The popularity of cyclist in our local street reminds me of: in 1978, the Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, was flooded with cyclists on their morning trip to start a day. I think the air pollutions was from other resources but not from the vehicles. You could hardly come across any private motor vehicles on the street. Though the image was captured 44 years ago on analogue format, the image is still as good as brand new.
My perception of capturing an image of a dragonfly is mainly on the lighting of the subject. The perching position of the nature subject is also an important element of the image. Last but not least, selecting a suitable background is equally essential for the visual impact of the image. Ensuring the subject critically in focus in order to have a sharp final image is the upmost requirement. Orienting all these elements and capture the image from a vantage angle is the end result of freezing the moment permanently. This is an image that I captured at the Lower Seletar Reservoir on 12 June 2021 with Leica Vario-Elmar-R 80-200 mm lens + Leica Apo-Extender-R 2X on SonyA7RIII body (manual focusing).
This image captured at Mount Bromo in 1980 (my first visit), gave me plenty of sweet memory!
The original slide was scratched and I managed to touch up with photoshop. I think I have not uploaded on to my website yet. Forty one years has gone by. I must thanks Pak Rasmono & Pak Budi for their kind thoughts for traveling with me from Jogjakarta all the way to Bali for the unforgettable trip in Indonesia. The past years, I am sad that I lost quite a number of good friends from Indonesia. One good thing that I gained is making more new friends. My friendship with Indonesia is ever last thing!