1694824213786738904?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-24169908551280340842009-08-19T00:30:00.000+08:002009-08-19T00:30:20.111+08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SorXGiyj2zI/AAAAAAAAAII/0blLL1l0F70/s1600-h/DSC_0504.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SorXGiyj2zI/AAAAAAAAAII/0blLL1l0F70/s320/DSC_0504.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-2416990855128034084?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-79996447949911111522009-08-19T00:12:00.000+08:002009-08-19T00:12:19.888+08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SorS4oEo2PI/AAAAAAAAAIA/b7JRGnCQZIM/s1600-h/DSC_0441.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SorS4oEo2PI/AAAAAAAAAIA/b7JRGnCQZIM/s320/DSC_0441.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-7999644794991111152?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-7349811349468915772009-02-11T01:57:00.002+08:002009-02-15T05:20:29.748+08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SZHAOC-vF7I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/_3e1_K9f2AU/s1600-h/DSC_9423.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SZHAOC-vF7I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/_3e1_K9f2AU/s320/DSC_9423.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I liked this picture so much that it's my iPod Touch's wallpaper =)<br /><br />Taken at a remote beach in Bali which name escapes me, high up on a cliff. Unlike the more commercial (read: tourist trap) and murky waters of Ubud and Kuta, the water here was crystal clear up to waist level.<br /><br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style="clear: both;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-734981134946891577?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-55914382248767428032008-09-22T21:46:00.000+08:002008-09-22T21:46:33.702+08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SNehuTYYEpI/AAAAAAAAAFo/l11308P_tKc/s1600-h/DSC_8928.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SNehuTYYEpI/AAAAAAAAAFo/l11308P_tKc/s320/DSC_8928.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />Took this during a (mostly disappointing) hike to Gunung Kutu a couple months back. I held my camera with one hand while holding the leaf with the other to prevent the slight breeze from ruining the shot. At the end I finally managed to get a clear shot<br /><br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF Micro Nikkor 60mm<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-5591438224876742803?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-30997314097963160562008-08-02T01:19:00.000+08:002008-08-02T01:19:28.925+08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SJNFoE2VBoI/AAAAAAAAAFE/Wlbx99Eu5O4/s1600-h/DSC_8294.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SJNFoE2VBoI/AAAAAAAAAFE/Wlbx99Eu5O4/s320/DSC_8294.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />Not content with the usual bird shots, I was looking for something unusual when it came to the cockatoos. I was in the bus waiting to leave when I saw this one in the midst of spreading its wings, which proved to be an interesting picture.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-3099731409796316056?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-59800768869348125432008-07-20T02:17:00.001+08:002008-07-20T02:24:45.410+08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SIIv39mMsII/AAAAAAAAAE8/IjfiPaTv8Y4/s1600-h/DSC_8679.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SIIv39mMsII/AAAAAAAAAE8/IjfiPaTv8Y4/s320/DSC_8679.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Taken at the aviary in Melbourne Zoo (a Brolga, it seems?). Even though this section of the aviary was supposed to simulate tropical climates, I guess it was still too cold for it to bear.<br /><br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<br /><br /><div style="clear: both;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-5980076886934812543?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-13428423564284354382008-07-12T12:22:00.000+08:002008-07-12T12:22:25.500+08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SHgxgVLZAYI/AAAAAAAAAE0/pnk2_JlnINY/s1600-h/DSC_8527.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/SHgxgVLZAYI/AAAAAAAAAE0/pnk2_JlnINY/s320/DSC_8527.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />I've been so damn lazy to update my blog, but since everyone's been asking, here's something I took in the Melbourne Botanical Gardens last week. I'll gradually update my pics over the next couple of months =)<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF Micro Nikkor 60mm<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-1342842356428435438?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-12641462060160772732007-09-21T00:46:00.000+08:002007-09-21T00:48:39.752+08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RvKkE9cZZYI/AAAAAAAAAD0/HJLpLjqW-9o/s1600-h/DSC_7129.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RvKkE9cZZYI/AAAAAAAAAD0/HJLpLjqW-9o/s320/DSC_7129.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The camera goes *bling*<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF Micro Nikkor 60mm<div style="clear: both;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-1264146206016077273?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-43814784582015097472007-09-21T00:42:00.000+08:002007-09-21T00:42:42.792+08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RvKjAtcZZXI/AAAAAAAAADs/Sif5rb7qcyY/s1600-h/DSC_6838.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RvKjAtcZZXI/AAAAAAAAADs/Sif5rb7qcyY/s320/DSC_6838.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So the wait turned out to be an hour long, because they had to make a few trips to get everyone up the hill. Rummaging around the bushes, I found a rather large bee <s>humping a flower</s> collecting nectar for the longest time. After half an hour of (failed) macros, the bee was amazingly still there!<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF Micro Nikkor 60mm<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-4381478458201509747?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-12132414992047366642007-09-21T00:21:00.000+08:002007-09-21T00:22:55.326+08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RvKeXtcZZVI/AAAAAAAAADc/Y0zGaTNV62w/s1600-h/DSC_6803.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RvKeXtcZZVI/AAAAAAAAADc/Y0zGaTNV62w/s320/DSC_6803.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />Close up of another lichen on the same signboard.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF Micro Nikkor 60mm<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-1213241499204736664?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-88673808495733023262007-09-21T00:19:00.001+08:002007-09-21T00:28:15.207+08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RvKfENcZZWI/AAAAAAAAADk/DU36NH-jmMw/s1600-h/DSC_6792.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RvKfENcZZWI/AAAAAAAAADk/DU36NH-jmMw/s320/DSC_6792.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This taken on my company trip to Gunung Irau. While waiting for the others to arrive, I spent my time taking pictures in the small waiting area. The surroundings were so moist that lichens have grown on a traffic signboard.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style="clear: both;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-8867380849573302326?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-34748272014514111362007-09-01T02:10:00.000+08:002007-09-07T01:37:40.943+08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RthZqea4DNI/AAAAAAAAACg/Uw_rz8pChaM/s1600-h/DSC_7392_027.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RthZqea4DNI/AAAAAAAAACg/Uw_rz8pChaM/s320/DSC_7392_027.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Close up macro of b-a-n-a-n-a-s!<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF Micro Nikkor 60mm<div style="clear: both;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-3474827201451411136?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-77561315802958957012007-09-01T02:06:00.000+08:002007-09-07T01:37:56.656+08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RthYz-a4DMI/AAAAAAAAACY/fx70EIfxbFg/s1600-h/DSC_7379_025.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RthYz-a4DMI/AAAAAAAAACY/fx70EIfxbFg/s320/DSC_7379_025.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Yup, this is the <a href="http://photokit.blogspot.com/2007/08/wasp.html">same bug </a>that Kit shot. Sneaky l'il fella, this one. It kept darting back and forth the wire fence while we both tried to get a good shot of it. I got fed up at the end and blasted flash at it with a high(low?) aperture which ended up with a reasonable shot, and called it a day :P<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF Micro Nikkor 60mm<div style="clear: both;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-7756131580295895701?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-81610069526315360072007-09-01T01:52:00.000+08:002007-09-01T01:54:44.791+08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RthV5Oa4DLI/AAAAAAAAACQ/Rx1rQ66ytJ4/s1600-h/DSC_7351_018.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RthV5Oa4DLI/AAAAAAAAACQ/Rx1rQ66ytJ4/s400/DSC_7351_018.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />The time honoured cliched shot of one of the KLCC towers. Since I was unable to eliminate the street lamp hanging overhead, I decided to include it in the shot.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-8161006952631536007?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-27856019755324709662007-09-01T01:47:00.000+08:002007-09-01T01:47:21.538+08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RthUKea4DKI/AAAAAAAAACI/hRqO0SzJU14/s1600-h/DSC_7330_005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RthUKea4DKI/AAAAAAAAACI/hRqO0SzJU14/s400/DSC_7330_005.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />So Derrick had a photography assignment to shoot landscapes, and with some room left for a couple more shots, we set out on a last minute night photography excursion, which brought us from PJ all the way to KLCC.<br /><br />This one was taken at the UM Hospital flyover. We had to squat down and squeeze our camera lens through the narrow grilles in order to take our shots. I liked how this one turned out, especially with Megatron's face next to the Gerbang<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-2785601975532470966?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-81894781169272726812007-06-17T03:41:00.000+08:002007-06-17T03:46:32.317+08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RnQ9yP8OumI/AAAAAAAAACA/mn_QOYvbd-4/s1600-h/DSC_6642.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RnQ9yP8OumI/AAAAAAAAACA/mn_QOYvbd-4/s400/DSC_6642.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The monkeys seem to be used to being constantly fed. Visitors generally bring bananas or sugarcanes, sold outside the caves, and amuse themselves watching the monkeys eat. Not so amusing when they start snatching plastic bags, purses and garlands (happened in front of me). Well at least it's still better than the <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/06/0628_040628_tvrats.html">Kami Mata Temple</a> in India.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-8189478116927272681?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-72366750367086875532007-06-17T03:22:00.000+08:002007-06-17T03:46:32.318+08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RnQ4u_8OulI/AAAAAAAAAB4/XR9Zrk1Qa0o/s1600-h/DSC_6664.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RnQ4u_8OulI/AAAAAAAAAB4/XR9Zrk1Qa0o/s400/DSC_6664.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />Instant gratification. Yum!<br /><br />Lighting is a major problem in the Batu Caves, and the only option is to shoot at ISO 1600 at low shutter speeds. I think it's time that I invest in a flash gun *drools*<br /><br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-7236675036708687553?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-54902601591870367722007-06-17T03:17:00.000+08:002007-06-17T03:46:32.318+08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RnQ3lf8OukI/AAAAAAAAABw/CsovPdAey64/s1600-h/DSC_6663.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RnQ3lf8OukI/AAAAAAAAABw/CsovPdAey64/s400/DSC_6663.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />Examining the spoils of the day.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-5490260159187036772?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-65598369152305860642007-06-17T03:08:00.000+08:002007-06-17T03:46:32.318+08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RnQ1UP8OujI/AAAAAAAAABo/kteG63az2Qs/s1600-h/DSC_6587.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RnQ1UP8OujI/AAAAAAAAABo/kteG63az2Qs/s400/DSC_6587.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Followed Kit and Brigitte for a photo outing some time last month. Since I've been here before, I was looking for something new to shoot, and all I could see was monkeys. Well, people and monkeys. But I didn't feel like taking pictures of gaggling Chinese aunties that day (if you catch me in that mood, kill me), and I've explored Hinduism on other occasions, so monkeys it was.<br /><br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style="clear: both;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-6559836915230586064?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-67099915767206157922007-06-11T02:00:00.000+08:002007-06-11T02:47:21.011+08:00If anyone has been following this blog, you'll have noticed the extreme lack of activity. I blame this on procrastination, and the fact that I've switched from Windows XP to Vista. (Warning, rant ahead)<br /><br />&lt;rant&gt;<br /><a href="http://www.capturenx.com/">Nikon Capture NX</a>, which is what I use to convert RAW files to JPEG and also *coughs* perform my limited repertoire of image manipulation, on its own installs fine on Vista, however you will need to install .NET Framework 1.1 first, because Microsoft smartly decided to exclude 1.1 from Vista. Hell.<br /><br />After weeks of hair-pulling and visits to Aaron Stebner's <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/articles/454956.aspx">blog</a>, I finally found the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/05/17/600677.aspx">cure</a>. Nevermind that it took me so long to find the link, what I really wanna know is:<br /><ul><li>why can't MS bloody fix the framework install if there are so many <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/articles/454956.aspx">known issues</a>, or include 1.1 as part of Vista, and</li><li>whether there's a need for NX to be tied down to the 1.1 Framework. Out of the 20 odd dll files, less than half contain CLR code, out of which, all are GUI-related or wrappers to unmanaged code. Surely it can't be that hard to uncouple the dependency on 1.1??<br /></li></ul><br /><br />&lt;/rant&gt;<br />Anyway, now that things have been fixed, expect to have a few more updates over the next couple of weeks, work permitting, of course =)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-6709991576720615792?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-58454716849082950552007-06-11T01:57:00.000+08:002007-06-17T03:47:25.721+08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/Rmw7l_8OuiI/AAAAAAAAABg/m-11K7cRapA/s1600-h/DSC_6530_rotated_levels.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/Rmw7l_8OuiI/AAAAAAAAABg/m-11K7cRapA/s320/DSC_6530_rotated_levels.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />A long overdue picture, shot on a tripod in a hurry at the Lumut pier, with only a couple more minutes before the ferry left. I was on a very brief trip back to Pangkor for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingming_Festival">Cheng Beng/Qing Ming Festival</a>, and waiting for the first ferry to arrive was the only quiet moment I had during the entire trip (that, and waiting since 2am for the friggin pier to open at 7am)<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-5845471684908295055?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-80596304899464724962007-01-29T02:49:00.000+08:002007-06-17T03:48:34.970+08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RbzwNJZEJgI/AAAAAAAAABE/WcfuF4N7T8o/s1600-h/DSC_6431.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RbzwNJZEJgI/AAAAAAAAABE/WcfuF4N7T8o/s400/DSC_6431.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />In my attempt to take an interesting shot of this orchid, I came up with this one. At first I liked it because of the vast space on the left, another look made me realise that it roughly conforms to the golden mean (although I didn't properly measure).<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF Micro Nikkor 60mm<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-8059630489946472496?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-3716071070464287392007-01-29T02:43:00.000+08:002007-06-17T03:48:34.970+08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/Rbzu7JZEJfI/AAAAAAAAAA8/n5B6BK7B7HA/s1600-h/DSC_6420.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/Rbzu7JZEJfI/AAAAAAAAAA8/n5B6BK7B7HA/s400/DSC_6420.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />Don't let the picture fool you, this pitcher was only roughly 1 inch in size. It was very annoying when trying to take this picture, as it was swaying away merrily in the breeze. It only occurred to me to <strong>hold </strong>the damn thing when I saw Kit taking a picture of the same plant. I was like... "duh" =p<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF Micro Nikkor 60mm<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-371607107046428739?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-57334937841473211382007-01-29T02:38:00.000+08:002007-06-17T03:48:34.970+08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RbztlZZEJeI/AAAAAAAAAA0/75OhLD1D-PE/s1600-h/DSC_6396.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RbztlZZEJeI/AAAAAAAAAA0/75OhLD1D-PE/s400/DSC_6396.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />Another macro shot, this time with my built-in TTL flash. The subject is still a chrysanthemum, although of a different species. I've been seeing blue chrysanthemums for many years now, and it's only a few years ago that I found out the blue colour comes from artificial dye, rather than its natural colour.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF Micro Nikkor 60mm<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-5733493784147321138?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-36099734922571676072007-01-29T02:34:00.000+08:002007-06-17T03:48:34.971+08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RbzsrpZEJdI/AAAAAAAAAAs/nVFqRo76BBE/s1600-h/DSC_6415.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RbzsrpZEJdI/AAAAAAAAAAs/nVFqRo76BBE/s400/DSC_6415.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />What attracted me immediately to this Chrysanthemum, was not its beauty, but the fact that I saw it all over the place in Curse Of The Golden Flower. This is also marks my first attempt at flash macro photography since I bought a second-hand 60mm macro lens. Kit was kind enough to lend and hold his wireless flash unit for this picture =)<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF Micro Nikkor 60mm<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-3609973492257167607?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-6524156849657720472007-01-29T02:30:00.000+08:002007-06-17T03:47:44.587+08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RbzygJZEJhI/AAAAAAAAABM/hd-4g2hnkpw/s1600-h/DSC_6338.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RbzygJZEJhI/AAAAAAAAABM/hd-4g2hnkpw/s400/DSC_6338.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There was a floral bazaar thingy in Putrajaya yesterday, so Kit, Derrick and I decided to check it out and hopefully take some nice pictures. We ended up spending one whole hour just driving around looking for the venue, and another half an hour walking in the HOT midday sun towards the venue. Why they don't have clearer signage and shaded walkways in Putrajaya baffles me.<br /><br />This was taken at what looked like a weekend market, somewhere along the wild floral bazaar chase.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style="clear: both;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-652415684965772047?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-47024536796535675362007-01-06T18:58:00.000+08:002007-01-06T18:58:23.578+08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RZ-AzzJzezI/AAAAAAAAAAc/yf3POJ5ZKTw/s1600-h/DSC_6286.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RZ-AzzJzezI/AAAAAAAAAAc/yf3POJ5ZKTw/s400/DSC_6286.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />Taken at the Rantai art event (16-17 Dec 06).<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-4702453679653567536?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-58786705247887686832007-01-06T18:02:00.000+08:002007-01-08T00:31:26.937+08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RZ-B2TJze0I/AAAAAAAAAAk/qjQlYleLTsM/s1600-h/DSC_6146.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RZ-B2TJze0I/AAAAAAAAAAk/qjQlYleLTsM/s400/DSC_6146.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The reflection pool in front of the Hindu temple in Muktinath. The overall scenery was nice, as it was autumn and the garden reminded me of a Japanese garden.<br /><br />This is also the last picture in my Nepal series, even though there are still lots more pictures where this came from, it's time to move on.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div style="clear: both;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-5878670524788768683?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-7167561494116797492006-12-05T03:48:00.000+08:002006-12-05T03:57:18.705+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RXR7uY3WOCI/AAAAAAAAAAk/iHmKjiZHAJ4/s1600-h/DSC_6134.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RXR7uY3WOCI/AAAAAAAAAAk/iHmKjiZHAJ4/s320/DSC_6134.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004761122794256418" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A prayer scarf outside the muktinath temple walls at roughly 3800m above sea level. There are two small temples inside the walls, one tibetan buddhist and another one hindu. Religions here seem to play along with each other very well.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-716756149411679749?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-91482017392973115882006-12-05T03:06:00.000+08:002006-12-05T03:38:54.862+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RXRx7Y3WOBI/AAAAAAAAAAY/XI7-ePUJoa0/s1600-h/DSC_5976.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RXRx7Y3WOBI/AAAAAAAAAAY/XI7-ePUJoa0/s320/DSC_5976.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004750351016278034" border="0" /></a><br /><br />People walk across the Kali Gandaki riverbed during the dry seasons, because it's somewhat shorter than taking the roads. However winds can get quite strong, so make sure you're prepared. Pebbles in some areas will definitely kill your foot, making it feel like a foot reflexology session from hell.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-9148201739297311588?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-46936271864728852222006-12-05T03:03:00.000+08:002006-12-06T02:12:26.590+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RXRxDI3WOAI/AAAAAAAAAAM/6wkvp2r6arU/s1600-h/DSC_5856.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0p4PZShtpsg/RXRxDI3WOAI/AAAAAAAAAAM/6wkvp2r6arU/s320/DSC_5856.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004749384648636418" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Part of the reason why my knees felt like they weren't mine anymore by the end of the day. Imagine, these stairs took less than 5 mins to climb down, and we had hours of these ahead of us that day :s<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-4693627186472885222?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-43267132103642178902006-11-28T04:02:00.000+08:002006-11-28T04:02:40.707+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7289/1475/1600/941966/DSC_5828.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7289/1475/400/810243/DSC_5828.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />Three ladies beating the husk off millets. This was taken on the way from Ghorepani to Tatopani while waiting for lunch to be served. Curiously enough, whatever your order, it will definitely take more than half an hour to arrive, regardless of the crowd.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-4326713210364217890?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-62824119252364724942006-11-28T03:41:00.000+08:002006-11-28T03:41:47.334+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7289/1475/1600/883051/DSC_5805.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7289/1475/400/27458/DSC_5805.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />Kids watching us as we trekked past them. In nepal, I find that looking back while trekking tends to yield lots of interesting pictures.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-6282411925236472494?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-60442534085976569022006-11-28T03:29:00.000+08:002006-11-28T03:29:09.094+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7289/1475/1600/181778/DSC_5799.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7289/1475/400/89644/DSC_5799.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sunrise , sunrise, there's some booger in your eyes<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-6044253408597656902?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-20504986453252614632006-11-28T03:23:00.000+08:002006-11-28T03:23:35.678+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7289/1475/1600/609363/DSC_5796.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7289/1475/400/7999/DSC_5796.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />One of the very few good pictures I took on Poon Hill which kinda reminds me of midwest USA. Seriously, it's not worth waking up at 4am for a one hour climb up for a view was more or less the same as the one you can get below... plus it was freezing my ass off =p<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-2050498645325261463?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1164219112173965942006-11-23T02:11:00.000+08:002006-11-27T02:53:41.726+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2214/1007/1600/628125/DSC_5779.jpg"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2214/1007/400/484803/DSC_5779.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Taken, believe it or not, from within the lodge's dining hall, where everyone congregated because it there was a fireplace, and the apple pie was yum. The view on Poon Hill (which we had to hike another 500m uphill to reach) was not much better, except that you can see all the other mountain ranges.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-116421911217396594?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1164218783571590002006-11-23T02:06:00.000+08:002006-11-27T02:59:32.100+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2214/1007/1600/911204/DSC_5777.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2214/1007/400/342554/DSC_5777.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Finally, rest.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-116421878357159000?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1164218625853989252006-11-23T02:03:00.000+08:002006-11-23T02:03:45.863+08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_5761.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_5761.jpg'></a><br />On the top of the hill, before heading to Ghorepani, which was about 500m (my guess) downhill. <br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-116421862585398925?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1164218459092417102006-11-23T02:00:00.000+08:002006-11-23T02:00:59.103+08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_5751.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_5751.jpg'></a><br />When it gets higher up, things suddenly start to look like a Chinese ink painting. <br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-116421845909241710?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1164218292466680562006-11-23T01:58:00.000+08:002006-11-27T03:03:09.826+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2214/1007/1600/639772/DSC_5724.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2214/1007/400/396533/DSC_5724.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />What looks like a waterfall in the background is actually grass. There were some monkeys too, but unfortunately I didn't manage to get any good shots of those.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-116421829246668056?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1164217928296054432006-11-23T01:52:00.000+08:002006-11-23T01:52:08.303+08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_5709.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_5709.jpg'></a><br />Kit and Woon resting at Tadapani after a long day's hike through the forest with slippery stairs.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-116421792829605443?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1164217850392481542006-11-23T01:50:00.000+08:002006-11-23T01:50:50.546+08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_5708.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_5708.jpg'></a><br />Tadapani<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-116421785039248154?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1162749901187882422006-11-06T02:05:00.000+08:002006-11-06T02:16:17.736+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_5677.jpg"><img class="phostImg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_5677.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Day 2, road to Tadapani<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-116274990118788242?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1162749558654775952006-11-06T01:59:00.000+08:002006-11-06T02:16:58.803+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_5613.jpg"><img class="phostImg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_5613.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This is, what I assume, the top of a cumulus cloud, taken from our first day guest house on the Annapurna trek in Ghandruk. Since layers of clouds often have very subtle difference in colour from the surrounding clouds, curves have been tweaked in photoshop to bring out the most of this picture.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-116274955865477595?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1162749278575047982006-11-06T01:54:00.000+08:002006-11-06T02:17:21.550+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_5521.jpg"><img class="phostImg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_5521.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"Almost there.... I can almost touch my nose with my tongue... "<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-116274927857504798?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1162749006363336922006-11-06T01:50:00.000+08:002006-11-06T02:17:53.230+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_5519.jpg"><img class="phostImg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_5519.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Whatever that's on her mind right now, it probably has nothing to do with how close she is from falling off the platform.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-116274900636333692?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1162748702163673312006-11-06T01:45:00.000+08:002006-11-06T02:18:20.936+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_5459.jpg"><img class="phostImg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_5459.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />After a quick rest, this woman is setting up her headpiece(?) to her basket before she continues with her journey home carrying firewood.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-116274870216367331?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1162748349967081762006-11-06T01:39:00.000+08:002006-11-06T02:18:32.080+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_5448.jpg"><img class="phostImg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_5448.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />What I particularly found interesting with this picture was the simplicity of the setup - just some leaves slotted in a crack to divert the flow of water - which I would have never thought of at that time. Sad to say, this newfound knowledge did not aid in my survival in the mountains, as there's tap water (diverted from nearby streams) in all the lodges we've been to.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-116274834996708176?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1162747790891971072006-11-06T01:29:00.000+08:002006-11-06T02:18:45.710+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_5400.jpg"><img class="phostImg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_5400.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Taken at a market in a town between Kathmandu to Pokhara which we stopped by for lunch. The kid was concentrating so hard that he didn't notice me taking the photo.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-116274779089197107?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1162579810522860432006-11-04T02:50:00.000+08:002006-11-04T02:53:07.850+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_5325.0.jpg"><img class="phostImg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_5325.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I wanted to take a less-cliched picture of the all-seeing-eyes in Boudhanath, and I noticed that there's a corner with a smaller stupa with the same pair of eyes. I had to wait till wind blew and lifted up the flags that obscured the smaller pair of eyes because prayer flags were literally hung up everywhere.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-116257981052286043?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1162579279539357002006-11-04T02:41:00.000+08:002006-11-04T02:52:22.223+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_5293.jpg"><img class="phostImg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_5293.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Another pigeon pic, taken at one of the many mini stupas leading to Swayambunath<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-116257927953935700?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1162578990685076302006-11-04T02:36:00.000+08:002006-11-04T02:52:11.060+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_5158.jpg"><img class="phostImg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_5158.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />A pigeon just about to perch on a temple in Durbar Square, Kathmandu.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-116257899068507630?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1162578744192459962006-11-04T02:32:00.000+08:002006-11-04T02:52:01.390+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_5067.jpg"><img class="phostImg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_5067.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />A random lady in Durbar Square who according to our guide, was out of her mind. She came along and started singing and talking to passers by who paid her no attention.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-116257874419245996?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1162578583744183372006-11-04T02:29:00.000+08:002006-11-04T02:51:31.820+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_5049.jpg"><img class="phostImg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_5049.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Took this picture while walking around the streets of Thamel. I still have no idea what the guys are doing, though it looks like some kind of metalworks shop<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-116257858374418337?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1162578450456979992006-11-04T02:27:00.000+08:002006-11-04T02:51:03.186+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_5037.jpg"><img class="phostImg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_5037.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />A trinket stall in the streets of Thamel, Kathmandu <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-116257845045697999?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1155576966721798992006-08-15T00:11:00.000+08:002006-08-15T01:36:06.740+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/1024/DSC_4659.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/400/DSC_4659.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Leftover from the indian celebration pics, but right now I'm too tired to place a proper description... zZZzzzzzZ...<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-115557696672179899?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1154973354309360672006-08-08T01:48:00.000+08:002006-08-08T01:55:54.350+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/1024/DSC_4650.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/400/DSC_4650.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br />Was quite perplexed by this pair of women (actually we found out later that one of them was, and still is, a man) that wore thick and elaborate makeup coupled with a bunch of peacock feathers hanging on their waists. Turned out that they were dancers, and performed in front of the mobile shrine. Whether it was planned or they hijacked the show, we'll never know. <br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-115497335430936067?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1154972336161736002006-08-08T01:33:00.000+08:002006-08-08T01:38:56.163+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/1024/DSC_4519.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/400/DSC_4519.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br />What can I say? I'm fascinated by fire.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-115497233616173600?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1154971925994286642006-08-08T01:14:00.000+08:002006-08-08T14:23:06.600+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/1024/DSC_4580_nx.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/400/DSC_4580_nx.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Priest cutting open a coconut as an offering.<br /><br />Background: A neighbourhood Indian temple that I had no idea was there (I still have no clue where it is) held an annual celebration just last weekend. A couple of prayer stalls (the type you see during deepavali/thaipusam) were set up along the road told me that it was going to be a photo opportunity. Sure enough, after I went home to fetch my camera and some reinforcements, it had turned into a mini carnival, complete with dancing mobs and a mobile shrine.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; moz-background-clip: initial; moz-background-origin: initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-115497192599428664?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1152555093479613572006-07-11T02:11:00.000+08:002006-07-11T02:13:53.693+08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_4214.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_4214.jpg'></a><br />IMHO the only exhibit that made the RM 5 admission worth its money. A dragon made entirely out chinese cutlery. Not very lantern-y I know, but impressive nonetheless.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-115255509347961357?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1152554797316806052006-07-11T02:06:00.000+08:002006-07-11T02:17:04.520+08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_4200.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_4200.jpg'></a><br />A statue of Avalokitesvara, facing four directions. It was nice to look at until its mouths, eyes and limbs moved (not in a nice way, mind you), and water started sprouting from one of its clasped hands.<br /><br />P/S that green light you see on its forehead? It's a green laser that draws random lines on the floor... talk about tacky<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-115255479731680605?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1152554513307542612006-07-11T02:01:00.000+08:002006-07-11T02:13:41.056+08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_4176.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_4176.jpg'></a><br />There was a display made out of several lit spherical cages, each spinning in a different direction, with a disco ball within. A slower shutter speed made it look so much nicer :P<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-115255451330754261?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1152554375628975382006-07-11T01:59:00.000+08:002006-07-11T02:13:31.436+08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_4148.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_4148.jpg'></a><br />Huge red balls.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-115255437562897538?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1152554171322062802006-07-11T01:56:00.000+08:002006-07-11T02:35:48.690+08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_4129.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_4129.jpg'></a><br />Went to a so-called Asian Lantern Carnival last week, which was quite pathetic. Given the name, we expected tonnes of people but were greeted instead with a huge empty space with less than a hundred people around. It probably wouldn't have looked as bad if there were more people, but some of the displays looked downright tacky at that point. <br /><br />But as always, there were some scenes worth taking =)<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-115255417132206280?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1150823244172016612006-06-21T01:07:00.000+08:002006-06-21T01:07:24.193+08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_21461.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_21461.jpg'></a><br />White-bellied sea eagle in action. My first ever attempt at bird shots, actually.<br /><br />I got extremely pissed at myself when I went home and found out that it was shot in ISO 1600, thanks to the trip to Langkawi Underwater World. I had set the camera to auto ISO, and had this picture taken at f/14.0 in hopes that the lower(higher?) aperture give me enough depth of field, but forgot to turn off the (&^@#$@ auto ISO. Noise removal can only do so much :-/<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-115082324417201661?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1150822004422648542006-06-21T00:46:00.000+08:002006-06-21T00:46:44.430+08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_1983.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_1983.jpg'></a><br />The Common Marmoset. Taken at Langkawi's Underwater World<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-115082200442264854?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1149008301875573982006-05-31T00:58:00.000+08:002006-05-31T01:39:03.866+08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_1933.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_1933.jpg'></a><br />On the way back, we visited a fish farm, courtesy of the boat (though I suspect we're being charged more for the tickets for that). <br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114900830187557398?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1149008115124905882006-05-31T00:55:00.000+08:002006-05-31T01:01:23.673+08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_1855.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_1855.jpg'></a><br />Bicycles aren't the only form of transportation people can chuck aside.... <br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114900811512490588?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1149007728603053922006-05-31T00:48:00.000+08:002006-05-31T01:01:14.120+08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_1832.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_1832.jpg'></a><br />Trash is everywhere. This wheel-less bicycle, for instance, was stuck between wooden planks<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114900772860305392?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1149007558147447832006-05-31T00:45:00.000+08:002006-05-31T01:01:09.056+08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_1822.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_1822.jpg'></a><br />As for the island... what can I say? It's only got one main road :P <br /><br />That aside, it's just a really, really filthy tourist trap. I wonder why my primary school textbook chose to dedicate an entire chapter to it. Maybe they didn't find out about Redang yet.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114900755814744783?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1149007193575804372006-05-31T00:39:00.000+08:002006-05-31T01:13:59.206+08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_1784.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_1784.jpg'></a><br />The waves didn't look like much at first, but after adjusting the color and white balance, I ended up with a stunning picture. Moral of the story: never throw away your pictures before you toy with them.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114900719357580437?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1149006722605022092006-05-31T00:32:00.000+08:002006-05-31T01:00:58.856+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_1759.jpg"><img class="phostImg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_1759.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Decided to go on a spontaneous trip to Pulau Ketam on Sunday. Actually, it wasn't that spontaneous: Derrick and I have been toying with the idea of going to the place for a while. As you can see, it was a beautiful sunny day.<br /><br />Unfortunately the ticketing woman was <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2xTJsdXle4">more than a little crazy</a>.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114900672260502209?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1148405291635563142006-05-24T01:28:00.000+08:002007-06-17T03:51:54.969+08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_1718_mod.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_1718_mod.jpg'></a><br />Taken at an unknown waterfall near Maran, Pahang. It's in a forest reserve, which you have to drive offroad through a rubber estate and some logging tracks to get to.<br /><br />I took a few pictures of the waterfall but I like this one the most because the shutter is sufficiently slow that water shows movement, but yet isn't one of those blur waterfall pictures you get so often. <br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114840529163556314?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1147632792889784882006-05-15T02:53:00.000+08:002006-05-15T02:54:35.286+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_1529.jpg"><img class="phostImg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_1529.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />So I've decided to go back to the same temple for Wesak. Man, I forgot how hard the crowd makes for taking pictures, but still managed to get this.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114763279288978488?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1147191120293164352006-05-10T00:05:00.000+08:002006-05-10T00:12:00.313+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/1024/DSC_1452.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/400/DSC_1452.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br />Another pic I took in Ta Phrom, but it could've been anywhere else, really. At first I wanted to take a picture of the beams of light coming through the crack, but it wasn't dark enough indoors. It was then that I noticed the web gleaming in the sun.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114719112029316435?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1145815576588460772006-04-24T02:01:00.000+08:002006-04-24T02:42:31.563+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/1024/DSC_1450.jpg"><img style="display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/400/DSC_1450.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Ta Phrom temple, where nature battles man-made structures over the dominion of land. Most ly it wins, but this is isn't one of those times.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114581557658846077?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1145814319260687072006-04-24T01:38:00.000+08:002006-04-24T02:40:59.023+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/1024/DSC_1437.jpg"><img style="display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/400/DSC_1437.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I always find shots like this much more interesting than the scenery itself. It definitely sets the whole mood of the trip, knowing that you're not about to enter a glossy, brochure-esque touristy place.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114581431926068707?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1145813881945798412006-04-24T01:34:00.000+08:002006-04-24T02:33:28.223+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/1024/DSC_1356.jpg"><img style="display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/400/DSC_1356.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />In memory of the sheep from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Restaurant_at_the_End_of_the_Universe">restaurant at the end of the universe</a>. Mmmmm, lamb shank!<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114581388194579841?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1145813539515342912006-04-24T01:25:00.000+08:002006-04-24T02:32:57.316+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/1024/DSC_1289.jpg"><img style="display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/400/DSC_1289.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />A stairwell that leads up into the broad daylight, and another one to dark uncertainty. Makes an interesting contrast.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114581353951534291?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1145813040501330562006-04-24T01:21:00.000+08:002006-04-24T02:41:16.360+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/1024/DSC_1155.jpg"><img style="display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/400/DSC_1155.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />All in a day's work<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114581304050133056?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1146077214614048752006-04-24T01:16:00.001+08:002006-04-27T02:48:13.646+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/1024/DSC_1117.0.jpg"><img style="display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/400/DSC_1117.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Locals bathing, wishing for some peace and quiet, no doubt :P Taken in the car while on the way to Tonle Sap. The VR did help to offset the car movement, but once we went off the tar roads, no amount of VR in the world could do any good.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114607721461404875?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1145812502386188182006-04-24T01:12:00.000+08:002006-04-24T02:32:14.576+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/1024/DSC_1106.jpg"><img style="display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/400/DSC_1106.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />An Apsara, a heavenly nymph. In reality, everything in Siem Reap is either called Angkor-something or Apsara-something. Kinda tells you how important it is :P<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114581250238618818?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1145812213614373292006-04-24T01:08:00.000+08:002006-04-24T02:30:11.610+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/1024/DSC_1060.jpg"><img style="display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/400/DSC_1060.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />As for the climb down... you decide. Only one side of the tower has railings. For some reason, this shot reminds me of the Batu Caves in Malaysia.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114581221361437329?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1145811999957340892006-04-24T01:00:00.000+08:002006-04-24T02:29:17.530+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/1024/DSC_1047.jpg"><img style="display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/400/DSC_1047.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The middle tower of Angkor Wat is tall, and steep... very steep. It is also my suspicion that the ancient Khmers had very small feet, because I can only stand on the stairs if I place my feet sideways. That, together with corrosion, make the climb to the top a very precarious one.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114581199995734089?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1145810480861609052006-04-24T00:41:00.000+08:002006-04-24T02:29:03.676+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_1006.jpg"><img class="phostImg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_1006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />"Why do you like to take photos of monks?", he asked.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114581048086160905?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1145816874596432132006-04-24T00:35:00.000+08:002006-04-24T02:36:03.753+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/1024/DSC_0981.jpg"><img style="display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2214/1007/400/DSC_0981.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Even though the limbs are broken, like most other Angkor statues, that serene smile alone grants the statue a degree of reverence.<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm DX ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114581687459643213?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1145810081454772062006-04-24T00:34:00.000+08:002006-04-24T02:21:45.150+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_0974.jpg"><img class="phostImg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_0974.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Nuns tending to a statue close to the entrance of Angkor Wat. Such a scene can be seen throughout the Angkor temples, whereby statues of buddha that are still well preserved are draped in safron-coloured cloth and worshipped<br /><br />Nikon D70s, AF-S Nikkor 18 - 200mm ED VR <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114581008145477206?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1142875187809260542006-03-21T01:19:00.000+08:002006-03-21T01:22:56.003+08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/1024/DSC_0319.jpg"><img class="phostImg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/81/3042/480/DSC_0319.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Not sure about other places, but the bodhi tree is a fairly common sight in Malaysia. It's hardly a coincidence that the Buddha attained enlightenment under the tree, that has been since a symbol of buddhism, as it takes root even in the slightest cracks, splitting rocks and concrete as it grows. <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-114287518780926054?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12090489.post-1138649827541017502006-01-31T03:26:00.000+08:002006-01-31T03:37:07.570+08:00Shit happens, and right now I'm forced to take a short hiatus from taking pictures. To cut the long story short, a friend borrowed my camera and lost it.<br /><br />On the bright side, he's getting me a brand new D70s body as a replacement, and I've decided to buy the 18-200mm VR lens :D However, due to the long waiting list, the lens will prolly only arrive some time next month, which is still in time for my Cambodia trip, so stay tuned! =)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12090489-113864982754101750?l=framingqueer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16871563233199192903noreply@blogger.com5