I haven’t upgraded my photo gears for 5 years. I feel expecially constrained when a telephoto len is required, because my current 75-300 f/4-5.6L len can only do f/5.6 at the long end. So I finally decided to buy a Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM len as an upgrade.
This is the first L-serial len I have. Besides the glass quality, the fastness and the USM driven auto-focus, Canon’s IS feature give you 3-stop stability for hand-hold shoting. The only downside would be its weight. I took some pictures with this len and switched my previous len for comparision, then I realized how heavy this powerhouse is.
Here are some ramdom snaps to compared these two telephoto zoom lenes, (although it maybe unfair to compare a $200 piece with a $1800 one) . The one on the left or top were taken by 70-200 F/2.8L; the other is by 75-300 F/4-5.6.
I was speechless and felt so sad when I heard Michael Jackson passed away. The first time I listened to his song, ‘Bad’, was when I went to Xiangshan (香山) Park. A couple of 20-something youths played his cassette through the tape recorder. It’s like nothing I’d ever heard. It’s almost subversive. At that time of China, his songs were often linked with hippies or rogues, something unconstructive to the society. Later when I worked part-time for my teacher’s software company, I heard his song, “Beat it”, first time from a CD player. The sound had never been cleaner or more striking, the music resonated through the long corridor and it is still hovering in my head today.
To western audience, Michael Jackson is King of Pop; to many Chinese, he opened a new world. Whatever controversies he has, no matter if they are true or not, in music, he is a legend and he is my hero.
We are trying to clean up some areas to plant vegetables. Here is to remove the Potato Vine to give space for green beans. As seen in the picutres, some patao vines grow through the AC fan.
And supposely, you would see these in a few years,
Dubai, the most rapidly developing metropolis, is an ideal platform for architects experimenting their futuristic design. Most of these buildings bear the name, the tallest, the largest or most luxurious of the world.
However, Dubai is not immuned to the global economic slowdown, real-estate crashes and especially the credit crunch. Trump Tower project has been concelled. While Burj Dubai is still in construction, the rent of office space has dropped significantly. Constructors fleed away, and Dubai itself is on the verge of bankruptcy. After all, these spetacular building, resorts and shopping malls are built by the poor for the rich. When the bubble breaks, the fantacy is not going to sustain.
