Due to travel I haven't created any posts recently. I attended 6 - day photography workshop at Death Valley NP / Alabama Hills hosted by https://capturetheatlas.com. Prior to the workshop I assumed it would be a fun, relaxed journey but it turned out to be a really intense adventure. Between each sunset and sunrise, there … Continue reading Under the Beautiful Galaxy
Minnesota is famous for its cold weather at winter time, during which the temperature could go down to 30 degree below. However such a brutal environment has never stopped brave Minnesotans from seeking fun and dramatic activities. Words can't tell the true stories, let's see the photos. Looking at those kids and young adults, I … Continue reading Dramatic Actions in the Cold
Symmetric feature in architecture or landscape provides us with magnificent views and expand our minds from the line of symmetry into a much broader scope. How about the opposite of symmetry - asymmetry. First of all, what is asymmetry? Google shows that asymmetry presents the quality of having parts on either side or half that … Continue reading The Asymmetry
The fall at Northwestern regions has been so short that we almost need the heater turned on soon after the air condition is turned off! The fall lasts for at most a month here, from end of September to the end of October. Then we enter into long winter which might last for six months. … Continue reading Once Again A Season of Colors
I have never stopped to be fascinated by American white pelicans soon after I saw them floating / fishing in lakes or rivers. There is a group of white pelicans gathering near a dam located at Granite Falls during summertime. They relay on fishes to survive there. It is fun to watch their daily activities, … Continue reading What are these Pelicans doing?
It surprised me that Icelandic animals have been remaining peace with each other, that is said there are no predators and preys! Those wolfs, bears, polar bears or other carnivores can not survive at Iceland. The only beings who can kill others are human beings who use beaf, lamb, fishes and horses as their supplies … Continue reading Iceland Trip #2 Lovely Animals
It is early winter 2020, and we are in the middle of second lockdown! This means no group outing, no parties, even no photo trips with those fellow photographers. But life is still going on and we need to find something fun ALONE! Suddenly I missed those mallards and other water birds, and decided to … Continue reading Portraits of Mallards
We have been going through a lot in year 2020, from COVID - 19, to BLM then close racing presidential election, etc.. Each event has more or less created impacts on political and economical environments. I always believe that things happened with a reason. Sometimes while enduring hardship patience is the only way for us … Continue reading The Sun Will Rise Again
First in more than one hundred years, we had more than 6 inch snowfalls in the middle of October. With the cold front coming so soon, a lot of red or orange leafs were struggling and falling down from their branches. Winter attacked even before autumn had not gone away yet, which created the temporary … Continue reading It Has Snowed
The Bank I am working for use Columbus day as a company - wide holiday. I took off to Minneopa State Park at southern Minnesota. Due to its location it is just surrounded by the peak of stunning fall colors. The park was established in 1905 to preserve Minneopa Falls, a large waterfall for southern … Continue reading A Day at Minneopa State Park
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