The Hong Kong Cultural Centre (Chinese: 香港文化中心) is a multipurpose performance facility in the Tsim Sha Tsui area of Hong Kong. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Cultural_Centre

中國香港尖沙咀梳士巴利道10號

中国香港尖沙咀梳士巴利道10号

10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong SAR, China

# SML Workflow

Captured with the iPhone app 360pano, processed in Lightroom 4. Unprocessed original: 360.io/gzrvMq

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-01-19

+ Dimensions: 4096 x 1875

+ Camera: iPhone 5

+ GPS: 22°17'38" N 114°10'16" E

# Related SML Universe

+ SML 360pano: sml8.it/sml360pano

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

”香港文化中心晚上全景 Hong Kong Cultural Center Panorama at Night ” / SML.20130119.IPH5.360pano.gzrvMq

The architectural facade of the public housing developments at (恆安邨 Heng On Estate) were painted in 紫色 purple and 綠色 green. These color choices seem completely random at first, but when the 洋紫荊 Bauhinia blakeana bloom from early November to the end of March, it made a lot of sense.

These orchid trees, also known as 香港蘭 Hong Kong Orchid Trees, could be seen were planted in rows near the entrance to the 恆安 Heng On MTR station in 馬鞍山 Ma On Shan.

洋紫荊 Bauhinia blakeana is an orchid tree of the genus Bauhinia with large thick leaves and striking purplish red flowers (豆科蘇木亞科羊蹄甲屬有花植物). Although now cultivated in many areas, it originated in Hong Kong in 1880 and apparently all of the cultivated trees derive from one cultivated at the Hong Kong Botanic Gardens and widely planted in Hong Kong starting in 1914.

In 1965, it was officially adopted as the floral emblem of Hong Kong (香港法定代表花卉 aka 香港市花) by the Urban Council. Since 1997 the flower appears on Hong Kong's coat of arm, its flag and its coins.

# SML References

1. Wikipedia: EN: Bauhinia blakeana: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhinia_blakeana

2. Wikipedia: ZH-HK: 洋紫荊: zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/洋紫荊

# SML Workflow

+ Photographed with iPad 3 using the 360pano app.

+ Uploaded to server as interactive pano: 360.io/YUmbrr

+ Downloaded from server as stereographic pano: 360.io/YUmbrr/s

+ Imported into Lightroom 4 for metadata tagging.

+ Processed in Photoshop CS6’s Lab color mode in 16-bit ProRGB color space.

+ Minor adjustments in Lightroom 4.

+ Exported as 8-bit sRGB image.

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-01-26

+ Dimensions: 2048 x 2048

+ Camera: Apple iPad 3

+ GPS: 22°25'3" N 114°13'35" E

錦鞍苑C座樓，恆錦街，

+ 綠色 Green 建築 建筑 architecture: 錦鞍苑C座寶鞍閣 Kam On Court Block C Po On House

+ 紫色 Purple 建築 建筑 architecture: 恆安邨恆日樓 Heng On Estate Heng Yat House

+ 紫色 Purple 學校 school: 青年會書院 Chinese YMCA College

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

“紫荊綠葉小星球 Little Planet w/ purple orchids and green leaves”

/ 香港公共屋邨全景之形 Hong Kong Public Housing Panoramic Forms

/ SML.20130126.360pano.YUmbrr.stereographic.SQ.P1

/ #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #SMLPano #SML360pano

/ #形 #Forms #建築 #建筑 #architecture #全景 #pano #攝影 #摄影 #photography

/ #洋紫荊 #BauhiniaBlakeana #荊 #Orchids #樹 #trees #花 #flowers #人 #people #自然 #nature #街 #street

/ #色 #Color #綠 #Green #紫 #Purple #學校 #school #錦鞍苑 #KamOnCourt #恆安邨 #HengOnEstate #恆日樓 #HengYatHouse

/ #中國 #中国 #China CN #香港 #HongKong #HK #HKG #公共 #public #屋邨 #housing #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan

Thankfully I worked quickly before the granny security guard shoo me away.

Interactive version: 360.io/Z9YU6g

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-03-20

+ Dimensions: 4096 x 1952

+ Camera: Apple iPhone 5

+ Panorama FOV: 360 degree horizontal, 360 degree vertical

+ GPS: 22°25'35" N 114°13'50" E

+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山鞍駿街14號馬鞍山公共圖書館 Ma On Shan Public Library, On Chun Street, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China

+ Serial: SML.20130320.360pano.Z9YU6g.f

+ Workflow: 360pano, Lightroom 4

+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography

“馬鞍山公共圖書館 Ma On Shan Public Library” / 香港建築全景攝影 Hong Kong Architecture Panoramic Photography / SML.20130320.360pano.Z9YU6g.f

/ #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #書 #书 #books #圖書館 #library

Stairs are awesome—especially as a stereographic panorama, as I have found. Maybe Escher had the foresight. This one was created using 360Pano, an freely available iOS + Android app.

Interactive version: 360.io/eK75wy

+ Add /s for the stereographic version: 360.io/eK75wys/s (aka “little planet”)

+ Add /f for the flat image: 360.io/eK75wy/f

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-03-20

+ Dimensions: 2048 x 2048

+ Camera: Apple iPhone 5

+ GPS: 22°25'34" N 114°13'60" E

+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山鞍駿街1號馬鞍山中心 Ma On Shan Centre, 1 On Chun Street, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China

+ Serial: SML.20130320.IPH5.360pano.eK75wy.s

+ Workflow: 360pano, Lightroom 4

+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography

“馬鞍山中心樓梯 Ma On Shan Centre Staircase” / 香港人流建築全景之形 Hong Kong Human Logistics Architecture Panoramic Forms / SML.20130320.IPH5.360pano.eK75wy.s

/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #形 #Forms #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #360pano #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #樓梯 #Stairs

Here’s the same photo as before, except in stereographic view.

Interactive version: 360.io/Z9YU6g

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-03-20

+ Dimensions: 4096 x 1952

+ Camera: Apple iPhone 5

+ Panorama FOV: 360 degree horizontal, 360 degree vertical

+ GPS: 22°25'35" N 114°13'50" E

+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山鞍駿街14號馬鞍山公共圖書館 Ma On Shan Public Library, On Chun Street, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China

+ Serial: SML.20130320.360pano.Z9YU6g.stereographic

+ Workflow: 360pano, Lightroom 4

+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography

“馬鞍山公共圖書館 Ma On Shan Public Library” / 香港建築全景攝影 Hong Kong Architecture Panoramic Photography / SML.20130320.360pano.Z9YU6g.stereographic

/ #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #書 #书 #books #圖書館 #library

Photographed with iPad 3 using the 360pano app, uploaded to server, downloaded as Stereographic panoramic image, processed in Snapseed.

Unprocessed source:

+ interactive pano: 360.io/qAy6yV/

+ 360 flat: 360.io/qAy6yV/f

+ Stereographic flat: 360.io/qAy6yV/s

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

“Q”

/ 香港公共屋邨全景之形 Hong Kong Public Housing Panoramic Forms

/ SML.20130126.IP3.360pano.qAy6yV.s.07868

/ #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #SMLPano #SML360pano

/ 形 Forms 建築 建筑 architecture 全景 pano #攝影 #摄影 #photography #中國 #中国 #China CN #香港 #HongKong HK HKG #公共 #public #屋邨 #housing #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan

This is the tunnel from where I live leading to the closest MTR station. It is somewhat bizarre. Looks like an alien egg — but you can see the Chinese character can you not — even in color? :)

# SML Translate

+ 圓: circle. Fitting as this is also circular.

# SML Workflow

+ Captured with iPad 3 using the 360pano app.

+ Uploaded to server as 360.io/fMcd4N

+ Downloaded as streographic pano image: 360.io/fMcd4N/s

+ Processed in Photoshop CS6.

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-01-28

+ Dimensions: 2048 x 2048

+ Camera: Apple iPad 3

+ GPS: 22°25'7" N 114°13'32" E

“圓”

/ 人流建築全景中文字形 Human Logistics Architecture Panorama Chinese Typographic Forms

/ SML.20130126.IP3.360pano.fMcd4N.s.P1

/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #SMLPano #SML360Pano