Walking Along the Half Moon Bay Beach

Chasing Rainbow at Yosemite Valley (2)

These are probably the shots I liked the most from the trip.

I have been to the Yosemite a few years back. But, this trip gives a whole new appreciation of her beauty

The waterfall is fascinating. The best place to take the shot is not on the bridge, but half way to the bottom of the fall,on top of a big stone jetting out.

I guess people do change. I remember when I was fresh out of the business school, I was not this outdoorsy at all. But, now, the joy of walking in the sun and looking at the beautiful Vally view is over-flowing.

Yosemite is probably the most photographed national park in the US. The world-famous half-dome

The Beautiful Mountain at JiuZhaiGou

We stayed in JiuZhaiGou for 5 days, but it seems that I could never get enough of the mountain covered with snow and cloud. Simply magnificent!

Dad spotted this magnificent while we were on our way back to the hotel. Without any delay, I was ordered to get out of the car to get the shot. I guess that it worth the efforts. :)

Watching Deer and Flowers at Point Lobos

Tried a few settings of exposure for the same scenery, and finally settled down with this one. Not bad, isn't it? But the framing of the picture is all Teddy's credit

So, I have learned how to use the TV mode and a reduced shutter speed, with the help of a couple of different filters to get the blue and yet "silky" water.

Another one. Kind of like how the picture was framed. Not sure why.

Really like this layered scenery - the mountain of the farsight in the fog, the glacier water on the forsight. Kind of neat!

The peaceful coast line.

Came back from the 6-week long trip to India and China a few days ago. I took the phased approach to unpack. It's not because I had so much stuff to unpack. It's just the life has been a bit crazy since I came back. In spite of the unpacked suitcase at home, I still could not resist a photographing trip with Teddy and Prakash to shoot the sunset at Point Lobos. Inspiring and fun.

The best way to learn to shoot picture or learn to pretend to be a photograher is to go on some photo-shooting trips with those who actually know what they are doing. Prakash and Teddy has been the best instructor. I have been using this simple rule of thumb - to reproduce whatever they have. So far, this strategy has been working quite well.

JiuZhaiGou National Park (Seven Lakes in China) - Tiger's Lake

九寨沟老虎海. 老虎海海拔2298米，位于树正瀑布之上，深邃恬静，沉默中蕴蓄着暴烈，安谧中隐藏着桀骜。泼云泻雪似的树正瀑布正是它陡然爆发的活力与激情，瀑声沉雄浑厚，宛若虎啸。 老虎海深邃宁静，关于它的得名有三种说法：一是它近旁的树正瀑布水声如雷，宛若虎啸；二是每到深秋季节，湖岸山上层林尽染，姹紫嫣红的林木倒映在清澈的湖水中，斑驳陆离，犹如老虎身上斑斓的虎纹；三是山中的老虎最爱来这个海子喝水。

Jiuzhaigou means "valley of nine villages," a place that thrills visitors with mysterious water. The Tiger's Lake is tranquil and peaceful. There are three sayings concerning the source of its name. One is that the sound of Shuzheng Waterfall is as the tigers' roaring; the second is that in late autumn, the reflections of Five-Colored Pond forests shine upon the lake which look like the lines of tigers; the third saying is that the tigers in the mountain are fond of this lake and used to drinking the water of the lake.

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Sunset at Point Lobos