Favourites
This is a potpourri of different genre of my photography which considered as some of my favourites . The great thing about photography is the wide variety of genre. Mine is a mishmash of messy images trying to cope up with God's limitless supply of His beautiful creation around us.
I am not interested in shooting new things - I am interested to "SEE THINGS NEW"….Ernst Haas
It takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the ordinary….David Bailey
Oh dear, my lantern caught fire
I feel this shot best presented in monochrome to bring out the mystic feel. My favourite shot for the entire trip !!!
They were strumming beautiful music from a distance. It drew my attention and I inched towards them. Not long after I took a few shots, right in front of my eyes, a fracas broke up between these two buskers and some plain clothed policemen. They were detained thereafter, presumably operating without licence.
This star trail was a manufactured product, taken from the real scene shot on that night. I have taken numerous star trail with film. This was my first attempt using digital. I’d considered a technical shoot. Means if you set everything right in the camera, you should have gotta the shot. It’s not really my kind of genre, nevertheless, I gave it a shot since I was already there. A bigger sensor will help to minimise noise. My micro 4/3 will be less forgiving. Hence I shortened each exposure to a mere 30s instead of longer exposure. We had about 45 mins window period to shoot. I managed 60+ shots, not enough to form a decent streaks. Unlike film, using digital will require a special program to join the streaks and to make good the abbreviated lines and edges. To circumvent the insufficient shots, I programmed an “action” in PS to rotate the photo to simulate earth rotation. This was akin to combing your hair by shifting your head whilst keeping the comb still. I guessed end result would no less be the same. With this action, one can invariably “lengthen” the time to simulate longer exposure. The bluish streaks were part of noise, kinda help to increase the trails. Since we have to rely on a digital supplementation anyway, I might as well set the spin to spiral instead of concentric. The glow was added in to attest a long night out there shooting till almost sunrise. Lol The resultant image is transformational, not merely representational. I'm quite satisfied to achieve this as first timer.
UNESCO registered, it is regarded as one of the biggest public squares in the world. It is full of life and activities by day and night. A prime destination for both domestic and foreign travellers
A commuter riding a typical canopy e-bike
Caught both - sleeper and sneaker
You have only one chance to get a good compo. The actions were darn pretty fast, either hit or missed. You have to conjure up a compo in your head before the action flows. Managed to include Borobudur temple at the background.
Sunrise at Sidengkeng Hill, 6.00am
It is not easy to get a clean shot without the stream of visitors moving around. Adding to this difficulty, then came this gentlemen stood right in front of my camera. Lo and behold, I found his stark presence in fact offered me an interesting composition. I quickly clicked away. I'm happy with this shot without wasting more time for a cleaner background.
The traditional Iranian women often wears the chador
Reflection
Ken Griffith
on July 12, 2009I agree with Tom - almost EVERY picture catches the eye - They are all excellent !!
Tom Gross
on March 4, 2009Wow! Stunning. I looked at every single image in this album. I almost never do that -- even on my own site. Your compositions, sense of timing and artistic flair are truely outstanding.