Photo Albums

Water Drop on Lakeside Grasses, Crosby Regional Park, St. Paul, MN “I noticed that, viewed through my macro lens, the water drops turned the world upside down. I looked for the largest water drops I could find. The wind was blowing the grass in and out of focus; it took many exposures to get a sharp one!”

Photos by Xingcheng "Merlin" Liu ’10  

 Photos by Xingcheng "Merlin" Liu

Photos by Xingcheng "Merlin" Liu 

Bus Stop, St. Paul, MN
Photos by Xingcheng "Merlin" Liu ’10 

 Girl Catching Water in Fountain, Detroit, MI
“The boys and girls were having so much fun in this fountain near the General Motors headquarter, but I, of course, could not play with them. So I took a photograph to enjoy it, and the feeling that little girl must have felt splashing here hand through the water.”
Photos by Xingcheng "Merlin" Liu ’10

 Dragonfly on the Mississippi, St. Paul, MN
“I walked down a steep bluff to near the edge of the river to find this dragonfly. I love the color and detail.”
Photos by Xingcheng "Merlin" Liu ’10

Night Fence, St. Paul, MN
“I took this road to work everyday, but never stopped before the day I photographed it. Only then did I notice all the curves in this scene.”



Photos by Xingcheng "Merlin" Liu ’10

 

Mississippi Riverboat near Sunset, St. Paul, MN
“I was using a tripod and a 2.5 second shutter speed, trying to expose the details of the river in low light. I knew the boat was coming; I was surprised by how it turned out!”
Photos by Xingcheng "Merlin" Liu ’10

 

 Bridge Across the Mississippi River, St. Paul, MN
“The way the lamp posts and lights line up on this bridge are wonderful, especially at sunset.”
Photos by Xingcheng "Merlin" Liu ’10

 Merlin Liu ’10 photographs a gingko tree near the Wabash Chapel. Gingkos are native to China, and are the city tree of Liu's hometown.
 
Photo by Steve Charles

 Xingcheng "Merlin" Liu ’10
 
Photo by Steve Charles