The Namdaemoon market continues to be one of my favorite spots in Seoul. However, with as many times as I've been there, this individual was new for me. However, unlike the majority of my subjects, this individual seemed to be perfectly fine with my lens.

Nikon D50, Sigma 17-70 Macro HSM @ 70mm, 1/320 sec, ISO 200, f/4.5

The Hongik Children's park behind my apartment is anything but. Given it's location immediately in front of the Hongik University main entrance, it is a popular hang out for the college crowd and the artists within. The area surrounding the small bits of playground equipment has become a popular place for beat boxers and free style rappers.



Nikon D50, Sigma 17-70 Macro HSM @ 70mm, 1/30 sec, ISO 220, f/4.5

The seagull makes this shot

This was easily one of the best sunsets I've shot in a while. The seagull and the boat were perfect. Say what you will about those old non-VR Nikkor telephotos, but they a tremendous amount of photographic flexibility for so little money, its borderline ridiculous. Though you could argue that the shutter of the D50 makes up for a lot of what I don't have in VR on this lens.

At any rate, I hope you enjoy this one as much as I do. Its one of my favorite photographs of recent production.

Nikon D50, Nikkor 70-300 AF @ 70mm, 1/1250 sec, ISO 200, F/9.0

Napping man

I went for a long walk in Myung-Dong and found this scene. I had great reservations posting this.

Nikon D50, Nikkor 70-300 @ 155mm, 1/30, ISO 560, f/4.8

We took a day trip to "The Namarian Republic" today...which is really just a fairly large island in the middle of the Han River that has been proclaimed the "Imaginary country inside of Korea".

Not a bad trip as it was, they had some quasi-friendly looking ostrich that were just wandering around unsupervised. Which is totally safe, right?!

Nikon D50, Nikkor AF 70-300 @ 210mm, 1/60 sec, ISO 200, f/5.0

Rocking out in Hongdae

This bar called "Cage" sits behind my apartment and glows bright neon green every night. They place is so tiny, they have to put bands outside on the street. Which actually works out pretty well as it turns every performance night into a little street party. Coincidentally, they also serve korean street food with every pitcher of beer.

Canon a650 IS. 7.4mm, 1/20 sec, ISO 100, f2.8, B&W scene mode

VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

At long last I was able to attempt some motion blur. I've been toying around with this idea for a while and I've been really itching to try it. Luckily, here in South Korea, we are in no shortage of motorcycles on the street, sidewalk, playground and a myriad of places where you would expect no powered vehicle to be found.

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Nikon D50, Nikkor 50mm D series (75mm at a 1.5x crop factor), ISO 900, 1/60 sec, f1.8,