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Death Valley 2006

During the Easter weekend, I took a long-deserved photo trip to my favorite place in the world, Death Valley. For the past couple of months, we've been having too much rain and it was great to get out in the sun again. I've been to Death Valley a couple of times before, and this time I tried to visit new places. This time I visited: Rhyolite, Stonepipe Wells, The Dunes (I can't remember the name right now), Golden Canyon, Artist's Pallette, Devil's Golf Course, Badwater, and Zabrieskie's Point. I took two bodies - Hasselblad 503CW (with 3 lenses) and Hasselblad SWC/M. I used Kodak TMX for 503CW with a tripod and Kodak TMY for the SWC/M handheld.

I have always been fascinated by selective focusing and shallow depth of field. To me, it is an explicit way to express the most important part of the image. For the same reason, I enjoy using vignetting as a visual effect. The series of pictures here are taken from various places including italy and california. Obviously, they are grouped as a series as they share the same type of visual effects, not because they share the same subject or geographic location.

I was born in the year of the horse. Maybe that's why I am fascinated with horses. When I started photography, I was very inspired by Keith Carter (another reason why I am so obsessed with selective focusing). After buying his book, "Ezekiel's Horse", I always wanted to have a chance to take pictures of this beautiful creature. Last year, I went to Vegas with my friends, and instead of playing golf, I drove out to Death Valley. I had the slightest idea that I would have an encounter these beautiful horses.

For the past 15 years or so, our family members have been running an Oscar pool. Usually the winner gets something less than $10, but it's still a lot of fun and it really makes watching the show much more exciting. Here is my this year's pick for the Oscar.

Philip Seymour Hoffman - CAPOTE (My Pick)

Heath Ledger - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (My Wish)

George Clooney - SYRIANA (My Pick & Wish)

Reese Witherspoon - WALK THE LINE (My Pick, No wishes)

Amy Adams - JUNEBUG (My Wish)

Michelle Williams - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (My Pick)

HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE (My Pick & Wish)

KING KONG (My Pick & Wish)

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (My Pick & Wish)

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (My Pick & Wish)

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (My Pick)

MUNICH (My Wish)

MARCH OF THE PENGUINS (My Pick & Wish)

THE MUSHROOM CLUB (My Random Pick)

CRASH (My Pick)

Paradise Now (My Random Pick)

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE (My Pick)

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (My Pick & Wish)

"In the Deep" from CRASH (My Pick)

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (My Wish)

CRASH (My Pick)

THE MYSTERIOUS GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORATIONS OF JASPER MORELLO (My Pick)

SIX SHOOTER (My Random Pick)

KING KONG (My Pick & Wish)

KING KONG (My Wish)

WALK THE LINE (My Pick)

KING KONG (My Pick & Wish)

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (My Pick & Wish)

CRASH (My Pick)

MATCH POINT (My Wish)

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