Category: Travel

Taken on vacation trips

Colosseum Shooter

Colosseum Shooter
While this man was taking a shot of the view from the great Colosseum in Rome, Italy, I was busy taking a candid shot of him! 😛

Ten years ago, people might have wondered what this man was doing. Taken in today’s context, it is obvious that he is taking a picture with a digital camera. As with most point-and-shoots, I find that the design of these cameras (relying on the LCD for composition and doing away with an optical viewfinder in many cases) does not allow or encourage proper hand-holding technique. Holding a camera with outstretched hands can never ever be stable enough compared to the traditional “tuck your elbows close to your body while holding the camera viewfinder to your eye” way. Maybe that’s why I still enjoy my DSLR more than any point-and-shoot, even though the small size of a P&S can sometimes come in handy!

Wispy Wistfulness

Wispy Wistfulness
Taken from the observation platform of the Jangfraujoch Sphinx Observatory at a freezing minus 7 degrees Celsius, there was certainly no time to be in a wistful mood then!

When I finally post-processed the photo back home, my initial instinct was to boost up the saturation of the blue sky a fair bit. CY thought that the original muted colours was more appropriate for the wistful-looking mood of this shot though; the boosted colours brightened up the mood too much. I have decided thus to stick with the duller colours from the original in keeping with title of this shot. What do you think?

Working In Yellow

Working In Yellow
While walking in the backstreets of Florence, Italy with our tour group, I came across this worker working by his yellow truck. The brilliant sunlight falling on the truck as well as the details attracted me as I snapped this in a split second — I couldn’t have stayed long or I would have lost touch with the rest of the group (who were walking at a brisk pace)!