Fluid Fighting

One more from the Bugis Junction fountain series…

It is not easy to get a clear background when taking pictures in public places, especially just right outside a shopping mall! Passers-by cross right in front of you and spoil your pictures. Else, they end up as distracting subjects in the background of your pictures! One way to do it is to adopt a higher angle to simplify the background clutter (like what I did for the two previous posts). An alternative in unavoidable situations is to do some “post-production work” as I have done here.

As an aside, the boy’s pose reminds me of what I do for Body Combat classes in the gym 🙂

摸不着头脑

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 🙂

On The Busy Street Where He Sleeps

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.

Exposure info: Camera Model Name: Canon EOS 300D DIGITAL | Shooting Date/Time: 27/12/03 20:43:38 | Shooting Mode: Manual | Shutter Speed: 15 sec | Aperture f/29 | Metering Mode: Center-weighted averaging | ISO Speed: 400 | Lens: 18.0 – 55.0mm | Focal Length: 28.0mm | Image Quality: RAW | Flash: Off | White Balance: Auto | Drive Mode: Single-frame shooting