Emily's Escapades » Animals & Nature http://blog.emilyminor.com Life in Shanghai, China Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:01:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Makeshift polarizing filter http://blog.emilyminor.com/2010/08/20/makeshift-polarizing-filter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=makeshift-polarizing-filter http://blog.emilyminor.com/2010/08/20/makeshift-polarizing-filter/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:54 +0000 emily http://blog.emilyminor.com/?p=2772

Unfortunately, my good lens had a slight malfunction so it’s in the repair shop so I had to use another lens – one without a polarizing filter!  My sunglasses working surprisingly well but I put them one after most all of the lightning had passed.  I’ve learned you really need a filter to cut down on the sky brightness when photographing lightning (especially when it is afternoon), or the bolts hardly show up.

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]]> http://blog.emilyminor.com/2010/08/18/lightning/feed/ 1 Scales http://blog.emilyminor.com/2010/08/10/scales/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scales http://blog.emilyminor.com/2010/08/10/scales/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:34 +0000 emily http://blog.emilyminor.com/?p=2754 I’m quite happy with how these turned out.  They are shot through glass, but quite clear and I love using a narrow depth of field.

]]> http://blog.emilyminor.com/2010/08/10/scales/feed/ 1 Insect museum http://blog.emilyminor.com/2010/08/09/insect-museum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=insect-museum http://blog.emilyminor.com/2010/08/09/insect-museum/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:08 +0000 emily http://blog.emilyminor.com/?p=2741 IMG_4317_insects IMG_4314_insects IMG_4312_insects IMG_4308_insects IMG_4302_insects IMG_4291_insects IMG_4276_insects IMG_4326_insects IMG_4271_insects

Johnna, Jade, Finn and I were going to go to the Railway Museum, but when we got there we discovered it was closed from 11:30 to 2:00 every day!  (It definitely did not say that in any of the listings!)  So we went to the Insect Museum instead.  There was a lot more than insects – a seal, bunnies, goats, crickets, snakes, fish, monkey, reptiles… but I think I did manage to get some good shots.  Note to self:  Bring glass cleaner to wipe off all of the grubby hand prints before shooting.

Shanghai Natural Wild-Insect Kingdom

1 Fenghe Lu, near Binjiang Da Dao

丰和路1号， 近滨江大道

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The address of this little market is 261 Changhua Lu, near Kangding Lu. Look for a small entrance to the alleyway (above).  I was the only foreigner there and everyone stared a lot (not surprising, but always a bit uncomfortable!)  You can read another article about it here.

]]> http://blog.emilyminor.com/2010/04/22/birds-at-the-market/feed/ 0 Cows in Frost http://blog.emilyminor.com/2010/03/11/cows-in-frost/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cows-in-frost http://blog.emilyminor.com/2010/03/11/cows-in-frost/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:55 +0000 emily http://blog.emilyminor.com/?p=2354 It’s the last frost post, I promise!

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