Rocks and Shadows

 

Nikon F6, Kodak Gold 200 Film

I edit photos by looking at them now and then over the course of a week or so. I give three stars to pictures that have some interest for me, like a holiday snap or a picture of my cat. I give five stars to pictures that I might like to print out and put on my wall some day.

Posting pictures here is a part of the editing process. I become much more critical of a photograph once it is on the blog for the world to see. This results in quite a few demotions. The above picture had five stars until I uploaded it to Blogger. Then I noticed that I should have maybe put some of the shadow outside the bottom of the frame and given more space to the grass.

Expo Tower, Sokcho

 

Nikon F6, Kodak Gold 200

The Expo Tower was built for the 1995 International Fisheries Expo. From what I can find on the Internet, the IFE appears to be a Korean expo with other countries invited to promote the Korean fishing industry.

More Beach and Rocks at Munam

 

Nikon F6, Kodak Gold 200 Film

I posted a similar photograph not long ago that I made with a Nikon D850 digital camera. To me, the scene looks 'drawn' on film and 'reproduced' on digital.

Sokcho Market

 

Clothes Store, Hairdresser's, and Jewellry Shop

What to do while waiting for a bus home? Take my phone out of my pocket and make the gritty look grittier.

Hipstamatic on iPhone 6s Plus

Hidden Harbour

 I'm not sure harbour is the proper term for this space between rocks that can't be seen from the shore. Cove, perhaps? I don't know who built this metal wharf or why. 

Beach and Rocks at Munam

 

This is the view from a small bridge for two lanes of traffic and pedestrians across a small river rather grandly called Great Munam Bridge. There is an older and larger bridge that carries four lanes of highway traffic over the same river close by called simply Munam Bridge. I guess the council thought it was great they had a new bridge. 

Reminiscence Pork Cutlet

I like to walk along the coast from Baekdo Harbour to Cheonhak Pavilion. At the end of my route is a Chinese restaurant called Agyeong that I sometimes eat at if I arrive near midday.
There was a new item on the menu the last time I was there. A bright yellow sign on the wall announced the restaurant was now serving 'Reminiscence Pork Cutlet'. (It sounds less awkward in Korean, and I was tempted to translate the word as 'Good old days'). I have good memories of eating pork cutlets in restaurants with friends in years past so I ordered that.

From Top Left: consommé, pickled daikon radish, rawa onion, black soybean paste for the onion, macaroni salad, fruit cocktail, cabbage salad with mayonnaise sauce, rice ball covered in dried laver, pork cutlet and brown sauce

The man and woman who own the restaurant must have very recently added the cutlet to the menu because the woman served me and then hovered a bit. She asked me if it was any good and did I need more sauce. "Very delicious," I told her. "And there's enough sauce." She immediately went into the kitchen and reported my positive remarks to her husband the cook.
I wasn't lying about the food. The cutlets were a decent thickness and the panko breading was crispy. The sauce was flavourful without being too strong and the side dishes were the ones I remember from when I arrived in Korea many years ago. I plan to order it again the next time I'm in the restaurant.