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Handheld long exposure at night. The cars are moving very fast so all is left behind is the beautiful forms left behind of their headlights.
Here you also see more elongated signage on the road intended for drivers. In Hong Kong, signage on the road is typical, and one can reason that it is a lot safer this way to keep the drivers’ eyes on the road instead of up above.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-17 21:12:33 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3408 x 5112
+ Exposure: 6.0 sec at f/10
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'44" N 114°10'15" E
+ Altitude: 79.0 m
+ Location: 中國香港灣仔告士打道和分域街交界 Intersection at Fenwick Street and Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130317.7D.35433.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms, 黑白 Black and White
“夜間快車告士打道 Nighttime Fast Track Gloucester Road” / 香港人流之形 Hong Kong Human Logistics Forms / SML.20130317.7D.35433.BW
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #形 #Forms #SMLForms #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #街 #Street #灣仔 #Wanchai #夜 #Night
I walked by Sai Sha Road on my way home. It was June 23rd, 2013 — the weekend where there was a super moon.
I usually carry two camera bodies + the 17-40 + the 100-400 everywhere I go but the Manfrotto 303SPH and the tripod together added a lot of weight so I did not have it with me. So I could not take a photo of the super moon with the super telephoto. Instead, I took a panorama with the 6D + 17-40 photographing people walking home.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-06-23T23:57:25+0800
+ Dimensions: 18463 x 4748
+ Exposure: 0.4 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 Remote release, Manfrotto 303 SPH pano head, Manfrotto tripod
+ Panorama FOV: 360 degree horizontal, 96 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Spherical
+ GPS: 22°25'19" N 114°13'40" E
+ Location: 香港馬鞍山西沙路 Sai Sha Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Autopano Giga 3, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130623.6D.16533-SML.20130623.6D.16547-Pano.i15.360x96
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
夜半霧濃 月下回家 Going home under the foggy moonlight / 馬鞍山西沙路 Sai Sha Road, Ma On Shan / 香港全景夜之寧 Hong Kong Night Serenity Panorama / SML.20130623.6D.16640-SML.20130623.6D.16654-Pano.i15.360x96.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #全景 #Pano #Panorama #SMLPano #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #城市 #Urban #landscape #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan
Taiwan reminds me a little bit of Macau, with lots and lots of scooters. In Cantonese, we call scooters 綿羊仔, which literally means “small sheep,” as in they are not as powerful as the standard motorcycles, but rather small in stature.
These scooters run rampant on the narrow alleys of the Shilin Night Market (士林夜市), where merchants were seen using them to shuttle merchandises back and forth the busy street. While a van might seem to be more useful, the streets get so packed that it made sense to use these bikes as motor transports to navigate haphazardly among the crowds.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM. Processed in Lightroom 5.
# More Information
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shilin_Night_Market
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooter_(motorcycle)
綿羊仔 Scooter Motorbikes / 台灣台北士林夜市 Shilin Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140210.6D.30694.BW
/ #台灣 #臺灣 #Taiwan #台北 #Taipei #SMLTravel #旅遊 #旅游 #Travel #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #黑白 #BW #SMLBW
/ #market #士林夜市 #ShilinNightMarket #士林 #Shilin #street #Scooter #motorcycle
Bliss, Inbred Hybrid Collective's 8th Book Club Burlesque
2008-07-18, Friday, 21:00-23:00
Practice Yoga
240 W 14th St, New York, NY
www.myspace.com/inbredhybridcollective
Inbred Hybrid Collective was established in 2005. Mandate: to stimulate a consciousness of the external factors affecting our human existence. The type of interventions associated with Inbred Hybrid Collective, achieved as artistic concept, constitute a provocation for the public to reflect upon the influence that this immersion has had upon them.
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Someone [1] on SML Facebook [2] commented that SML should be careful to not trip from the cables on the desk. While cable management continues to be an issue, the real issue with the current work space is not cable management but work surface availability.
Right now I am using a MUJI dining table [3] fully extended which measures 130cm (4.3 ft) L x 80cm (2.6 ft) D as my working surface. It is barely holding all the input control surfaces which I use. The Wacom is mostly now resting on my arm rest because this is the only way I can do all of my work.
I would rather not have to have all of input surfaces, too, but they all serve a purpose:
+ Apple Wireless Keyboards. I have two (one not shown) because Apple’s bluetooth pairing won’t allow easy machine toggle and I have two Macs running side by side.
+ Apple Wired keyboard. I need this so I can use InDesign keyboard shortcuts for Paragraph and Character styles.
+ Apple Trackpad. Sometimes when I have all these wireless devices running (especially if the Eye-fi is running) the Bluetooth Mouse is very unresponsive and have lags so I use the trackpad.
+ Apple Magic Mouse. I need this because it is the fastest.
+ Novation Remote SL 25. My trusty MIDI input surface. The best velocity-sensitive synth-action keyboards I have played on. Highly recommended.
+ Wacom Intuous Touch 5 Medium. I used to have the Wireless version but Mac does not pair with it very well, which is very annoying. So I upgraded to the Intuous Touch 5 which supports multi-touch and comes with a wire.
Aside from Photoshop work and sometimes Illustrator work for drawing type, I also use the Wacom for writing Chinese characters. Apple’s native handwriting recognition would only do it with the Trackpad. The Inking app does not support Chinese. So I use VisionObjects’ MyScript Stylus [4] which supports multiple international languages including all the the CJK languages, latin languages as well as Arabic. It is the best handwriting app available on the OSX that I have tried. Recommended.
So you see, what I really need is a larger desk and a larger space. Which for now I cannot really afford because Hong Kong properties are ridiculously high now. And I am in no hurry to go enslave myself under some gigantic agencies any time soon.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-12 13:14:37 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 19mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'26" E
+ Location: SML Universe (Hong Kong) Limited
+ Serial: SML.20130212.EOSM.01920.P1.L1
+ Series: Order + Chaos
# Notes
1. Dollaz Nsense. An awesome curator of visual culture which SML Love: www.facebook.com/dollaz.nsense.9
2. SML Facebook: www.facebook.com/seeminglee
3. Ash Wood Extendable Table S [item number 8120987] www.muji.com.hk/2012AW%20Furniture%20Catalogue_Final.pdf
4. MyScript Stylus, a text input method replacing the keyboard by handwriting recognition www.visionobjects.com/en/webstore/myscript-stylus/descrip...
“Comparatively speaking, cable management is not really an issue.” / Order + Chaos / SML.20130212.EOSM.01920.P1.L1
/ #Chaos #SMLChaos #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLMusic #SMLOpinions #SMLBW
/ #BW #opinions #nerds #technology #workspace #management #hongkong #china #Mac #Dell #Wacom #keyboards #mouse #input #MIDI #surfaces #audio #hardware #tools #MUJI #desk
Our eyes are used to seeing what we see daily. What is different makes it interesting. Thus the view upis always more interesting than what is down below. So point your camera everywhere, even if there does not seem like there is anything to photograph. This fact is especially apparent when you use a wide angle lens.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-10 15:42:38 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3439 x 3439
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'57" N 114°13'22" E
+ Location: 中國香港西灣河文娛中心後門 中国香港西湾河文娱中心后门 Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre backdoor, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130210.EOSM.01842.BW.SQ
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 形 Forms
“更上一層樓 Up” / 香港文化建築之形 Hong Kong Cultural Architecture Forms / SML.20130210.EOSM.01842.BW.SQ
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #西灣河 #SaiWanHo #街 #Street #攝影 #摄影 #photography #建築 #建筑 #architecture
Form follows function is the reason why I enjoy photographing bridges. They are always built for utility, but are always so interesting.
This is the understructure of a bridge for the MTR (Hong Kong’s metro) near the Ma On Shan station in Hong Kong. It is filled with pipes—large and small.
Lines in space. Not a single bit of ornament, but every bit beautiful.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-18 17:41:02 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/2.0
+ Focal Length: 22 mm
+ ISO: 250
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM
+ GPS: 22°25'30" N 114°13'56" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山地鐵站 中国香港马鞍山地铁站 Ma On Shan MTR Station, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130218.EOSM.02281.P1.L1
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms
“橋底風光 Scenic view underneath the bridge” / 城市人流建築之形 Urban Human Logistics Architecture Forms / SML.20130218.EOSM.02281.P1.L1.BW
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #街 #Street #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #橋 #Bridge #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #地鐵 #地铁 #metro
Rainy foggy days like these—with a really low contrast over the whole frame—is best for photography.
# SML Translate: 風雨晦暝 霧暗雲深
+ 風: wind.
+ 雨: rain.
+ 晦暝: dark, obscure.
+ 霧: fog.
+ 暗: dark.
+ 雲: cloud.
+ 深: deep + dark.
Yes they pretty much all describe the the gray and dark colors—but the characters are different. Unfortunately, to translate a poetic language such as Chinese to a relatively more descriptive language such as English is not very easy. Chinese are pictograms and ideograms—so mostly it needs to be “interpreted” and not really very “direct”. Its meaning can be rather obscure. To appreciate it best, learn it. :)
# ZDic: 風雨晦暝
指風雨交加，天色昏暗猶如黑夜。
唐·王度《古鏡記》：“遂起視之，則風雨晦暝，纏繞此樹，電光晃耀，忽上忽下。”
www.zdic.net/cy/ch/ZdicE9ZdicA3Zdic8E8574.htm
# ZDic: 霧暗雲深
迷蒙渺远。比喻相距之遥远。
www.zdic.net/cy/ch/ZdicE9Zdic9BZdicBE20482.htm
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-30T12:27:21.35+0800
+ Dimensions: 2999 x 4499
+ Exposure: 0.6 sec at f/11
+ Focal Length: 35 mm
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ GPS: 22°24'56" N 114°13'20" E
+ Altitude: 30.0 m
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港八仙嶺和吐露港 Tolo Harbour + Pat Sin Leng, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130330.7D.37143.C23.BW
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
“風雨晦暝 霧暗雲深” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130330.7D.37143.C23.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #自然 #Nature #山水 #Landscape #山 #Mountains #水 #Water #霧 #Fog
I bought the 100-400 originally not to photograph birds but to photograph the moon. But I do not often see it because it was always so cloudy in Hong Kong and even if I have a full view of the sky, I do not see it.
But I did finally. I shot this with the 7D, because it has a crop-frame factor of 1.6x. I used the 1.4x Extender also. Altogether this gives me a 400 x 1.6 x 1.4 = 896 mm equivalent on a full-frame.
The cavit of sticking the 1.4x on the 100-400 is that you lose AF completely because with the exception of the 1D line which can focus at f/8, none of the other camera bodies can. With this in mind I might actually buy a 2x extender to see if I can get any closer.
I used a release cable for this shot but I can see some vibration at full-res. So next time I see it again I will use a mirror-lockup. I am also thinking of buying a geared head for the tripod because it seems that even on the tripod the camera still moves after some adjustments—no matter how small.
The Chinese name is quite descriptive as 娥 is a goose and 眉 is the eyelashes — it describes the moon as looking like the eyelashes of geese.
# Moon phases 月相
The Waxing Crescent Moon is the phase between the new moon and the first quarter, where its right 1–49% visible from the northern Hemisphere.
娥眉月: 北半球可見右側的1-49%
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_phase
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-13T19:44:37+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/4 sec at f/11
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 Timer Remote Release, Manfrotto tripod
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'25" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 月 Moon
+ Serial: SML.20130513.7D.41748.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“娥眉月 Waxing Crescent Moon” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130513.7D.41748.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #天 #空 #Sky #月 #Moon
At night, the elderly practice tai chi with Chinese traditional swords while a man from the LongRun.HK weekly meet up jog on the track at the Ma On Shan Sports Ground in Hong Kong.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-16T20:31:23+0800
+ Dimensions: 4704 x 3136
+ Exposure: 1/50 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 260 mm
+ ISO: 12800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°25'14" N 114°13'39" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆康街1號馬鞍山運動場 中国香港马鞍山恒康街1号马鞍山运动场 Ma On Shan Sports Ground, 1 Hang Hong Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130516.6D.06629.BW
+ Series: 體育 Sports
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
太極與長跑 Tai Chi + Long Run (Marathon) / 香港體育 Hong Kong Sports / SML.20130516.6D.06629.BW
/ #體育 #Sports #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #人 #people #攝影 #摄影 #photography #跑 #Run #長跑 #Marathon #太極 #people
The first time I saw this I wanted to photograph it, but I don’t know how. I usually walk by this place on my way home. It is not really one of these things where I would lug my tripod with me really.
So what’s different now? Usable ISO 12800 on the 6D! I have repeated many times that you do not need an expensive camera to do photography, but for some shots you do need the right tools for it. In most cases a point and shoot will suffice. But for extreme cases like this even the 7D’s ISO 3200 will not cut it.
A generous amount of luminance noise reduction has been applied in Lightroom—but not really out of the ordinary. The 6D sensor is quite good really. This camera really does magic. Very happy with it so far—not to mention not having to lug the GP-E2 to get GPS readings. Less attachment, quicker snap.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-16T20:30:15+0800
+ Dimensions: 3648 x 5472
+ Exposure: 1/100 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 208 mm
+ ISO: 12800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'14" N 114°13'38" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆康街1號馬鞍山運動場 中国香港马鞍山恒康街1号马鞍山运动场 Ma On Shan Sports Ground, 1 Hang Hong Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130416.6D.00804.BW
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 建築 Architecture
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“球場燈光 Stadium Lights” / 香港體育建築 Hong Kong Sports Architecture / SML.20130416.6D.00804.BW
/ #體育 #体育 #Sports #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #夜 #Night
In the middle of the night, factories at the Tai Po Industrial Estate (大埔工業邨) across the Tolo Harbour is still pumping smokes non-stop. Under this long exposure, they are rendered as fans in the air.
# SML Translate: 春夜微風煙如扇 水靜江寧霧滿天
+ 春: Spring (season).
+ 夜: night.
+ 微: soft.
+ 風: wind.
+ 煙: smoke.
+ 如: (looks) like.
+ 扇: fan.
+ 春夜微風煙如扇: the smoke appears as fans under the soft breeze at night in Spring.
+ 水: water.
+ 靜: quiet.
+ 江: ocean.
+ 寧: serene.
+ 霧: fog.
+ 滿: full.
+ 天: sky.
+ 水靜江寧霧滿天: The water is quiet and the sea is serene while the fogs covers the sky.
In essence the couplet describes exactly what you see. I still need to work on this. Hopefully be able to write out some real Chinese poems in the future with the correct 平仄 syntax and everything.
# SML Workflow
People say that they don’t like the EOSM because it has no electronic viewfinder. To be honest when it is so dark at night it was easier to to manual focus on the LCD while zooming in 5x then using a viewfinder. I think that I lost my remote cable release so I photographed this on the EOSM because it was easier to just do a 2sec countdown and snapped it without adding much vibration to the capture.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-25 22:58:43 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5174 x 3450
+ Exposure: 30.0 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°27'17" N 114°10'55" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港大埔工業邨吐露港倒影 中国香港大埔工业村吐露港倒影 Reflection of the Tai Po Industrial Estate on Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong, China.
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130225.EOSM.02490.P1.L1.BW
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
“春夜微風煙如扇 水靜江寧霧滿天” / 夜之寧 Serenity at Night / SML.20130225.EOSM.02490.P1.L1.BW
/ #寧 #serenity #SMLSerenity #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #夜 #night #水 #water #山水 #landscape #霧 #fog #城市 #Urban
Outside the stadium where the championship took places, a tattooed-and-muscled up Chinese martial arts (武術 Wushu) competitor concentrated as his coach and crowd cheered on before taking his punch at the piles of brick in front of him—multiple times.
Meanwhile, inside the stadium, the championship went on but I don’t have a telephoto lens with me because I really just walked by the place randomly. Every time I did not bring my SLR, crazy things happen—so you see why I usually bring it with me everywhere I go.
Crazyisgood. Video to follow when I am done with the soundtrack.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-07T19:39:44.61+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 5184
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/2.0
+ Focal Length: 22 mm
+ ISO: 1250
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM
+ GPS: 22°25'34" N 114°13'48" E
+ Altitude: 27.3 m
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山鞍駿街14號馬鞍山體育館 Ma On Shan Sports Centre, 14 On Chun Street, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, 體育 Sports, 男 Men, Crazyisgood, 黑白 Black and White
“破磚前集中精神 Concentrate before brick-breaking” / 第11屆香港國際武術節 The 11th Hong Kong Wushu International Championship (HKWSJ) / 男運動員 Men in Sports / SML.20130407.EOSM.03793.BW
/ #新聞攝影 #Photojournalism #體育 #Sports #男 #Men #SMLMen #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #SMLProjects #Crazyisgood
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #武術 #Wushu #MartialArts
The Hong Kong Museum of Art (香港藝術館) is the main art museum of Hong Kong [1]. It was originally established as the City Hall Museum and Art Gallery at the City Hall in Central in 1962 before moving to its present location at 10 Salisbury Road in 1991.
Unlike almost all art museums int the world, the Hong Kong Museum of Art does not take donation—a fact which I thought was somewhat bizarre. When I lived in New York, the annual tax-deductible membership to MoMA and the Whitney is part of my yearly expenses. When I went to the Hong Kong Museum of Art and paid for my annual membership, it was 100 HKD (~13 USD) which is a far cry from the 250 USD which I am used to. I asked the woman if they have other perhaps “patron level membership levels” and she looked at me oddly with a blank stare.
The permanent collections include many Chinese traditional landscape paintings (山水畫) as well as artworks by local artists. The landscape paintings in particular had much impact on my current photography work as it was from there that I learned the concept of 人氣, the presence of humans—no matter how small—to breathe life in otherwise cold compositions.
# Notes
1. Hong Kong Museum of Art: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Museum_of_Art
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-26T22:48:25+0800
+ Dimensions: 3526 x 5138
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/4.5
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 12800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°17'37" N 114°10'19" E
+ Location: 香港九龍尖沙咀梳士巴利道10號香港藝術館 Hong Kong Museum of Art, 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130426.6D.03246.BW
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“香港藝術館 Hong Kong Museum of Art” / 香港文化建築夜之形 Hong Kong Cultural Architecture Night Forms / SML.20130426.6D.03246.BW
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #尖沙咀 #TsimShaTsui #夜 #Night #城市 #Urban
The urban landscape is filled with billboards and other distraction, so it is often hard to find a perspective which is void of all the visual distraction when using a wide angle lens. However, I think that I have identified the way out—look up and remove everything except the sky.
This is another shot of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Unlike the previous shot which is about the architecture’s overall recognisable form [1], this one is a minimalist take on one of the facade which lights up with tiny spots at night.
The irregular and almost organic light fixtures echoes the slightly cloudy sky, whereas the linear angular architecture creates contrast to the otherwise dark sky.
# Notes
1. “香港文化中心 Hong Kong Cultural Centre” / 香港文化建築夜之形 Hong Kong Cultural Architecture Night Forms / SML.20130426.6D.03214.BW: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8683034427/
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-26T22:42:41+0800
+ Dimensions: 3359 x 5038
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 1600
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°17'35" N 114°10'14" E
+ Location: 香港九龍尖沙咀梳士巴利道10號香港文化中心 Hong Kong Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130426.6D.03230.BW
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, 抽象 Abstracts
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“上 Up” / 香港文化中心 Hong Kong Cultural Centre / 香港文化建築夜之形 Hong Kong Cultural Architecture Night Forms / SML.20130426.6D.03230.BW
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #夜 #Night #城市 #Urban
The space between the buildings which almost collide create a visual tension which allows for a dynamic play between positive and negative space.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-06-19T18:57:49+0800
+ Dimensions: 3310 x 3310
+ Exposure: 1/125 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°18'17" N 114°10'48" E
+ Location: 香港理工大學 Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130619.6D.16393.SQ
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, 抽象 Abstract
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
直線條紋匯聚Gathering of lines and stripes / 香港理工大學建築之形 Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK PolyU) Architecture Forms / SML.20130619.6D.16393.SQ.BW
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #理工大學 #PolyU #城市 #Urban #大學 #University
I can certainly see why crazy people across the globe chase the storms. I can’t wait til the typhoon seasons to hit Hong Kong again this fall.
# SML Translate: 天翻雲怒 孤航快步
+ 天: sky.
+ 翻: flips over. Metaphor for the storm.
+ 雲: clouds.
+ 怒: angry. Also metaphor for the storm.
+ 孤: single. alone.
+ 航: navigate. sail.
+ 快: quick, fast.
+ 步: steps.
+ 天翻雲怒 孤航快步: a single ship sails swiftly across the ocean under the stormy weather.
# SML Data
+ Date: 3289 x 4934
+ Exposure: 1/800 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 26 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'19" N 114°13'30" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港吐露港 中国香港吐露港 Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130226.EOSM.02558.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
“天翻雲怒 孤航快步” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130226.EOSM.02558.BW
/ #寧 #serenity #SMLSerenity #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #雲 #clouds #cloudscape #風暴 #Storm
Telephoto lenses have an amazing way of compressing distances, and you can see this fairly well with this capture.
These are street lights on the highway near the Hong Kong International Airport leading to Terminal 1. On the far side is the ocean and mountains which are approximately 3 km (10k ft) away, but they appear fairly close by because it was shot with the 100-400 at 310mm with the 7D = 496mm on full frame.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-25T08:27:43+0800
+ Dimensions: 4789 x 3193
+ Exposure: 1/800 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 310 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°18'51" N 113°56'12" E
+ Location: 香港國際機場機場路 Airport Road, Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130425.7D.40103.C23.BW
+ Series: 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“機場路街燈 Airport Road Street Lamps” / 香港國際機場 Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) / SML.20130425.7D.40103.C23.BW
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #機場 #Airport #街 #Street #Lines
A collage of architectural forms in Central / Admiralty, the financial downtown district of Hong Kong.
In the center, the unmistakable triangular forms of the Bank of China Tower (中銀大廈 BOC Tower). Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect I.M.Pei, it is one of my favorite architectures in Hong Kong. It is currently the fourth tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong, after International Commerce Centre, Two International Finance Centre and Central Plaza. But while the those tallest three buildings have no character (IMAO) to speak of besides being tall, the BOC Tower is a modern structural engineering marvel, and the first composite space frame high-rise building [1].
On the right is also one of my favorite architectures in Hong Kong. Standing 25-storey in total, 8 levels of the The Hong Kong Club Building (香港會) is owned by the Hong Kong Club while the other floors are leased for office lease. What I love about it is its simple curved facade which is extremely identifiable despite its small size [2].
On the left is the AIA Central. It was originally named the AIG Central, but it switched hands in 2009 after the global financial crisis. I mostly included this building in the frame to show the contrast in scale by the workers tending the windows via the outdoor elevator [3].
# Notes
1. Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_China_Tower,_Hong_Kong
2. Hong Kong Club Building: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Club_Building
3. AIA Central: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIA_Central
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-24T16:33:21+0800
+ Dimensions: 3445 x 5168
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°17'8" N 114°9'39" E
+ Location: 香港中環 Central, Hong Kong
+ Serial: SML.20130424.6D.02685.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms
“中銀大廈 Bank of China Tower + 香港會 Hong Kong Club + 友邦金融中心 AIA Central” / 香港中環金融建築之形 Hong Kong Central Financial Architecture Forms / SML.20130424.6D.02685.BW
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #中環 #Central #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #skyscraper
柳宗元《江雪》
千山鳥飛絕，萬徑人蹤滅。
孤舟蓑笠翁，獨釣寒江雪。
Technically there is no snow in this photo but every time I see a tiny boat sail by the sea outside my window, I am reminded of this poem by poet 柳宗元 Liu Zongyan [1], especially in the winter.
# SML Translate
+ 孤: single, alone, lonely.
+ 舟: ship.
+ 蓑笠: 蓑衣與笠帽。 《儀禮·既夕禮》：“道車載朝服，稾車載蓑笠。” 鄭玄注：“蓑笠，備雨服。”《後漢書·蔡邕傳下》：“故當其有事也，則蓑笠並載。” 清唐甄《潛書·明鑑》：“茅舍無恙，然後寳位可居；蓑笠無失，然後袞冕可服。” [2]. Coat and hat for the rainy day.
+ 獨: single, on one’s own.
+ 釣: fish (v), fishing.
+ 寒: cold.
+ 江: sea, lake, ocean.
+ 雪: snow.
# Notes
1. Liu Zongyuan (Chinese: 柳宗元; pinyin: Liǔ Zōngyuán; Wade-Giles: Liu Tsung-yuan) (773–November 28, 819), courtesy name Zihou (子厚; Wade-Giles: Tzu-hou), was a Chinese writer who lived in Chang'an during the Tang Dynasty. Liu was born in present-day Yongji, Shanxi, along with Han Yu, he was a founder of the Classical Prose Movement. He was traditionally classed as one of the Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Zongyuan
2. ZDic: 蓑笠: www.zdic.net/cd/ci/13/ZdicE8Zdic93Zdic91231378.htm
# SML Workflow
Taken with the Canon EOS M with Canon EF 17-40 f/4L. Handheld. Processed in Lightroom 4.
# SML Data
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
+ Date: 2013-01-28 16:04:37 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3268 x 4902
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 25 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°24'58" N 114°12'49" E (SML Universe HKG)
+ Serial: SML.20130128.EOSM.01593
“孤舟蓑笠翁 獨釣寒江雪”
/ 寧 Serenity
/ SML.20130128.EOSM.01593.C23.BW
I often tell people that photography is not necessarily a reflection of reality. Even without any manipulation in the dark room or heavy montage action inside Photoshop, what is depicted may be a mind trick.
Seen here was taken through my window. At first I was wondering why there appears to be “speed boats” running in curves. Then I realized that those were cars on the highway from the fainted reflection by the window. The reflection on the sea is also a reflection. The sun was so strong that it would in fact be impossible to photograph directly, yet here it works somewhat, thus superimposing two images to one in one shot.
The mountains were superimposed similarly. One is actually present, the other is reflected. The rectangular forms far down are private housing development, whereas the structures to the left is a construction site, I think.
The scene is completely unreal, yet it is very interesting. So next time you see an UFO photograph, think twice about all the physical possibilities you can do with using the camera alone. I am not trying to defunct any UFO theories, and I certainly entertain any possibilities, but in many instances photography does lie.
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# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-01-19 16:46:32 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 2219 x 3944
+ Color: Black and white
+ Exposure: 1/125 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 66mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'26" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山沙田海 中国香港马鞍山沙田海 Sha Tin Hoi, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong SAR, China
+ Photographed at: SML Universe Limited, Hong Kong.
# SML Workflow
+ Photographed with Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L, cropped as 16:9 aspect ratio, processed in Adobe Photoshop CS6, metadata tagged in Adobe Lightroom 4.
# Related SML Universe
+ SML Flickr set: 寧 Serenity: sml8.it/smlflickr-serenity
+ SML Photography Blog: Serenity: Part 1: photoblog.seeminglee.com/2012/10/serenity.html
+ SML Photography Blog: Serenity: Part 2: photoblog.seeminglee.com/2012/12/serenity-part-2.html
+ SML Serenity Tumblr: smlserenity.tumblr.com
+ SNL Serenity Twitter: twitter.com/smlserenity
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
”海市蜃樓 海市蜃楼 Mirage” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130119.7D.20632.C169.P1.BW
I have always enjoyed photographing people working. That intense state of hyper focus is something beautiful to me. But how would I do that as a self portrait? This would be the closest attempt I have tried.
This is part of series of photographs that I took when I was testing the remote capture feature of the Canon camera. I stopped doing photography for a while because I have been really busy with work — but as before, I found that I could see better through the lens of a camera.
When I am actively looking at how to make a composition through the camera, I noticed things that I wouldn’t have before if I was merely staring at them. I’m able to achieve a similar state that people try to do through meditation.
I didn’t pose for these photos — so I suspect, this is what I usually look like if you see me working. To me, this is as close to who I am than any other portraits I’ve taken of myself before.
Canon EOS R8
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Manfrotto tripod
Hong Kong
See-ming Lee, Self Portraits / SML.20240220.R8.00472.BW
Recently I came across a WTF question on Quora asking why queuing in China is less orderly than most Western countries [1]. Really? Seriously? I never witnessed this behavior in China. Often people in Hong Kong queue up better than any queues I have seen in the US.
Pictured is the queuing at bus stops at night. Most of these buses arrive completely empty, making the act of queuing completely unnecessary, but people do queue up regardless. Since queuing is unnecessary, I usually don’t and I usually take my time to run around the neighborhood doing photography until the bus arrives and I will wait til everybody is aboard before getting on.
Perhaps that would make me “less orderly” but I am not normal and certainly in this photo you would see that people do line up very orderly. Point.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-17T21:41:08.75 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3281 x 4921
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 1600
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'39" N 114°10'23" E
+ Altitude: 134.5 m
+ Location: 中國香港灣仔軒尼詩道與柯布連道交界 Intersection at Hennessy Road and O’Brien Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130317.7D.35558.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 黑白 Black and White
# Notes
1. Quora: Chinese Etiquette and Behavior: Why does it seem that queuing in China is less orderly than in most Western countries? www.quora.com/Chinese-Etiquette-and-Behavior/Why-does-it-...
“排隊等巴士 Queue up and wait for the bus” / 香港夜人流 Hong Kong Nighttime Human Logistics / SML.20130317.7D.35558.BW
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This is the “aisle” of the rose garden at the Royal Botanic Garden. When the flowers bloom from October through May, it is a popular spot for weddings and other events. An old couple were seen holding hand-in-hand walking down this aisle, giving new meaning to something old and something new.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L at the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney, Australia.
Walking down the aisle / Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, Australia / SML.20140314.6D.30856.P1.L2.SQ.BW
Simplicity. Division. Accented by surprise on top.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-24T18:33:31+0800
+ Dimensions: 4960 x 3307
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 220 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°17'35" N 114°10'11" E
+ Location: 香港尖沙咀海濱長廊 Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade, Hong Kong
+ Subject: 香港九龍尖沙咀梳士巴利道10號香港文化中心 Hong Kong Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130524.7D.42089.BW
+ Series: 形 Forms, 界 Division, 建築 Architecture
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
香港文化中心 Hong Kong Cultural Centre (HKCC) / 香港文化建築形之界 Hong Kong Cultural Architecture Forms Division / SML.20130524.7D.42089.BW
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #尖沙咀 #TsimShaTsui #城市 #Urban
Photographed with Canon EOS M and the Canon EF 17-40 f/4L lens mounted on tripod at SML Universe Limited (Hong Kong). Imported into Premiere Pro and sped up 1000%. In the middle you will see a ship hurry quickly by. There is a long version for this also but no one really have the time to look at 10 min of “artsy” video so hereby sped up ten times to 53 sec total.
Soundtrack composed using the iPad app Orphion (playing live). First exported as m4a in-app, then imported into Ableton Live 8 to manually wrap points. Added some Lexicon reverb and then mastered using iZotope Ozone 5. The full-length 24-bit 48 kHz track can be downloaded on SML SoundCloud. See link below.
# SML Translate
+ 雲: clouds.
+ 蒸: steam; metaphor for rising slowly.
+ 霞: red cloud.
+ 蔚: lush, colorful.
+ 雲蒸霞蔚: Rich and luxuriant clouds rise slowly as steam from the horizon [1]. Metaphor for colorful scenery [2]. Describes things are booming [3].
+ 嘯: howl, roar, whistle, the sound from nature. [4]
+ 咤: scold, bellow, shout at, roar. [5]
+ 風: wind.
+ 雲: clouds.
+ 嘯咤風雲: Describes something as being powerful, as if the winds ands clouds are roaring.
# Notes
1. 漢典 ZDic: 雲蒸霞蔚: www.zdic.net/cd/ci/4/ZdicE4ZdicBAZdic91263325.htm
2. 比喻絢麗多彩。清侯方域《新遷顏魯公碑記》：“獨斯碑者，雲蒸霞蔚，筆既斷而還連；鳳翥龍蟠，勢如斜而反正。” 劉白羽《紅瑪瑙集·長江三日》： “抬頭望處，已到巫山。上面陽光垂照下來，下面濃霧滾湧上去，雲蒸霞蔚，頗為壯觀。”參見“ 雲興霞蔚”。[1]
3. 形容事物蓬勃興起，蔚為大觀。清顏光敏《顏氏家藏尺牘·馮溥》：“且海內人文，雲蒸霞蔚，鱗集京師，真千古盛事。” 清王韜《論日報漸行於中土》：“今日雲蒸霞蔚，持論蠭起，無一不為庶人之清議。” [1]
4. 漢典 ZDic: 嘯: www.zdic.net/zd/zi/ZdicE5Zdic98ZdicAF.htm
5. 漢典 ZDic: 咤: www.zdic.net/zd/zi/ZdicE5Zdic92ZdicA4.htm
6. 漢典 ZDic: 嘯咤風雲: 形容威力極大。同“叱吒風雲”。http://www.zdic.net/cy/ch/ZdicE5Zdic95ZdicB821384.htm
# SML Photography
Series: 寧 Serenity
Camera: Canon EOS M
Lens:Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
Video: H264 MP4, 1080x1920 (1080p HD portrait), 25fps, Progressive, 10 Mbps
Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
Length: 53 sec
Color: Color
Location: Sha Tin Hoi, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong SAR, China
Date: 2013-01-21 (recorded) 2013-01-21 (processed)
Photographer: See-ming Lee 李思明, SML Photography
Music: Orphion Ping Pong 005 / SML Music
Media Production: SML Universe
Copyright: 2013 See-ming Lee 李思明, SML Universe Limited
Serial: SML.20130121.EOSM.01542
# SML Music: Orphion Ping Pong / SML: Bits and Pieces (2012)
The instruments we use changes the way we play. The track was recorded and played live directly on the iPad using Orphion’s “3rds Matrix” grid.
The natural position of my right hand touches A4 and A#4. The natural position of my left hand touches F4 and D4. By shifting my hands a note to the left and to the top right, I get RH: F4 F#4 LH: C#4 A#3 and then RH: A#4 B4 LH: F#4 D#4.
1L: D4 F4 1R: A4 A#4
2L: A#3 C#4 2R: F4 F#4
3L: D#4 F#4 3R: A#4 B4
I don't know what key this is in. I just play. And so while as a classically trained pianist I am conscious of the notes and key signature when I play on a conventional keyboard, Orphion’s seemingly illogical layout renders some nice experimental results which I enjoy.
I use the in-app recorder to record my live playing which I then email myself as an M4A file. The file is then placed into Ableton Live where I manually wrap my human-playing into something which sounds somewhat on time — though obviously the nice rubato are lost. I will work on getting something that is less machine like perhaps.
Then I layered some repeated tracks, and added some ping pong to the piece to give it some nuance together with some Lexicon reverb goodness. Mastered with Ozone 5 and voila.
24-bit 48 kHz AIFF download:
+ soundcloud.com/seeminglee/orphion-ping-pong-sml-bits-and
# SML Workflow
Photographed with Canon EOS M with Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM mounted on Manfrotto tripod. Video production in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. Soundtrack written using iPad app Orphion; imported to Ableton Live, manual beat wrap, added some Lexicon reverb, mastered with iZotope Ozone 5.
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Music / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“雲蒸霞蔚 嘯咤風雲” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130121.EOSM.01542
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLMusic #SMLUniverse #SMLBW #SMLVideography
/ #山水 landscape #攝影 #摄影 #photography #海 #Sea #自然 #nature #山 #mountains #雲 #cloud #cloudscape #風 #wind #video #videography
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan
/ #CanonEOSM #Canon1740 #Canon1740f4L SML:Projects=Serenity
/ #Orphion #music #soundcloud #soundtrack
Jiyeon Jung
The Walter Wickiser Gallery, located in the prestigious Fine Art Building in Chelsea – located at 210 Eleventh Avenue, Suite 303, New York, NY 10001 – was established in 1992. As the son of artist and art educator Ralph Wickiser – who was former the Chairman of the graduate art program at Pratt University from 1962-1978 – Walter Wickiser was born and raised in the American art world amongst internationally renowned modern artists including Franz Kline, Jacob Lawrence, George McNeil, Stephen Pace and Phillip Pearlstein. Friendship, at a very early age, with the Milton Avery and Yasuo Kuniyoshi families provided a special mentoring and education which proved very beneficial to his career as an art dealer.
Walter Wickiser’s career as an art dealer formally began in 1990 in Soho, NY, when he became the first director of the first gallery to be established in the United States, from main land China. This led to establishing his primary direction as a gallerist to exhibit work by both American and Asian-American painters, as well as artists from China, Japan and Korea. It has always been the focus of the Wickiser Gallery to create a visual dialogue between these cultures, and simultaneously remind us of the ability of the arts to transcend cultural boundaries. Early in the history of the Wickiser Gallery in 1993, the United States State Department and Art For Embassy’s Program became interested in exhibiting Wickiser’s choice of Asian artist in United States Embassy’s in Seoul, Korea, Manila, Philippines, Quatar, Bucharest, Romania and Cypress, to name a few. Currently, Wickiser’s collection is being exhibited in the United States Embassy in Moscow. Both the Clinton and Bush administrations have invited Wickiser to the White House.
Clients and visitors to the gallery have included Woody Allen, Betsy Bloomingdale, Kim Catrall, Leo Castelli, Michael Douglas, Alex Katz, Phillip Pearlstein, Sally Michel Avery, Sarah Kuniyoshi, Ted Koppel, Jacklyn Kennedy Onassis, Geraldo Rivera, Sam LeFrak and Paul Volker.
The Wickiser Gallery has received numerous reviews in ARTnews, Art In America and many other internationally recognized publications. Work by many of the gallery’s artists have been exhibited at American museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the High Museum of Art in Georgia, the Dallas Museum of Art in Texas, and the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut.
水 Water is an important element in 風水 Feng Shui—if you know Chinese, you would know that the two characters 風 Feng means wind, and 水 Shui means water.
Water is important because it flows. In Cantonese, the character is synonymous with money. And money should always be flowing, thus at the garden downstairs at 聽濤雅苑 Vista Paradiso, where I live, water flows continuously on many manmade falls.
I took my tripod with me to do some panorama in the neighborhood. On my way back I passed by the garden and took some photos. It is rainy today so even though I did not have an ND filter, I was able to photograph this under a long exposure (5 second to be exact, but enough to render water is silk).
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-26T14:00:10+0800
+ Dimensions: 3123 x 4685
+ Exposure: 5.0 sec at f/45
+ Focal Length: 121 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 Timer Remote Release, tripod
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'32" E
+ Altitude: 10.8 m
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆明街2號聽濤雅苑二樓花園 Garden, 2nd Floor, Vista Paradiso, 2 Hang Ming St, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130326.7D.36470.C23.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature, 黑白 Black and White
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“流水 Water Flow” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130326.7D.36470.C23.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #水 #Water #石 #Rocks
Back for more waterfall. I shot a series of these. The one which is actually correctly exposed (1 second) has so much water that I cannot really make out the rocks it is falling into, so I shot this one which is not correctly exposed (0.3 second) but then it has the correct amount of water splashing, then I overexpose it back inside Lightroom.
In the analog days we call this push and pull. In digital photography, it is often better to underexpose then to overexpose, because underexposing usually mean that you can push the whites, but overexposing and you are pretty much through. Of course this is not a golden rule but in most cases it is true.
This is also me placing my camera in awkward position. No tripod is used. I never really do photo trips—I just take my camera everywhere I go.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-31T16:04:35.37+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 0.3 sec at f/32
+ Focal Length: 98 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200 f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'30" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆明街2號聽濤雅苑二樓花園 Garden, 2nd Floor, Vista Paradiso, 2 Hang Ming St, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130331.7D.37395.C23.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature, 黑白 Black and White
“聽濤 Listening to the sound of water” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130331.7D.37377.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #水 #Water #石 #Rocks #山水 #Landscape
I bought the Canon EOS 6D today, and of course the first thing I did is drop in the 17-40 and check out the wide end. Wow incredible—drama! I have not really used a full-frame body since the analog days so it is a very welcoming experience so far. And of course I see now that the natural vignette from the lens is quite serious—something which I never noticed previously with the 7D because it has an APS-C CMOS.
Before picking the 6D, I have thought it long and hard if I should get the EF-S 10-22, but noting that my goal as always been to get a full-frame body eventually, I hesitated. Trust that you will see more use of this camera soon on my stream.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-11T16:38:22.00+0800
+ Dimensions: 3583 x 5375
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'25" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港八仙嶺和吐露港 Tolo Harbour + Pat Sin Leng, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130411.6D.00004.BW
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“風雲再現 孤舟過江” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130411.6D.00004.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #自然 #Nature #山水 #Landscape #山 #Mountains #水 #Water #雲 #Cloud #Cloudscape
In art school, we were taught to “draw what [we] see.” The philosophy is simple: when the left brain get involved and proceed to interpret what “must” be reality, what is drawn is never a representation of reality. Of course, an artist is up to his/her own interpretation, but if the intention is to represent reality, then this is a very good way of achieving it.
These bizarre patterns are seen every night outside my window. Photography captures reality so it is interesting to note how it seems completely illogical that water should appear like this—but yet it does.
Ships disturbs the flow of water, so under long exposure, it renders a matte surface which reflects the lights + shadows from the tree-lined Tolo Highway. The undisturbed water is left behind with a clear dark divide, brightened only by the light anchor floating in the sea.
The capture is mounted on a tripod and captured using a remote, so trust that everything is lying still, but the water moves, so the light anchor is moving quite a bit, even though we might think that it should not.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-21 00:27:34 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 4265 x 2843
+ Exposure: 29.0 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 176 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 + Canon GP-E2 + tripod
+ GPS: 22°25'4" N 114°13'7" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港吐露港 Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130321.7D.35757.C23.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 形 Forms, 自然 Nature, 黑白 Black and White,
“自然城市夜倒影之形 Nature Reflected Urban Night Forms” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130321.7D.35757.C23.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #形 #Forms #SMLForms #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #SMLOpinions
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #自然 #nature #夜 #night #山水 #landscape
Dr Shamil is a PhD scientist with an innate ability to mix science and art. He is an expert in healthy, creative and smart living for the 21th century in New York City. As a nutritionist and ex-model, he talks about how to be physically fit and lead a fabulously chic lifestyle at drshamilsmartliving.blogspot.com/
Dr. Shamil SmartLiving is for the new millennials who want to look and feel healthy & fabulous while being surrounded in style and elegance using intelligent, economical and time-efficient approaches. Dr. Shamil SmartLiving offers a holistic solution to a smarter 21st century living involving healthy diet, exercise and personal grooming and style without spending too much money or impacting the environment. The subject matter of the posts span across all these essential elements.
B likes to give me sh!t about “not appreciating the local cultures”. He likes to try to “convince” me that what makes Hong Kong special are the random “Dai Pai Dong”s (大牌檔) that are made for “commoners” (LOL). And I often have to tell him — I do appreciate the local cultures. I do sometimes go to local places. It’s exceptionally strange that he would have the opinion that I’m not “local” enough.
I don’t go to them often — not because I “have” to go to nice places. But if I go out at all, I want to have a decent time — i.e. I don’t want to have to self-serve, be yelled at by the waiters, and is it so bad to want seats that have a back?! But would I go to local places from time to time — absolutely!
There’s this place close to my home where you could find construction workers visit during lunch time, and it’s actually quite the experience to enjoy dim sum while having some “delay no more” (very vulgar Cantonese slang that I would never write or say) going on in the background continuously. You can’t get more local than that!
This photo was taken at a local “food area” near the Mui Wo ferry, where we had dinner. It’s literally one of the four restaurants that serve local seafood by the pier. I don’t remember the name of the restaurant — it’s not the type of place you would really care what they’re called, but referencing the map, it’s called Ke Ho Restaurant 幾好餐廳. It’s actually a funny name now that I realize it. “Ke Ho 幾好” literally means “pretty good”. There’s some humor in it because it’s odd to say “pretty good” — i.e. it’s not exceptionally good, just decently consumable. It’s Chinese humility yo. It’s funny — and the food? Actually pretty good.
B took the photo with my camera. I post-processed it. I kept the chaos in the background mainly to show what the place is like. Happy? Me in a random place. No more sh!t about me not being local, please. If you know me, I rarely care where I eat. I am a picky eater, but truly I will eat anything. I care more about the company I share.
See-ming Lee / Mui Wo, Hong Kong / SML + BAI / SML.20231219.6D.38638.T1.BW
#seeminglee #muiwo #daipaidong #smlphotography #smluniverse #smlbai
A lot of the shopping malls I have visited in Hong Kong features open skylight ceilings, which makes it much less claustrophobic as well as being energy efficient.
I discovered that the autofocus on the 50/1.4 was dead, and I probably will never go fix it because it is probably not worth it, but luckily manual focus is rarely an issue.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-20 13:33:57 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3312 x 4968
+ Exposure: 1/1000 sec at f/1.4
+ Focal Length: 50 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
+ GPS: 22°25'27" N 114°13'54" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山新港城中心 Sunshine City Plaza, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130320.EOSM.03531.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 商場 Shopping Malls, 形 Forms
“新港城中心 Sunshine City Plaza” / 香港商場建築之形 Hong Kong Shopping Malls Architecture Forms / SML.20130320.EOSM.03531.BW
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #商埸 #ShoppingMalls #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography
The one thing constant about the ever-changing urban landscape is the cranes at the construction sites.
I was born in Hong Kong, but I went to the US for college (university) in 1995, and after graduation I moved to New York and have been living there ever since. But in 2012, I moved back to Hong Kong to start my own company. And I definitely notice the change.
Most of the newer architecture in Hong Kong is built upon landfill, so in many ways the Victoria Harbour just got smaller. It seems that even the Star Ferry ride as a result is shorter. Could that possibly be?
Pictured is a set of cranes seen outside the International Finance Centre (IFC). It seems that they are building even more structures over there but exactly what is unclear.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-24T16:29:43+0800
+ Dimensions: 3648 x 5472
+ Exposure: 1/800 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 105 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°17'7" N 114°9'36" E
+ Location: 香港中環龍和道 Lung Wo Road, Central, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130424.6D.02643.BW
+ Series: 形 Forms, 建造 Construction
“/||\” / 香港建造之形 Hong Kong Construction Forms / SML.20130424.6D.02643.BW
/ #建造 #Construction #形 #Forms #SMLForms #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #FormFollowsFunction #Cranes #Lines
Located on the 20th floor of iSquare in Tsim Sha Tsui, the Canon Customer Care Center provides support for both in-warranty and out-of-warranty care for its customers.
I went there yesterday mainly to get the battery grip for 6D as the retailer who sold me the body did not carry it, and also to send my 7D to be looked at.
None of the camera bodies except the 1D series are weather-sealed, and after leaving the 7D near my opened window during stormy weathers in Hong Kong, it kept on going to Err 70 which bothered me. My 7D is well out-of-warranty but paying 300 HKD (38.65 USD) is a fair price to pay to make sure that everything is operational inside.
Aside from providing excellent service, the interior architecture filled with organic forms is a feast to the eyes, making the experience quite pleasant.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-12T14:55:41.09+0800
+ Dimensions: 3406 x 5108
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17m
+ ISO: 160
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Camera: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°17'47" N 114°10'22" E
+ Altitude: 137.3 m
+ Location: 中國香港九龍尖沙咀彌敦道63號國際廣場20樓佳能客戶服務中心 Canon Customer Care Center, 20/F, iSQUARE, 63 Nathan Road,Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130412.6D.00124.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“香港佳能客戶服務中心 Hong Kong Canon Customer Care Center” / 形 Forms / SML.20130412.6D.00124.BW
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #Photojournalism #SMLLifeLog #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #china #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #佳能 #Canon #CRM #people #urban
Dr Shamil is a PhD scientist with an innate ability to mix science and art. He is an expert in healthy, creative and smart living for the 21th century in New York City. As a nutritionist and ex-model, he talks about how to be physically fit and lead a fabulously chic lifestyle at drshamilsmartliving.blogspot.com/
Dr. Shamil SmartLiving is for the new millennials who want to look and feel healthy & fabulous while being surrounded in style and elegance using intelligent, economical and time-efficient approaches. Dr. Shamil SmartLiving offers a holistic solution to a smarter 21st century living involving healthy diet, exercise and personal grooming and style without spending too much money or impacting the environment. The subject matter of the posts span across all these essential elements.
Recently I went to meet up with the founders of Nomiku, the first immersion circulator designed for the home cook who got its start from a successful Kickstarter campaign and successfully raised $600,000 over its targeted $200,000 from 1,800 backers back in 2012.
The team is now in Hong Kong as they work on getting their production lines going in China to fulfil orders. After many delays, I was told that it should be shipped by July in 2013.
Pictured is the Nomiku founders Lisa Q. Fetterman (CEO, currently pregnant), Abe Fetterman (CTO, Lisa’s husband) and Wipop Bam Suppipat (product design) doing tricks with the spoon after a meal at a Spanish restaurant in Hong Kong.
# References
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomiku
+ nomiku
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-06-08T21:51:19+0800
+ Dimensions: 3341 x 5012
+ Exposure: 1/25 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 12800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'40" N 114°9'34" E
+ Location: 香港中環德己立街55號蘭桂坊大廈蘭桂坊酒店 Hotel LKF, LKF TOWER, 55 D'Aguilar Street, Central, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130608.6D.15651.BW
+ Series: Crazyisgood, 香港人 Hong Kong Humans, Hackers
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
Crazyisgood: Nose spooning Hackers / Nomiku Founders: Lisa Q. Fetterman + Abe Fetterman + Wipop Bam Suppipat / 香港人 Hong Kong Humans / SML.20130608.6D.15651.BW
/ #Crazyisgood #香港人 #HKHumans #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #人 #people #Nomiku #startups #LisaFetterman #AbeFetterman #WipopBamSuppipat #WTF #LOL #Hackers
When I document events I find it more interesting to capture both the subjects _and_ the photographers rather than the subjects alone.
Leung Kwok-hung 梁國雄 (born 27 March 1956 in Hong Kong) is a Left-wing political activist and a member of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong. He is also known as “長毛” (Long Hair) in Hong Kong because he has long hair, which is an uncommon feature among politicians in Hong Kong (and perhaps in the global arena as well).
I could not readily identify the reporters for this team, but if you know please do comment below. As with most productions, I am always interested in the amount of work which goes behind the scene which the viewer would never see.
# References
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leung_Kwok-hung
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-06-15T16:35:51+0800
+ Dimensions: 5060 x 3373
+ Exposure: 1/125 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 100 mm
+ ISO: 3200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°16'40" N 114°9'34" E
+ Location: 香港中環聖約翰大廈 St John’s Building, Central, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130615.7D.42747.BW
+ Series: SnowdenHK: 香港聲援斯諾登遊行 Hong Kong Rally to Support Snowden, 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, 香港人 Hong Kong Humans
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“長毛” 梁國雄接受訪問 Leung Kwok-hung “Long Hair” being interviewed / SnowdenHK: 香港聲援斯諾登遊行 Hong Kong Rally to Support Snowden / 香港人 Hong Kong Humans / SML.20130615.7D.42747.BW
/ #SnowdenHK #新聞攝影 #Photojournalism #香港人 #HKHumans #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #梁國雄 #LeungKowkHung #長毛 #longhair #politics #people
I knew from experience that long exposure of water would render a blur, but what I did not know is that because of this blur, the reflected forms would be clear and sharp. Obviously this made sense but it is a very welcoming surprise, so I will try more of it in the future.
The 1.4x extender continues to be a wonderful accessory. It turns the 70-200 f/4L effectively into a 98-280 f/5.6L lens. Together with the APS-C sized 7D with a 1.6 crop factor, it is functioning as a 157-448 f/5.6L lens on a full frame body.
Zooming that far also means that there are not much geometric distortion so it has been a really fun ride.
There is a reason that I did not get the 2x extender. Each 1.4x will stop the lens down 1 stop, and what most people might not realise is that with the exception of EOS 1D, none of the Canon EOS line-up can do autofocus with an f/8 lens. For this shot I used manual focus anyway because it was too dark, but for shooting daylight scenes especially birds having autofocus is still much of a blessing.
# SML Translate
More trials at Chinese poetry:
夜氣怡人樹欲静
風平浪停水映形
+ 夜: night.
+ 氣: air.
+ 怡: pleases, joyful.
+ 人: people.
+ 樹: trees.
+ 欲: intends to, wishes to.
+ 静: silence.
+ 夜氣寧人樹欲静: The breezy air at night pleases the spirit of my soul while the trees wish to remain silent.
+ 風: wind.
+ 平: flat. Describes the wind stops.
+ 浪: wave.
+ 停: stops. Describes the wave has stopped (by the long exposure).
+ 水: water.
+ 映: reflection.
+ 形: forms, shapes.
+ 風平浪停水映形: The tree wishes to remain silent (from prose 1), thus the wind stops, the lake remains quiet, so that the water is able to reflect the forms of the shadows. (describes the photograph).
# SML Workflow
Photographed with the Canon EOS 7D + EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + EF 1.4x Extender III mounted on tripod. Processed in Lightroom 4.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-08 03:24:06 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 4960 x 3307
+ Exposure: 15.0 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'26" E
+ Location: SML Universe (Hong Kong) Limited
+ Subject: Reflection of trees on the Tolo Highway from Tolo Harbor / Sha Tin Hoi from the vantage point of Ma On Shan in Hong Kong SAR, China. 從中國香港馬鞍山沙田海看吐露港公路上樹的倒影。从中国香港马鞍山沙田海看吐露港公路上树的倒影。
+ Serial: SML.20130208.7D.21339.C23.BW
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 黑白 Black and white, 山水 Landscape.
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“夜氣怡人樹欲静 風平浪停水映形” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130208.7D.21339.C23.BW
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/ #水 #Water #自然 #nature #夜 #nights #樹 #trees #reflection #攝影 #摄影 #photography
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Iran do Espírito Santo
Top right:
+ Twist 2A, 2009, pencil on photogram
+ CRTN CVII, 2007, permanent marker on paper
Top left (reflected from mirror):
+ Twist 5B, 2009, pencil on photogram
+ CRTN CXVIII, 2007, permanent marker on paper
Sean Kelly Gallery, 528 West 29th Street, New York, NY
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Iran do Espírito Santo was born in Mococa, Brazil in 1963. In 1986 he received a B.A. at the Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado in São Paolo.
One of Brazil's most interesting contemporary artists, Iran is best known for his sensuously minimalist work that deals with issues of place, structure, material, design, and surface with a rigorous conceptual sensibility. His work undertakes a subtle subversion of Minimalism through abstracted everyday items. Iran is concerned with the tactile attributes of his chosen materials and with the sensuous contours of simple abstract forms in space. Working in stainless steel, glass, copper, stone or paint on plaster, he employs subtle illusionistic devices, instigating a play of depth that remains consistent from piece to piece.
In 2002, Sean Kelly Gallery presented the first North American gallery exhibition of his work, which was comprised of wall installations and sculptural works. Since then he has continued to reflect on daily objects and the transformation of industrial design items into iconic minimalist sculptures.
Iran has received international acclaim in the past two decades. His works have been exhibited widely in museums and galleries worldwide; and have been included in the collections of many prominent international museums, such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. His works have been included in the Venice Biennale, the Bienal de São Paulo, and the Istanbul Biennal. Recent exhibitions have included The Portrait as an Image of the World, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo and Present Tense at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Iran do Espírito Santo lives and works in São Paulo.
www.skny.com/artists/iran-do-espirito-santo/bio/
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The Armory Show is the United States’ leading art fair devoted to the most important artworks of the 20th and 21st centuries. In its twelve years, the fair has become an international institution. Every March, artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from all over the world make New York their destination during Armory Arts Week.
The Armory Show 2010 also features The Armory Show – Modern, specializing in modern and secondary market material on Pier 92. Pier 94 continues to be a venue to premiere new works by living artists. With one ticket, visitors to The Armory Show on March 4–7, 2010 have access to the latest developments in the art world, and to the masterpieces which heralded them.
Piers 92 and 94 on 55th Street and 12th Avenue, NYC
March 4-7, 2010
Sven 't Jolle
[Casse-toi alors] Pauvre canard, 2009
Metal, plaster, feathers, asphalt
5'5 h x 12' l x 2'5 w
galerie laurent godin
5, rue du Grenier Saint Lazare 75003 Paris
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Born in 1966 in Antwerp, Belgium, Sven ’t Jolle lives and works in Melbourne and Antwerp. ’T Jolle uses a range of media including drawing, sculpture and installation. His practice engages with current socio-economic formations that stem from Post-Fordist modes of production, such as the implementation of abusive managerial strategies like Toyotism within the work force to regulate and maximize productivity as well as labour relations. Often departing from real situations and actual events, his works are constructed as social commentaries that nonetheless acknowledge the rhetorical limits of aesthetic forms, and the art market’s own problematic economies of exchange. ’T Jolle uses various stylistic devices including caricature to materialize his critical content, acknowledging the futility of any attempt to circumvent art’s inevitable commodification. The title of his works further sharpen his proposals through their calculated use of word plays and metonymies that open up his poignant commentaries to a wider range of playful, yet related associations.
Sven ’t Jolle has an up-coming solo show at Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris (2009-2010) and has recently presented solo exhibitions and projects at Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp (2009), Vera Gliem Gallery, Cologne (2007), Stroom, The Hague (2007) and SMAK, Ghent. His work has also been shown as part of “Beaufort 03”, Triënnale voor hedendaagse kunst at Kunstmuseum aan zee, Oostende and different locations (2009), “Corpus Delicti” at Justitiepaleis, Brussels (2008), “Parkhaus” at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (2008), “Shadow Cabinet (three rendezvous)” at Extra City - Centre for Contemporary Art, Antwerp (2008), "Die Geschichte Sich Nicht! " at Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld (2007) and "Come-Back / le retour" at CRAC Alsace - Altkirch, France (2005).
Sven ’t Jolle is represented by Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp, Galerie Vera Gliem, Cologne and Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris.
www.aptglobal.org/artist_profile_page.asp?ID=5788&Ima...
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The Armory Show is the United States’ leading art fair devoted to the most important artworks of the 20th and 21st centuries. In its twelve years, the fair has become an international institution. Every March, artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from all over the world make New York their destination during Armory Arts Week.
The Armory Show 2010 also features The Armory Show – Modern, specializing in modern and secondary market material on Pier 92. Pier 94 continues to be a venue to premiere new works by living artists. With one ticket, visitors to The Armory Show on March 4–7, 2010 have access to the latest developments in the art world, and to the masterpieces which heralded them.
Piers 92 and 94 on 55th Street and 12th Avenue, NYC
March 4-7, 2010
Completely unexpected, someone wakeboarded outside the window yesterday, creating some truly wicked forms on water—sweet. For these kinds of photos you really need an SLR—but if you can do it with a point+shoot + able to focus then kudos to you—please remember to share your secret. :)
Wakeboarding is a surface water sport which involves riding a wakeboard over the surface of a body of water. It was developed from a combination of water skiing, snowboarding and surfing techniques.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakeboarding
# SML Data
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+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 320
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'18" N 114°13'17" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港馬鞍山聽濤雅苑對外的吐露港 中国香港马鞍山听涛雅苑对外的吐露港 Tolo Harbour outside Vista Paradiso, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
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“滑板 Wakeboarding” / 香港水上體育運動之形 Hong Kong Water Sports Forms / SML.20130317.7D.35254.BW
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It is extremely rare that I would have the time to walk around the airport to do photography. Usually when I am at the airport I am in a hurry. But I came here last week to hang out with a friend whom I haven’t seen for 20 years when she was passing through. And since I came all the way I thought that I would utilize the opportunity to take some photographs also.
Featuring very articulated structural forms and designed by Norman Foster, the Hong Kong International Airport is a perfect marriage of form and function—form follows function—which is precisely what I love about it.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-25T06:15:36+0800
+ Dimensions: 3639 x 5499
+ Exposure: 1/50 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°18'52" N 113°56'12" E
+ Location: 香港國際機場 Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130425.6D.02816.BW
+ Series: 形 Forms, 建築 Architecture, 人流 Human Logistics
“Norman Foster: 香港國際機場一號客運大樓 Terminal One, Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)” / 旅遊人流建築之形 Travel Human Logistics Architecture Forms / SML.20130425.6D.02816.BW
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Dimitris Andreadis
Born in Athens, 1979
EDUCATION
2001-2005 Studies in the Athens’ School of Fine Arts in the Z’ Painting Studio under Prof. Giannis Psychopaides and ass. Prof. Marios Spiliopoulos. He graduates at the top of his class (29/30)
1999-2000 Studies in the Fine Arts department of the Aristotelean University of Thessaloniki under Prof. Giannis Fokas and ass. Prof. Vangelis Ploiarides
1997-1998 Takes drawing lessons in Nikos Stefos’ school
1992-1996 Studies in Pallene’s Experimental Musical School
ACTIVITIES
2009 Zulu Project, installation at a studio
2007 Bakehouse Art Complex, South Florida
2002-2005 Organizes and executes artistic activities and shows, in cooperation with artistic, musical, and dance-theater groups. Begins a group for public artistic activities in Athens. Paints in big dimensions in alternative spaces (bars, one-night-galleries, etc.), often with the artistic contribution of spectators and bypassers
2002 Takes part and receives an award in the ΗΣΑΠ competition for artistic intervention in the Peiraeus station
1999-2000 Takes part in artistic activities in the public places of Thessaloniki with painting, music and poetry
SOLO SHOWS
2009
Keep A Light on, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens
(Keep A Light on included a poetic edition and two performances of his own music)
GROUP SHOWS
2009
ReMap, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens, Greece
Art Athina Art Fair, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens, Greece
2008 Artissima Art Fair, Turin, Italy, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center
Whatever’s whatever, curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis
Bargain prices on elephant gun, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, curated by Katerina Nikou
2007 Fine Arts Graduates Group Exhibition in the Municipal Picture Gallery of Kalamata
Metropolis in the Municipal Picture Gallery of Athens
EASA ’07 Installation in the town of Eleusina
10+1 installations in Botanikos space
2006 Fata Morgana, in Benaki Museum, in honor of poet Nikos Kabbadias
Metropolis, in the raisin storehouses in Bari, Patra (part of the “Art Capital of Europe” activities)
Top of the 2006 class graduates exhibition, in the Meizonos Ellinismoy Institute (Eurobank scholarship)
Kodra action era in Thessaloniki
2004 Carte blance,Booze cooperativa (30 nights & days with live painting)
Ceiling project, Anthropos, alternative bar
www.art-tounta.gr/files/artists/andreadis/andreadisBio.html
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The Armory Show is the United States leading art fair devoted to the most important artworks of the 20th and 21st centuries. In its twelve years, the fair has become an international institution. Every March, artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from all over the world make New York their destination during Armory Arts Week.
The Armory Show 2010 also features The Armory Show Modern, specializing in modern and secondary market material on Pier 92. Pier 94 continues to be a venue to premiere new works by living artists. With one ticket, visitors to The Armory Show on March 47, 2010 have access to the latest developments in the art world, and to the masterpieces which heralded them.
Piers 92 and 94 on 55th Street and 12th Avenue, NYC
March 4-7, 2010