Sunbathing in the Nude

Yes you read it right. Its all happening in Munich's English Garden. There is this part of the garden where sunbathing naked has been permitted since 1960s.

How unfortunate that there were no naked women to behold. The weather to blame as it was all gloom and doom.

"Excuse me, horsey! Over here... down here... can I get a ride?".

A little girl trying to be friends with the ducks...



"We want food! Have you got any for us?". Some ducks do chase after you.

The English Garden is really huge, there is even a river running through the garden.

A German couple enjoying themselves in the garden.

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No Chimping Photo Outing

Last Saturday, I was at Lake Garden for this "No Chimping Outing". Just for your info, no chimping means you are not allowed to look at your camera's LCD to preview your shots. Also, we are only allowed to use a fixed ISO, a fixed focal length (preferably prime lens) and manual mode instead of the usual P - programmable, A - aperture priority or S - shutter priority.

Here are some shots with my 85mm f/1.8.



Some stairs in the playground.



Trying out some shots with limited depth-of-field (DOF).



This is why weather plays an important role in your outdoor shooting. Notice the darker area on the left?



So, I have to look for a shot with even lighting.



Blindly adjust to a bigger aperture and this is the outcome :)

I know it has been awhile since my last update. I get pretty busy when I am back in Malaysia compared to when I am in London. Anyway, enjoy :)

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The World's Largest Flower Garden

I know it has been quite awhile since my last post. That's because I was busy with work and preparing for my trip back to Malaysia again! Yes I am back in Malaysia now. With family and so many friends here, it makes it even impossible to update my blog.

Will try to plan a couple of trips to places like Hong Kong and Singapore before I am back to London.

Anyway, here are the photos of the world's largest flower garden, Keukenhof Park, Holland.

All photos were taken with Nikon D70s, in case some of you might want to know :)



The flowers in Keukenhof Park are mainly tulips.



The best time to visit this park would be around mid of March til mid April. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to see the tulips.



Keukenhof Park actually exports tulips to all over the world. You will see it shortly below.



The entirely park is just so beautiful, just imagine the park near you but its covered with tulips.



That is definitely one beautiful tree. Rarely see that colour elsewhere.



Purple, Red, yellow, green.... you name it....



This is one of the main canals that is used to water the flowers.



There is a Japanese garden too.



Flowers, trees, water and sunshine, what more you can ask for?



This is where they plant all the tulips. However, it is not accessible to tourist so we can only see from the other side of the canal.

Hope you guys enjoy :)

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Someone's Knocking

What do you do when someone is knocking at the door? And you are not expecting anybody.



What would you do?

A. Should you just open the door to surprise yourself?
B. Call the police? (who knows you might ended up in the prank caller's list)
C. Interrogate that someone without opening.
D. Get everyone armed with weapons and invite that someone in. *evil smile*
E. Keep quiet and wait....

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Its Snowing

Woke up this morning and when I look out my window, I just can't believe its snowing. I was pleasantly surprised by the weather. Its April, it shouldn't snow during Spring isn't it?
However, weather is pretty unpredictable in the UK. Therefore, predict the unpredictable =P

Its too early and quite cold to go anywhere far so I decided to visit my backyard to get some shots.






Not much snow piling up as most of the flakes melted the moment it touches the ground. Sad to say but at least it snowed :) In case you didn't know, its quite rare to experience snow in London. Enjoy :)

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