Aug 2, 2009

Toy Camera









Aug 1, 2009

Choosing size

How do you embed your image in your blog ?
Which is the best way to post high-quality pictures ?

I tried these :


Exported out from Lightroom with SRGB, 800 by 640.
Upload to Picasa , and chose Large Size for embedded image.
Made photo to match the width for the column here by setting ' witdh="100%" ' in the HTML


Exported out from Lightroom with ORIGINAL setting (as taken by camera)
Upload to Picasa , and chose Large Size for embedded image. (it seems like Picasa does not allow embedded image more than 800 px ? )
Made photo to match the width for the column here by setting ' witdh="100%" ' in the HTML


Exported out from Lightroom with ORIGINAL setting (as taken by camera)
Upload to FLICKR , and chose Largest Size 1024*685 (I dont have pro-account at this moment)
Made photo to match the width for the column here by setting ' witdh="100%" ' in the HTML

Questions:
1) Does setting 'width=100%' to match my blog column affect the image quality , or even create better quality since bigger image are squeezed to match the column size ?

Jul 15, 2009

Hydrangea Series 2009

2nd trip to Shirakawa-go in 2 months time. :)
This time, hydrangea is in full bloom in Shirakawa-go.
Meanwhile, back in Kyoto, it is so hot, that the hydrangea here has already started to wither.


Mosaic of hydrangea


Frog in green back ground


Pink hydrangea


Zen ...


Hydrangea in shallow DOF


Hydrangea in shallow DOF


White hydrangea


Bee working

May 26, 2009

Fuji 藤








This is not Fuji.

Fuji (in Japanese) or wisteria, is very hardy and fast-growing. It is considered and invasive species in certain areas !!