Paper Shoot Photos II
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elusivekI did another walk around today with my Paper Shoot Camera. This time I randomly took out a lense and apparently I got the fisheye lense. I like the effect of fisheye lense, but this one I think the lense that came with the paper shoot camera wasn't really a product from paper shoot, they just found any random mobile device lense and packaged that together. It didn't really fit well the window, so the circle effect was a bit off as well. You'll see in the upcoming photos!
This is one of the famous Pastéis de Nata (Portuguese Egg Tart) bakeries, Margeret's. It's surprisingly empty and no queue, well, because of the restricted incoming tourists nowadays.
Selfies don't work so well. Also, with a bit of direct light, it reflects the eye of the camera so you see some kind of reflection from the lense as well.
The local Portuguese-backed bank, the BNU (joke: Bank of No Use). There's a couple of buildings where they kept the old facade (the pink part) and built a tower within.
Traditional street name signs in Macau. This is "San Ma Lou", the "new street" I wrote about last time.
The Chinese New Year decorations are still up.
Just some random street/alley views.
I kind of like this Wood Engraving sign. Maybe this photo doesn't do it justice, but there is a lot of details on the wood carving.
More random street view.
I was trying to shoot a photo of the old man with his dog deep in the alley but this camera isn't good for such distance shots. I wonder if you can see it even when you click into the full size photo.
A hidden temple.
I was trying to get the cat, Such cats are called 士多貓 "Store Cat". They are usually the shop owner's cats, helping to catch mice. But during the day they just laze around.
Just an old wall with an old door facade but the supposed building behind it is no more.
A wall just opposite another temple/altar thing, they put these handheld windmills on it for, I dunno what for. I suppose, the spinning of something means "turning your fate or luck" or something like that, so they put these windmills out.
My friend's pastry shop.
Today's random walkabout photo post ends here. Hope you enjoyed!
This is one of the famous Pastéis de Nata (Portuguese Egg Tart) bakeries, Margeret's. It's surprisingly empty and no queue, well, because of the restricted incoming tourists nowadays.
Selfies don't work so well. Also, with a bit of direct light, it reflects the eye of the camera so you see some kind of reflection from the lense as well.
The local Portuguese-backed bank, the BNU (joke: Bank of No Use). There's a couple of buildings where they kept the old facade (the pink part) and built a tower within.
Traditional street name signs in Macau. This is "San Ma Lou", the "new street" I wrote about last time.
The Chinese New Year decorations are still up.
Just some random street/alley views.
I kind of like this Wood Engraving sign. Maybe this photo doesn't do it justice, but there is a lot of details on the wood carving.
More random street view.
I was trying to shoot a photo of the old man with his dog deep in the alley but this camera isn't good for such distance shots. I wonder if you can see it even when you click into the full size photo.
A hidden temple.
I was trying to get the cat, Such cats are called 士多貓 "Store Cat". They are usually the shop owner's cats, helping to catch mice. But during the day they just laze around.
Just an old wall with an old door facade but the supposed building behind it is no more.
A wall just opposite another temple/altar thing, they put these handheld windmills on it for, I dunno what for. I suppose, the spinning of something means "turning your fate or luck" or something like that, so they put these windmills out.
My friend's pastry shop.
Today's random walkabout photo post ends here. Hope you enjoyed!
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Date: 2021-03-03 06:25 (UTC)Hongkie Cantonese is really colourful. There’s a myriad other words such as 貼士 tips, 摩登 modern... and a very funny one 搵到肥婆快食屎 (one two three four five six).
There are some words that actually come from mandarin alliteration 可口可樂 Coca Cola (in Cantonese it sounds nothing like Cola).
There’s one Cantonese word that I couldn’t figure if it’s an actual Chinese word or an alliteration from the English, 拗撬 Argue. It means the same thing, and actually sounds similar. But even my friends can’t tell me if it’s an actual Chinese word or an import word.