Disappearance of a farm 消失中的農莊

Last year in June 2011, I drove along 16th Avenue, near Kennedy Avenue. I saw a farm. In a sunny day with blue sky and clouds, the farm scene displayed an extensive grassland. I parked my car across the street and took photographs of the beautiful scene. Later I learnt that the farmland was sold to the real estate developer for building a residential estate there.

The charm of silhouette 迷人的剪影

In the evening ...
The sky turns black. 
On my way home, 
When the traffic lights turn red,
I stop at the crossroad ahead. 
In darkness,
The windscreen displays the road scene in a blur silhouette.

A passion for books and art 書情藝趣

Reading is the greatest pleasure in our life whereas art makes our life more beautiful. In Toronto, I like to go to book stores to spend my leisure. In this book store, the summer sun casts its beautiful shadows through the sun screen onto the floor.

Construction 360 建造360

Recently I visited the church under construction several times and walked around the site to take a full view of the gorgeous building. Though the construction site is full of soil, weeds, construction machines and fences, I can still discover elements of beauty in this messy environment.

Spider workers 地盤蜘蛛人

My recent album "The look of a cross" has presented the grand and gorgeous outlook of a church under construction and the contrast with a cross of another church. While taking photos, I was amazed by these workers' sky job with dangerous movement.

The look of a cross 十架的面貌

I was driving along Steeles Avenue eastbound.  On my left a gorgeous building came into my vision: a church was under construction.  Its shape of the whole building had completed and the eye-catching dome was made with steel bars.  I had my car parked at the nearby local lane.  I had some ideas to take some photos of this building.  I went to the south side of the Steeles Avenue and the distance was just enough to see the panoramic view of the church building.

Beauty of colors in a small world 幻彩小世界

Today, I used my camera to capture the close-ups of the flowers, twigs and new buds. In a micro small world, I envisage the vitality of growth in the world of natural plants and their willpower of development. The beauty of fascinating colors is found in close-up shots through the camera lens. This has given me a lot of joy in creative photography.

Creation of an artistic photo 創作一幀優美的照片

Yesterday, I went for a coffee with a friend.  Our chat focused on the photography technique.  Recently, I have posted the "Cherry Blossoms in High Park" which was well received by friends.  I have taken 600 photos within 7 hours in the park.  Some of my friends also went there but returned without avail.  They said that there were not many things for photography.  Why is it that in the same place one could take many photos whereas some other could not?  In my opinion, they are lacking three senses:  observation, creativity, aesthetics.

Tree of Life 生命樹

There was a tree at the street corner

It was strong and tall with wonderful shape

It was called 'Tree of Life' 

樹的四季贊歌 Praise of the Seasonal Trees

..In the past two years, I have been taking scenic photos across Toronto and have a feeling of close affection with trees in different places.  The words: "spring rain", "summer sun", "autumn leaves" and "winter flakes" are used to depict the changes and combination of the nature and seasons.  They easily arouse people's feeling: happiness, anger, sadness and joy. 

萬里長空 High Above the Sky

Sunset in Scarborough: using Nikon D200 with Nikkor AF 300mm f/2.8 lens

午後細雨 A Rainy Afternoon

Joy of Photography in a rainy day:  Today is December 12, 2012, a cold and a rainy afternoon.  Temperature is 2 degree C.   I try to capture the changing shape of the rain drops.  This time, I use Lumix G10 Micro 3/4 body with 14-42mm kit lens.  The camera is very compact and is used to test its function.  Picasa is good to display detail information of the photo taken.