Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Taiwan 2025 - Neat Building Pic Comparison #1
Zoomed in to what I believe was the focus point in the 850 pic above. Though not as color-saturated, the detail looks much smoother than the phone picture below. Other than cropping, absolutely nothing was done to "fix" anything in either picture:
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Taiwan 2025 - Apartment Building in New Taipei
I'd been waiting some time to catch this residential building that can be seen from the Metro stop that we use most often in New Taipei. On this day I had the Bigger Cahoona with me when it was cloudy enough to block out the strong midafternoon sun and when we weren't in a big hurry. So I snapped a pic with both the D850 and iPhone at basically the same time.
And the intricacy of its design allows us to compare the quality of the Nikon against that of the phone camera. From this distance and at this zoom level the iPhone image (below) looks great, very impressive. Maybe even better in some aspects than the DSLR. Tomorrow we'll get into the weeds and crop way in with two sample spots from each picture.
Monday, October 13, 2025
Taiwan 2025 - New Taipei Temple Shot #5
This is a VERY busy scene, but haven't seen the likes of it before at this temple so here we are. Brightened the red dragon panel some, as not much light reached that far back.
My gosh, all these figures, carvings, sculptures, flowers and lights! Buddhism must be a very complicated religion if you have to know what all this means...
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Taiwan 2025 - New Taipei Temple Shot #3
Used a little bokeh here in both directions to highlight the pagoda-looking thing in the near-foreground. The possibilities are endless with all of the accoutrements of worship they use. Almost every year the setup is completely different, depending on what religious observance is represented.
Friday, October 10, 2025
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Taiwan 2025 - Incense with Smoke Tendrils
Anyone who follows this blog knows that, with all of the color and culture, I love taking pictures at temples. Especially if smoke tendrils are involved. And different things take place at different times of the year, which enables variety.
So here we are at the New Taipei temple, close to "our" apartment adjacent to the Ming Chi University of Technology. Tomorrow will be posting a pic of those orange things in the background.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Taiwan 2025 - Something You Don't See Every Day (New Taipei Mountaintop Hike)
Now THIS is something you don't see every day, a tree growing from a different, separate tree. The host tree developed a shallow soil bed over time and, well, wherever life can exist, it will.
Closer shot below (both captured on the iPhone):
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Taiwan 2025 - Cityscape through Vines on Mountaintop Hike in New Taipei
Venture past the garden and, depending which path you take, it's either a longer or a shorter hike to the adjacent mountaintop. Because we both love to hike and as therapy for my recently operated-on knee, we made it a point to do a mountain hike at least every other day, either here in New Taipei or in the little village where Chenjean's dad lives. Caught this pic of something through something on the way up.
Sunday, October 5, 2025
Taiwan 2025 - Strange Reddish Bloom in New Taipei Garden
The reason this is being posted a little smaller is because iPhone photos don't do so well with certain edges, which is quite evident when this one is blown up to a larger size. Still, since it was new and something not posted before from the garden, decided to keep it in.
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