I wanted to capture the clouds in this scene more than anything....

West From My Rooftop by damiengabrielson.com on Flickr.

This was taken at a temple just outside of Busan. This temple offers a view of the ocean along with some great architecture. 
The post processing was a little complex. I used an adjustment layer to creat a monochrome layer and then merged that. After some level adjustment I decided to use a sepia tone filter at 100% density to add an aditional effect.

Dawn this morning was just another blah sunrise with the sun buried behind the clouds. Then about 7:30 the gray changed shape and the storm started forming. It got darker and darker until it was blacker than the night. The lightning started and a video of me trying to catch a shot of it would have been hilarious. I finally got a frame but I have new respect for those that film this evasive event.

I wanted to capture the clouds in this scene more than anything. This building looked interesting enough to be included. This was taken with my film camera with Fuji Pro400H(notice the nice grain?). The only down side is the softness due to my old crappy scanner. A bit of post processing in photoshop to accentuate the depth.

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If you have ever seen my previous photo, I am sure you know what they are imitating. Will you imitate the statue if you were there?

love is in many colors

This was taken during the Anlaw Hu festival and these kids are at the base of the stage just hanging out. Their elders came up to the edge to take a bow, that’s when I got this shot.

Those of you who followed my trip there may recall that the area is very poor and the majority are farmers. For some of the girls, marriage comes as early as 12 when their parents find them a husband in exchange for a dowry of P10,000 - P20,000 (approx $200 - $400 USD).

Swag around the world. Germany to South Korea.

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In September, 2003, Busan Korea was hit with a massive typhoon. For most of the people living on the coast, we were unprepared. 
I took this photo a few days after the storm. This ship was used as a floating hotel (“The Flotel”); equipped with kareoke rooms, a patio bar and hotel rooms. Fortunately the night of the typhoon, it was evacuated. Today, it still sits eerily in the same position, I guess a reminder to us all that sometimes mother nature can be a real bitch.

Here is a picture of a manican with a carrot and bunny ears. The business men in the background made this unusual site seem not so unusual.

Oh my goodness look at them go.. I like this practice video better than their actual performance on stage :/
I still love them and all their foreign-ness. Big bang. 
G-dragon looks so un-amused in all his dancing (the blond one with the purple scarf) 

"Operation Nukorea":

digital literature piece by Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries

a gruesome piece detailing an imagined, yet highly plausible preemptive strike by North Korea upon South Korea, Japan, and the U.S. (discretion is advised)

more of Young-Hae Chang’s work can be seen here:

http://www.yhchang.com/

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