Lantau Trail

Canon 400D, Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG

ISO 400 - 1/320sec - f/2.8 @ 70mm

Location: Lantau Trail, Lantau Island

I like this pic mainly because after so many attempt with my limited cheap lens portfolio, I've be able to take one picture with such a great bokeh (its look like a real circle and not elliptical).

I though I will never be able to take one of this pic if I am not upgrading my equipments to the pro level. But of course, if I use L level lens, I think it will look a lot smoother and wouldn't be that hard to take.

SunFlower

Canon 400D, Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG
ISO 100 - 1/400sec - f/2.8 @ 70mm
Location: Fairview Park, YL

Technically: I've always wanted to try on the "Macro", but never had a chance to lay my hand on one of those macro lenses. Though, using a zoom lens, i tryed to take some macro pics. and here is one of them.

Delos

Canon 400D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
ISO 100 - 1/400sec - f/10 @ 109mm
Location: Delos, Mykonos, Athens, Greece

The Doric Temple of Isis was built on a high over-looking hill at the beginning of the Roman period to venerate the familiar trinity of Isis, the Alexandrian Serapis and Anubis. [ref.wiki]

Canon 400D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
ISO 400 - 1/2500sec - f/5.6 @ 135mm
Location: Delos, Mykonos, Athens, Greece

This flower was taken at The Terrace of the Lions (behind), it was dedicated to Apollo by the people of Naxos shortly before 600 BC, had originally nine to twelve squatting, snarling marble guardian lions along the Sacred Way; one is inserted over the main gate to the Venetian Arsenal. The lions create a monumental avenue comparable to Egyptian avenues of sphinxes. [ref.wiki]

Canon 400D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
ISO 100 - 1/250sec - f/9 @ 85mm
Location: Delos, Mykonos, Athens, Greece

The island of Delos, isolated in the centre of the roughly circular ring of islands called the Cyclades, near Mykonos, is one of the most important mythological, historical and archaeological sites in Greece. Delos had a position as a holy sanctuary for a millennium before Olympian Greek mythology made it the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. [ref.wiki]

The Acropolis

Canon 400D, Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

ISO 100 - 1/80sec - f/11, Tripod

Location: Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece

The Parthenon is a temple of the Greek goddess Athena, built in the 5th century BC on the Athenian Acropolis. It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece, generally considered to be the culmination of the development of the Doric order. Its decorative sculptures are considered one of the high points of Greek art. The Parthenon is regarded as an enduring symbol of ancient Greece and of Athenian democracy, and is one of the world's greatest cultural monuments. [Ref. wikipedia.org]

Canon 400D, Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
ISO 100 - 1/125sec - f/9
Location: Acropolis, Athens, Greece

The greatest and finest sanctuary of ancient Athens, dedicated primarily to its patron, the goddess Athena, dominates the centre of the modern city from the rocky crag known as the Acropolis. These unique masterpieces of ancient architecture combine different orders and styles of Classical art in a most innovative manner and have influenced art and culture for many centuries.
The most important buildings visible on the Acropolis today - that is, the Parthenon, the Propylaia, the Erechtheion and the temple of Athena Nike. The temples on the north side of the Acropolis housed primarily the earlier Athenian cults and those of the Olympian gods, while the southern part of the Acropolis was dedicated to the cult of Athena in her many qualities: as Polias (patron of the city), Parthenos, Pallas, Promachos (goddess of war), Ergane (goddess of manual labour) and Nike (Victory). [ref.odysseus.culture.gr]

Canon 400D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
ISO 100 - 1/500sec - f/5.6, Ev+1
Location: Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Theatre of Herodes Atticus or The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a stone theatre structure located on the south slope of the Acropolis of Athens. It was built in 161 AD by Herodes Atticus in memory of his wife, Aspasia Annia Regilla. It was originally a steep-sloped amphitheater with a three-story stone front wall and a wooden roof, and was used as a venue for music concerts with a capacity of 5,000. [Ref. wikipedia.org]

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]

BWhite

Canon 400D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
ISO 100 - 1/20sec - f/5.6, ExpBV +1
Location: Fairview Park, Yuen Long, NT

Our life is too short and too vulnerable,
We should live to the maximun,
Do valuable, right and useful things,
Appreciate and treasure all the people and things around us,
Life is precious.

My condolence to the Sichuan earthquake victims and salute to those brave people helping in the rescue job.

Technical: Using channel mixer for the b/w conversion.

Walk for Lunch

Canon 400D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
ISO 100 - 1/100sec - f/5.6
Location: City Walk, Tsuen Wan

Canon 400D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
ISO 200 - 1/400sec - f/5.6
Location: City Walk, Tsuen Wan

Canon 400D, Sigma 28-70mm f/2.6 EX DG

Canon 400D, Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 EX DG

Everyday the most troublesome thing is to think where to eat lunch.. for me.
This time we went to a new place near the office, and lucky on that day I bring along my camera. It was a nice place, while, don’t mention about the food...

Kong Sham Western Highway

Canon 400D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
ISO 100 - 1/250sec - f/9
Location: Kong Sham Western Highway

We went up to the hillside and took some shots of the highway, but couldn’t have a clear shoot on the bridge... it was a sunny day but it was smoggy too.

Lets get start it... in RED

Canon 400D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
ISO 200 - 1/500sec - f/5.6
Location: Kong Sham Western Highway

This is my first try on a new technique to post processing my photos with the CS2. and i will try to come out with best way to do it. Hopefully...