tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84432412024-02-09T01:44:46.219+08:00BattPhotosPho-Blography that Fits and Startsphatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-27774390183345315102013-07-22T09:58:00.001+08:002013-07-22T09:58:38.370+08:00Recharging in Taidong<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />phatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-29719003302629683502013-02-15T13:36:00.002+08:002013-07-22T10:00:30.204+08:00A Walk around the Neighborhood<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a bamboo bank with the inscription Ping An. Not sure why someone would leave a piggie bank out on the side of the road. Of course, I didn't touch it to see how much cash was inside as I don't wish to marry a ghost or whatever.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new Ikea in Taichung is coming along nicely. This photo is about a month old. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Covered front yard = very little grass to mow.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy Year of the Elephant...wait, that's not right.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for the lanterns to arrive.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Green Tunnel, citified. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And still the buildings are popping up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm a big fan.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sexy filter.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I haven't noticed this sign being ignored yet. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The John.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crane, Crane. Take me on out of this town.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After awhile, you come to accept speling mistaks. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sum total of our side yard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thick foliage in the front yard of our apartment building.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is a sign that says no photography. Unfortunately, I didn't pay attention to it and incurred the wrath.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bakin' Bread</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rooftop garden.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my favorite pics from Taiwan ever. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This Korean joint has sadly left the neighborhood.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anybody lose a bunny?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rectangular manhole covers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bathrooms to the left.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the front of the new Ikea. Maybe. The guard had no idea.</td></tr>
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<br />phatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-13703099630492915482013-02-15T13:25:00.005+08:002013-02-15T13:25:31.519+08:00The National PasttimesI only wish they sold clothes like this in my size. BOL= Buss Out Laughing according to The Urban Dictionary, which you should feel free to look at at some time in the future. Not now.<br />
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Shopping is not the full contact sport it is in America, at least I haven't seen any violence in a little big box store. Or Costco. There's plenty to see, though nothing to rival the best of WalMart.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Bat and a Typo on the same shirt. I'll have to take more pictures of this. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Year, New Duds. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What's missing?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fashion! Yeah!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not sure why people would buy red envelopes as they are given out in every conceivable store.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three months' worth of lottery receipts. Guess how much money was won. Go ahead. Guess. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fantastic homemade kimchi imported from Korea. Best I've ever had.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shopping for Crabs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Half a waffle with syrup drops lovingly added by my daughter.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lady at the Apple store said no one had ever purchased an iPad with change. Frank saved his coins for three years and is now the proud owner of an iPad 2.</td></tr>
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phatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-47747081087259250102013-02-15T01:05:00.002+08:002013-02-15T01:05:27.844+08:00So, What's New? It's been awhile, it's been awhile. The kids are growing up, and I feel a little freer. Need to get in the habit of writing again, and this is as good a place to start as any.<br />
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Bloody Hell, it's been years, hasn't it? A post here, a post there. How boring. How busy? How now? Not bad, thanks for asking :-)<br />
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I've been teaching junior high school and raising a family for the last few years, and while the inspiration to take interesting photographs has been there from time to time, the interest in editing has been there a little less often, and the urge to blog almost nonexistent. <br />
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Maybe this is over. Bring on da hobbiez!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well, it's part of it. I don't get out much, but it's never far away. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think there was a website called <a href="http://www.sleepingchinese.com/" target="_blank">Sleeping Chinese</a>. Yes, there is. It's fantastic check it out some other time. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's a little of what's been happening lately. I've also been neglecting <a href="http://taichung-graffiti.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tagging Taichung.</a> </td></tr>
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<br />phatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-5547755998384190382010-05-16T20:44:00.000+08:002010-05-16T20:44:47.561+08:00Venus and ..which one is the moon?<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/S-_ouua-VAI/AAAAAAAAGFg/_rjfsldeRgo/s1600/20100516_Moon+and+Venus+Conjunciton+05162010_0007.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/S-_ouua-VAI/AAAAAAAAGFg/_rjfsldeRgo/s320/20100516_Moon+and+Venus+Conjunciton+05162010_0007.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon, and then just after sunset, we get this...<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/S-_ouxAAz7I/AAAAAAAAGFo/U-jL6APiJ0o/s1600/20100516_Moon+and+Venus+Conjunciton+05162010_0008.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/S-_ouxAAz7I/AAAAAAAAGFo/U-jL6APiJ0o/s320/20100516_Moon+and+Venus+Conjunciton+05162010_0008.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>The neighborhood kids were curious what I was doing with the tripod out and a bunch of folks gathered around to watch.<br /><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/S-_ovRhdx1I/AAAAAAAAGFw/9RaM850H_Qc/s1600/20100516_Moon+and+Venus+Conjunciton+05162010_0016.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/S-_ovRhdx1I/AAAAAAAAGFw/9RaM850H_Qc/s320/20100516_Moon+and+Venus+Conjunciton+05162010_0016.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>One of the neighborhood parents came over and asked what I was taking pictures of...I was using my 80-200mm 2.8, so it was pretty obvious in which direction I was aiming. But I told her I was taking pictures of the moon anyway.<br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/S-_ovt4RrWI/AAAAAAAAGF4/QsrCFWbCeB0/s1600/20100516_Moon+and+Venus+Conjunciton+05162010_0017.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/S-_ovt4RrWI/AAAAAAAAGF4/QsrCFWbCeB0/s320/20100516_Moon+and+Venus+Conjunciton+05162010_0017.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>She asked ... "Which one's the moon?" I think this says volumes about the quality of education in Taiwan.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>phatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-68798684597781948782009-12-16T16:13:00.000+08:002009-12-16T16:13:21.080+08:00Piles o' Bikes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/SyiWXVLQDSI/AAAAAAAAFR4/R_hrsSzfB7c/s1600-h/Gear%20Box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="328" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/SyiWXVLQDSI/AAAAAAAAFR4/R_hrsSzfB7c/s400/Gear%20Box.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
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For what I do, which is basically nothing, this is more than I need.<br /><br />I took a trip to Taipei on Thursday to visit the 228 Museum. This was my third trip on the HSR, and the first one for which I had my camera. Here's the train pulling into the station at Wuer.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_7I9Usun0knM/SG7gB--DNfI/AAAAAAAABQc/8EWmhcc9t_8/s1600-h/Taichung+HSR+Station.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_7I9Usun0knM/SG7gB--DNfI/AAAAAAAABQc/8EWmhcc9t_8/s400/Taichung+HSR+Station.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219355342856730098" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And another shot after arriving at the Taipei main station. The train appears to have encountered a flock, or at least a few members of a flock, of sparrows on the way north.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_7I9Usun0knM/SG9BHoLeTaI/AAAAAAAABQ4/BPygYzs6RrI/s1600-h/HSR+sparrow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_7I9Usun0knM/SG9BHoLeTaI/AAAAAAAABQ4/BPygYzs6RrI/s400/HSR+sparrow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219462092446125474" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_7I9Usun0knM/SG7gBWc04_I/AAAAAAAABQM/gDObpDVQ-go/s1600-h/228+Peace+Memorial.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_7I9Usun0knM/SG7gBWc04_I/AAAAAAAABQM/gDObpDVQ-go/s400/228+Peace+Memorial.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219355331979961330" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Peace Park is a peaceful enough place, plenty of trees for folks to sit under. There's a traditional Chinese concrete pagoda, and a modern sculpture dedicated to the memory of the people killed in the White Terror.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_7I9Usun0knM/SG7gCIq37VI/AAAAAAAABQk/fBFirBOiLx0/s1600-h/Traditional+Cement+Pagoda+in+228+Peace+Park,+Taipei.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_7I9Usun0knM/SG7gCIq37VI/AAAAAAAABQk/fBFirBOiLx0/s400/Traditional+Cement+Pagoda+in+228+Peace+Park,+Taipei.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219355345460653394" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_7I9Usun0knM/SG7gBpH-l-I/AAAAAAAABQU/KjOMPYRh4dI/s1600-h/Construction.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_7I9Usun0knM/SG7gBpH-l-I/AAAAAAAABQU/KjOMPYRh4dI/s400/Construction.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219355336992790498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_7I9Usun0knM/SG7gCSZCPVI/AAAAAAAABQs/CRw4bVIWktE/s1600-h/Taipei+101--July+3,+2008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_7I9Usun0knM/SG7gCSZCPVI/AAAAAAAABQs/CRw4bVIWktE/s400/Taipei+101--July+3,+2008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219355348070186322" border="0" /></a>phatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-77243043267001618492007-09-16T23:20:00.000+08:002007-09-16T23:24:59.789+08:00Little Boxes On the Hillside<div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/Ru1KKt8Ik0I/AAAAAAAAAl8/SWAVMeazgdI/s1600-h/DSC_4001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/Ru1KKt8Ik0I/AAAAAAAAAl8/SWAVMeazgdI/s320/DSC_4001.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> Little boxes on the hillside<br />Little boxes made of ticky tacky<br />Little boxes Little boxes<br />Little boxes all the same<br /><br />There's a green one and a pink one<br />And a blue one and a yellow one<br />And they're all made out of ticky tacky<br />And they all look just the same<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/Ru1KK98Ik1I/AAAAAAAAAmE/KEF9yIRJ714/s1600-h/DSC_4002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/Ru1KK98Ik1I/AAAAAAAAAmE/KEF9yIRJ714/s320/DSC_4002.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And the people in the houses all go to the university<br />And they all get put in boxes, little boxes all the same<br /><br />And there's doctors and there's lawyers<br /></span> </div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:85%;">And business executives<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:85%;">And they're all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same<br />And they all play on the golf course and drink their martini dry<br />And they all have pretty children and the children go to school<br />And the children go to summer camp<br />And then to the university<br />And they all get put in boxes, and they all come out the same<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/Ru1KLN8Ik2I/AAAAAAAAAmM/gF-OmbYlhSo/s1600-h/DSC_4003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/Ru1KLN8Ik2I/AAAAAAAAAmM/gF-OmbYlhSo/s320/DSC_4003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/Ru1KLN8Ik3I/AAAAAAAAAmU/4G3u4PYfIIQ/s1600-h/DSC_4007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/Ru1KLN8Ik3I/AAAAAAAAAmU/4G3u4PYfIIQ/s320/DSC_4007.JPG" border="0" /></a> And the boys go into business and marry and raise a family<br />And they all get put in boxes, little boxes all the same<br />There's a green one, and a pink one<br />And a blue one and a yellow one<br />And they're all made out of ticky tacky<br />And they all look just the same<br /><br />--Pete Seeger</span> <div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></span></div>phatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-78419094432613562192007-03-12T00:45:00.000+08:002007-03-12T00:45:40.715+08:00Creative photos by Chema Madoz | haha.nu - a lifestyle blogzine<a href="http://duggmirror.com/design/Coolest_Creative_Photos_You_Will_See_Today_LITERALLY/plain.html">Creative photos by Chema Madoz | haha.nu - a lifestyle blogzine</a>phatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-19269381251117680762007-01-12T12:26:00.001+08:002010-05-17T09:25:31.336+08:00Taiwan High Speed Rail<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_7I9Usun0knM/RacPp4E6EEI/AAAAAAAAAHk/drfdy5D93JY/s1600-h/Train+Train.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_7I9Usun0knM/RacPp4E6EEI/AAAAAAAAAHk/drfdy5D93JY/s400/Train+Train.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5018997521829728322" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_7I9Usun0knM/RacPqYE6EFI/AAAAAAAAAHs/aa2913jnudU/s1600-h/Road+To+Nowhere.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_7I9Usun0knM/RacPqYE6EFI/AAAAAAAAAHs/aa2913jnudU/s400/Road+To+Nowhere.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5018997530419662930" border="0" /></a>phatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-14322139791884912402007-01-03T15:41:00.000+08:002007-01-03T19:37:28.870+08:00Taichung BuildingsThese are monkeyed highlights from a series of pictures I took facing East from the roof of the Early Bird Diner on Chung Ming South Rd just South of Kungyi Rd across from that little park there. If you're in the neighborhood, check out the breakfast and lunch menus at the Early Bird. The pancakes are award winning.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/RZtfH7bNvbI/AAAAAAAAAEs/aA3ZqH5MwIg/s1600-h/EB+View+Mirror.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/RZtfH7bNvbI/AAAAAAAAAEs/aA3ZqH5MwIg/s400/EB+View+Mirror.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5015707199822740914" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/RZtfJbbNvcI/AAAAAAAAAE0/p5uo35Fjczw/s1600-h/EBx4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/RZtfJbbNvcI/AAAAAAAAAE0/p5uo35Fjczw/s400/EBx4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5015707225592544706" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/RZtfJrbNvdI/AAAAAAAAAE8/IjGbCmA1z04/s1600-h/PH+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/RZtfJrbNvdI/AAAAAAAAAE8/IjGbCmA1z04/s400/PH+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5015707229887512018" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/RZtfKLbNveI/AAAAAAAAAFE/nzKOQgJiURM/s1600-h/EB+Kaleidoscope+.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/RZtfKLbNveI/AAAAAAAAAFE/nzKOQgJiURM/s400/EB+Kaleidoscope+.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5015707238477446626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/RZtfKbbNvfI/AAAAAAAAAFM/dgsx94tJNmE/s1600-h/DSC_1417.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7I9Usun0knM/RZtfKbbNvfI/AAAAAAAAAFM/dgsx94tJNmE/s400/DSC_1417.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5015707242772413938" border="0" /></a>phatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-1263673211012206932006-11-26T23:29:00.000+08:002006-11-26T23:53:18.762+08:00A Free MorningA friend of mine and I took a scooter ride up Hwy 136 into the mountains and along the ridge down towards Puli. On the way, we stopped a couple times, and here are a couple shots that I picked up along the way. There are more at B@Taiwan.<br /><br /><br />First is a lotus blossom in a pond at a reconstructed park surrounding a tourist attraction called Bat Hole. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5481/1030/1600/408645/Bat%20Hole%20Blossom.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5481/1030/400/616291/Bat%20Hole%20Blossom.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>And, as much as I hate cats, I had a good time communing with this one at a Buddhist monastery.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5481/1030/1600/26918/Buddhist%20Cat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5481/1030/400/148762/Buddhist%20Cat.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>phatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-3616647540933926272006-11-06T18:09:00.000+08:002006-11-06T18:18:58.148+08:00Before the Tripod Appeared<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5481/1030/1600/Sunset%20Bank.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5481/1030/400/Sunset%20Bank.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This is another one of those serendipitous pictures that pop up from time to time. I went up on the roof last night to take pictures of the sunset, but the light was nothing like dusk tonight.phatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-5017823155658600022006-09-19T00:52:00.000+08:002006-09-19T00:56:36.593+08:00Virtual Graffiti<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5481/1030/1600/Virtual%20Graffiti%203%20Taichung%20jpg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5481/1030/400/Virtual%20Graffiti%203%20Taichung%20jpg.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5481/1030/1600/Virtual%20Graffiti%202%20Kazan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5481/1030/400/Virtual%20Graffiti%202%20Kazan.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5481/1030/1600/Virtual%20Graffiti%20%281%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5481/1030/400/Virtual%20Graffiti%20%281%29.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Fun with layers and blending.phatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-77894174569246426762006-09-15T00:16:00.001+08:002006-09-15T00:33:55.844+08:00Taichung Botanical Garden--HDRThis is my first attempt (that came out halfway decent looking) at High Dynamic Range (HDR) Imaging. Not very exciting, and it looks a little fuzzy. Try and try again. This is a combination of two seperate images.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5481/1030/1600/front-door.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5481/1030/400/front-door.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Below is a combination of this image, and the two that begat it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5481/1030/1600/front-door-combo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5481/1030/400/front-door-combo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I've got my work cut out for me. Cybergrain.com has <a href="http://www.cybergrain.com/tech/hdr/">this introduction,</a> there's <a href="http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/high-dynamic-range.htm">this tutorial</a> at <a href="http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/cambridge-gallery.htm">Cambridge in Color,</a> andFlickr has stacks and stacks of examples of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/hdr/pool/">some really groovy work</a>. <a href="http://petemc.net/hdr-guide/">Another tutorial</a> at Daily Petephatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-33930223600374278822006-09-09T00:11:00.000+08:002006-09-09T00:19:39.664+08:00In RetrospectI haven't been up to much lately, but I've been enjoying putting pictures together in photoshop. This is a combination of some of the shapes that I put together over the last two years or so. I;m intrigued by how different each of the seeds for these mosaic/collage/fractals were, and yet how similar they appear after various filters are visited upon them.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5481/1030/1600/Untitled-1.3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5481/1030/400/Untitled-1.3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Maybe it's not that remarkable at all. Perhaps it's just my ignorance of basic geometry that makes me think that silly stuff like this is magical.phatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-84853636737111871992006-09-06T22:26:00.000+08:002006-09-06T22:42:19.447+08:00Come in Here, Dear Boy...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5481/1030/1600/Have-A-Cigar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5481/1030/400/Have-A-Cigar.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>No, no, I haven't been doing much lately. When I took this shot, it was the first new Jaguar I'd seen in a long time. Like many Jags, this one wasn't going anywhere, but it was parked in front of the Starbucks on the Harbor Rd near the Science Museum. Nice lines.phatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-1150084825861356782006-06-12T11:51:00.000+08:002006-06-12T12:00:33.653+08:00Three Presentations of Leftovers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6608/551/1600/CONVERGE.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6608/551/400/CONVERGE.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6608/551/1600/Graffiti%20Perversion.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6608/551/400/Graffiti%20Perversion.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6608/551/1600/Hua%20Mei%20St%20June%20200641.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6608/551/400/Hua%20Mei%20St%20June%20200641.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>A little something left over from the graffiti at <a href="http://www.taichung-graffiti.blogspot.com">Tagging Taichung</a>.phatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-1149316232793345332006-06-03T14:30:00.000+08:002006-06-06T10:59:34.326+08:00A Photographer's RightsInteresting and/or helpful guide to the rights of a photographer in the United States. Not much help for me in Taiwan, but eventuallyI hope to put the PDF file to use.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm">Bert P. Krages II — Attorney at Law</a><a href="javascript:void%280%29;" onclick="return false;"> </a>phatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-1146329919541954602006-04-30T00:56:00.000+08:002006-04-30T00:58:39.550+08:00ColorBoxHere's a cool little game that I found through clicked.msnbc.com. Finally, those three years in the photolab in North Carolina are paying off. I enjoy games like Tetris, and this one is similar, but it tests your understanding of additive colors. Splendid fun.phatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-1145681645851834662006-04-22T12:32:00.000+08:002006-04-22T13:01:28.256+08:00One Tower, Two Views<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6608/551/1600/2%20towers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6608/551/400/2%20towers.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6608/551/1600/4%20towers.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6608/551/400/4%20towers.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6608/551/1600/4%20towers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6608/551/400/4%20towers.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6608/551/1600/2%20towers.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6608/551/400/2%20towers.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>phatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-1145544930146601152006-04-20T22:50:00.000+08:002006-04-20T22:55:30.193+08:00Some Excitement At Home This Morning<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6608/551/1600/Fire%20%20%2005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6608/551/400/Fire%20%20%2005.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>There was a small kitchen fire in the next building over. By the time I got downstairs to take some pictures, there were no fewer than 12 fire engines parked on our corner.phatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443241.post-1135872455046191672005-12-30T00:07:00.000+08:002005-12-30T00:31:17.506+08:00Ananova - Photographer criticised<a href="http://www.blogger.com/&%7E%7ESPECIAL_REMOVE%21#%7E%7Elt;img%20src=%22/images/blank.gif%22%20height=%2213%22%20width=%221%22&%7E%7ESPECIAL_REMOVE%21#%7E%7Egt;">Ananova - Photographer criticised</a>:<br /><br />Interesting ethical question here. Some folks are saying that the photographer had the responsibility to warn passing cyclists of the pot-hole. One reader of the Beijing Youth Daily says that the photographer ought to be "condemmed" for taking the picture instead of raising an alarm. I'm hoping that by "condemmed" he means strongly reprimanded.<br /><br />But, does the photographer bear any more responsibility to warn people of danger than the average Jiu on the street? Certainly this photographer wasn't the first to discover the hole?<br /><br />Nice photo story. Lots of raw emotion. Hope he's ok.phatbatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672025710360924080noreply@blogger.com2