Two pictures from Taipei’s Daan Park in Oct. 2020; the first owes much to a 35mm colour photo by Vivian Maier: I was referencing it as I took it. I have problems with the X-pro 1; I think the trick is not to overexpose. The sensor falls apart when you do that.
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My understanding is that this area is a group of traditional buildings renovated for the 2010 Taipei Flora Expo. It’s actually a very relaxing spot that we discovered not far from the amusement park. We were caught in a storm, but foul weather is no excuse for not taking a photo where you see one. […]
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One of the temple lions at the entrance to Songshan Ling Yin Si Temple 松山靈隱寺 on Xiangshan 象山 in western Taipei attracted my attention because of how the green algal growth almost camouflaged it against the backdrop of the foliage, and yet at the same time gave it an ethereal glow that set it apart […]
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Ruili was a recommendation from a friend who has lived in Taiwan as long as I have, but who actually used to live in Chiayi County, and travels around in the hills in that area far more than I do, or ever have. I’d never heard of it, and neither had my Taiwanese partner, and […]
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One aesthetic I really love is colorized glass negative prints from late 19th/ early 20th Century Asia. Fooling around with various filters and layers gave this effect. I quite like it.
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There’s a coffee shop down a small alley in the Guting area of Taipei named Sugarman. It’s a quiet place with simple furnishings and simple food. The music was good (Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone) but sets of songs often repeated during our stay. I didn’t know whether the owner was trying to […]
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On Oct. 28, over 200 troupes — including zhentou battle arrays and palanquins representing temples from all over Taiwan — descended upon Donggang Township in Pingtung County. They had come to participate in a ceremony to “invite the Wangye Royal Lords” down to Earth to bless the local area and rid it of disease, bad […]
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“Things have been a little complicated here. I have been a little buffeted. Not all has been bad, and in fact plenty has been good, not least the support of a lovely woman who is unconscionably younger but shares my famed sense of humour. I discovered last year some time that my devilish brain […]
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