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Oct
13
2013

postcrossing #38


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My first card from Switzerland! (Or actually it was sent through the German postage system, maybe it is because the user lived near the border of Switzerland and Germany, therefore he collected Swiss stamps that were released long long time ago) The postcard shows Stein am Rhein, a town in Switzerland. The town has a well-preserved medieval centre, retaining the ancient street plan. The site of the city wall, and the city gates are preserved. Many of the medieval buildings are painted beautifully. And the river at the middle is the Rhine river.

On the stamp, Helvetia refers to the female national personification of Switzerland. And the Swiss continues to use the name. The full name is Confoederatio Helvetica, which is from Latin. Therefore the abbreviation for Switzerland is CH. The first stamp, seems was really released in 1969. Comptoir Suisse is an event for exhibitiors to showcase their products. And Lausanne is the 5th largest city in Switzerland. This stamp was released to celebrate the 50th anniversity of the event.

And the yellow stamp was released in 1967, seems. It was released because of EFTA – European Free Trade Association. The association was founded in 1960. Switzerland was one of the country which founded the organization. The word “Efta-Handel: Zollfrei” means Duty Free shops. The other words mean similar thing, like EFTA Duty Free products, etc.

The other stamps were also released in 1967. They are from the series, Pro Patria – Water Mills conservation. Pro Patria is an charitable organization in Switzerland. Its purpose is to give meaning to the Swiss national holiday, August 1, by collecting donations to the benefit of social and cultural works of national public interest. And they received donations by selling postage stamps. And these two stamps, seems the content is from Bible. The blue one was titled Joseph on the throne. The green one was titled Proclamation to the shepherds.

And the last one was a German stamp released in 2013. It is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Fehmarnsund Bridge(Fehmarn Sound Bridge). It was declared as an historic monument in 1999.

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Oct
13
2013

postcrossing #37


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My first postcard from Belgium! The user lived in a place called Antwerpen. It is the most populous city in Belgium. And the city is also known as the diamond capital of the world.

The first stamp was released in 2007, frm a series called common teal and boreal owl. The one on the stamp is Common Teal(小水鴨).

The second and the third stamps were released in 2003. They came from the series, the 50th Anniversary of Television. The last stamp was also released in 2003. It was from a series Economy & Industry. The one shown on the stamp represents Civil Protection. Civil protection is an effort to protect the citizens from military attack. It uses the principles of emergency operations: prevention, mitigation, preparation, response, or emergency evacuation and recovery.

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Oct
09
2013

postcrossing #36


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Here is my first postcard received from South America! This postcard shows the skyline from Sao Paulo from Brazil. This is the largest city in Brazil, or even the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. It is also the 7th largest city by population in the world.

The stamps were released in 2005 and 2006. They are from the series called “Professions”. The word “costureira” means seamstress. The word “sapateiro” means shoemaker. The word “manicure” refers to a cosmetic beauty treatment for the fingernails and hands performed at home or in a nail salon. I guess you could know what those words mean after you look at those cartoons on the stamps!

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Oct
07
2013

Canon Photo Marathon 2013 佳能攝影馬拉松


參加了一年一度的 Canon Photo Marathon 2013。一開始也不覺得會有獎的了，所以都是志在參與，志在看看大場面，志在跟友人聚聚，志在挑戰一下，因為要在限時之內，就著三個主題而拍照，而每次也要回到灣仔會議展覽中心去上載相片，很考體力，對時間的掌握，及攝影技巧的呢。最有趣的發現是，灣仔某些位置原來也是有很多白鴿生活的，還以為在尖沙嘴碼頭或是維多利亞公園才多見他們的蹤影。也當然穿梭了橫街小巷，看到不同的地貌風情。灣仔內街的那些攤檔真是很有趣，很有特色，希望這種街頭文化可以繼續保存下去吧。

好，也說說比賽吧。打卡計下你的距離，那個環節用意挺好，一方面鼓勵人去遠一點的地方去發掘一下不同的拍攝地方與角度，另外方面其實也可以用來估算活動用碳的多少，用來抵消下碳排放。不過為著一個鬥去得遠的比賽，駕駛私家車去到天水圍，那個感覺好像跟活動的原意背道而馳。打卡比賽的冠軍更在大澳，上水近邊境的地方打卡，而最後頒獎的時候是 no show，兩小時一個主題，要去到大澳拍照應該是沒有什麼可能的吧？所以有可能是為打卡而打卡，這樣跟推廣攝影文化又沒有什麼大關係。

先說清楚，藝術這方面，各人的觀點與角度也不同。以下只是個人的愚見，畢竟決定權在大會。
個人覺得某些作品可以獲獎又是有點兒那個。就好像是一些招牌一些海報，那不如我立即去圖書館，影印一張很有主題元素的圖片出來，然後拍進去就交功課吧。不過另外一個角度，這些招牌廣告又是城市內看到，又是為都市增添不少色彩，若果不是，香港的夜景也不會聞名於世吧。而且守則有著：「作品必須由參賽者親自拍攝，不能翻拍或侵犯知識產權或第三方的權利。」那究竟中間那一條線應該如何界定呢？

有些效果，不知是否我真是未見過啦，例如是 IR ，不可以靠電腦處理的話，應該是要靠改機先可以拍攝得到的吧？亦有可能真是用上相機內的白平衡等功能慢慢調整，這我就不清楚拍攝之人的方法了。如果真是靠改機，我覺得此風不能長。那我改機改到，上面裝上一套 android，附設一套影像處理程式就可以不經電腦而執相吧？（當然在可行性這方面我就不太清楚，也不作深入研究了）而且，那張 IR 的水準也不見得太好。

如果評判可以更清楚地說明一張相為何會得獎，我想會更有說服力，或是叫其他參賽者有所學習。還記得其中一張相，在現場望上去，整個畫面暗到不得了，也不知在拍什麼，也不知道跟那時候的主題有什麼樣的關係。那時候的會場，大家都靜著了，或許是相片高深得大家看不明白。有著一些的解說，或許會叫人明白及信任評審的眼光。例如是 點線面，一張手掌，線與面就看到，點的元素不多，看來不太貼題。一些相看似有趣味，但細看之下也不見得有甚麼內容，看似是無聊的隨影照成分較多。

不過不少作品也不錯。可謂是大開眼界。主持人啊 Lo 做主持真是很不錯，風趣幽默，在會場很累也因為他的幽默而吸引著，哈。有機會也會再參加這項富挑戰性的比賽。也當然，希望在評審方面可以更有說服力。從公開組主題二及三那兒的得獎作品看到，評審的眼光真是有點高深莫測，定還是說越是評審越求其吧。

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Oct
05
2013

Postcard from friends #21


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A postcard from Australia this time! And really thanks for this beautiful postcard. And seems if I have chance and money, I should really go to visit this beautiful and lovely country! The postcard shows Blue Mountains in Sydney. The mountains were named as there are plenty of Eucalyptus trees. The trees will release some gases and the gases accumulate in that area and form a thin layer of fog which is blue in color.

And the stamp was released in 2013, from the series Australian Bush Babies. This stamp shows kookaburra(笑翠鳥). This kind of bird is native to Australia. This kind of bird is very special, in an aspect that their voices sound like people laughing loudly. They mainly live in humid forest or arid savanna.

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Oct
04
2013

postcrossing #35


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Here comes a postcard from Russia! The illustration is “Mail for You” from Tania Samoshkina. And the writer also tries to give some translation on the back. It says “Though all of the cities and avenues, hurrying somewhere and afraid of not having enough time, someone has a letter for you.” Don’t know whether she gives a correct translation, I guess, the meaning would be similar to this.

And here comes the stamps. The purple one is the fifth issue of definitive stamp in Russia, released in 2008. And the blue one is the definitive stamps issued in 2009. And all the stamps are about Kremlins(克里姆林), meaning those complex castles found inside historic Russian cities. And the most famous one is from Moscow, therefore people often use this name to refer that one. And the last one was released in January 2013 from the series of Wild Goats(野山羊).

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Oct
03
2013

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