Couple of weeks ago, a colleagues from California flew to Minnesota for a two-day onsite planning meeting of a new project. Even though we had been working in the same group for a year, it was the first time for us to meet in person. Communication in person usually went much deeper than email / … Continue reading Before and After – Photo Editing
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
Around a year ago, I visited an exhibition hosted at local zoo, named as "Jack'o Lantern Spectacular". Thousands of carved pumpkins were displayed for upcoming Halloween. There were some pumpkins carved as normal as usually seen in front of people's front yards, except that they were pilled up together to create scenarios as groups of … Continue reading After a Year, I Still Don’t Know How They Did it……
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
In this week's Lens - Artists Challenge, we are asked to choose some of our favorite photos and to tell a story behind each of the photos. The first photo I chose is a coyote sitting in snow. I must admit that the photo doesn't have good quality simply because it was taken through a … Continue reading I am Telling you Why
I discovered there was a group of mute swans at lake Ontario during our family vacation. They look different from the swans we saw at Minnesota. With their long flexible necks, pure white plumages, and distinctive orange bills, the mute swans have more elegance and graceful presence, compared with any other kinds of swans I … Continue reading Mute Beauty
Time flys, with blink of eyes we are in October, which means we can say goodbye to summer, and give fall a warm welcome. One of my favorite photography topics in fall is display of various pumpkins. Starting October 01 of each year, there is a huge collection of pumpkins (I was told over 300 … Continue reading Beautiful “Audrey”
Soon after we landed at Reykjavík, I was surprised by a large field of lupine in front of airport. Back at home we usually drive for couple of hours to see such a big lupine field, but at Reykjavík and its surroundings the purple flowers are everywhere! In the following days we saw them at … Continue reading Iceland Trip #3 The Ocean of Purple
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
The summer time at Minnesota is always short and precious, the blooming time for peonies is even shorter and more precious! The blooming time for peonies is around two weeks during middle of June. I have photographed the flowers many times over the years, but I have never gotten tired of capturing their beauty. Driving … Continue reading Blooming Peonies
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