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The popular Vancouver Biennale sculpture "Wind Waves" at Garry Point Park will be removed from the location in February.

I had the last glimpse at it in the sunset last week.

Again I am the photographer who has no luck seeing a spectacular sunset. Anyways I still took a shot because I will probably not be seeing it again in the evening like this.

Happy Monday and week ahead!

Get a small camera and you are like wearing an invisibility cloak. Then you will be confident and fearless. You may go straight to the stranger and stand in front of them and shoot.

I had my Fuji X10 with me while I had my lunch at Richmond Public Market today. I shot the lady reading newspaper and she was sitting in the table next to me. She read the same Chinese newspaper as I do. :o)

May the rain stop and we are no more confined to the indoor!

Have a great day!

This is folklore from ancient China. A military general and his army was sent by the emperor to fight a war against the invading enemy.

The army needs to cross the river in order to fight the enemy. The general wants to show his commitment and decisiveness on winning the war. He orders his soldiers to sink the boats after crossing the river. This signals that they can have no way return but winning the war.

Somebody claims that JPEG is like "digital slide film" because it has little elasticity in adjustments. Once your exposure, white balance or other settings are wrong, you would be difficult to adjust in post-production.

You need to do it right on the scene. Do you want to take the challenge and sink the boat by shooting JPEG only?

This is the sunken boat at Britannia Shipyard taken with my Fuji X10.

Have a great Sunday!

I had a walk in Britannia Shipyard yesterday and met with this seagull. He looks like a wise bird having good photographic eye and I consulted him about photography.

Man: Do we need 1Dx or D4 to make the best pictures?
Gull: No!

Man: Do we need ISO 204,800?
Gull: No!

Man: Do we need F0.95, F1.2, F1.4 or even F2.8 lenses to make good pictures?
Gull: No!

Man: Do we need Photoshop, Lightroom and RAW?
Gull: No!

Man: Do we need 108 bit, 1,800MP 8" x 12" super-large format sensor?
Gull: No!

I feel something wrong. So I asked a skiill test question.

Man: Are you a seagull?
Gull: No!

Oh no! He is telling all the lies about photography!!

Have a happy happy weekend!

This is my minimalist seagull at Britannia Shipyard.

Gaudi loves nature and gets a lot of inspirations from natural forms into his architecture.

When I visited Sagrada Familia in 2010, they had a featured exhibition on Gaudi and nature showing how Gaudi had his designs inspired by natural forms.

The giant columns in Sagrada Familia are resembled to the big trees with branches at the top.

This is my shot at Sagrada Familia from my 2010 archives.

Happy Friday and weekend!