Yourong Frank Wang

Year: 2021

  • [LUX] Entries to the 2021 AUTC Photo Competition

    Entries 2, 3, 5, and 7 won the top prize in their respective categories. This page is kept for archival purposes.

    Category 1: Tasteful Nudes

    No submission.


    Category 2: Above the bushline

    • September 2020

    Title: I Left My Water Bottle / Only Safe Place to Naruto Run
    Location: Tongariro Northern Circuit* (Blue Lake)

    Category 3: Below the bushline

    • June 2020

    Title: dn ʎɐʍ sıɥʇ
    Location: Te Ara Kairaumati / Lake Matheson

    Category 4: Outdoor landscape (no people)

    • August 2020

    Title: Kaikōura Ranges At Dawn
    Location: Kaikoura

    Category 5: Camp life

    • July 2021

    Title: The Galaxy is My Blanket
    Location: Taranaki Maunga / Egmont National Park

    Category 6: Native flora and fauna (not birds)

    • January 2021

    Title: A Good Day for Dreaming
    Location: Akaroa Head Scenic Reserve

    Category 7: Native birds

    • June 2020

    Title: Kea In Flight
    Location: Arthur’s Pass National Park

    *Tongariro Disclaimer: I look worrisomely underdressed in these photos, and that is because my equipment and supplies were stashed behind the camera. I kind of regret my naive confidence: do not attempt the crossing unless you know what you are doing.

  • Cosmic Autopilot

    I don’t know why …

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  • Rainy Road Found Poem – 02

    Rainy Road Found Poem (RRFP) is a series of mysterious texts that I find in the gutter during my night walks

  • [Lux] On A Reasonably Memorable Total Lunar Eclipse

    Haven’t stacked everything I should yet …

  • fwd: Yuan Longping – Mother, The Rice Crops are Ripening

    Author Bio:
    袁隆平 Yuan Longping (1930 – 2021) was one of modern China’s most well-known and well-regarded scientists. A prolific agronomist, his research and development of hybrid rice helped lift hundreds of millions of people out of famine in many countries.

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  • FW’s Cucumber Page (Southern Autumn 2021)

    I saw my first (male) cucumber flower today, and thought it’s a good opportunity to document the growth of an organism that remains a strong contender the title of “Most Productive Organism in My Room“.

    Of course, if somebody determines that I am worthy of an ICBM strike or explosive seashell, those photos might disclose my precise location too.

    • May 18 2021, First Flower

    • April 24 2021, Support Structure Established

    • April 7 2021, Transplanted into a Dedicated Medium-Sized Flower Pot

    • March 12 2021, Seed Germinated in an Office Flower Pot During Previous COVID-19 Lockdown

    Early days

    For this period the plant lived in an old iPod box. Minimum care was provided except for occasional movements chasing the sun when I am in office.

    Also for the first while I thought it was a watermelon … after the first two real leaves developed, I thought it was rather a pumpkin.

    • First day back to office after lockdown

    Gaining Momentum

    In April I bought for the plant a small pot and applied to use the university’s compost.

    • First night in “big” pot
    • Moving back to department
    • Living at department of physics.
    • Cucumber with my peas and failed brogle.
    A time lapse over a few hours on April 7.

    Amateur botany and biophysics musings

    The tendrils have been captivating my mind every morning I checked on them … A complex mechanism of hydraulics and hormonal regulation, I vaguely understand.

    Recent Productivity

  • Rainy Road Found Poem – 01

    Rainy Road Found Poem (RRFP) is a series of mysterious texts that I find in the gutter on my way home from office.

    Curiously, I am more likely to find more of them during rain or at midnight.