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Hello everyone!  We’re back from the Lunar New Year in Kaohsiung.  We apologize for being away for so long.  What began as a simple 6 day visit ended up being more than 3 weeks long!  In addition to the visit with the family, Hui-chen and I decided to go car shopping (never actually intending to buy anything, but just looking).  After that I got sick for 5 days with an awful stomach flu.  After I recovered from that, we decided to buy the car we had been looking at, and that process took several days!  So, we’re back now and soon I’ll have an article about the new car, but now without any further delay are some photos from the Lunar New Year (but not necessarily about the Lunar New Year).

Let’s start this one off with one of my favorite photos of Phoenix:

As you can see, Phoenix can now lay on her stomach and hold her head up quite well.  She was perfectly happy to lay on the bed and pose for photos!

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Day six was mostly a waiting game for me.  I was waiting for the factory boss (Mr. Somkhit) down in Phon to be free to see me.  But that wouldn’t happen until the next day.  I also didn’t want to spend a lot of money on transportation such as renting a car like I’ve done a few times before.  In addition to that, I’d pretty much had my fill of traveling by bus, so it looked like I would be spending the day in Khonkaen, walking around and taking photos.

Before I forget, let me mention that I was using a new camera, and I had some trouble framing shots that aren’t tilted a bit.  Please overlook that problem when viewing these photos!  I got better as I used the camera more.

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UPDATE:  Correction: The unit is called the Geo One and not the GPS One.  My apologies.

Recently, I got the Phottix Geo One geotagging GPS system for my Nikon D7000.  This enables automatic GPS tagging of photos, which is very convenient for photographers who like to geotag their photos.

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I’ve taken many more photos of Phoenix (as you can well imagine) but I haven’t posted them to the blog.  I have them in a set on Flickr.com.  So that is where you will find the latest photos.

Enjoy the new photos!

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Photos by MJ Klein, including FOOD PHOTOS!

This installment of TWIF is a combination of camera-rendered jpegs, and Lightroom manipulated Nikon raw files, as I am experimenting with shooting raw.  It’s somewhat overkill for doing web work like our blog, but I’m having fun getting into the development aspect as I started out when I was 17 shooting Kodak tri-ex B&W film and making prints in my own darkroom.  At any rate, enough of that and onto the photos!

Our regular readers will probably recognize this shot from downtown Hukou, where I went one day for lunch (before departing for Kaohsiung for the birth of our baby).

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By now, everyone knows that we have a new camera – the Nikon D7000.  What most people do not know is that I just returned from a week long business trip to Thailand.  It was dark when we flew into Taiwan, but I was able to get some photos out the window.  So, here they are, thanks to the engineers at Nikon and their wonderful creation, the D7000:

This was my first view of Kaohsiung as we approached Taiwan from the South-East.

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We bought a new camera recently – the Nikon D7000.  Our Nikon D80 is showing it’s age and it was time for an upgrade after 6 years.  We tend to keep and use our equipment for a long time, so when we upgrade it makes sense for us to buy premium products that will last.

We’re using the Sigma lens we bought several years ago as it works very well with this camera and has Optical Stabilization.

Of course we have some test shots for you!

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It’s been some time since we featured some night shots, so we’re long overdue.  I really enjoy shooting at night and since I have the optically stabilized lens I can usually get good results in low-lighting conditions.

This is a food area, with lots of places to eat.  We found a place and had dinner (but I didn’t take any photos of the food).

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I took this photo (or should I say the camera took it automatically) while out on a lunchtime ride yesterday.  I like the fisheye effect a lot.  Also, you can see me with my helmet cam if you look hard enough.

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Photo and video by MJ Klein

By now all our readers know that I enjoy riding, especially the recumbent trike.  I’ve taken lots of photos and done ride reports using my Nikon D80.  But I’ve been looking for a camera specifically designed to capture action for activites such as rides, and I’ve found such a camera – the Gopro Helmet Hero WIDE angle.

The Helmet Hero comes in an impressive package with a clear plastic case on top.

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