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Archive for May, 2009

“… you know Mommy Flamingo stand on one leg.” That’s what my 5-yr old boy said when we saw these flamingos few weeks ago at the Ocean Park, Hong Kong.

Flamingos- large pink and red wading bird, related to and similar to the heron, a stork, and spoonbill but with a longer neck, its feet are webbed, and a unique down bent bill. They often stand on one leg. The reason for this behavior is not fully known. A leg is tucked beneath the body, because the flamingo like some other animals has the ability to have half of its body go into a state of sleep, and when one side is rested, the flamingo will swap leg and then let the other half sleep, but this has not been proven.

Well, whatever the reason may be, they look beautiful to us especially to kids…

Have a nice weekend everyone!

Camera Critters

My little boy’s interesting Castle book..

And when you open it, a castle will pop-up…

… complete with drawbridge

My son loves playing this. It comes with press-out images that he can play…

Thanks for looking!

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Have a wonderful weekend to all!

My flower for today is a red Santan flower or Ixora Coccinea…

Ixora coccinea, known as the Jungle Geranium, Flame of the Woods, and Jungle Flame, is a common flowering shrub native to Asia. Its name derives from an Indian deity.

Check here for more beautiful flowers.

Have a great Monday to all!

today’s flower

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.
~ Diane Arbus

The charm, one might say the genius, of memory is that it is choosy, chancy and temperamental; it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chewing a hunk of melon in the dust.
~ Elizabeth Bowen

If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, the king of artists would be the photographer. It is for the artist to do something beyond this.
~ James Mcneill Whistler

Best wide-angle lens? Two steps backward. Look for the ‘ah-ha’.
~ Ernst Haas

The camera doesn’t make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE.
~ Ernst Haas

No matter how advanced your camera you still need to be responsible for getting it to the right place at the right time and pointing it in the right direction to get the photo you want.
~ Ken Rockwell

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.
~ Tony Benn

The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking.
~ Brooks Anderson

A photograph is neither taken nor seized by force. It offers itself up. It is the photo that takes you. One must not take photos.
~ Henri Cartier-Bresson