ARPS #14 – Weighing The Scale

ARPS #14 - Weighing The Scale
The second last picture from my ARPS Panel…

The amount of activity at the Tekka Market, Singapore never fails to surprise me. I caught this picture during one of my very first visits to the market in 2003. The balcony overlooking the main market area provided me with a refreshing overhead angle with which I captured the activity of this busy seafood stall. To emphasize the layout of the stallholder and her customers further, I have applied selective masking and desaturation to the rest of the peripheral elements of the shot.

By the way, I have submitted one of my earlier posts, “Elation” for the photo challenge at Photo Friday. This week’s theme is “Success”. Do vote for me if you like the shot 🙂

“More Coke, please?”

"More Coke, please?"
Another long exposure effort… This particular picture was taken together with the previous one outside the ba kwa store in Chinatown. I had a hard time thinking of a title for this one. Luckily, CY came to the rescue once again with a short, but succinct title 😉

One of the alternatives we came out with was “1:3”, which can mean either: 1) One handphone to three persons, 2) One Coca-Cola to three or, 3) One umbrella for three people :P. I decided to stick with “More Coke, please?” since that came across as simple and punchy :D. What do you think?

Please Q Here

Please Q Here
As the Chinese (Lunar) New Year approaches, Chinatown becomes a bustle of activity with people checking out the festive goodies and bargains, or just soaking in the atmosphere. I made my almost obligatory yearly sojourn to Chinatown yesterday in search of pictures 🙂

Singaporeans are crazy over ba kwa, or barbeque dried pork, which is eaten as one of the festive goodies for the season. Ba kwa prices can go up to more than S$40 per kg at this time of the year, with the queues spilling into the streets and people waiting up to more than an hour for their turn to buy their share. This particular picture was taken outside one of the most popular ba kwa shop in Chinatown. I guess playing with his mobile phone was all the guy could do in the queue to keep himself occupied while waiting for his purchase.