KyongBok Palace

This is a digital panoramic of Seoul's KyongBok Palace. I shot a series of shots handheld with the intention to stitch them together later and this is the result. I think this covers about 180-degrees, since I was standing pretty close to the front of the palace (behind me was already the road). I could have corrected the distortion, but I kind of like it this way. What do you think? This image is a huge mega-megapixel image but only appears this tiny because Picasa resizes it into this tiny image even when you click on the image. Fujifilm S2Pro, AF Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5

Orange woman

You can tell that this woman selling oranges was not too happy that I was taking pictures of her. She was verbally abusing me right after this shot, but since I don't understand Korean, I was blissfully unaware of it all -- I was later told by my friend who spoke Korean that she wasn't saying very nice things about me. According to my friend, she would probably have been more accomadating if she knew I was a tourist. Haha. Fujifilm S2Pro, AF Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5

Pseudo-Euro

Modern Korean architecture is more European than it is traditional Korean. This shot was taken again while on walkabout on a crisp, sunny, cloudless winter afternoon. Fujifilm S2Pro, AF Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5

Korean spread

A typical Korean food spread. Koreans like to have a variety of tiny dishes and yes, most of them involve kimchi of some kind. I love Korean food -- I'd say it's about as tasty and spicy as Malaysian and Thai food. Fujifilm S2Pro, AF Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5

Arms to the sky

A grab shot taken while on walkabout in Seoul. I can't really say where it was -- all I remember was that it's near one of the more famous universities in Seoul. Fujifilm S2Pro, AF Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5

Seoul Tower and moon

An image of Seoul Tower, again, early in the morning, with the moon still visible at the top right hand. Fujifilm S2Pro, AF Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5

Early morning, Seoul

I was just looking through my blog, and I just realised that for some reason, I'd never posted up pictures I took in Korea a while back, so here they are. This was shot out of the window of my taxi as it was heading towards my hotel on a misty early morning in Korea.
Fujifilm S2Pro, AF Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5

Flood of memories

I'm interrupting my usual impresonal photoblog with some news.

I'm sure most Malaysians would have heard of it, but for those not from my country, several states in Malaysia (Kelantan, Terengganu, Perlis and Kedah) were hit by major floods a couple of days ago, including my hometown of Jitra, in the state of Kedah.

The Muda dam overflowed due to the heavy rain this past week and the flood is pretty bad, but luckily there has been no loss of life as yet in my hometown. My parents are okay (they were -- and still are -- holidaying in Cameron Highlands as I write this), and my house, which is on pretty high ground, has so far been spared.

Anyway, I was not there to record the events, but if you're interested, you can check out some pictures taken by my good friend Joe, who is still stranded there right now (my hometown is now an island, at least till the waters recede).

Check it out here