Other random China Shots

From last week - now that I have had a chance to look through them a little.....

 This was the construction of the biggest bridge i had ever seen... (and I made it red cause I thought it really should be some kind of propaganda poster!)

all very idyllic....

I was allowed to go in and photograph the kitchen of one of the places we frequented for lunch....

A snapshot of how the traffic works.....

cooking....

A gentleman from last night who was more than happy to show off his
flaming kitchen skills for me!!

a picture for you

proof that at least once during this trip, I picked up a tool....
no proof of course that I actually used one!

facilities...

My shower at one of the hotel rooms....
yes, even a shorty like me hardly fit....

The hot water for tea at the workshop...
and lastly.... the reason to make sure you have been to the toilet
BEFORE you go to work!!!!

Hot!

It is HOT!!!
Damn Hot......
Did I mention how hot it is here in China....

Did I also mention the fact that it is impossible to get to my blog
from most internet connections here in China....
I am writing some truly seditious stuff!!!!

Starbucks Beijing Style...

But it is an hour away from where I am now!!!

I feel the need....

the need for COFFEEEEEEE.

I have had one single cup (small cup) of instant coffee this morning..... 

no coke either...

and I think I am starting to feel the effects!!!

In Beijing there was coffee everywhere....

In ZhuoZhou there was not even boiling water to make it at the hotel....

Singapore...

Playing on the front lawn.

The boys and me playing in the front yard...

when doing stuff like this I am sure we should be wearing appropriate super suits or something....

something that stands out (cause playing in the front yard lying on the ground with a camera and a huge flash does not stand out enough...)... maybe a costume in a bright pink or something?  

MBOCS

I think I need to admit to myself that I am a little out of control.

Hi, 

my name is Mykl and I have an addiction.

Apart from any of the other, arguably more destructive ones, here is another that has just crept up on me.

I was sitting, quite happily doing some work; preparing some training documentation when I realised I was surrounded by screens... and I was using every one of them.

I am not sure if there is a support group for what I crave... it is called  MBOCS.

Monitor Based Over Compensation Syndrome.

I have it bad. (and I have noticed there is a tiny bit of room to the left of the second laptop..... hmmm....)

a little proud of myself.

Just got back from our judging of the annual awards for our photo club.....
and I managed to get first in the A Grade Large Colour Prints...  I am a little happy with that i have to say.  The quality of the stuff that is produced at the Toowoomba Photographic Society is astoundingly high... so to get that is indeed an honour.
It was the picture of Zak reading a book here...  http://rationalmykl.blogspot.com/2011/04/illumination.html
It helps to have such a photogenic model!!

Anyway, I am happy with it.

On a separate note, I am off to China in two weeks  This trip should be short and sharp (hopefully less than2 weeks) making a single machine work, but this is the beginning of it all.....

an interesting date...

In our house we have a skylight in the kitchen....

Sun comes streaming through there even as it is getting quite dark in the rest of the house.

My post-work challenge this afternoon was to see if the lighting could work for portraity stuff.

Your can see that almost every attempt I made was of me out of focus!

Eleven, Seven, Eleven seems like it should be a very important date... it has that ring to it!
Did get lots of work done today before coming home to take fuzzy photos... maybe that is enough!

A little outing

A couple of days ago... went for a little "bushwalk" about 20 minutes from where we live.
Walking through rainforest for most of it and then up to a little lookout.
It really is amazing when you consider how close it all is.

And then the "I didn't bother bringing a tripod" pose...

Me, a wide angle lens and a road....

playing in the traffic....

what used to be a tiny dribble of creek

This used to be a hardly noticeable stream.

Of course now it is a little different.

Usual model in place to give some scale!

(click on the photo to see the detail....)