Cherry Blossom in walking Path, Middle Taiwan

 

This was part of my walk in middle Taiwan.

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Linking Randomosity

De Graves Street Signs

 

This was one of my usual candid shots in the area. Somehow the signs do pop a little. 

Sony A7RV

FE 24mm f1.4 GM

Linking Tom's Sign2

and My corner of the world

Lego Building Melbourne for Treasure Tuesday

 

This is the Lego building in St Kilda Melbourne. 

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Linking Treasure Tuesday

Samurai possessed for Mural Monday

 

This is a Japanese themed mural Spotted in Taipei

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Linking Mural Monday

Blossom path along spring bloom

 

This was taken while I travelled in Middle Taiwan

Sony A7RV

14mm f1.8 GM

Linking Sunday Best

Bells Minor for Eileen's Saturday critter

 

This bird was the first name I was taught by my neighbour when I first arrived in Australia. 

Just in front of my house on a tree in the park

Linking Saturday's Critter

Kilcunda afternoon sky for Skywatch Friday

 

Kilcunda is becoming more popular for photographers. It is an ideal location to get full milkyway belt above that particular dune. 

However, this place caused me a lot of incidents - camera drowned in that very river, tripod getting taken into the sea, hand and leg lacerations etc. I am told that all haunted places either have a lot of moisture or underground water source. 

Sony A7III

Canon 14mm f2.8 

Linking Sky watch Friday

Avalon Show, Melbourne

 

I snapped this while I was waiting for my 28-dollar meat pie in the queue. 

This is from the show a month ago. 

Sony A7RV 

FE 200-600mm f5.6-6.3

Linking Randomosity and Treasure Tuesday

Elvis Sign for Sign2 event

 

This was one of the gallery events in Bendigo where I live for the past 10 years.

This was done in a way I like it.

Sony A7RIV

FE 50mm f1.2

Linking Sign2

Treasure Mirror for Treasure Tuesday

 

The mirror is not really clean. But it will do for a click. 

Sony A7RV

FE 20-70mm f4

Linking Treasure Tuesday

Arcade game cartoon for Mural Monday

 

It looks more like the artist was on LSD of some sort

I gonna stay at home for the entire day. Getting a new central heating in the house. I have waited for 4 months for it. 

Seen in Taipei Street

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Linking Mural Monday

Werribee Mansion for Sunday Best

 

Last weekend, it was a trip to this haunted house due to severe storm in Melbourne. 

Sony A7RV

Laowa 9mm f5.6

Linking Sunday Best

Spider for Saturday Critter

 

Spotted in my backyard. Looking sexy

Linking Saturday Critter

Sorrento Coast Sunset

 

A while back, I was exploring sea caves along Mornington Peninsula. I kind of like this shot.

Sony A7RIV

Laowa 9mm f5.6

Linking Sky Watch Friday

Hehuan Mountain frost

 

Somehow, I like the view. It was something memorable in my hike in middle Taiwan

Sony a7RV

Sigma 105mm f2.8 Macro

Linking Randomosity

S for Sign2 Event

 

This was in an abandoned factory in Fairfield before it was demolished

Sony A7RVI

FE 135mm f1.8 

Linking Tom's Sign2

Bronz woman stature for treasure Tuesday

 

This was a sculpture in a park where an indigenous woman swinging her hair like a shampoo ad. 

Sony A7RV

Sony FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Linking Treasure Tuesday

Ximending Street Art, Taipei for Mural Monday

 

This was one of the murals on my trip in Taipei Taiwan. A boring central district but a stroll on the graffiti street was fun. It took a while to find. 

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Linking Mural Monday

Qing Jing Farm Cherry Blossom, Middle Taiwan

 

This was during the late March where the cherry blossom season was almost over. I still managed to get a frame in the farm there.

Easter gave me a break from working hard in the past week. Somewhat I had a moment of existential crisis. It is much less of a problem now as I just focus on the things I can control. 

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Linking Sunday Best and Corner of the world

Insect For Saturday's Critter

 

I am not sure what this is but it looks pretty. Moth? 

Linking Saturday Critter

Back Beach Mornington Peninsula

 

Back beach Mornington Peninsula

That is the sunset I want to see

Pity the entire Easter will be quite stormy. I gonna find something else to do.

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Linking Sky Watch

Lake Tyrrell Night Sky

 

It has been so busy trying to catch up on work and friendships. 

This was taken in Lake Tyrrell. 

Sony A7RIV

FE 16-35mm f2.8 GM

Linking Randomosity

Sign in the train station for Tom's Sign2 Event

 

The sign says pray for goodness in life

Not sure if it was a cow above it or a reindeer. Never mind.

Linking Sign 2

Colourful lanterns for Tom's Treasure Tuesday

 

Nice patterns on the lanterns when I tried to have some nice XiaoLongBao ( a version of thin skinned soup dumplings)

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Linking Tom's Treasure Tuesday

Taipei Street Mural

 

A typical Japanese style underwear worn by most silver hair in Japan. The mural suggests a gambling problem running away from Mahjong. 

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 

Linking Mural Monday

Tunnel of Nine Turns, Taiwan

 

These rocks are made of Marbles. The tunnel was made in 1950s. A lot of veterans died in building this tunnel. Swallows are everywhere around here.

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Linking Sunday Best

Spider macro for Eileen's Saturday Critter

 

Off my lawn weed

Pentax K20D

A 200mm f4 macro

Linking Saturday Critter

Melbourne North sunrise for Eileen's sky watch Friday

 

Just in time coming back to Melbourne stormy weather. A nice stormy weather before sunrise in Melbourne North. 

There are 1 giga of travel photos in my hard disc. I gonna process them gradually over time. Funny that I received a call from my good pal for a nice Japanese dinner in the city. It is true that friends are older the better. I miss the home feeling. 

Sony A7RIV

FE 70-200mm f2.8 GM

Linking Skywatch Friday

Taroko Gorge, Taiwan

 

I am back to Australia. A good 3-week break and a digital detox not by choice lol. 

The walk and hike around the mountains in mid Taiwan were really relaxing. I thoroughly enjoyed it. 

Problem of going away for a few weeks is that a significant amount of work built up over time. There were a lot of bills to pay while I had zero income for these weeks. Life goes on!

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Linking Randomosity

National Memorial

 

This is one of the facades in the memorial hall for one of the leaders in Taiwan. 

Given all the troubles with blogger, I will rest the blogging until I get home. I will still comment and visit other blogs that I am "allowed" to visit too.

I will be back 3 weeks later. On Monday to Wednesday, I will be joining a team to hike in the mountains. I hope my fitness level is up for it. 

Butterfly for Eileen's Saturday Critter

 

It is quite difficult to even post on blogspot. I have scheduled all the photo posts on the other street photography 3 weeks ahead. Here, I was planning to post it day by day. Very often, the editing platform just crashed for no apparent reasons either. 

Getting home to my home town in Taipei is always a nightmare. Everyone seems to want to borrow money for their own family dysfunction. I am not a bank. It is really getting to me that things have to get ugly.

I also learnt that I cannot even copy and paste my blog link address to all the weekly event either. I miss my original structure back in Australia. Humans only thrive on restructure. Constant innovation does not bring stability.

Olympus 150mm f2

Linking Saturday Critter

Avalon Sky for Skywatch Friday

 

So hard to do blogging or commenting without my usual laptop. Doing on the phone is quite a hard thing to do.

Posting a shot from last weekend since I can only process and work on the photos after I get back to Australia.

Sony A7RV

FE 200-600mm f5.6-6.3

Linking Skywatch Friday

Cherry Blossom in Kyoto, Japan

 

I just missed the cherry blossoms. 

Ninnaji Temple

Crowd is crazy

Night Melbourne traffic for Wordless Wednesday

 

I would be already on the plane when this is posted. Posting this in a rush for the night traffic near Melbourne Dockland.

Sony A7RIV

Laowa 9mm f5.6

Linking Wordless Wednesday

Melbourne Night City View as Treasure Tuesday

This is taken during a low tide at Brighton's beach. The night scenery is not bad.

Sony A7RIV

FE 70-200mm f2.8 GM

Linking Treasure Tuesday

 

Mural seen at Bendigo for Mural Monday

 

Bendigo Mural 

Panasonic G9

Leica 15mm f1.8 

Linking Mural Monday

Avalon Airshow for Sunday Best

 

I woke up early at 5 30 am. It took 2 hour congested traffic to reach Avalon Aiport. The queue was 6km with the car. It follows by 1 km queue to get inside the airport. 

Then I heard the queue was even longer for late comers to the ground.

Sony A7RV

FE 200-600mm f5.6-6.3

Linking Sunday Best

Spider for Saturday Critter

 

Spotted in my own garden lol

Sony A7RIV

Sigma 150mm f2.8 macro

Linking Eileen's Saturday Critter

Merimbula Sunset for Skywatch Friday

 

Few years ago, I did a contract work in Bega NSW. The town is so close to Merimbula which is known for gorgeous sunset. 

Panasonc G9

Leica 42.5mm f1.2 

Linking to Skywatch Friday

Tenby Point without the mud

 

Mangroves are in this region. Without the low tide, it is more pleasant for long exposure

Sony A7RIV

FE 70-200mm f2.8 GM

Linking Randomosity

Meteor Sign in Melbourne Museum for Tom's Sign2

 

I was in a dinosaur Melbourne Museum. This sign marks the end of the fossil tour. A fitting meteor for the tragic ending. 

Sony A7RIV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Linking 

Forest Glade Garden for Treasure Tuesday

 

Well, I do not own this statue. But I tend to visit this private garden opened in Spring and Autumn. The garden is located in Mount Macedon 1 hour drive from Melbourne.

The statue is a little weird that one dude is staring into another dude's private part. Quite a focus on the facial expression too. 

Sony A7RIV

FE 24mm f1.4 GM

Linking Treasure Tuesday

Fitzroy Mural for Mural Monday

 

I am busy finishing my piled up work this week before taking off to overseas again. Time to get things in order in my home country - Taiwan.

The weekend was a stormy one. I cannot even get into CBD due to congested traffic at 21 pm!!! 

This shot was from a stroll a while back. It was nice that I discovered the best deli for sandwich. 

Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Linking Mural Monday

Inverloch Cave for Sunday Best

 

This cave collapsed early this year. Lucky I had snapped a few in here before. 

Love the B+W look

Sony A7RIV

Laowa 9mm f5.6

linking Sunday Best

Three legged fly for Saturday's Critter

 

One leg up

Pentax K20D 

A 200mm f4 macro

Linking Eileen's Saturday Critter

Lake Tyrrell Reverse Sunset

 

The sunset at Lake Tyrrell is always mesmerising 

Sony A7RIV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Linking Skywatch Friday

Corra Flynn Cascade Waterfall, Marysville

 

A really nice hidden waterfall, still present after Black Saturday bushfire.  Love the anions emitted by the forest at the same time.

Linking Randomosity

Street painted sign at Southern Cross Station for Sign2

 

At one stage, I see this sign everywhere in Melbourne CBD laneways, regional city walls and underside of most railway stations. 

This was one of them near Spencer Street Station 

Panasonic G9

Leica 12-60mm f2.8-4

Linking Tom's Sign2

Gundam Model Collection for Treasure Tuesday

 

Once upon a time, I was so obsessed with Gundam models. The animation series is always a one-year saga comprising more than 70 episodes at a time. It is mainly about intergalactic war focusing on the sadness of war by promoting the killing machines Gundam. 

I had a huge collection of them and I still kept some of them til this day.

Sony A7RIV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

Linking Treasure Tuesday

Dancer Mural in Collins St, Melbourne for Mural Monday

 

It is that day of week for Mural Monday

Three more days, I am heading home! I just can't wait! 

Little Collins St, Melbourne

Panasonic G9

Olympus 17mm f1.2