This is a study of mood of a man relaxing at the waterfall of Kota Tinggi in Johore, Malaysia. Obviously, the noisy flow of water did not disturb his peaceful meditation. The placement of both his hands further emphasized his state of mind. This image was selected for Asia Magazine’s desktop calendar titled “1987 Reflections of Peace”
My first impression of Indonesia on my first visit there in 1980 was a very refreshing one. This image was captured at a village near Mount Bromo. The early morning atmosphere was very strong. The lighting for the whole setting was just right.
This is a kind of picture that could be either classified as photo-journalism or as a photo-travel picture. The natural state of the place is well depicted in the image despite the picture being very monochromatic in nature. This image has won a number of Gold Medals of which one was a PSA Gold Medal for the Best Slide of the Show at the 6th Omni Candid International Salon, Belgium in 1983.
The South East Asian Athletics Meet at the Singapore National Stadium in the early 80’s provided me with an opportunity to capture this decisive moment image.
In this day and age, you may think that I might have used the motor drive to take a series of exposures (and then chose the best picture). Actually, I had only one shot of this right moment. For such a picture, your timing really had to be right on the dot. Incidentally, this image was the Grand Prize winner of the Canon Photo Contest, 1984. The prize included a Canon new F1 with motor drive unit and two lenses with focal length from 50mm to 210mm. On top of that, I enjoyed a free stay at the Mandarin Hotel with my family.