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摸不着头脑

September 1, 2005

More pictures from the archives…

In Chinese phonetics, the title of the above reads as “Mo Bu Zhao Tou Nao”. I think this is the second ever picture I have titled in Chinese. Literally it means: “Unable to feel the brain”. Figuratively, this means being unable to grasp the situation, or unable to make head or tail of the on-goings. Caught this at a Hari Raya Haji prayer session at the Yio Chu Kang stadium more than a year ago. Thought that the scene told a humourous story 🙂

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August 14, 2005

One of the banes of using zoom-lenses is that of barrel-distortion at wide angles (especially for the cheaper/budget lenses). I came across a link to two interesting free software tools to correct these distortions: RadCor and PTLens (upon which RadCor is based). Digging out a shot that was previously badly affected by barrel-distortion, I tried out RadCor with impressive results. Additional Photoshop tinkering that led to the above image: Channel Mixer tweaking for the monochrome / IR look, followed by adding Noise for a slightly grainy look. Taken more than a year ago outside the ESPRIT shop at Raffles City.

On The Busy Street Where He Sleeps

July 18, 2005

Another image from the archives that will be making its way to Romania for an invitational exhibition…

Written December 27th 2003…

I was about to pack my bags up for the night after an uneventful shoot when I chanced upon this old man lying on his trishaw opposite the Raffles Hotel. It was a wonder that he was able to sleep so peacefully along the busy street with cars whizzing by and pedestrians crossing the road! Taken on a tripod with a 15 second exposure to create the impression of an oasis of quiet and peace amidst a sea of chaos.