Fleeting moments frozen in time
Until I get out to take some new pictures, here are some from the older archives…
The above shot was taken at the Bang Pu Seaside, about 10 km from the town of Bangkok on Sukhumvit Road, during the same session as this shot. I was very lucky to have caught this decisive moment just right before the flying gull landed. Just as well that the other two were posing pretty on the two other steps of the “podium” 🙂
These two ducks were having a comfortable time resting on the sign in the middle of the Symphony Lake at the Botanical Gardens. I was wondering how to capture the humour of the scene as cleanly as possible — there were just too many distracting subjects (kids running around, trees, pavements) in the background. Adopting a low angle may have helped a little (as Dad was pointing out to the group of students with us). I took another solution: I incorporated the path in the distance with an isolated group of passers-by to tell a funny story instead. The ducks were made the main focus of the story by keeping them sharp relative to the rest of the picture.
This was taken along one of the beaches of Western Australia as my dad and I headed north of Perth (towards the Pinnacles Desert) during our trip there in November 2003. The face-like shape of the rock was already interesting on its own right. Little did we realise that the “hair” was home to a nest of seagulls! I caught this shot of one of the gulls “facing-off” with the rock, a big print of which now hangs decorating the wall in my bedroom 🙂
Update 25 Sep 2007: This picture has been entered in the latest Photo Friday Challenge titled “The Beach”. Please vote for me if you like this shot 🙂