Another Change

 Although using Google Photos on Blogger is convenient, I think I will go back to using Word Press for the time being. The address is https://marcuspeddlenet.wordpress.com/ and the post I made today is at https://marcuspeddlenet.wordpress.com/2022/10/19/hand-truck-behind-tent/

Sailboat Leaving Cheongcho Harbour

 

Minolta X-700, Kentmere 400

I haven't posted to WordPress in over a year because I was using Blogger. Maybe I'll start using WordPress again to compare with my experience over at Blogspot. I imported all my Blogger posts from the past year to WordPress for the sake of continuity.

The link to the WordPress post is https://marcuspeddlenet.wordpress.com/2022/10/16/sailboat-leaving-cheongcho-harbour/

Bicycle Ride: Ayajin and Back Again

 I got up early-ish one morning in late September and rode my bicycle as far as Ayajin. In my shoulder bag was the D850 and a 28-85 zoom lens.

This wooded rock just off the shore doesn't seem to have a name that I can find. I could ask a local, but the only places close by are a small military post and a large tourist hotel. One blogger says this is called Jookdo (Bamboo Island), but he might be confusing it with another island farther north with the same name. Also, it turns out that basically any pile of rocks with bamboo on it is called Bamboo Island.

Ayajin Harbour Breakwater. The owner of this bicycle is probably on the other side of those tetrapods with a fishing rod. I didn't want to move the bicycle, but I wish it had been a little to the left so it wouldn't be covering the nose of the whale.

A trio of boats in Ayajin Harbour.

The Beach Brunch Café. An online search tells me they serve sweet breads, baguettes with sweet toppings, and pizzas. It's 200 metres from the beach as the crow flies and half a kilometre if you follow a road. Maybe they should have called it Beach View Café.

There's that island again, taken on my way back from Ayajin. There is something I like about this photograph, but I can't help thinking there was a very good composition here that I couldn't see. Maybe it will come to me if I pass this place another fifty times.

Concrete building shell. I've photographed this place from another angle numerous times but was never satisfied with the results. I like this view of the building.

I looked through a book of Christopher Pratt prints the night before and this photo was influenced by him.  No comparison, of course.

Composition Study. I was sat at a picnic table outside a convenience store and thought it might be a good exercise to make a picture from that fixed position. Having a zoom lens was very useful . . .

Looking through my book of Christopher Pratt prints is not going to turn me into a photographic Christopher Pratt, but it did help me to see my surroundings a bit differently the next day. And that's why we read and look at books, of course.

Traffic Mirror

 

Traffic Mirror, Yongchon

A couple of weeks ago I rode my bicycle around a flooded reservoir and in places found myself halfway up to my spokes in muck. The mud dried, but, as I live in an apartment complex, I had no way to wash the tyres after I got home.

A few days ago I was out in the countryside and went to have a look at the weir on Yongchon Brook. I noticed that the water on the lower side of the barrier was about the depth of the mud on my bicycle tyres so I went across. The rushing water took away most of the dirt. 

Neither the brook nor the weir is in the photo above. The traffic mirror is at the top of the path that leads down to the water and I stopped there to check the state of my bicycle and see what sort of composition I could make with the reflection. 

Autumn Rice Fields

Yongchon is not far from my apartment and I can take side roads there to avoid the maniacs in cars. The area is mostly rice fields and I rarely see anyone on the narrow concrete roads built for tractors and cultivators. It's a great place to ride my bicycle, enjoy the silence, and make a few photos.

Autumn is an especially beautiful time to be in the area. The ripe rice plants are golden-green and even the cut fields are photogenic. Most people head to the mountains to enjoy the autumn foliage, but I prefer to avoid the hiking crowd. Why would I go up the mountain with hundreds of noisy people when I can have acres and acres of fields to myself?