I’m not sure when the Korean season begins, but my Kia Tigers will be moving in to their new Champions Field. Today’s photo isn’t from Gwangju though. This is the home stadium of the Lotte Giants in Busan. One of the Giants hit this ball off the wall.

Posted on March 16th, 2014 under Korea. Tags: baseball, Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Telephoto Lens, Nikon D600, sajik baseball stadium. Comments Off on MLB begins in just two weeks

Chungjangsa Shrine (충장사)

Posted on March 8th, 2014 under Korea. Tags: gwangju, Mount Mudeung National Park, Nikon 24mm f/2.8 AF-D nikkor lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on View through the doors

Photomerged panorama of Gwangju, South Korea during the blue hour from Chonnam National University

Many times last summer I wanted to go out and take some photos, but the weather wasn’t willing. Even when it wasn’t raining cats and dogs, it would usually be so hot and humid that I would have a hard time breaking away from the corner in my apartment that had AC. But on my last night in Gwangju, Mother Nature was merciful. The rain stopped so I headed to the roof of my apartment building to take these four photos which I finally got around to merging together.

Posted on February 26th, 2014 under Korea. Tags: blue hour, buildings, gwangju, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 AF-S NIKKOR G ED N, Nikon D600, panorama, photomerge. Comments Off on Gwangju blue hour

Jagalchi Market (자갈치시장) Busan, South Korea

The guidebooks said to watch out for the smells at Jagalchi Market in Busan, but I found it to be one of the least offensive markets, smell-wise, in the many that I visited while in Korea last summer. However, that may have had more to do with the fact that it had been raining all morning. A much smaller Korean market with raw fish, slabs of meat (not on ice and covered with all manner of bugs), and live chickens can be far more offensive to the nostrils on a hot, humid day without a breeze than a gigantic market like Jagalchi which has been doused in rain.

Posted on February 23rd, 2014 under Korea. Tags: busan, Jagalchi Fish Market, Nikon 24mm f/2.8 AF-D nikkor lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Jagalchi Market

Suk-min Yoon (윤석민) Kia Tigers

I had the chance to watch him pitch in Gwangju last summer.

Posted on February 19th, 2014 under Korea. Tags: baseball, gwangju, kia tigers, Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Telephoto Lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Suk-min Yoon, formerly of the Kia Tigers, signs with the Baltimore Orioles