A Japanese student who once saw him photograph a butterfly and then capture it with a net, exclaimed in astonishment, "Isn't it a bit of a contradiction to photograph a butterfly and then capture it?"
有位來台觀察蝴蝶的日本學生看到他按下快門後，隨即揮動捕蝶網，以不可思議的口吻問他：「你拍蝶，又抓蝶，不是很矛盾嗎？」