Time to Lean

The photo above is my favorite one taken by Mark that day.  Mark has been specializing in street photograph lately and the elderly are often a subject of his work.  His post-processing gives the photo a nice glow

Smoked Sausage

The final photo is my favorite from David.  He shows a common sight in Taiwan:  a street-side sausage vendor smoking.  Smoking while preparing food and other unsanitary acts are unfortunately fairly common in Taiwan.

A set of my photos from the day can be found in the following Flickr Set.

Algae, algae, algae!

This small fish was the only one that waited long enough for me to focus

Different lifeforms were abundant both above and below the water surface

Whatever this was, it was crawling quickly into a cranny when I arrived

Families looking for things they’ve seen on Spongebob Squarepants

Bitou Fishing Port – Taiwan’s southernmost fishing port

I’ve decided to stop compiling Weekly Links.  I hope readers found them helpful during the year or so I posted them.  I’ve recently had a drastic work schedule change and in the upcoming future I’m expecting an even more drastic lifestyle change.

Here are a few pictures from our recent trip south.  We were blessed during the trip with fabulous weather.  Although it was summer vacation for students, most of the places we went were largely free of crowds.  Perhaps most people were inside avoiding a suntan or busy going to full-day English summer camps like the unfortunate children who attend the school I work at.

My wife, Cathy, looking great at 6 months.

My feet -  Shot on Kodak Tri-X 400.

My nephew gets his first dose of the ocean – Despite being born and raised on an island, this was his first trip to a beach.

Being too hot on the beach for volleyball, these guys decided to take their game to the water.

That’s it for now, I’ll have a few posts in the future about some of the other cool stuff we did.