Candid, people photography
This colourful balloon peddler caught my eye amongst the cacophony of the traffic in Ho Chi Minh City. Between watching the traffic and strolling along the street, I managed to catch the peddler taking a break and sitting down by the roadside. The lighting then wasn’t exactly fantastic — I thought the colours of the balloons made up for that, though, especially after post-processing with selective desaturation.
This was taken in Osaka’s Universal Studios right before I took this other shot. Sometimes, pictures of parade spectators can be as interesting (if not more) as those of the participants. Selective background desaturation done here to bring out the main subjects of the shot.
Update – CY has suggested that this shot be called “Freeze” instead — because the action has been frozen, as well as the fact that ice-cream is being enjoyed. What do you think of this alternate title?
It has been a while since I posted a Singaporean street scene 🙂
When CY had an appointment in town yesterday, I took the opportunity to wander around and take some pictures around the Singapore River area. Just when I was wrapped up with my shoot, I came across this scene of a lorry driver stopping by the roadside to make a phone call. I was amused by the irony of the scene since he seemed to be asking directions on a one-way street. I do wish that he had a more brightly-coloured vehicle though. In any case, I did a Photoshop-added, zany-coloured treatment for the fun of it although both Mum and CY thought that I over-did it a little 😛
