I had finally completed by San Diego Zoo album. There are two more last albums coming up, San Diego Balboa Park and USS Midway War Ship. Stay tune.
Some of my friends were very curious what took me so long to produce one album. Yesterday, in a party, I showed some of them how I adjust the brightness, contrast and color using Picasa. They were excited to discover the capability of Picasa.
I was a little bit surprise to know that this creature is also called “Panda”. Unfortunately, I didn't get the chance to photograph it. It was hiding somewhere in its cage.
Shooting (photographing) polar bears was really fun but challenging especially under a bright sunlight. That's because its white fur is reflecting almost 100% of the sunlight causing over expose. I did not shoot these with RAW. Thus, whatever over exposed is unrecoverable. Anyway, it was fun observing their expression and action.
See more of my photos of polar bear here.
The zoo keeper said I was very lucky to see the Pandas awake and eating because they sleep most of the time. This was the first time in my life seeing a real living Giant Panda. Thanks to San Diego Zoo. I wonder if my kids will have this opportunity to see these adorable creatures.
There were only 2~4 Pandas living in San Diego Zoo. Hope to visit China one day to see their Panda research center. I believe they must have a lot more of them.
See more of my photos of Pandas here.
These guys were so hard to shoot. They sleep almost all the time. I visited their booth more than one times hoping to see them awake. Luckily, my effort was not wasted. At least I've gotten one shot with his eyes open.
See more photos of them here.
After snapping enough at Beverly Hills, I drove straight to San Diego. Very excited to see the colorful Navajo and Mexican culture.
My first stop was of course the San Diego Old Town. The Heritage Park was just across the street. Then I drove to the Cabrillo National Monument. Unfortunately, the tidepool at the monument was closed because I was too late.
Glad to have the Flickr slideshow setup. Now I can show many more photos. I hope all my visitors will not have any issue loading the slideshow. Plz do let me know if you are facing any problem.
I would like to thank Chris, the guy with his guitar in my photos, who had posed for me at the Old Town.
This is a direct but more complicated way. I learned this from this site.
