The Gate

Canon 400D, Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
ISO 100 - 1/400sec - f/8
Location: Roman Agora, Monastiraki, Athens, Greece

The Gate of Athena Archegetis is in the west side of the Roman Agora. It was built between 19 and 11 BC. The monumental entrance has a row of four Doric columns and a pedestal made of Pentelic marble. It was constructed in BC with the donations of Julius Caesar and Augustus and was dedicated by the people of Athens to their patroness, Athena Archegetics.
It is considered to be the second most prominent remain in the site after the Tower of the Winds. [ ref: wikipedia.org]

Technical: This time, on the pp phase, i tryed the sharpen + sharpen more filter function and fill 10% on the layer. It is a common technique to bring out details of the image and saddly noices too.

Waiting 2

Canon 400D, Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
ISO 800 - 1/20sec - f/1.8
Location: Luk Yeung Galleria, Tsuen Wan, NT

This was one of my first shoots with the 50mm f/1.8, and trying with some night bokeh. Not that good tho.

Technical: A Bokeh is a photographic term referring to the appearance of out-of-focus areas in an image produced by a camera lens. Different lens bokeh produces different aesthetic qualities in out-of-focus backgrounds, which are often used to reduce distractions and emphasize the primary subject. [ ref: wikipedia.org]

A poor bokeh is when the edge is sharply defined and even emphasized for a point that is supposed to be out-of-focus, and that the center is dim. But for a good bokeh, the edge is completely undefined. [ref:kenrockwell]