September 2018

Visiting the Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival (2/2)
Taiwan

Visiting the Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival (2/2)

Sep 25, 2018 2 min read

This is the second part of my post about my visit to the Pingxi sky lantern festival. If you haven't already, make sure to read the first part here first! 1/125s; 20mm; f/3.2; ISO 900 Sky lanterns are often criticised for environmental pollution and are banned in many countries - in Brazil, launching a sky lantern is punishable with up to three yea

Visiting the Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival (1/2)
Taiwan

Visiting the Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival (1/2)

Sep 25, 2018 3 min read

The Pingxi sky lantern festival is Taiwan's most popular festival. It is held every year at Chinese New Year, but since I will only be in Taiwan until mid-January, I had already accepted that I will be unable to see it. 1/125s; 20mm; f/2.5; ISO 1250 Yesterday was a public holiday in Taiwan: Mid-autumn festival, which is celebrated by the Taiwanese