Enter At Your Own Risk

I saw this stone carving in front of one of the temples with a closed door. I have no idea what the writing means... but I would like to think that behind the closed door are monks having kung fu battles. Perhaps the writing means, "enter at your own risk"?
I really loved the details in this photo... heavy texture on the stone carving, bright red door in the background, a dusty floor in the foreground, two different types of bricks stacked together, a shiny surface reflecting light...

**UPDATE**
Thanks to a Chinese friend, I found out that the word means "a kiosk where someone stands in the snow"... it comes from a story in Ming Dynasty which tells a monk consult Buddhism to Buddha someday was snow.

Selective Focus

Getting a close up of some of the textures that have been created over the last century. In the top photo, a woman peaks through a narrow passage way.

Kung Fu Masters in Training at Shaolin Monastery

This was a pretty impressive site to see as I was departing the Shaolin Monastery... 1000s of students were quietly sitting at attention and listening as their masters gave instruction. I was surprised that not a single student looked distracted by the tourists (such as me) walking by. It was like we did not exist. 

Autumn Flare

I took this image towards the end of the fall season this year. In Boston, we've had a very mild winter (thus far)... but I'm definitely looking forward to being able to walk (or ride my bike) around without a jacket/hat/gloves. Cheers to spring!

Beach Plants

For some reason, there are always interesting plants at the beach (that you don't see anywhere else). They seem to be a bit tougher and grittier than the normal plants. Here is one such example of a plant found on the beaches of Maine.

Red Leaf

Sunset along the Charles illuminating one of the few red leaves left on the tree.

Red Leaves, Blue Skies, Can't Lose

I was really happy how this picture came out... bright red leaves in the foreground, bright blue sky in the background, and some leaves/branches out of focus in between. It's definitely a bit more "artsy" than most of my photos.

A Floating Tree

This photo was taken along the Charles River bike path near Harvard. I loved how this tree was floating in a pond of multi-colored leaves... overall, the colors came out really nice and the red leaves added made it more vibrant.

Bricks and Texture

Red brick wall against the blueish green plaque... with a green vine trickling down.

June 15, 2011

Get out of Dodge.

Not too remarkable of a photograph, but I liked the street name!... Dodge. Also, the color red kind of "popped" nicely.

May 24, 2011

RED DOOR... can anyone guess where this photo was taken??

January 10, 2011

Snowy morning in Boston. Thought the red berries on this tree were a cool contrast to the pure/white snow.