2 seats available for chess

Anyone wants to sharpen their chess skill?

There was a friendly chess match at the most CROWDED street in Sydney (Pitt street) and it was 1 guy vs 5 players (kids/adults/young and old). 2 seats available (sitting on the ground actually) when I took the picture above. 

Giogio's general store in Watson Bay

I was walking down the street of Watson Bay, the yellow building and the striking red car caught my attention to take this picture. On the outlook, the owner managed to keep the building in good condition except the crack at the top. I like the red mini car that matches the building's age as it was like the time has stopped.

The shot above was taken 18-55mm kit lens attached with polarizing filter.

Flowers in my garden

I was testing my newly arrived polarizing filter (Fotga, $10) with my 55-200mm lens. The result didn't turn out that I was expected. Loss of detail, vignette at corners and it was horrible. Then I took the same picture again without the filter and details are way lot better.

In short, cheap polarizing filter does not fit with zoom lens and best fit with wide angle lens.

The picture above is shot in raw and post-processed with high-key settings.

TIDAL High Fidelity sound test

I did the test yesterday and I got 3 out 5 correct. I did the test again (second try) today and also got the same result. 3 out of 5 correct. The third try I was confident with my result, without waiting for the song to finish and submit my choice except the Dixie Chicks track that I had to listen twice.

In the end, I got all 5 tracks ticked.

Go to here for sound-check your equipment or system to see whether you can hear the difference.

Have fun.

Reference:
http://test.tidalhifi.com/

My gear:
Cmoy amp with Shure SE215

Woman and her dog at Putty Beach

Last Sunday, I joined my friends on a bush walking trip from Putty Beach to Bouddi National Park and back. 

At the beach, I saw a woman sitting there with a camera attached with a long zoom lens taking photos of people on a surfing board in the sea. Her dog dug a hole not far away from the Green Surfing board and got back to her when it saw us coming.