MY TRAVEL PHOTOS
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As I am new to this forum, I've been "encouraged" by one of the members in this forum to post my photos here.
I am not a professional photographer and owns only some basic equipment. The following posts are some photos I'd taken during my travels. Each photo is unedited and unretouched. Most photos will be accompanied by my personal comment. At best, they are a record of my journeys, and worst, they are just crappy photos. I do hope, however, that some of the reasons I give for taking these photos can help people who travel. By all means, comment, condemn or console.... no issue with me. Equipment used included Nikon Coolpix 995, 5700, 8700, Sony F88, and JVC HDD camcorder.
Japan
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Nothing really spectacular, but this shot reminds me when I arrived at Narita Airport and what temperature it was at.
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Probably the weirdest room I had stayed. Feels like anytime, ninjas will appear from the wall... I feel that the bleak color communicates my solitude. My own regret is the chair in the foreground... should have removed it. I always take a picture of the hotel room and the toilet.... so that the folks back home know how I enjoy or suffer.
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This was dinner... lots of ceramic not enough food.
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The courtyard of the dainty hotel at a very small town north of Japan. No one speaks English here. Comes with a in-house hot spring.
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Flora and fauna, a good topic. Not in Singapore though, I feel that the lighting is just not conducive for nature shorts (but it's only my opinion).
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Whao...japan~!! Gd man! Thanks for sharing the pictures!
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A floor sign that reminds of the name of the Shinkansen that I had taken. 3+ hrs to Tokyo. Road signs and train stations signs make good photographs because they serve as reminder to where we've been.
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I also try to take a shot of the hotel I had stayed in. This one is in Tokyo. Managed to catch the sun reflecting off the corner.
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Same hotel, at night, close to Christmas.
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Taken from a pedestrian bridge.... feels like Fast and Furious, Tokyo Drift.
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Shopping time, lots of small shops selling nick nacks and nice finger food. Quite affordable.
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I see a glass of beer!
Craving lai liao. -
I like that comment..
"lots of ceramics not enough food.." -
Nice!
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Don't know who these chicks are.... but the point is keep the camera ready, you'd never know what comes your way.
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To me the secret of good nature shots is the natural light. The sky is an absolute blue, which makes the color of the environment absolute fabulous.
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Overhead crowd shots, best with a camera with a flip screen viewer. To me, that's my basic criteria, which is why I don't have a DSLR.
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Again capturing the moment, spontaneous shot of a girl putting up her prayer request.
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The leader of a secret spiritual society in Tokyo.... just kidding.... she's the chief waitress in a tonkatsu restaurant.... taken in secret in case the ninjas or yakuza appear from behind the wall... one shot only.
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The real ninja at the street corner.....
That's all from Japan for now.....
When I more free, I will post photos from my other trips. -
i like 5,9,10,11
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some pics look voyeurish
and it doesnt help than unker wasi n Japan
last pic of 'ninja' looks like a monk -
voyeurish??? you'd seen those I did NOT postOriginally posted by laurence82:some pics look voyeurish
and it doesnt help than unker wasi n Japan
last pic of 'ninja' looks like a monk
in the trains, on the street..... -
Australia
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Outside Brisbane Museum: Taken with a JVC HDD camcorder. No too happy with the quality but the sky is so dam blue.
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Sydney. So near yet so far.... taken from my hotel room. Too blinking cold to get out. So can only appreciate from afar.
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India
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Mumbai... one of the most opulent hotel I've ever stayed. This photo was color corrected using the white balance function in the camera... Pays to carry around white name cards to serve as white point. Otherwise this shot will be yellowish orange.
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One of the worst colored meals I have, and one of the best tasting.... it's a kind of vegetable puree with lots of mutton inside.... and yes there's the beer too.
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Yup, everyone's working, the workmen loading the goods, the cow waiting to drive off, I was on the way to a customer's place.
India - one of the most expensive place to stay where hotels are concern. -
Jakarta
Marriot hotel, taken not far from where the car bomb exploded. Now it's about 20 to 30 meter walk from the road to the entrance. No cars allowed that close to the hotel. Structural photography has to be interesting. Straight lines are boring, so sometimes get another line to cut across to boost up the asthetic level.
Philippines
Makati Mandarin, 28 floor executive lounge. Breakfast. Sat next to the window to allow natural light to come in. I like the colors and the tight cropping. I love food shots... -
Love your Australia and India shots.
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Kota Kinabalu
Beach path at Shangri La Kota Kinabalu. Dusk. I like the soft pastel colors that turned up. The slight breeze cause the leaves to sway a little softening the entire composition. Natural light.
Malacca
The street opposite Christ Church in Malacca. On the way to Jonkers' Walk. -
Thailand
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Using the leaves as a frame to lead-in into the opening where masts can be seen. I think it gives a sense of anticipation for subsequent photos when seen as a package. Of course, I cannot put in the other photos.... ahem...
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Again, nothing beautify the photo more than a blue sky.... mast, ropes all point towards one thing - the sky. -
wah!! i like unker's malacca n kota kinabalu pix
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circular quay, i miss it so muchOriginally posted by Chin Eng:Australia
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Outside Brisbane Museum: Taken with a JVC HDD camcorder. No too happy with the quality but the sky is so dam blue.
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Sydney. So near yet so far.... taken from my hotel room. Too blinking cold to get out. So can only appreciate from afar.
I didn't bring my regular equipment.... sigh...
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US of A
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While blue sky is great... blue sky with very defined clouds are better.
...plus some local color
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on a horse drawn carriage ride around a farm...
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Anyone else done ice-fishing? don't know? refer to the movie "Grumpy Old Men"
This small hole is where the fishing line goes into
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As far as your eye can see.... it's ice. Yes, this is a frozen lake.
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Notice the guy on the right, just below the tree line? Yup, he's fishing too.
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View from my bedroom. -
Wah I wish I can visit so many places too...
Neh mind this holiday going to Guilin, hope can get some great pictures too
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This was taken from another thread in June..where i have orignally posted my Phuket pictures..im aint free to write more or edit it right now,but here it is..
Ah, i just return from Phuket this afternoon....
Im going to list my adventure like the topic starter's
Me and my family rented a Honda CR-V and then drove from Phuket to Koh Samui, stopping at Krabi on the way too....clocking abt 1500km in total...
Our holiday was from 29/5 to 5/6,
We saw a very nice sunset on the very first evening we were in Phuket,while trying to find our hotel..
Later after a nice dinner at Number 3 most popular resturant,Sam Steak, a walk aound the area lead us to Molly Malone's Irish Pub..the notice said that only persons aged 20 and over are allowed to enter but the bouncer let me in
anyway.The second time we came,i drank a Bacardi Breezer lemon
The next day we left for Krabi,we did not really much here...just drive around ...the vintage petrol pump we went to was a nice one too...
On the 31st of May we headed to Koh Samui via Don Sak by highway 41 entering from Thung Yai..the highway is unsupervised and being mostly straight and absenting speed cams,it is very easy and tempting to hit ur car's top speed here,better than M'sian NS highway....
There are Car Ferries going tro and fro every 2 hours from 12.00 untill 15.00 and then its hourly to 17.00 hours, the journey to Koh Samui takes 1 and a half hours and there's aircon and non air con rooms for you to rest
We took the 12.00 hour ferry btw...and i recommend drivers taking the ferry to be experienced as they will ask you to squeeze wif other cars on the ferry...so much that it is very hard to get out of the car from the small space(tink abt half a meter!!!)
Prior to this we saw a pickup carrying a adorable bunch of pigs...
At Koh Samui, being adventurous, we decided to go offroad with the CR-V..only to be unable to scale a 50 deg steep road and later at a pure off road trail stranded for an hour after the CRV couldnt go back up the trail
damage after the adventure
Then after 2 days at Koh Samui we returned to Phuket and then shop around...
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Hi Ching Eng,
I would like to see some of your photos taken in SIngapore. If you have any please share. I hope the local photos are taken with the same pieces of equipment (or on par with what) you used for the Japan shoot.
I like Japan, in fact i like the sceneries from the vast lands outside Singapore. Finding something interesting to shoot is never a problem.
In Singapore, photographers face a constant challenge of finding some good spots to shoot. I would like to see how you do it in Singapore. -
The photographer probably know the 'monk' as a ninja from the advertisements on display there. In ancient Japan, the various ninja sects and cults operates in secrecy and during the day most espionage or information and spying work involves the members in various guise, from monks to peasants to the musicians to geishas (courthouse performers and prostitutes). Some groups of the shadowless assassins were even based from the monastaries.Originally posted by laurence82:some pics look voyeurish
and it doesnt help than unker wasi n Japan
last pic of 'ninja' looks like a monk
Many knew the ninja as a black masked man but some records about them indicates that some ninjas in ancient Japan actually wore dark dull blue. -
All the captions that I had done are done in jest. You obvious have no sense of humour.....Originally posted by Farmerseed:The photographer probably know the 'monk' as a ninja from the advertisements on display there. In ancient Japan, the various ninja sects and cults operates in secrecy and during the day most espionage or information and spying work involves the members in various guise, from monks to peasants to the musicians to geishas (courthouse performers and prostitutes). Some groups of the shadowless assassins were even based from the monastaries.
Many knew the ninja as a black masked man but some records about them indicates that some ninjas in ancient Japan actually wore dark dull blue.