Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.
Browsing Junkgirl™ blog archives for November, 2008.
Stumbled onto the following vid. After a short chat, the female guests go backstage to remove their make-up for a With and Without comparison.
The whole show can be viewed here
Photoshop is often associated, by the ill-informed ones, with false images, . While it is true that Photoshop can be used to change an image, that is not the main purpose. Photoshop is used to enhance an image. And that is exactly how i use it. To enhance, not to alter.
My 2 shooting partners, none of which are DSLRs:
Canon Ixus 50
More often than not, especially when travelling, it is difficult to spend time fiddling with the camera. For me, it is usually notice, shoot, get home, review and enhance.
untouched version of the vermilion Torii at Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto
touched version
canvas print version, hanging on the wall
A ladybird resting on the bonnet of Junk’s car. Haven’t seen one for a while…
Junk’s vanishing point images
Along Red walls in the Forbidden City, Beijing
After dark in the Forbidden City, Beijing
Traffic in Kelana Jaya, Malaysia
The Long Corridor in Summer Palace, Beijing
Bridge in Shirakawa-go, Japan
First try at a yatai, just outside Shinjuku station. Yatai is a mobile food stall in Japan, normally selling ramen and hot food.
Armed with only basic survival phrases, ordering was filled with “kore wa hitotsu kudasai”
The red label represents hot drinks and the blue, cold. Hotto kouhi in a can. How convenient. The coffee is rather weak though. There is also a Soup-in-a-can – Bistrone, on the bottom right
Plenty of variety to choose from
A machine containing special edition cans outside Craftmanship Kotobukiya in Akihabara (a.k.a Akiba)
Before the crowd arrives, in a Beijing subway station
At Panjiayuan (潘家园) market. This weekend market sells antiques, crafts, paintings, curios, junks etc.
a local house
a closer look
wandering in the hutong of Beijing
At Liulichang (琉璃厂) or otherwise known as WenHua Jie (Culture Street)
soldiers practising their march near the Qiánmén (前門) and Dashilar area
at the intersection of WangFuJing Street and Chang-an Jie
the building on the right is Beijing Oriental Plaza. It houses the Grand Hyatt, offices, serviced apartments & a shopping mall
Beijing Oriental Plaza by night
view of Melbourne CBD from Southbank
The iconic Flinders Street Station
Heading towards the Parliament of Victoria on Bourke Street
The Parliament of Victoria on Spring Street, at the end of Bourke Street
view of Spring Street from the Parliament of Victoria
Morning coffee from Pellegrini’s on Bourke St
The infamous hook-turn of Melbourne, on Collins Street. The main reason for the ‘right turn from the left’ rule is to avoid holding up the trams running along the streets
Figures heading to work, on the corner of Swanston St and Bourke St Mall
The shot tower in Melbourne Central
view of Melbourne CBD from Brighton Beach
continue to the Laneways of Melbourne….
For locating locations in Melbourne and beyond – WhereIs
For what’s happening in Melbourne – That’s Melbourne
Bangkok is jeans heaven. At MBK, jeans for the ladies cost approximately 700-900 baht each, alterations included. Some of the jeans purchased during Junk’s recent Bangkok trip -
Pretty shorts for 150 baht each (from memory) from Chatuchak Market.
Junk’s other loots from Bangkok
Nakata has a well-defined facial profile.
The many faces of Nakata Hidetoshi (中田 英寿) or Hide…
Nakata on the field
A moment of exchange with Beckham
Nakata has been linked to actress Milla Jovovich
and the stunning Maggie Q
The various hairstyles of Nakata
Junk thinks he looks best with the spiky ‘Dino’ hairstyle below
After announcing his retirement from professional football, Nakata has been sporting longer hair
Nakata in an interview in Malaysia with the iconic Twin Towers in the background
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