Marching Band in Action!

Since our family is not into football, we don't watch or go to football games much. And this was our first time going to a high school football game night, just because our boy is in the Marching Band. To our surprise, the place was really crowded, and we saw many familiar faces! 

The Marching Band performed the show 'In Case of Emergency'. They did really well, considering this was their second performance at the football games, and first time in uniform. We really look forward to see the entire show soon!

Vienna: where Classic meets Modern (Vienna, Austria)

Vienna was the first of the three cities we visited during our Europe trip. It's a pretty city, but appeared to be more modernized than I had expected. We didn't do as much preparation as we would like to, so we pretty much planned our tour on the spot. It was a bit challenging in the beginning as German was a totally unfamiliar language to us. Even signs, instructions and menu. But we got around it pretty quickly and had fun going on the various city transportation: buses, trains, trams and underground lines with our passes to visit the wonderful architectures and famous tourist spots. And especially for me, I had the chance to do my street photography to my heart's content - except when I got too occupied and stayed at one place for too long, my boys would start nagging and pulled me away!

Best of all, I brought my new toy Fujifilm X100s along this time, without my bulky professional gears. I was hoping to look more like a regular tourist than a professional photographer, but I guess the way I took pictures kinda gave that away!

Many constructions going around the city
The Blue Danube river is much wider than I thought! This portion in Vienna looks nice, but the two sides of the river look a bit bare.
This little guy actually performs really good! The quality of the pictures are very good, very crisp, and it is small and convenient to take around. I like it!

Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse (Part 1, 2014)

The Blood Moon last night was captivating. I couldn't resist staying away from work to capture this beautiful sight. The phenomenon is known as a tetrad, in which there are 4 consecutive total lunar eclipses, with this one being the first of the 4 eclipses taking place in 2014/15. The weather was barely cooperating, with fog came and went. But it's all worth it - the stiff neck, aching back and all...


See Spica on the right of the moon.