The city that never sleeps

Nobody reads this blog nowadays, but I felt obliged to post here as it is an experience that is hard to forget. This is my first time in the states, and it is definitely an eye-opening experience.

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It’s heavy. It’s big. It’s fully manual. It’s f0.95

Pasar Besar

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In the center of a slightly elevated platform I sit, surrounded by green leafy vegetables, bright chilli, sprouts and the occasional toads that live in the drain beside. There are at least five other stalls around me, all selling the same stuff, but I am not stressed. I cannot be bothered to tout my wares, and I will pack the next packet of chilli only when the existing one is sold.

Half a cauliflower and half a cabbage can be sold as a set, so you can have variety without paying for both. Want something you don’t see? Ask. I am just lazy to display everything I have.

My children are all over the place, wondering around like stray animals. At least I give them clothes to wear, and food to eat.

Chatting and gossiping are my favourite pastimes. Otherwise I can go watch the old TV two stalls across. I can also choose to lie down and sleep. My neighbour will wake me up when a customer shows up.

By some matter of luck, at the end of the day I happen to earn enough to pay for dinner. Good enough already. I can now pack up and go get the other ingredients for tonight.

Why work so hard?

Still Alive!

Seriously belated post. 18 days late. Lol. It’s getting increasingly busy these days. 3 graduate modules, 1 conference and 1 journal paper. All to be done by end of the semester. And I haven’t started much research yet. But today is a Friday, and I thought I should stop procrastinating.. so here it is!

Consistent with latest “trends”, this year’s sunrise is a timelapse. It isn’t easy doing timelapse at sunrise/sunset though.. You have to change exposure and white balance along the way, and make sure the change isn’t too obvious. Took me about 4 days to process it, mainly because my computer was very slow… It just isn’t used to exporting hundreds of RAW files at one go..

Hà Nội

Before the trip, I was in no mood to holiday. I haven’t done anything for my research, but was feeling tired all the same. After the trip, I was in no mood for research. What an irony..

同来望月人何处？风景依稀似去年。

80mm f1.1 equivalent

Feeling lost in Candyland?

You are my sunshine~

A sunny weather is sure to brighten up your day, just like how a sunny person can brighten up my life~

静思

27mm f0.65 equivalent

Masjid at the straits

Masjid Selat, Melaka

If not for the beauty of the sunset, I would probably be screwed for making the rest of my family wait for 1.5hrs doing nothing. The only pity was the lack of foreground elements, as the rocks were covered by the rising tides by the time the sun set, and I had no choice but to re-deploy to higher grounds (See comparison after the break).

自然

30mm f/0.79 equivalent

邻家女子，天真活泼，无矫揉造作的扭捏，少胭脂水粉的装点，美在劳动中，美在自然中 =D

‘Tis the season to bokeh-ing~

56mm f/1.3 equivalent

Another brutal semester has come to an end. It’s a great relief to go out to shoot again. I’ve always had such images in mind whenever I walked along orchard road, especially when the Christmas decorations are up, and I’m glad to have finally learnt how to create them. Happy holidays!

Nice prop

27mm F/0.7 equivalent

The EX1 has made itself useful.

The quest for more bokeh

Had the chance to try out some exotic lenses~

Blue Hour Blend

The Marina Bay Sands is proving to be a very nice place for sunsets. I applaud the use of pools which made a whole lot of difference in blue hour shots.

The way it’s meant to be seen

Typical overcast afternoon, with very high contrast. Not a very ideal afternoon to shoot. Those were the conditions when I took this shot. I haven’t been very healthy lately and hence the lack of new photos. This was from 2 years ago..

The trip was meant to be an infra-red shoot, but I found the form of this tree particularly pleasant, and took a series of bracketed shots hoping to be able to process them properly one day. Well.. I never managed to get an image that represented my intentions.. until recently.

 

Compact-ing…

6 exposure blended

I’ll be trying to see how much the EX1 can perform for my more serious works. Stay tuned~

Samsung EX1 – 1 month onwards

It’s been a month since I bought this toy. In light of the launch of new serious compacts, notably the Panasonic LX5 and the Canon S95, how do I feel about the EX1?

That’s life..

You can’t have everything in life. And there’s no point too..

Blue

Samsung EX1 – f/1.8 1/20th iso400

Will you?

if I were to wear a YOG shirt and ride my bike on the lane…