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photos: more of korea

darrel — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:34:20 +0000

I’ve finished processing the photos i wanted to put online. For this trip, both of us ended up with around 1600 photos. I guess we’re both quite triggerhappy. But its still less than the 2000+ we took in japan.

Everland, Seoul

Songsan Sunrise Peak, Cheju (Jeju)

Teddy Bear Mueseu, Cheju (Jeju)

Dongwasha Temple, Daegu

Somewhere at Mt Naekangsan National Park, Jeonju

Wild Persimmons at Mt Naekangsan National Park, Jeonju

Hotel Tirol, Muju

Outside our hotel, Muju

ermm… helping the trees shed their autumn leaves…, Sangsoo Herb Land, Muju

Journey to the west, Changdukgung Palace, Seoul

Changdukgung Palace, Seoul

Lotte World

Lotte World

Our handsome guides

Nami Island, Seoul

Nami Island, Seoul

photos : korea 2008

darrel — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:54:00 +0000

Yup, I’m back from my trip. I just landed on friday night, and after a 2 days of sleeping and recovering from a running nose, I pulled out a few photos taken from the trip to share. Its probably gonna take me a couple of weeks to sort out all the photos, so I just pulled a few random ones to share.

Sunrise @ Incheon Airport

Everland, Seoul

Jeju Cultural Village, Jeju

Teddy Bear Museum, Jeju

Paparazzi at the Teddy Bear Museum, Jeju

Dongwasha Temple, Daegu

Mt Naejangsan National Park / Baekyangsa, Jeonju

Nami Island, Seoul

More photos coming …

photos: Singapore Fireworks Celebration 2008

darrel — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:39:56 +0000

Cindy’s husband, Andy managed to get hold of 4 tickets for the singapore fireworks celebration display for yesterday. Unfortunately, Cindy is overseas, so she couldn’t make it, so Andy sold us the tickets.

Anyway, we’re having a burst of crappy weather the past 2 weeks, and yesterday was no exception. It was pouring in the afternoon, and when the time came for the fireworks, it has moderated to a slight drizzle, but still unpleasant.

My past few attempts at shooting fireworks were shot from the sheares bridge, which provided a fantastic spot for photography, but in the recent years, they have stopped allowing people up the bridge.

Shooting from the floating platform was actually quite a pain because of the range, as well as how quickly the place got smoked out yesterday. After firing off about 10 shots, the whole place was so smokey that all the shots came out crap, but here’s the few that could be salvaged with photoshop.

photos: mystery trip

darrel — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:38:37 +0000

I just touched down this morning from a 4-day trip organised by my company for its Annual Financial Year kickoff. We were told to fly into Beijing, dress warm and wear flat soles shoes. The whole arrangement was quite hush hush. No one knew what was the program for the kickoff, but we all assumed it would probably take place somewhere in Beijing.

We flew in on thursday, and spent a night near our office, and boarded the company chartered bus at around 10. What we didn’t expect was a long grueling butt-flattening 10 hour bus ride…

sunset.

Night view of that night’s acommodations. Its was pretty much dark by the time we arrived… around 7ish. We had a magnificent view of the night sky. I just wish I brought my tripod so I could shoot some star trails…

The bright spot is the moon

The next morning… look at the space available, and the tiny people got get an idea of the scale.

Yes, we were at the grasslands. A 10 hour bus ride brought us to the lovely (but shockingly freezing cold) inner mongolia region.

I didn’t really bring that much equipment with me, nor took many photos but it was indeed quite an experience visiting the grasslands. The air was fresh, and the sight of the expansive grasslands were soothing. I just wished we had better… or at least warmer accomodations … brrr…

The thing I need most now is … my bed, especially after a 6 hour+ return bus trip and a 6 hour delayed flight back to Singapore.

photos: Japan

darrel — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:13:34 +0000

Yup. I’m back from my Japan holiday. Actually I’ve been back for 2 weeks already, but I’m totally swamped with all the photos I’ve taken there. Japan is really a lovely place in Spring, and I’d like to shoot a pre-wedding there some day. (any volunteers ? ) I do see myself heading back there again, maybe to catch the autumn leaves scenery, but probably not this year.

Anyway, here’s some of the photos taken.

Sakura at Osaka Castle.

Kyoto. Kiyomizo temple (if I remember correctly).

Took this from my hotel room in the early morning. Its actually pretty cold in the Kyoto/Awara Region.

Yes… It snowed. Somewhere at the Hirayu Waterfall.

An onsen (hot springs) at the waterfalls. Its frozen due the the snow.

Here’s a shot of the famed Mt. Fuji. It was already evening when I reached the hotel, and I managed to get this shot. Its not everyday that we can get a clear view of Mt. Fuji.

More Mt. Fuji.

Tulips, with sleeping beauty’s castle in the background. Taken at Tokyo Disney.

Sunset, at Tokyo Disney. I loved the colours, so i took a quick shot.

Full bloom sakura, at Ueno Park. Its starting to get warm when we reached Tokyo, and the sakura trees there are mostly in full bloom. Ueno park has a path which has sakura trees blooming on both sides of the path, and plenty of picnic spots and local residents using it.

Thats us. At Shinjuku Gyoen. The sakura here is also in full bloom. Although we do not have the walkway like Ueno park, the sakura here is really stunning.

The night view, seen from Tokyo Tower. You can see Rainbow Bridge (which is NOT rainbow coloured) and the ferris wheel at Odaiba.

Base view of the Tokyo Tower.

Flowers blooming outside the Sony Building at Ginza.

Thats all for now. I’ll go dig out some more and post them eventually. I need to get back to sorting out the photos and laying it out in an album for printing.