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CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE BORN IN THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON.

Innovative
Enterprising
Flexible
Self-assured
Brave
Passionate
Conceited
Tactless
Scrutinizing
Unanticipated
Quick-tempered

Happy New Year to all my Flickr. friends. May this Zodiac Sign bring
you all the good wishes, health, fortune, peace and happiness.
These photos are additional teaching photos. The Canon 7D photos are the result of my tweaking and my post processing.

There are as many shooting and post processing for reds as there are photographers. I have my own exposure for reds and how to edit it for printing. I had to look for this old file to add to what I will spend a little more time this next coming month teaching.

This set was yesterday's sunset (Jan. 17, 2012. The sunset promised to be an obstructed as I thought when I dressed up. When I reached my vantage point, the open deck, the sun was completely hidden by thick clouds. On a hunch, I stayed for another half minute and then, little by little, the sun revealed itself by parts. On the clear surface, there were clouds passing across the sun. I made these shots to show that the sun can be more interesting with clouds, airplanes, birds passing across it and the exposure must be exact so as to show these elements. There is one shot that my exposure could have been improved.

This set was requested by a participant to my workshop. I went out this morning and saw this Gardenia Alfredo and produced these photos with bokeh.

Lasr Jan. 12, 2012, I again waited patiently if there will be a sunset. The odds were so low considering that from sunrise to sunset, the sky is just dull, gray and rain laden so it seemed. But I have to work on a wish that the sun as it sets would be uncovered by clouds. I got lucky, but I finished my shooting with my heart beating at a fast rate. I was alone in the top deck of a commercial building. I had to constantly look behind my back lest I be surprised. Today, Jqn. 16, 2012, I again made a solo trip but for the first 15 minutes, I was guarded by a security guard. I dedicate these spectacular shots to all my students and of course my Flickr friends.