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A Photo a Week Challenge: From the Back

Published on October 3, 2018October 2, 2018 by Yinglan4 Comments

Here is a picture of a duck I took a few weeks ago when I went to Silver Lake. It was interesting just sitting there in the middle of the lake watching ducks swim. I never knew ducks swam the doggy paddle with their feet. There were two ducks that swam very close to me and I got to take some portraits of them, which I will be sharing in later posts.

It was a fun trip and I hope to take another fun day trip this month since I now have my own car. I just have to decide the place.

Then, here is a self-portrait of me walking away from my camera. It was shot during my solo-road-trip to Capitol Reef National Park. I took quite a few of self-portraits during my hike of the Grand Wash Trail because otherwise, how will I get people to believe me when I say I’ve been to Capitol Reef National Park?

Anyway, I thought it’d be fun to do one where I’m walking. So I parked the camera on my trusty tripod, set a timer for 10 seconds, and just walked.

A Photo A Week Challenge

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge: Look Up

Published on September 30, 2018September 29, 2018 by Yinglan6 Comments

This is my first time participating in this photo challenge. Hope you enjoy my take of looking up. Continue reading “Lens-Artist Photo Challenge: Look Up” →

Trees – Cee’s Black and White

Published on September 21, 2018September 20, 2018 by Yinglan7 Comments

This is an easy topic for me as I recently spent a day in the forest. Continue reading “Trees – Cee’s Black and White” →

Which Ways Around Silver Lake

Published on September 17, 2018September 16, 2018 by Yinglan7 Comments

I went on a road trip again! You know what that means? New photos! Here is my take on this week’s Which Ways Photo Challenge. Continue reading “Which Ways Around Silver Lake” →

Photo of the Day!

Published on September 14, 2018September 13, 2018 by Yinglan10 Comments

I was experimenting here in this photo. I have been watching YouTube videos, trying to learn photography technique. One of the many photographers I’m following on YouTube suggested instead of taking a general landscape or a macro, why not shooting a photo from a certain perspective? So there I was, attempting to capture the view from the flowers’ perspective.

What do you think?

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Technical Details

Sony NEX-5T v. 1.00 (f/5.6, 40 mm, ISO-100, 1/160 sec)

Photo of the Day!

Published on September 11, 2018September 10, 2018 by Yinglan7 Comments

This interesting perspective photo definitely made it into my top 5 favorite photos taken during my recent road trip. It was through this photo I finally learned what my circular polarizing lens does. Since then, I’ve been using it all the time, along with my camera hood which I would discover its usage during my trip to Bear Lake.

This photo was taken at the Petroglyphs, by the way, a wall full of carvings made by the Fremont people. Today, we call them vandalism but back then, there’s no law against vandalism.

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Technical Details

Sony NEX-5T v. 1.00 (f/13, 16 mm, ISO-100, 1/100 sec)

Which Ways in Capitol Reef?

Published on September 10, 2018September 9, 2018 by Yinglan11 Comments

I was quite saddened when I found out Cee decided to discontinue the Which Way Challenge as it is one of my favorite photo challenges even though I haven’t participated in a few weeks. It was why I took only a few which way photos when I went on my road trip last week. Continue reading “Which Ways in Capitol Reef?” →

Light Green – Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

Published on September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 by Yinglan4 Comments

Here are some photos I took during my road trip to Capitol Reef this past weekend. Enjoy.

Light Green Tent in Capitol Reef Campground

Unripened Pear

The sun makes the trees appear light green

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

Photo of the Day!

Published on August 31, 2018August 30, 2018 by Yinglan10 Comments

Can you believe this? I started planning a road trip more than a month ago and the day has arrived. Continue reading “Photo of the Day!” →

Photo of the Day!

Published on July 27, 2018July 26, 2018 by YinglanLeave a comment

I spent a day at Dinosaur National Monument last July. Continue reading “Photo of the Day!” →

A Photo a Week Challenge: From Above

Published on July 22, 2018July 21, 2018 by Yinglan6 Comments

Here is a gallery of pictures taking from a high vantage point. Hope you enjoy. Happy Sunday! Continue reading “A Photo a Week Challenge: From Above” →

Week 2 Topics – Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

Published on July 21, 2018July 20, 2018 by Yinglan2 Comments

Week 2 topics for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge include: truck, mural, octopus, whale, animal, painting, orange, black, water, lighthouse, ocean, vivid, vintage, and blue. I think I have just the pictures. Continue reading “Week 2 Topics – Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge” →

Week 1 Topics – Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

Published on July 12, 2018July 11, 2018 by Yinglan13 Comments

Cee has started a new series for this Fun Foto Challenge! And she challenges us to use the little details in her photo for topic inspiration. This week’s possible topics include: geometry, bushes, window, brick, curtain, green, tan, wall, building, dark red, tree, etc. Here is mine: Continue reading “Week 1 Topics – Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge” →

A Photo a Week Challenge: From Below

Published on June 30, 2018June 28, 2018 by Yinglan2 Comments

Looking up a rock

From the ground level

Photo shot from beneath a tree

From the ground level

A Photo A Week Challenge

Horizontal lines on the boardwalk along Mirror Lake

Horizontal lines on the bridge over Vermillion River

Horizontal lines on the bridge to Dog Lake

Horizontal lines created by wooden boards

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

A Photo a Week Challenge: Opening

Published on June 18, 2018June 17, 2018 by Yinglan4 Comments

Cave opening at Cave and Basin National Historic Site of Canada

Small cave opening at Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota

A Photo A Week Challenge

Trains and Tracks – Cee’s Black and White

Published on June 17, 2018June 16, 2018 by Yinglan2 Comments

I have posted many photos of train tracks over the life of the blog. Continue reading “Trains and Tracks – Cee’s Black and White” →

Tuesday Photo Challenge – Age

Published on June 13, 2018June 12, 2018 by Yinglan3 Comments

This rusted wagon can be dated back to the times of Native American

This cabin turned steakhouse is about a century old

Bench

Tuesday Photo Challenge

Arches and Domes – Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

Published on June 6, 2018June 5, 2018 by Yinglan5 Comments

My home’s internet is down and currently writing this post at work. So using some of my old pictures for this challenge.

Natural Bridge

Utah State Capitol at night

Rainbow Arch

The top of the phone booth forms a half-circle dome

This arch is the entryway to a park in China

The half-circle dome above helps keep the cold out and the warmth in

The old Dome Meeting Hall

Delicate Arch

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge – Favorites

Published on June 4, 2018June 3, 2018 by Yinglan16 Comments

Since this is the final Daily Post Photo Challenge, I thought I will do an all-time favorite Which ways. I hope you enjoy. Continue reading “Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge – Favorites” →