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DONQ at Sogo is my favorite Japanese bakery shop. They offer fresh and tasty breads. That day I bought some Christmas bakery...mostly because I was attracted by their looks. If you happen to come to Sogo at Hong Kong perhaps you could have a look at this bakery shop (located at the basement)!
蝙蝠書籤同booklet係參加about 45分鐘濕地鴨仔導賞團送嘅. The little bat bookmark and booklet was a gift for attending the Ducks Tour (about 45 min).
觀鳥資歷唔係咁高嘅我, 最好就係有本書喺手查考各種鳥類名稱. 香港鳥類圖鑑係一本好好嘅參考書. 仲有隻DVD tim! 上年買嘅. As a bird-watching beginner, it's best to have a reference on hand. That's why I bought the "A Photographic Guide to The Birds of Hong Kong" last year. A DVD is also included!
瀕臨絕種的黑臉琵鷺是濕地之明星. 咀不停的在水中撥來撥去, 很可愛. The extinguishing Black-faced Spoonbill is a star of the Wetlandpark. It keeps sweeping its bill back and forth in the water. Very cute.
尾部擺來擺去, 好得意! Its tail wobbles while it's walking, so cute!
陶出買了多年的木製 toilet paper holder, 簡單的塗上小花草, 便可用了. 這種 toilet paper holder 當年購自Jusco $10 店, 現在已沒得賣了. 木製DIY 的東西現也賣少很多, 真可惜. 如可入多些DIY貨便好了....
還有一個存貨, 遲些再為它添上色彩.
放在洗手間, 即多幾分鄉村感覺. :>
My first tole painting work after moving and renovation. I don't have much time so I picked this simple one to do.
This wooden toilet paper holder was bought a few years ago. It was bought in the Jusco $10 store, which equals under US $2. Too bad they don't carry much DIY stuff anymore.
It adds a touch of country feeling to my washroom. :>
Every year, autumn and winter are the best seasons for bird watching. It's time for birders like me to go out and meet the birds!
It's my 5th visit to the Hong Kong Wetland Park. Mai Po is also a good place but if you want to go to the Mai Po Nature Reserve you'd have to apply for tours or you need a pass to go in. For Wetland Park you just need to pay for the admission fee. That's why although it's a long trip to go to the Wetland Park, I still don't mind going there again and again. It's a very nice place.
Nov 24, 2011 Cloudy
攞住我新相機, 一落車就開始試拍, hmm...用 macro 有啲困難, 可能未摸清楚點用.
I've got my new Canon with me of course, so the first thing upon arrival is to try out my camera.
Hmm....I have trouble using the Macro focus...maybe I haven't got the hang of it yet.
遠處有隻鳥鳥 (白頭鵯), 睇吓zoom 倒幾遠?
The pic was shot from far away, using 35x zoom.
再zoom out, 睇倒鳥鳥喺邊嘛?
Can you tell where the bird is in this pic?
好興奮喔....
So excited...
先於室內觀賞, 望出去見四隻龜龜, 全部頭朝向天, 我諗住係假嘅, 點知睇睇吓有隻o係度郁, 哇! 真o架?! There're 4 turtles outside the window of the park. I thought there were fake, but after a while one of them started moving! Hey, they're real!
第一pair
1st pair
第二pair
2nd pair
好搞笑喔!
去醫肚先. 餐廳旁有隻蒼鷺 (睇單張先知佢個名) 陪伴住. 食咁耐佢企咁耐.
So funny!
Let's have lunch first. There's a Grey Heron beside the window. Thanks for the company! It stood there all the way through the meal.
蒼鷺 Grey Heron
跟住另一隻鳥飛嚟, 好可愛. 查過原來叫白鶺鴒 (點讀?)
There comes another cute birdie. White Wagtail.
I have wanted to buy a camera that can take macro pictures (miniatures, plants and flowers etc.) and at the same time that can take pictures for far away objects (like birds) for a long time. Every time when I'm out traveling I feel that my Lumix DMC-FX38 is not enough (even though it's a very good camera). The Lumix can't give me that "sharp in the front but blurry in the back" look.
Until I found that there are cameras called Superzoom prosumer type, which I can zoom in a lot and not pay lots of $ like the DSLRs. This is good news for me because I can pay less and I don't have to carry too much weight around. I've searched around the internet for quite a bit and among the competitors (Nikon Coolpix P500, Sony Cybershot DSC-HX100v, Fujifilm FinePix HS22, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ150), the Canon PowerShot has won. At first I was struggling between Panasonic and Canon (which I think were the best for me to choose from) and couldn't decide. But finally I've decided on the Canon because of its great zoom, 35x (vs. Panasonic's 24x). If I like to take bird photos, I figured that I should get the one with more zoom. The bigger the better. The other thing that attracts me is the 24mm wide angle and 0cm macro. It can also take full HD movies. Although I've read a lot on the internet before buying, I'd still have to try it out to see whether or not the camera really suits my needs. Will see how it goes!
Feb 26, 12 相機當望遠鏡 Use the Canon as Binoculars
後記: So far 去觀鳥帶住部Canon 都好高興. 唔算好重, zoom 得好埋, 如果唔想太重, 相機當望遠鏡用. 尤其打橫掃啲鳥鳥一流, 因為佢打橫去得好順, 一直咁滑過去, 好暢順. 有時focus 需要啲時間 (有說此不及Lumix 150), 但zoom 到咁大我覺得唔可以expect 咁多. I'm happy with it.
After using the camera for a few birding trips (and some uses at home), I feel that I'm happy with it. It's not really heavy, and can zoom in quite a lot. If I don't want to carry too much, I could use it as binoculars. The Canon is especially good when you're panning across the field because it naturally glides you smoothly across the field. Sometimes when you're moving it needs some time (not as good as the Lumix 150, some say) for focusing but I think with a great zoom you can't expect that much.
The macro, however is a bit difficult to control. If I take something too close, the long lens with get in my way. Well, that's why it's a called a Superzoom, not Supermacro!
Having abandoned this blog for a while (please see my old blog link), I've decided to blog here again. I'm probably going to blog mainly in Chinese from now on, since it's my native language after all. Actually if I could blog in both English and Chinese would be good, for different audience. Sorry if that causes an inconvenience for my followers!
