【Hong Kong Nostalgia】
【Hong Kong Nostalgia】
【Ontario Yours to Discover】In Toronto, October is always a good month to see maple colors. In the past few years, I always spent an hour's drive north of Toronto to visit Horseshoe Valley Road in Barrie to enjoy the fall colors. I like to go to the section of the Horseshoe Valley Road near the Horseshoe Valley Skii Resort . The entrance of the resort is at the bottom of the slope. While standing on the top of the hill on the Horseshoe Valley Road, one will see the road run down to the valley bottom and continue to move up to the top of the hill. The road appears like a roller coaster on the slide. 
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【Behind the Image】《Huntsville Lions Lookout》: The Lions Lookout is in the midst of Huntsville town. One can drive up to the hill top with tall trees in the surroundings. A canopy was built for sight-seeing. The north side is the Huntsville valley whereas the east side can view the Muskoka Lake with a few small islands.
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【Ontario Yours to Discover】: This is the fourth year I visited Canada National Exhibition (CNE) for photography. On August 28, 2014 I went to this annual event at 7:30pm after queuing for one hour for admission. I did not have much time for photography of different activities as I had to leave at 10pm, I only focused my photo theme on the Sky Ride. 
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I bought a used Tamron 500mm f/8 mirror reflex lens last year. This kind of mirror reflective lens was produced in the 70s when I was learning film photography. It was created for photographer shooting with a longer focal length but in a compact size and light weight. However, this kind of reflective lens dropped out in favor in the 90s.
【On the Stage】 《Christina Wan's 50th Anniversary in Performing Art》 In celebrating the 50th anniversary in the professional performing art in Cantonese Opera, Ms Christina Wan, a prominent celebrity from Hong Kong, together with three other renowned artists, viz. WJ Ho, Candy Wai and Johnson Yuen flied from Hong Kong to Toronto to perform a Cantonese opera show at Markham Theatre on July 6, 2014 at 6:30pm. 
【Ontario Yours to Discover】That day we went to Pickering in Toronto to take sunset photographs. This day, my photo buddy, John and I wished to continue outdoor photography. We went to Pickering again but this time we followed the map to a nearby creek near the marinas in a lakeside park. The location was facing the dam and the distant lighthouse. We wanted to practice slow shutter shooting but upon arrival, we were surprised to find many flying birds.
【Ontario Yours to Discover】 Toronto has charming evening, but to shoot the beautiful sunset at dusk, we have to invest a little thought to find a suitable location good for photography. Perhaps we can go to the lakeshore downtown. The Toronto lake has a long shoreline which stretches eastward with many sunset attractions. That day, Derek, John and I, the Photo Trio went to Pickering, about 20km east of Toronto to take some sunset photographs. 
【Ontario Yours to Discover】 A few days ago, I was driving eastbound on Steeles Avenue in Toronto. After turning to the Old Finch Avenue I noticed that the street scene gradually changed. The busy street became narrow and desolate. My car was entering into the area of a country farm. Incidentally, I saw a small pond on the roadside. It was tranquil and lovely.
【Ontario Yours to Discover】 Though the night scene in Toronto is not gorgeous than Hong Kong's "Pearl of the Orient", its light colors along the lakeside in downtown are still attractive. My photo friend, John invited me to take night photos at lakeside Toronto, I was glad to accept his invitation. We had our dinner in a Chinese restaurant in downtown before heading to lakeshore.
【Ontario Yours to Discover】In April, I went to Toogood Pond in Toronto several time to shoot Canadian geese and made geese the themes of these photo albums and posts. However, it seems that these albums are lacking some images with human touch.
【粵腔戲筆 • Cantonese Rhymed Doggerel】 
Tower: "Goose 1, clear to land first."
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【Hong Kong Nostalgia】 Over the past three years, every time I returned to Hong Kong, I would always go to Nam Sang Wai in Yuen Long for photography because I believe that in the process of urban development, Nam Sang Wai will eventually disappear. As such, I want to have a closer look of it before its total disappearance! 
【Photo Inspiration】: 
【Hong Kong Nostalgia】Tung Ping Chau is a crescent-shaped island, located in Mirs Bay in the northeast waters of Hong Kong with a total area of 1.1 square kilometers. The highest point is Hok Ngam Teng of 48 meters on the southeastern end of the island. As the island looks flat, it is so named as Ping Chau (lit. flat island) . In order to distinguish "Ping Chau" the one located between Hong Kong island and Lantao island, it is also called "Tung (lit. east) Ping Chau". In the 1950s, about 1,500 villages were distributed in ten villages, living off in farming and fishing. 
【Behind the Image】: Wish you a happy﹐ successful and prosperous Year of the Horse 2014. This photo was one of the photo exercises taken at the home of our Photo Trio. Three of us spent an evening practicing low light photography with long-time exposure. 
【Hong Kong Nostalgia】Plover Cove Reservoir was built in the northeast New Territories, Hong Kong. The main dam extends from Tai Mei Tuk to the Plover Cove, connecting the southern end of two small islands. The dam surrounds the islands blocking seawater and pumping out brackish water to create a reservoir. The reservoir was completed in 1968, becoming the world's largest and is the first reservoir built in the sea. 
【Hong Kong Nostalgia】Shing Moon Reservoir was built in 1923. The original 8 villages in the area were moved to Kam Tin, Tai Po and Fanling for resettlement. In 1937, the construction of the reservior was completed with a capacity of three thousand million gallions. It was the largest reservor compared with those in Britain and her other colonies. That was also the year King George V had accession to the throne for 25 years. Therefore, the reservior was also named as "Jubilee Reservior".
【Hong Kong Nostalgia】Aberdeen Reservoir was built in 1890 to provide water supply for the Southern District of Hong Kong Island. Reservoir of Aberdeen includes Upper Reservoir and Lower Reservoir. Reservoir is located in the country parks with hiking trails. It becomes a favorite place for tourists to visit.
