the klog

For once, I actually managed to cull my list down to 10! I'll try something a little different this time and say a little about each one.

I've always liked taking pictures from planes, but I got really lucky this time on my way back from DC. I barely even adjusted the colors, and I love how Denver sits in the middle of a vast flatness like an oasis. I also like this photo of the Rocky Mountains I took around the same time.

I've been to Davies Symphony Hall before, but it's always been for a concert (or movie with live music), and photography wasn't allowed. So when I attended my cousin's graduation there, I was really excited about shooting a panorama. I just love those sound reflection panels that hang from the ceiling. (Zoom in)

A friend of mine dressed up in Día de los Muertos attire for Halloween. I took a few pictures, but this one works best because of the way she's looking at the camera. So femme fatale!

Showered with petals! And this is why I like continuous shot, so I can pick out moments like this.

This is my favorite photo that I've taken with a waterproof disposable camera. I like the way he's all lit up while the background fades away. Snorkeling was the most amazing thing ever, btw, especially when I got to see a giant sea turtle up close.

I shot this from a window in the stairwell of my uncle's apartment in Shanghai, overlooking Suzhou Creek. I think it gives a good sense of how many people live there. (Zoom in) It was tough choosing between this and my Hawaiian wedding panos, so here are those: reception and ceremony.

The Shanghai World Expo Cultural Center, soon to be renamed Mercedes-Benz Arena, was my favorite building at the Expo. (Zoom in)

I like men-at-work pictures, and here's someone carving characters onto bamboo, at a tourist spot in Guilin.

And finally, two photos I shot at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island:

"The Apocalypse". I think this would've been better if I had shot it from a cliff overlooking the flat expanses of hardened lava, but the sun had already set by the time we made it back onto those cliffs.

"The Road". I like to think of her as the lone survivor of the events in the previous photo. I actually photoshopped out some other random tourists near the end of the road. Content-aware fill ftw! :)

Honorable Mention

My parody of this Inception poster. I call it, "Who needs Inception when you live in San Francisco?" It's not that exciting as a photo per se, but it's the most "interesting" of my 2010 photos, according to Flickr's algorithms. :P Also, I put far more effort than necessary into historically accurate "credits", which can you read when you zoom in.

Okay, that's all! Here's a longer list of my favorite photos if you want to see more. They're from all years, but the newest ones are first. Let me know if you think some of those should've made this list instead!

My top 13/12/16 lists for 2007, 2008, and 2009.