Luckily I took its photo during noon time, it was gone in the evening when I try to find it again because it has been removed by my mother who also loves gardening.

Days later, I found the other leaves which were also dotted.

I am not sure if it is unhealthy or it is just the life cycle of a water lily leaf.  Hope more leaves will grow soon and bloom beautifully.

If we keep our body healthy, sickness is not part of our life cycle.

Mung bean was the common thing in our secondary / high school biology class as the experiment subject in the lab sessions.

Now, it has become one of my favorite objects to shoot at with my camera.

Look at its shiny hairs on the branch, done with the back / side lighting effect.

This is my new watch.  I bought it about two weeks ago at the the same shop where I bought my previous watch four years ago.  It has officially retired now after a heart transplant, a watch band replacement and four long years of hard labour.  And now it’s time for the watch above to stand in the front line.

This is how the new watch’s band looks like.  The watch band of my previous watch was broken twice.  The first time it was broken, I took it to the shop and they changed a new watch band for me.  The second time it happened, I was told that they don’t have that kind of watch band in stock anymore unless I want to buy the same model but in blue.

I thought about it and had a look at the blue one.  However, I still prefer pink and they don’t have it anymore.  So at the end, the lady showed me a few new watches and I chose the one in the first picture (quickly scroll up and have a look again! :P).  As you can see from the picture above, this is what is left now of my previous watch.  It has been a pleasure to have it by my side and we have gone through a lot of ups and downs in life together.

This is the back of the old watch.  Dirt has accumulated itself.

I asked the lady at the watch shop if she has the backup watch band for my new watch.  She said that will depend on the demand or if the factory still produces this model.  Then, I asked how often people change their watch band and she said they usually buy a new watch if their watch band is broken or has worn out.  I was quite surprised to hear that.

I still treasure my old watch a lot.  And I will do whatever I can to take care of its remains and I will try my very best to protect my new front line commander!

I have just got my proper light box and studio lamps recently and I am studying on what background is suitable for what objects.

One thing I found out was that the exposure need to be increased on white background for 1 - 2 steps, and vice versa for black background using average / auto metering.

This is because when using white background, the sensor on the camera might thought it is bright, but the object is actually darker then the white background, and if the exposure is not adjusted, the object will become under exposed (too dark).  Same as black background on the other way.

It is the same concept when taking photo at night, and also taking photo on beach / in snow scene.  Some experienced photographers might know that they need to adjust the exposure.

Usually camera come with exposure adjustment range from -2 to +2 step with increment of 0.5 steps.  A more advanced camera will have -3 to +3 steps with increment of 0.3.

My camera is having -2 to +2 setting with increment 0.3.  But I discovered that when I use exposure bracketing, it automatically can go up to -3 to +3 (without showing on camera display).

Which one do you prefer, white or black background?

I start work quite early recently (start exactly when the sun rises)  and I am able to see the warm colour and the beautifully patterned cloud shone by the sunrise.  It happens almost every morning except thick-clouded days.

I take the photos whenever I see beautiful clouds, and as I mentioned earlier, I will post it on the last day of the month.

I feel great when a day is started with the beautiful cloud outside my window.  :D