Close-up
Standing
About to bite the key
Teething on a handlebar grip
Waving to fans
All photographs taken today at our neighborhood Gymboree.
Chong Chong at Nine Months
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Taken this morning. Maybe I’ll do a “Beijing Skies” book at some point.
(I also did a series of other shots, including panoramas, which I’ll post to this directory a bit later.)
A Cricket in a Basket in a Tree
Someone at the apartment lost their cricket today. One of the guards found it, and hung it in a tree for safe-keeping. It was gone this evening.
Beijing Olympic Park Observation Tower
Beijing Olympic Park Observation Tower, which should be completed this year.
This is one of four pictures I snapped with my Canon IXUS 980IS from a moving car.
Processing, which included increasing clarity and greatly decreasing both Vibrance and Saturation, was done with Photoshop Lightroom 5.5.
Three Lanterns
Another picture taken with the DMC-GX7 and developed using Lightroom 5.4. I really do enjoy this setup.
Chong Chong at Eight Months
Decided to do something different for this month’s picture, so I had the wife and kid up on the roof (28th floor). A bit cloudy at this time, but still a wonderful day.
To the right of the frame is the North Star Times Tower, behind Chong Chong’s arm is the Bird’s Nest, and to the left of the frame is the Pangu Plaza Hotel.
Taken with my DMC-GX7. This pictures was just with available light. I’ve got another one here using the onboard flash for some fill lighting. Both were developed with Lightroom.
Light Bulbs and Clouds
Taken today whilst walking around with my DMC-GX7. Such a versatile camera for being so lightweight and having such a small footprint.
The wonderful blue skies and white clouds continue here in Beijing. Although I’ve complained to the BBC about their bias, I remain doubtful about having any coverage of the gorgeous weather here in Western media.
I’ve been collecting pictures I’ve taken of these Beijing Skies at:
Unless I get a shot that I think is really cool (like the one above), I’m just putting my sky pictures in this folder.
Beams on a San Lun Che
Taken on a side-street of the Fourth Ring Road (the main part is elevated). My apartment complex is nearby.
Another illustration of sizing the vehicle to the job. The driver of the san lun che is wearing a motorcycle helmet, which is still pretty rare in Beijing.
The woman driving the elect bicycle to the right of the frame is wearing a shirt backward so as to keep sun off of her arms.
And, don’t you just love that beautiful sky?
Sunset on the Garden
A sunset I shot toward the middle of last month at my apartment complex (Roman Gardens).
Took a fair bit of tuning using Lightroom to get it right.
Wild Child
A toy motorcycle outside a store near my apartment complex. The exterior of the building was resurfaced in the last couple of years; it does not seem to be aging well.
