又败家了

从local进了个二手85mm/f1.8。带hood和UVfilter$320. 纠结了半天，据说是人像利器，又想着以后拍wedding也许用的上就又败家了。拭目以待。

Crane Beach, Ipswich

Summer fun.Taken with panasonic TZ5

Worldwide photo walk-July18,2009

I participates the 2nd annual worldwide photo walk in my town.Our walk started inside the historic Boston Public Garden, the first botanical garden in the United States. We met at the "Make way for the ducklings" and then headed out to the state house to meet and photograph the civil war re-enactors of the 54th Massachusetts Glory Brigade( on 146th anniversary of their assault on Fort Wagner near Charleston, SC). I also strolled over the Boston common and public garden, the signature suspension bridge, the Swan Boats in the Lagoon, met Romeo and Juliet (the lagoon’s famous resident swan couple) and happy to see that Juliet is hatching 4 eggs.
A few photos

waterfall in new england

Silver Cascade,Rt.302, New Hampshire


Artheusa Fall , Rt.302, New Hampshire

Moss Glen Fall, South of Warren on Rt. 100,Vermont.

Canadian Rockies in early May

Snow peak

Inukshuk on hiking trail

Frozen Maligne Lake


Medicine Lake


View from Mt. Whistler

Jasper from above


Athabasca Waterfall

Johnson’s Canyon


Mt Rundle reflection

Vermilion Lake and wetland


Banff from above


Bow river

Storm is coming

Day1 Calgary to Jasper
heavy snow, lake louise stop, roadside Grizzly bear encounter.
Columbia icefield center
Day2 Maligne canyon, Medicine lake, Maligne lake
Mt. Whistler Jasper tramway, summit trail
Valley of five lakes
Day3 Athabasca Fall
Sunwapta fall
Columbia icefield bus tour
Lake louise
Day 4 Bow Valley park way, Johnson's canyon, lower fall and upper fall,
Upper hot spring
1st and 2nd vermilion lake , fenland trail
Day 5 Sulphur mt. gondola, summit trail
Bow river trail, bow falls trail, Fairmont Banff springs hotel

Wilson boston open

A friend told me about the Wilson Boston Open Badminton tournament at MIT this passing weekend. I thought this would be a good opportunity to practice indoor sports photography. Went there with my 17-40mm, and 100mm f2.8. The good things is I was able to move quite freely to look for good shooting spot. However, still wish I have a faster lens with big aperture. I set the shutter priority to 1/125. Iso 800, sill underexposed, although relatively sharp. I got some close up head shots with the 100mm but a lot of them are not sharp enough.The 17-40mm gave some nice wide angle pictures. wish i had brought 50mm f1.8, but I don't know whether it will be fast enough.

五月花

Love my new DC. It is so convenient to just carry in my pocket to anywhere I go. Lately I got a habit to stop by the public garden before go grocery shopping nearby. After a grayish morning, this afternoon is perfect,warm breezy, blue sky... So I went there again. The tulip flowers are fully bloomed. The number of people visiting the garden are also booming.