Dave Hodgkinson Photography http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog Photos and stuff by Dave Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:37:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Retro http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/2010/07/retro/ http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/2010/07/retro/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:37:12 +0000 davehodg http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/?p=1202 This was the future once.

Retro\

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A little light Taiwanese snack - annotated

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]]> http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/2010/07/taiwanese-food-2/feed/ 0 Houtong – Cat Village http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/2010/07/houtong-cat-village/ http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/2010/07/houtong-cat-village/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:04:49 +0000 davehodg http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/?p=1197 At its peak, Houtong was a thriving and often fatal mining town, at its height under Japanese rule. Now, it’s silent and decrepit. BUT! It’s now a super duper tourist attraction because it has, wait for it, CATS! Yes, there’s a bunch of semi-feral cats and people now tour out to pet them. Oh the high life. On the upside, aside from on Canon 5D MkII and some weird Olympus people, it was solid Nikons. Are we cat people?

Enjoyed shooting in B/W with the D300 again today. The colour pic was with the Canon S90.


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]]> http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/2010/07/taiwanese-food/feed/ 0 Easily pleased – Demotix Front Page http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/2010/07/easily-pleased-demotix-front-page/ http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/2010/07/easily-pleased-demotix-front-page/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:51:31 +0000 davehodg http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/?p=1190 It seems that when I’m in Taiwan I end up involved in newsworthy stuff giving me the opportunity to post to Demotix. The folks I know here are politically active, concerned that Taiwan maintain its independence and countering the propaganda from China regarding Taiwan’s status. This activism extends to maintaining strong links to others who are struggling against tyrannical Chinese rule such as Xinjiang and Tibet. I’ve filed stories regarging Tibet and the internal struggles in Taiwan. Last night I got to add another one: Xinjiang and the Uyghur struggle.

Let’s get this straight, and if you know me you know I have little truck for religion in any form: the Uyghur people may be Muslim but they are not and never have been involved in terrorism.

Anyhow, check out the story and follow the links there. If I get a copy of the DVD, I’ll inflict it on you when I’m back in London. It’s a very moving story and a worthwhile read.

Chuffed

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This one was shot 300m up the mountain at Maokong after a lovely tea with the local brew. And cake.

On a photographic note, I was trying out new UV and polarising filters on the Nikon D300 and the Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8. Jury still out on that.

Sucker for sunsets

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I need to get a tripod.

Mitsukoshi at twighlight

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]]> http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/2010/07/taipei-twilight/feed/ 0 Disabled Robot Gymnastics http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/2010/07/disabled-robot-gymnastics/ http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/2010/07/disabled-robot-gymnastics/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:14:33 +0000 davehodg http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/?p=1180 I *think* I know what this sign is trying to say, but you never know.

Disabled robot gymnastics?

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]]> http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/2010/07/disabled-robot-gymnastics/feed/ 0 Taipei Sky – Colour or B/W? http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/2010/07/taipei-sky-colour-or-bw/ http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/2010/07/taipei-sky-colour-or-bw/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:37:27 +0000 davehodg http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/?p=1174 So we had the torrential rain again. If you look at the satellite picture, Taiwan is surrounded by cloudless ocean and there’s a blob of cloud parked over the island. Ho hum. Still, it just cleared and we got a lovely bit of golden hour sun. I dashed up on the the roof and shot some sky. BUT! The camera was still in B/W mode and I got this:

I rather like it. I’ve another frame that’s exposed brighter but I prefer this. Click on the pic for a larger version.

Luckily, I was in RAW+JPG and got the colour version too.

I prefer the black and white.

What do you think?

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]]> http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/2010/07/taipei-sky-colour-or-bw/feed/ 0 Papaya tree: resurrection http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/2010/07/papaya-tree-resurrection/ http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/2010/07/papaya-tree-resurrection/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:47:45 +0000 davehodg http://www.davehodgkinson.com/blog/?p=1170 Most days we walk past a decrepit Japanese-era building owned by the university. There was a nice papaya tree with fruit growing right in front. Then it disappeared, lopped off about four feet off the ground.

But it’s back! We’ll be watching it in our last two weeks here.

Papaya tree: resurrection

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