HDR with Photomatix

I have previously posted 2 dusk shots, one of them a true HDR pic precessed with Photoshop CS3 alone. I have now processed the same true HDR pic with Photomatix. I think the result is much better. The colors are more natural and there is a lot more detail, especially on the surface of the [...]

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Sukiyaki Dinner with A5 Wagyu

When I went to Osaka last month, I bought some A5 (the best) grade Wagyu before I left.

There are 4 different species of Wagyu and the best one is called Kuroge wagyu(黒毛和牛).

Even A5 Wagyu have different grades and are prcied from around 1500 yen/100gm to over 5000 yen/100gm depending on the cut and the BMS [...]

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2 Versions of Dusk

Today I experimented with processing 2 versions of the same dusk scene. The first photo was taken from a single shot and process with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop CS3. The second photo of the same scene is a true HDR (High Dynamic Range) photo processed from3 RAW files shot at different exposures and merged in [...]

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Megabox

Megabox is the latest large shopping mall to open in Hong Kong. The developer claimed many “first” in Hong Kong including the first international sized ice rink and IMAX Theatre, an all-season theme park, amusement game centre.

An ice skating ring with spectacular view of the Victoria harbour

Views of the main hall area

The first B&Q [...]

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Do you need HDMI 1.3?

HDMI 1.3 is supposed to be a major upgrade. The features upgrade includes:-

Increases single-link bandwidth to 340 MHz (10.2 Gbit/s)
Optionally supports 30-bit, 36-bit, and 48-bit xvYCC with Deep Color or over one billion colors, up from 24-bit sRGB or YCbCr in previous versions.
Incorporates automatic audio syncing (lip sync) capability.
Supports output of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD [...]

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What’s for dinner tonight?

A simple dinner tonight, just one course, roast chicken wings.

Marinate the wings with salt, freshly ground black pepper, five spice powder and sugar for about 10 minutes.

Roast at 220 degree Celcius for about 18 minutes, turn once to let the skin brown on both sides.

Viola!

And to go with the chicken wings………….. a bowl of Japanese [...]

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Are you an audiophile and/or videophile?

I first got into the hobby of “hi fi” about 16 years ago. Before I took up this hobby seriously, I have always been a music lover and was always interested in hi fi equipment anyway.
I started jumping into this hobby when I first visited a friend who had a HI END system at his [...]

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Glutinous Rice Tamale

Glutinous Rice Tamale or better know as zong, zongzi, or Chinese rice dumplings are a traditional Chinese food, made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo leaves.
Yesterday was the Dragon Boat Festival and the traditional time for Chinese all over the world to eat zong. There are many varieties of zong [...]

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