One picture a day

A slight deviation from Korea>>

Because I did not want the rented lens go to waste, I went out anyway to take photos, hoping to get lucky with some portrait shots. Luckily a colleague suggested Little India (thank goodness for Deepavali!).

With the 85mm f1.4

For the rest of the photos, click here

Shooting myself

Because sch is turning out to be this seriously pmsing bitch, I wanted to get it off my head and out of my hair by doing some random photography therapy.

So I rented the fabulous Nikkor 85mm f1.4 lens.
Its insanely lovely with the bokeh, very sharp, nice colours, great depth of field and obviously very good for portraits! But the only set back -

I have no fucking models. And it is raining outside.

Fuck me hard.

Korea in series: Scenery/Highlight

Some things just stand out among the rest. This was one of those moments/highlights:

The Munkyong Rail Bike:


They were original spur lines that used to run to Mungyeong-eup and Kaeul. However they have been discontinued and part of them have become bike paths, with rental rail-running bikes running on the original tracks - an obvious attraction that no die hard tourist and back packer included can resist.


My mum and I pedalled like mad - no thanks to the lack of exercise. But of course, the scenery, fantastic (sweat glands? what, sweat glands?) weather and company more than made up for it.




Photo taking was particulary trying though: Pedal, balance my cam bag, change lens, pedal somemore, balance again, take pictures, pedal somemore. You get the picture.




Next - Korea in series: Wine tunnel

Korea in series: Memorable shot 1

I froze my ass off to take this:

7 degrees at the Dragon Peak Valley, Yong Pyong. (For other butterfly photo, click here.)


But I was a happy tropper at the end of it all:

Korea in series: Skies

It is easy to take beautiful pictures when the said country is already so arresting in all its natural splendid glory.

Korea is a country that rightly belongs to the women; the skies are a clear testament.

Flight over Seoul:



The weary travellers' morning blues at Seoul-Incheon:
(Shin chun, near Ewha Womans University)


Sunset at Jeju Island:



slowly drowned in magenta:



Flight to Pusan/Daegu:


Sometimes it is cotton candy:
(right outside the Persimmon Wine Tunnel)



Other times it looks like sweets:
(at Dongwahsa Temple)


that threatens to turn angry right away:


It rages and the hills burn:
(evening at Daegu)


with unabashed magnificence:
(on the road to Yong Pyong)


that always leaves it a little lonely right after:



More of Korea in series: Scenery