Category: Leica

One of my successful slides in the interenational salons is this colour-derivation work with blue diazochrome film. The original image was captured at the Potong Pasir area where the worker was rinsing rattan in a pond for use in making furniture.

I wish that I had Photoshop during then! For this case, I spent a lot of time in retouching and working in the darkroom in oder to achieve the visual impact of this image. This slide won the PSA Gold Medal for the Best Slide of the show at the 8th Torreon International Salon, Mexico, held in 1975.

This is another set-up image of a ballerina. I found the bamboo tree-framing around the Changi area in Singapore. I posed the ballerina against the blank sky as a back drop. The sky in the original image was then treated with the blue diazochrome film to creat the bias relief effect. This image was awarded the PSA Gold Medal for the Best Contemporary Slide of the 38th Magic Empire International Salon, USA, held in 1985.

One of my two gold medals winning slides from Los Angeles International Salon was this violet colour derivation image of a ballerina. Actually, I was lucky to win the Gold, Silver, Bronze Medals in the same year (22nd Los Angeles, held in 1978) out of my four slides submitted. This particular image utilized strong lines and pattern elements. The saturated colours further enhanced the visual impact. The ballerina was invited to perform at this outdoor environment just outside the Singapore Military hospital (presently Alexandra Hospital).