Sunrise Peak or Seongsan Ilchubong is one of UNESCO Wold Heritage located at Jeju Island.  It is a volcanic crater with vertical cliffs rises up from the shore.  It was named “Sunrise Peak” because this area is the first to greet each day’s new sun.  To enjoy the beautiful sceneries we have to climb to the top of the peak.  Jagged rocks stick up like teeth along the crater’s perimeter.  According to locals, there are 99 rocks, but I didn’t count when I managed to reach the peak.  Let’s enjoy the panoramic view of the surrounding area.

The picture below is my favorite.  The rocks look like an Indian Chief head in cowboy movie.  What do you think?

Sunrise Peak, Jeju Island, South Korea, September 2009, by v1olet

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Hopeless by Paul Baines

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Every time I am going for morning jog, I usually never paid any attention to things that I passed along the way, especially little things like… well flowers.

And up until this morning, when I accidentally step into a couple of little yellow flowers that grew wild on the river bank that I happened to passed.
I noticed that this tiny flower has something beautiful about it, so I pull out my mobile and start to taking picture of the small little thing I’d never notice before.

It’s kinda sad, as if their life are insignificant for us, they just grew wild and nobody care. It’s not that they’re ugly, it’s just the size. They’re just too small.

Don’t feel inferior because when the beauty sparks, even it’s just a little, it’s kinda hard not to notice it :)

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Good morning guys!

Been awhile since my last posting, got few things I want to update all of you.

Recently I sold away my SONY and bought a NIKON D300S

For the lens, I have my solid wide angle  Nikkor 35mm f/2 AF

I bought a new standard lens together with the body, Sigma 50mm F1.4 EX DG HSM

I am very happy with the performance of both lenses, which I will talk more about these in the near future.

You can check out what are the latest gears that VanillaSeven team use during their photo taking HERE.

And these are the panoramic shots that I took at Singapore and Kallang River.

Singapore River, from Clarke Quay to Fullerton Hotel.

Kallang River, Tanjong Rhu.

by Alex Obana

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