Sun Boston

It's funny, I used to work in Wan Chai but I never tried Sun Boston Restaurant. I mean, I knew of the place and I passed by it a lot, but I never went in. It wasn't until I read an article in a food magazine about the Flaming Beef Steak that I decided to give the place a try.



Turns out the place was worth a visit just to see the waiters sear their eyebrows everytime someone ordered a plate!

And voila, the finished dish. I prefer prime ribs coz the bone and fat bring out a more beef flavor, but as for as filet goes, this place wasn't bad at all. Very tender, and the rum sauce had a delicate sweetness to it.

Lunar Cosmos

Been doing a lot of lunar photography lately because the skies have been amazingly clear these past few weeks.

Ironically, it wasn't until tonight's sky clouded up that things got interesting. The cloud cover coupled with the light from the near full moon created the illusion of a stellar dust cloud.

This is an HDR photo. The moon was exposed at f/5.6 @ 1/40s and the clouds at f/5.6 @ 1/4s (all ISO 100). Nikon D80 + 70-300mm f/4-5.6 G lens.

So Moody

Just a single day later, Mr. Smiley becomes Mr. Frowny. So bipolar.
(In case you haven't figured it out, I flipped the photo 180).

I heard on the news this morning that last night's Stellar Smiley won't happen again until July 2036. I'm so happy I was able to see it, and that conditions were good enough to allow me to snap some photos.

Anyhoo, took some close-up snaps of the Waxing Cresent. I hope the sky stays clear enough over the next few days so I can get some good First Quarter and Waxing Gibbous phase shots.

Technical details: Nikon D80 + 70-200mm f/2.8 VR and 70-300mm f/4-5.6G. Mmm, if this great weather keeps up I gonna probably cave in and buy a Sigma 150-500mm soon...

Looney Luna

I'm no astronomer so I don't know if this is a common event or not. All I know is I left work and the first thing I saw as I looked into the sky was Mr. Happy here staring right back at me.

Another shot from home: