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Fantastic understructures of staircases which leads to a restaurant somewhere on the podium level of 海港中心 Harbour Centre in Wan Chai.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-11 15:23:21 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5092 x 3394
+ Exposure: 1/160 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 121 mm
+ ISO: 1000
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°16'50" N 114°10'29" E
+ Altitude: 169.8 m
+ Location: 中國香港灣仔海港中心平台 中国香港湾仔海港中心平台 Podium, Harbour Centre, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130211.7D.22756
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms
“」」」” / 城市人流建築之形 Urban Human Logistics Architecture Forms / SML.20130211.7D.22756
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #灣仔 #WanChai #建築 #建筑 #城市 #Urban #樓梯 #Stairs #攝影 #摄影 #photography
I went to PolyU to see a drama performance last week, and just like my sources at the university has mentioned, the bamboo scaffolding on the Innovation Tower is completely gone, and now you can see the organic forms of this magnificent architecture soaring to the sky.
As I last wrote [1], Zaha Hadid is one of my all-time favorite architects, and this will be her first permanent fixture in Hong Kong. Truly it is incredible.
I was just passing by, and it was super late at night, but here you see why usable high ISO matters. This was shot with the 6D + 17-40. It was shot handheld with 3 exposures. Without a tripod it is not really technically ideal to try at HDR but thanks to the modern marvels of technology, the features are aligned nicely.
Trust that I will go back during the daytime when I have a chance.
# Notes
1. “Bamboo Scaffolding Unveiling: Innovation Tower by Zaha Hadid” / 香港理工大學建築之形 Hong Kong Polytechnic University Architecture Forms / Crazyisgood / SML.20130425.6D.03058: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8683120814/
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-07-30T21:44:40+0800
+ Dimensions: 3376 x 5107
+ Exposure: 1/13 sec - 1/30 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 500 - 12800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°18'20" N 114°10'49" E
+ Location: 香港理工大學 Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 5, Photomatix Pro 4.2.5
+ Serial: SML.20130730.6D.24784_5_6.HDR.BW
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
Zaha Hadid: Innovation Tower / 香港理工大學建築之形 Hong Kong Polytechnic University Architecture Forms / Crazyisgood / SML.20130730.6D.24784_5_6.HDR.BW
/ #建築 #建筑 Architecture #形 #Forms #SMLForms #BW #SMLBW #HDR #SMLHDR #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #Crazyisgood
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #理工大學 #PolyU #攝影 #摄影 #photography #ZahaHadid
I am obsessed with this plant, but I have no idea what it is called. I think that it might be the same plant that people used to use in ancient times for human-powered fanning. Trust that I will go and investigate.
It is a bit hard to figure out what things are called with just a visual image. Yes I did try Google Goggles but Goggles is not really good at finding images unless there is a visual exact match.
This is essentially what Flickr is training its engines to do: associating words with images so people can search better. Yes, really. And if they are not really doing that then trust that this is what I will do if I own an image search engine.
Yes, it is planned but probably not going to be for public consumption til 10 years from now so it is useless for you to know about what is going on at the moment.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-31T16:05:26.09+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 5184
+ Exposure: 1/200 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 3200
+ 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°13'31" 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
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130331.7D.37380
+ Series: 自然 Nature, 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“綠葉扇 Green Leaf Fan” / 自然之形 Nature Forms / SML.20130331.7D.37380
/ #自然 #Nature #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #植物 #Plants #綠 #green #葉 #叶 #leaf
There is this odd-shaped building with very wonderful forms at the West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade (西九龍海濱長廊), a park near the West Kowloon Cultural District (西九文化區 WKCD) which was built completely on reclaimed lands [1, 2].
With its very sculpted forms and striking yellow paint, it looks almost like Bumblebee from the Transformer series [3]. I have always wonder what it was when I photograph West Kowloon from Tsim Sha Tsui.
It looks like a sculpture, but I was told that it was likely a ventilation structure for the Western Harbour Crossing (WHC 西隧), the third tunnel to cross Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong [4, 5]. Based on its architectural style, it might very well be the property of MTR, Hong Kong’s metro system, whose Airport Express passes this junction from the Kowloon station to Hong Kong station.
MTR buildings tend to have very recognisable forms like this, and is the reason why I picked that. But if I find someone in the know I will definitely ask. Unfortunately, even on Google Maps this building is unmarked.
# Notes
1. West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Kowloon_Waterfront_Promenade
2. 西九龍海濱長廊: Wikipedia: ZH-HK: zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/西九龍海濱長廊
3. Bumblebee (Transformers): Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumblebee_(Transformers)
4. Western Harbour Crossing: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Harbour_Crossing
5. 西區海底隧道: Wikipedia: ZH-HK: zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/西區海底隧道
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-08T18:23:40+0800
+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 320
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: CanonEF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°17'58" N 114°9'26" E
+ Location: 香港西九龍海濱長廊 West Kowloon Promenade, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130508.6D.05524
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, Crazyisgood
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“無名大黃蜂 Anonymous Bumblebee” / 香港基礎設施建築之形 Hong Kong Infrastructural Architecture Forms / SML.20130508.6D.05524
/ #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #形 #Forms #SMLForms #Crazyisgood #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #西九 #WestKowloon #Yellow #FormFollowsFunction #WTF
At night, the yellow line divides the sky.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-17 18:57:44 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3240 x 4860
+ Exposure: 1/20 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 29 mm
+ ISO: 3200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'44" N 114°10'19" E
+ Location: 中國香港灣仔盧押道和謝斐道交界 Intersection at Jaffe Road and Luard Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130317.7D.35310
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, 界 Division
“黃線 Yellow Line” / 香港建築形之界 Hong Kong Architecture Forms Division / SML.20130317.7D.35310
/ #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #形 #Forms #SMLForms #界 #Division #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban
Teenagers playing a game of football (soccer) on the hard-surface football pitch adjacent to a primary school located inside a public housing estate in Hong Kong.
As I mentioned previously, “standard” architecture in Hong Kong follow recognizable design patterns. Locals will be able to tell that the blue building the background is a school immediately based on how it looks [1].
Sport and recreation facilities are usually surrounded green fence. They do usually cause quite a bit of problem for my photography, but luckily there is a pedestrian footbridge right next to the soccer pitch—thus you see they are not only good for traffic but photography as well.
This is the same place where I took a photo for my abstract photography with the G12 last year [2].
This is a handheld panorama stitched together using 9 full resolution 7D RAW captures. Shot handheld. The keen viewer will note that the cars are completely chopped off and hanging in midair although their imperfection is shielded by the fences—so in some ways they might be good for some things? :)
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-31T15:28:15+0800
+ Dimensions: 6067 x 3765
+ Exposure: 1/30 - 1/60 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 24 mm
+ ISO: 800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ Panorama FOV: 114 degree horizontal, 82 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Panini
+ GPS: 22°25'14" N 114°13'36" E
+ Altitude: 70.8 m
+ Location: 中國香港新界馬鞍山頌安邨硬地足球場 Hard-Surface Soccer Pitch, Chung On Estate, Ma On Shan, NT, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130331.7D.37218-SML.20130331.7D.37226-Pano.Panini.114x82
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
# Notes
1. “正方形交響樂 Symphonic Squares No. 4” / 香港公屋娛樂全景 Hong Kong Education Architecture Forms / SML.20130219.7D.23218: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8489006182/
2. Division / SML.20120831.G12.00112: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/7928296004/
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“雨天不是讀書天 Rainy day is not for studying” / 香港公共屋邨足球康樂全景 Hong Kong Public Housing Football (Soccer) Recreation Facilities Panorama / SML.20130331.7D.37218-SML.20130331.7D.37226-Pano.Panini.114x82
/ #體育 #体育 #Sports #男 #Men #SMLMen #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #足球 #Football #Soccer #雨 #rain #reflection
Using his full body as thrust, a man covered in wet suit rows a long thin boat at Tolo Harbour in Hong Kong.
Gorgeous forms -<- — also love the bright colors. I wish that I can wear that on the street and not get weird looks. This looks like fun. I might go and exercise a bit.
As usual, these were taken right outside my window. Crazy things do happen all the time. You just have to be swift at it so the rapid-fire action of the 7D is key here. I have enough stills from photographing him to make a stop-motion movie, which I shall post in the future.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-02 15:46:23 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 4948 x 3298
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'23" 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
+ Serial: SML.20130302.7D.24919.P1.L1
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men, 形 Forms
“單人雙槳赛艇 Single Scull Rowing“ / 香港水上體育運動之形 Hong Kong Water Sports Forms / SML.20130302.7D.24919.P1.L1
/ #體育 #Sports #形 #Forms #SMLForms #男 #Men #SMLMen #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #人 #people #攝影 #摄影 #photography #赛艇 #Rowing
Under the bright stadium lights, people in the Hong Kong exercise after a day of work: a football match in the middle, runners run around the tracks, and a team of folks practicing tai chi in the foreground.
Here you also see the densely populated neighbourhood surrounding the stadium, as well as where I photographed the big lock on the right hand side seen earlier in my stream.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-27 21:01:31 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 9888 x 2474
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ 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: Hugin, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130227.EOSM.02843-SML.20130227.EOSM.02848-SML.Pano.L1
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
“夜間體育運動 Nighttime Sports” / 香港馬鞍山運動場全景 Hong Kong Ma On Shan Sports Ground Panorama / SML.20130227.EOSM.02843-SML.20130227.EOSM.02848-SML.Pano.L1
/ #體育 #Sports #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #城市 #Urban #夜 #Night
The semi-reflective marble facade of this financial architecture in Hong Kong reminds me of the forms and color palette often used by George Braque, a French painter and sculptor who, along with Pablo Picasso, developed the art style known as Cubism.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-11 12:36:32 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3172 x 4758
+ Exposure: 1/200 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 113 mm
+ ISO: 200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°16'45" N 114°10'25" E
+ Location: 中國香港灣仔告士打道108號大新金融中心 中国香港湾仔告士打道108号大新金融中心 Dah Sing Financial Centre, 108 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130211.7D.22563.P1.L1
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 形 Forms, 抽象 Abstracts
“À la Braque” / 香港金融建築之形 Hong Kong Financial Architecture Forms / SML.20130211.7D.22563.P1.L1
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #抽象 #Abstract #SMLAbstracts #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #灣仔 #Wanchai #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #金融 #Finance #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Braque
With one hand tucked inside his pocket and another holding the handle strapped with backpack wrapped onto the front, this cycler shows you how to cycle in the way that only Chinese knew how.
Like I said, almost all Chinese people in Hong Kong are 1337 hackers. They might not call themselves that way, but they most definitely know how to repurpose things in the way they see fit — aka hackers.
Crazyisgood. SML Love.
# SML Translate: 高技單車自行人
+ 高: high, tall, advanced.
+ 技: technique.
+ 單: single.
+ 車: car, automobile.
+ 自: self.
+ 行: walking.
+ 人: people
+ 高技: advanced technical.
+ 單車: bicycle.
+ 自行人: pedestrian.
# SML Workflow
Photographed handheld looking down from the 27th Fl at the Ma On Shan Promenade with the Canon EOS 7D + EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + 1.4x Extender III. Processed in Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom 4.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-07 12:03:08 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 4879 x 3253
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 250
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'27" E (SML Universe HKG)
+ Subject: 中國香港馬鞍山海濱公園單車徑 中国香港马鞍山海滨公园单车径 Bicycling Lane, Ma On Shan Promenade, Hong Kong SAR, China.
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms, Crazyisgood
+ Serial: SML.20130207.7D.21315.C23.P1
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“高技單車自行人” / 人流之形 Crazyisgood Human Logistics Forms / SML.20130207.7D.21315.C23.P1
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #形 #Forms #SMLForms #Crazyisgood #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse
/ #人 #humans #people #男 #men #單車 #自行车 #bicycle #街 #street #攝影 #摄影 #photography
/ #中国 #中國 #china #香港 #HongKong #Canon7D #Canon70200
How do you capture the wind which is invisible? By long exposure, naturally.
This is an aerial view of the Ma On Shan Promenade. You should recognise it by now by the oh-so-lovely blue jogging trail. Everything is at a stand still, but by using the ND filter and expose for eight full seconds under bright day light, all of a sudden you noticed the invisible wind because the trees wiggle to a blur, and in turn reveal the very defined architectural patterns on the floor.
A baby stroller walked by on the pavement within this capture, but you do not see it, because it has only registered very few pixels.
ND is useful in more ways then I imagined. Sweet.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-19T15:07:25+0800
+ Dimensions: 3488 x 3488
+ Exposure: 8.0 sec at f/25
+ Focal Length: 140 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200 f/4L USM
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 Timer Remote Release, Manfrotto tripod, H&Y ND2-ND400
+ GPS: 22°25'11" N 114°13'24" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 香港馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, Hong Kong
+ Serial: SML.20130519.6D.06945.SQ
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature, 形 Forms, Long Exposure 長時間曝光
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“静物微風中 Still life amidst the breeze” / 香港馬鞍山海濱長廊之寧 Hong Kong Ma On Shan Promenade Serenity (8-sec ND LE) / ML.20130519.6D.06945.SQ
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #Landscape #LongExposure #LE #ND #風 #Wind
Getty licenses some of my photos on Flickr. And what have traditionally always gotten me into trouble is property releases. So now I have wised up—I just don’t include any identifiable objects in the photo—no property releases necessary.
Pictured is the gorgeous humanist forms of a Porsche found at the car park downstairs. Like I said, there are a ton of them here.
Mercedes-Benz’s and BMW’s are such a commonplace in Hong Kong that I can usually tell whether I am in Hong Kong or not just by looking at the traffic. If there are no Benz’s running within a minute I most certainly am not in Hong Kong.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-19 14:22:37 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5014 x 3343
+ Exposure: 1/50 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 98 mm
+ ISO: 3200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'11" N 114°13'33" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山聽濤雅苑停車場 中国香港马鞍山听涛雅苑停车场 Car Park B1 Level, Vista Paradiso, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130219.7D.23443.P1.L1
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms
“Metallic Blue Porsche 911 + Yellow Stripes” / 人流之形 Human Logistics Forms / SML.20130219.7D.23443.P1.L1
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #停車場 #CarPark #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Porsche #cars
GettyImages: gty.im/163186272
I have always wanted to photograph tracks, but I am not athletic so I don’t visit these places often. But I discovered about the Ma On Shan Sports Ground yesterday. And their tracks are pristine, with very beautiful forms.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-20 15:43:19 GMT+0800
+ Exposure: 1/200 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 109 mm
+ ISO: 125
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'13" N 114°13'43" 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.20130220.7D.23625
+ Series: 形 Forms, 體育 Sports
“跑道 Tracks” / 香港體育建築之形 Hong Kong Sports Architecture Forms / SML.20130220.7D.23625
/ #形 #Form #SMLForms #體育 #Sports #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 #紅 #red
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
A man in his 40s running along the red tracks at the Ma On Shan Sports Ground in Hong Kong.
Look at those thighs! I have always thought that Chinese have good thigh jeans. It does not take much exercise to get them into shape. So when they are actually exercised thoroughly they get very interesting.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-03 15:28:30 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 4733 x 3155
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 263 mm
+ ISO: 250
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'14" N 114°13'41" 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.20130303.7D.25690
+ Series: 形 Forms, 體育 Sports, 男 Men
“Runner’s thighs” / 男運動員體育之形 Men in Sports + Form / SML.20130303.7D.25690
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #體育 #Sports #男 #Men #SMLMen #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #跑 #Run #Running #跑道 #Track
Windsurfing (滑浪風帆) is an important sport in Hong Kong—mainly because the only athlete to ever win an Olympic medal representing Hong Kong is a woman named 李麗珊 [1] Lee Lai-Shan [2].
Last year some friends from Sydney asked if I ever see people surf at the harbor outside my window, and I said probably not. And as usual, I stand corrected. I spotted four this afternoon. Super sweet.
Nice minimalistic geometric forms cast against the very complex forms of the waves. I especially like the impressionistic reflection on the water. I think that I will likely process this into a black and white in the future because it is screaming for it.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-23 14:55:51 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/9.0
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 160
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'19" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Serial: SML.20130223.7D.24672.P1.L1
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 形 Forms, 寧 Serenity
# Notes
1. 李麗珊，BBS，MBE，MH（1970年9月5日－），暱稱珊珊[1]，生於香港，為長洲原居民，香港著名滑浪風帆運動員[2]。她為香港取得歷史性首面奧運會獎牌兼首面金牌（滑浪風帆），因而被香港傳媒冠以「風之后」的美譽。 zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/李麗珊
2. Lee Lai-shan MBE BBS (Chinese: 李麗珊) (born in Cheung Chau, Hong Kong, 5 September 1970) is a former world champion and Olympic gold medal-winning professional windsurfer from Hong Kong. She is the only athlete to win an Olympic medal representing Hong Kong, not as part of China. Since 1997, Hong Kong has been stipulated to append the word "China" after its name in all Olympic events. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Lai_Shan
“滑浪風帆 Windsurfing” / 香港體育之形 Hong Kong Sports Forms / SML.20130223.7D.24672.P1.L1
/ #體育 #Sports #形 #Forms #SMLForms #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #自然 #Nature #滑浪風帆 #Windsurfing #水 #water
Most of my friends who work in finance work in this building or the IFC next door—whereas I usually come here to dine in many of the restaurants downstairs.
The Exchange Square (Chinese: 交易廣場) is a building complex located in Central, Hong Kong. It houses offices and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange [1].
It is also one of my favorite architectures in Hong Kong—featuring a beautiful striped facade accented by curves and lines.
Unlike IFC (also pictured: the skyscraper going upwards to the clouds to the left) which besides being super tall but otherwise have rather dull character, this cluster of buildings designed by Palmer & Turner and completed in 1985 (Phase 1 + 2) 1988 (Phase 3) is a feast to look at. Like many of the architectures in Central, its entrance is located not on the ground floor but the pedestrian footbridge level.
On the fourth floor is 翠玉軒 The Square, one of my favorite Chinese restaurants in Hong Kong. I was told that the view up there is spectacular also—but I am not a banker so I won’t know for sure. But one of these days I will try to make it up there to see what the fuss is all about. Stay tuned…
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-26T18:04:04.85+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/50 sec at f/2.8
+ Focal Length: 28 mm
+ ISO: 500
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ GPS: 22°17'1" N 114°9'29" E
+ Altitude: 150 m (I am beginning to think that the altitude reading on the Canon GP-E2 cannot really be trusted)
+ Serial: SML.20130326.7D.36611.BW
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, 黑白 Black and White
# Notes
1. Wikipedia: Exchange Square (Hong Kong): EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_Square_(Hong_Kong)
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“交易廣場 Exchange Square” / 香港中環金融建築之形 Hong Kong Central Financial Architecture Forms / SML.20130326.7D.36611.BW
/ #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #形 #Forms #SMLForms #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #中環 #Central #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #金融 #Finance
Someone on Flickr commented that an earlier shot of the plane + Aqua Luna Junk would look far better if I crop out the wing bits [1]. But of course they have no way in knowing that I in fact already have a shot which is even better.
For each capture that I make, I make a quick decision at the moment of capture on what it is that I wish to say. For the previous shot, it was about the wings of the plane vs the wing form of the HKCEC, so the contrast of forms is there.
For this shot, it is about the contrast of forms: the straight red sails of the boat vs the curves of the planes accented with reds.
To achieve maximum resolution which I seek, I try to assert an editorial eye at the moment of capture at different zoom length rather to resort to cropping after the fact.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-18T17:37:32+0800
+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/7.1
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 2000
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°17'41" N 114°10'1" E
+ Location: 中國香港九龍尖沙咀海港城 Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
+ Subject: USMC AV-8B Harrier, USS Peleliu (LHA-5), United States Navy + Aqua Luna Junk
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130418.6D.01581
+ Series: Photojournalism, 形 Forms
# Notes
1. “Aqua Luna Junk + USMC AV-8B Harrier” / USS Peleliu (LHA-5) in Hong Kong / SML.20130418.6D.01570: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8664252713/
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“紅與紅形之別 Contrast of Forms: Red vs Red” / Aqua Luna Junk vs USMC AV-8B Harrier / USS Peleliu (LHA-5) in Hong Kong / SML.20130418.6D.01698
/ #Photojournalism #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #USS #Peleliu #LHA5 #USMC #planes #AquaLuna #紅 #Red #ships
More photographs shot for personal stock use. The annoying bits is that whoever designed this area decided that it is great to plant some weird plants right outside, so it looks like that it has pubes or something…
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-21 14:32:36 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5143 x 3429
+ Exposure: 1/1000 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 + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'11" N 114°13'37" E
+ Location: + 中國香港馬鞍山遊樂場籃球場 中国香港马鞍山游乐场篮球场 Basketball Courts, Ma On Shan Recreation Ground, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130221.7D.24070.P1.L1
+ Series: 形 Forms, 體育 Sports
“籃球架 Basketball Hoop” / 體育之形 Sports Forms / SML.20130221.7D.24070.P1.L1
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #體育 #Sports #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #籃球 #Basketball #架 #Hoop
This is a close up of what those plants planted around the basketball courts look like. It is a form a palm trees, with a purple “neck”—it is a bit bizarre. It is actually kind of beautiful at this distant, but it is still blocking my view of the basketball hoops….
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-22 16:48:45 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 5184
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 246 mm
+ ISO: 640
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'11" N 114°13'38" E
+ Location: + 中國香港馬鞍山遊樂場籃球場 中国香港马鞍山游乐场篮球场 Basketball Courts, Ma On Shan Recreation Ground, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130222.7D.24255
+ Series: 自然 Nature, 形 Forms
“\\\V///” / 自然之形 Nature Forms / SML.20130222.7D.24255
/ #自然 #Nature #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #攝影 #摄影 #photography #植物 #Plants #樹 #树 #trees
More aerial goodness from way high up using a telephoto lens, mostly thanks to the awesome combination of the 70-200 f/4L + 1.4x Extender. If I buy the 70-200 f/2.8L then I will consider getting the 2x Extender but the 70-200 f/2.8L is a bit pricey for me right now—not to mention how heavy it is to go anywhere. If it is too heavy for me than it is unlikely that I would use it so although it is a nice to have, it is certainly not on my to buy list.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-07 12:03:01 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3338 x 5006
+ Exposure: 1/400 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 + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'27" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山海濱長廊 中国香港马鞍山海滨长廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130207.7D.21313.P1
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 形 Forms, 人流 Human Logistics
“有輪可遊 Have Wheels, Can Travel” / 人流之形 Human Logistics Forms / SML.20130207.7D.21313.P1
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #形 #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #人 #people #街 #Street #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography
The best time to photograph the basketball courts appear to be at night—because the urban landscape disappears and all you see it the court.
This is a handheld captured stitched using 17 RAW captures. Again, the seams are not perfect, but trust that I will go back with a tripod one of these days.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-17 22:25:15
+ Dimensions: 10631 x 3283
+ Exposure: 1/25 - 1/30 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 500 - 640
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ Panorama FOV: 236 degree horizontal, 77.5 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Cylindrical
+ GPS: 22°25'12" N 114°13'39" E
+ Altitude: 18.0 m
+ Location: + 中國香港馬鞍山遊樂場籃球場 中国香港马鞍山游乐场篮球场 Basketball Courts, Ma On Shan Recreation Ground, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130317.7D.35632-SML.20130317.7D.35648-Pano.Cylindrical.236x77.5
+ Series: 形 Forms, 體育 Sports, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
“\θ/ 狗臉籃球場 Dog-faced basketball court” / 香港體育建築全景之形 Hong Kong Sports Architecture Panoramic Forms /
SML.20130317.7D.35632-SML.20130317.7D.35648-Pano.Cylindrical.236x77.5
/ #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #形 #Forms #SMLForms #體育 #体育 #Sports #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #夜 #Night #籃球 Basketball
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8567192333/
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8567192333/sizes/o/ (10631 x 3283)
The National Stadium (国家体育场), a.k.a Bird’s Nest (鸟巢), is a stadium at Olympic Green in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. The National Stadium, covering an area of 204,000 square meters with 91,000 capacity, broke ground in December 2003, officially started construction in March 2004, and was completed in June 2008.
Taken in May 2014.
Camera: Canon EOS 6D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM
Exposure: 70mm, 1/60 sec, f/8, ISO 125
Date: 2014-05-02 14:39:22 UTC+8
Process: 2024-05-02 23:24:19 UTC+8
Series: Forms, Architecture
GPS Altitude: 52.5 m Above Sea Level
GPS Date/Time: 2014-05-02 06:39:10Z
GPS Latitude: 39 deg 59' 29.89" N
GPS Longitude: 116 deg 23' 11.80" E
Copyright 2014, 2024 See-ming Lee / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited.
Choreography of Lines in Red and White 紅白線舞 / Bird’s Nest, Beijing National Stadium, China. 鳥巢, 中國北京國家體育場 / SML.20140502.6D.31814
I enjoy works which have multiple levels of reading — the macro view vs the micro views. For these kinds of captures, however, I have wished that I would have the tools which have a high enough resolution (detail) for both views to register.
From afar (or if you view the photo as a thumbnail), you should see some very abstract lines. There are horizontal lines running from top to bottom, large strokes which are left behind by ships. From left to right, there are curves which is a reflection of the water current, ever so slightly.
But as you look closer, you would see that there are some tiny lines which go across the the frame. There is a tiny figure on the lower left, which is in fact a person windsurfing on the surface. There is in fact another person windsurfing at the far end of the sea also.
At the macro level, you will see the reflected sun as molten silver, which is another level of reading.
The figures in this photographs are participants of an otherwise abstract image. If the windsurfers are the focus, I would have photographed him directly with a long lens, which you can in an earlier capture shot at 400mm [1].
Life action shots cannot really be tiled easily, so as much as I would have loved to shoot the whole image with a 400mm, it could not possibly register as a single continuous image. Maybe if I have an array of 400mm + cameras? Or maybe a large format can do. 20 years later when I have that budget, perhaps. For now, just this bit.
# Notes
1. 滑浪風帆 Windsurfing / 香港水上運動 Hong Kong Water Sports / SML.20130526.7D.42169: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/9107548809/
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-26T16:29:26+0800
+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648
+ Exposure: 1/800 sec at f/9.0
+ Focal Length: 70 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'33" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Workflow: Lightroom 5, Photoshop CC
+ Serial: SML.20130526.6D.15016.P1.BW
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature, 抽象 Abstract, 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
水 Water / 自然抽象之形 Nature Abstract Forms / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130526.6D.15016.P1.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #抽象 #Abstract #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 #山水 #Seascape #windsurfing #sports
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/9709341714/
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/9709341714/sizes/o/ (5472 x 3648)
When you are driving, it is hard to see the speed limits. But traffic signs in Hong Kong are often placed on the ground. They are vertically scaled to match the eyesight of the driver.
These speed limits signage are seen on 西沙路 Sai Sha Road in 馬鞍山 Ma On Shan, a road in Hong Kong, which links together from Sai Kung District to Sha Tin District in the New Territories.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sai_Sha_Road
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-03 14:12:47.16 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 5184
+ Exposure: 1/640 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 + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'15" N 114°13'36" E
+ Altitude: 17.3 m
+ Serial: SML.20130303.7D.24958
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms
“50 / 50 / Maybe” / 人流指示之形 Human Logistics Signage Forms / SML.20130303.7D.24958
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #街 #Street #指示 #Signage
Water hoses connecting fish tanks and the like are tied up and hung dried after a day of work. Not a whole lot can be said for these utilitarian items. I just like the lines and forms they have created with the surroundings.
Photographed at the fish market in Lau Fau Shan, Hong Kong (香港流浮山魚市場).
Isolated being after a day’s work / 香港流浮山魚市場之形 Fish Market’s Forms / SML.20131118.7D.51347
Forms in space with lines and curves of the shot put circle at the Ma On Shan Sports Ground in Hong Kong.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-03 15:18:44 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/5.6
+ 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
+ GPS: 22°25'17" N 114°13'43" 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.20130221.7D.23986
+ Series: 形 Forms, 體育 Sports, 界 Division
“鉛球之圓 Shot Put’s Circle” / 體育運動指示形之界 Sports Signage Forms Division / SML.20130303.7D.25336
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #體育 #Sports #界 #Division #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #攝影 #摄影 #photography #鉛球 #铅球 #ShotPut #圓 #Circle
I dread it when people ask me what I photograph, because I don’t really photograph anything particular that is deemed interesting to normal humans.
This is Hong Chong Road (康莊道), a road next to the Cross-Harbour Tunnel (海底隧道) in Hung Hom (紅磡). Far in the background is Hotel ICON (唯港薈), which is the teaching and research hotel built for The School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM 酒店及旅遊業管理學院) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) [1].
I photograph this because I like how the lines lead the eye through the frame. This is for my 中文字形 Chinese Typographic Forms series, where I find Chinese characters in a frame after noting that the concept of 形 Forms is not readily appreciated by the Chinese audience but they can relate to Chinese characters.
# SML Translate: 央
+ noun: center, middle.
+ verb: beg. (I know, Chinese is weird like that)
# Notes
1. Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Hotel and Tourism Management: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_Hotel_and_Tourism_Management
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-25T13:59:33+0800
+ Dimensions: 3648 x 5472
+ Exposure: 1/800 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°18'10" N 114°10'48" E
+ Location: 香港理工大學 Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK PolyU)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130425.6D.02966
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms, 中文字形 Chinese Typographic Forms (ZhTypography)
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“央” / 香港理工大學與人流建築中文字形 Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK PolyU) and Human Logistics Chinese Typographic Forms (ZhTypography) / SML.20130425.6D.02966
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #人流 #HumanLogistics #中文字形 #ZhTypography #中文 #typography #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #理工大學 #PolyU #建築 #建筑 #architecture
I have always enjoyed the moment right after the rain. Water drops attached to all the plants, leaving a bit of shiny coating while water drops are found everywhere, giving a bit of life to all the botany around the neighborhood. The water drops add a bit of tension to an otherwise still capture. It is almost dropping—but not quite. It suggests motion while sitting still. In many ways, that water drop is like me stuck in some boring meetings—luckily that does not happen much anymore now that I only work on things which I love. :)
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-31T15:49:48.05+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 5184
+ Exposure: 1/60 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 196 mm
+ ISO: 3200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'37" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山西沙路 Sai Sha Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130331.7D.37336
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 自然 Nature, 形 Forms
“雨後一滴水 Water drop after the rain” / 自然之形 Nature Forms / SML.20130331.7D.37336
/ #自然 #Nature #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #植物 #Plants #綠 #green #葉 #叶 #leaf #水 #Water
Interesting forms where building collide.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-10 15:50:01 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5099 x 3399
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 240 mm
+ ISO: 640
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°16'52" N 114°13'22" E
+ Location: 中國香港西灣河筲箕灣道與海寧街交界 中国香港西湾河筲箕湾道与海宁街交界 Intersection at Shau Kei Wan Road and Hai Ning Street, Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130210.7D.21906.P1
+ Series: 形 Forms, 抽象 Abstracts
“金寶大廈 Golden Mansion + 協青社賽馬曾大樓 Youth Outreach Jockey Club Building” / 城市建築抽象之形 Urban Architecture Abstract Forms / SML.20130210.7D.21906.P1
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #抽象 #Abstracts #SMLAbstracts #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #西灣河 #SaiWanHo #建築 #建筑 #architecture #街 #Street #攝影 #摄影 #photography
I have been on a roll for panoramas lately, but they are fun.
Bridges have great forms, but so do tunnels. Someone on Google+ commented that they don’t like the traffic in Hong Kong because it treats pedestrians as second-class citizens and stuck them underground—not true.
Tunnels allow pedestrians to cross the road without stopping traffic, so tunnels make it quick for pedestrians and cars alike to go through without stopping. It is a win-win urban-planning design.
On the far side you see some architecture with squares. Everyone in Hong Kong would immediately recognise that it is a school. Like I said before, the architectural forms are fairly standardized and they are instantly recognisable.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-03 15:08:00 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 10604 x 2134
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200 f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ Focal Length: 98mm
+ Panorama FOV: 44 degree horizontal, 18.8 degree vertical
+ GPS: 22°25'21" N 114°13'40" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山西沙路恆康街行人隧道 中国香港马鞍山西沙路恒康街行人隧道 Pedestrian tunnel at the intersection of Heng Hong Street and Sai Sha Road, Ma On Shan, NT, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130211.7D.22610-SML.20130211.7D.22616-SML.Pano.001.Rectilinear.14x33
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
“:::>井<:::” / 香港人流建築全景之形 Hong Kong Human Logistics Architecture Panoramic Forms / SML.20130303.7D.25226-SML.20130303.7D.25236-SML.Pano.001.Rectilinear.44x19
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #隧道 #Tunnel #街 #Street
This is a close up view of one of the nine Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters currently deployed on the USS Peleliu LHA-5.
The X at the front is the tail rotor, whereas the / in the back is one of the folded main rotor blades which spans 72 ft 2.8 in (22.01 m) when fully extended.
What I find to be particularly interesting is that the blades are marked by color bands in blue, red, black and yellow. I do not know the reasons for them, but I do see a usability rationale: when the weather condition is terrible and especially if you are in combat, being able to quickly communicate to your engineer which blade needs fixing definitely save time. Split second decision might often mean the difference between life and death, no doubt.
I do not know if this is specific to the US Marines or if it is a standard for helicopter designs, but I thought that it is wonderful.
# About the Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion
The CH-53 Sea Stallion is the most common name for the Sikorsky S-65 family of heavy-lift transport helicopters. Originally developed for use by the United States Marine Corps, it is also in service with Germany, Iran, Israel, and Mexico. The United States Air Force operated the HH-53 "Super Jolly Green Giant" during the late- and post-Vietnam War era, updating most of them as the MH-53 Pave Low.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CH-53_Sea_Stallion
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-18T17:23:11+0800
+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 10000
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°17'41" N 114°9'60" E
+ Location: 中國香港九龍尖沙咀海港城 Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
+ Subject: Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion, USS Peleliu (LHA-5), United States Navy
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130418.6D.01484
+ Series: Photojournalism, 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“XX/” / 美國海軍陸戰隊CH-53直升機尾槳之形 US Marines Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion Helicopter Tail Rotor Forms / USS Peleliu (LHA-5) in Hong Kong / SML.20130418.6D.01484
/ #Photojournalism #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #US #Navy #Marines #USS #Peleliu #LHA6 #mil #military #CH53 #helicopter #Rotor #usability
Earlier you see these two buildings side by side [1]. Now these two buildings are back, via the reflective surfae of the Chater House. If you are still not convinced that reflections are fun, perhaps this will?
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-26T20:40:21.047+0800
+ Dimensions: 5044 x 3363
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/2.8
+ Focal Length: 43 mm
+ ISO: 3200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ GPS: 22°17'1" N 114°9'29" E
+ Altitude: 95.2 m
+ Location: 中國香港中環交易廣場 Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong, China
+ Subject: 中國香港中環遮打大廈和怡和大廈 Chater House and Jardine House, Central, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130326.7D.36721.P1.L1
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms
# Notes
1. “黑線與白點: 遮打大廈與怡和大廈 Black Lines vs White Dots: Chater House vs Jardine House” / 香港金融建築夜形之界 Hong Kong Financial Architecture Night Forms Division / SML.20130323.7D.35947.C23.BW: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8590635139/
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“點與線: 怡和大廈與遮打大廈 Dots vs Lines: Jardine House vs Chater House” / 香港金融建築夜之形 Hong Kong Financial Architecture Night Forms / SML.20130326.7D.36721.P1.L1
/ #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #夜 #Night #中環 #Central #Office #reflection
A man paddles his kayak leisurely at Tolo Harbour in Hong Kong.
Aside from his funny wetsuit which reads “I am very very slow,” I was drawn to the variety of water forms made by his paddle—from the “swoosh” on his left to the tiny droplet splashes on his right. Then of course there is a calm reflection on the water as well as the rather calm sea surface.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-21T13:08:54+0800
+ Dimensions: 4875 x 3250
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°25'11" N 114°13'25" E
+ Location: 香港新界馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, New Territories, Hong Kong
+ Subject: 香港吐露港 Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130421.6D.02408
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men, 形 Forms
“獨木舟水濺形之多樣 Kayak Splashes Forms Diversity” / 香港水上運動 Hong Kong Water Sports / SML.20130421.6D.02408
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #體育 #Sports #男 #Men #SMLMen #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #獨木舟 #Kayak #水 #Water #Splash #LOL
My philosophy for HDR is different than most. I prefer them to look natural without much heavy-handed tone-mapping. This HDR image were composed using three captures: 1/6 sec, 1.3 sec and 10 sec.
The building on the left is 君臨天下 The Harbourside Tower 3, a luxury residential condo in West Kowloon, Hong Kong. The architecture to the right is the 環球貿易廣場 International Commerce Centre (ICC). Aside from being Hong Kong’s tallest building, it is also currently the world’s fifth tallest building by height and the world’s third tallest building by floors. It also houses The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong.
This series of photographs were taken on the roof of 圓方 Elements, a large shopping mall located on 1 Austin Road West, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2012-11-09 18:12:58 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5175 x 3444
+ Focal Length: 27 mm
+ ISO: 3200
+ SML.20121109.7D.16206: 1.3 sec at f/8.0
+ SML.20121109.7D.16207: 1/6 sec at f/8.0
+ SML.20121109.7D.16208: 10 sec at f/8.0
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ GPS: 22°18'15" N 114°9'40" E
+ Location: 中國香港九龍尖沙咀柯士甸道西1號圓方 中国香港九龙尖沙咀柯士甸道西1号圆方 Elements, 1 Austin Road West, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
+ Subject: 君臨天下 The Harbourside Tower 3, 環球貿易廣場 International Commerce Centre (ICC)
+ Serial: SML.20121109.7D.16206_7_8.HDR
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4, Photomatix Pro
+ Series: 商場 Shopping Malls, 建築 Architecture, 高動態範圍攝影 HDR Photography
“君臨天下 The Harbourside + 環球貿易廣場 International Commerce Centre (ICC) + 香港麗思卡爾頓酒店 Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong” / 香港建築高動態範圍攝影 Hong Kong Architecture HDR Photography / SML.20121109.7D.16206_7_8.HDR
/ #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #高動態範圍 #HDR #SMLHDR #商場 #ShoppingMalls #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #夜 #Night
Since 1975, the BMW Art Car project has been inviting an international roster of artists to utilise their automobiles as canvas for art.
The project was introduced by the French racecar driver and auctioneer Hervé Poulain, starting with Alexander Calder and the CSL 3.0, which Poulain himself raced in the 1975 Le Mans endurance race. Although the cars were intended to be race in the beginning, these days it has shifted the focus somewhat to position BMW as a player in the arts as luxury global brands have been seen to sponsor many art programs.
Pictured is the BMW Art Car #10 seen at Art Basel Hong Kong recently. It was painted by César Manrique, art artist and architect born in Arrecife, Lanzarote, and grew up in the area of San Ginés lagoon. It was painted in 1990 on a BMW 730i.
César Manrique (1919-04-24 to 1992-09-25)
BMW Art Car #10: 730i
1990
# César Manrique
César Manrique (pronounced: [ˈθesar manˈrike]) (24 April 1919 - 25 September 1992) was an artist and an architect.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/César_Manrique
# BMW Art Car
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_Art_Car
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T17:04:55+0800
+ Dimensions: 4501 x 3000
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.14070
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“BMW Art Car #10 by César Manrique, 1990 (730i)” / BMW Art Car / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14070
/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #Crazyisgood #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #CésarManrique #CesarManrique #BMWArtCar #BMW #cars
See original 11057 x 8645: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8523357505/sizes/o/
Someone on Flickr asked to see more photographs of the densely packed residential architecture in Hong Kong. Your wish is my command.
This is a panoramic photograph of 恆安邨恆悅樓 Heng On Estate Heng Yuet House spanning a field-of-view (FOV) of 50-degree (H) x 97-degree (V). It is stitched together using 26 RAW capture on the Canon EOS 7D.
No large format camera? No problem—pano to the rescue. As usual, Hugin is used to do the very challenging stitching. Rectilinear project is used here but it does appear to have a little bit of distortion. Will figure out what the problem was. It might have to do with that I shot this handheld.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-03 15:55:51 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 11057 x 8645
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200 f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ Focal Length: 98mm
+ Panorama FOV: 50 degree horizontal, 97 degree vertical
+ GPS: 22°25'8" N 114°13'40" E
+ Altitude: 8.6 m
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆安邨恆月樓 中国香港马鞍山恒安村恒月楼 Heng On Estate Heng Yuet House, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130303.7D.26153-SML.20130303.7D.26179-SML.Pano.Rectilinear.50x97
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 形 Forms, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
“恆安邨恆月樓 Heng On Estate Heng Yuet House” / 香港公共屋邨建築全景之形 Hong Kong Public Housing Architecture Panoramic Forms / SML.20130303.7D.26153-SML.20130303.7D.26179-SML.Pano.001.Rectilinear.50x97
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #建築 #建筑 Architecture #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #公共 #Public #屋邨 #Housing
The extreme lighting condition at the Eastern State Penitentiary (Flickr set) makes it a prime candidate for HDR processing in order to extract enough detail on the ceiling while keeping the brilliance of the blue sky and rust color contrast.
SML Setup
Capture info
ISO 100 f/8 25mm
20090905.10D.52920 1/30 sec
20090905.10D.52928 1/125 sec
20090905.10D.52931 1/8 sec
Processing
+ HDR: Photomatix Pro 3.0 Tone Mapping: Detail Enhancer
+ Tweaked in Photoshop CS4
+ Managed in Lightroom
More SML HDR
Related SML
# SML Translate
+ 靜: quiet
+ 夜: night
+ 靜夜: in the midst of night
+ 文: literature, cultural
+ 建: build, architecture
+ 文建: cultural architecture
+ 自: self
+ 行: walk, walking
+ 人: person
+ 自行人: person walking alone
+ 靜夜文建自行人: In the midst of night, a person walks by itself near cultural architecture.
# Location
香港文化中心 Hong Kong Cultural Center
中國香港九龍尖沙咀梳士巴利道10號
中国香港九龙尖沙咀梳士巴利道10号
10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-01-19 19:38:57 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 2241 x 2989
+ Exposure: 1/15 sec at f/2.4
+ Focal Length: 4.13 mm
+ ISO: 800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Apple iPhone 5
+ GPS: 22°17'39" N 114°10'15" E
# SML Workflow
+ Taken with iPhone 5, imported into Lightroom 4 and metadata tagged, processed in Photoshop CS6.
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“靜夜文建自行人” / 香港文化建築夜之形 香港文化建筑夜之形 Hong Kong Cultural Architecture Night Forms / SML.20130119.IPH5.09453.P1
A 6-meter tall installation marks the entrance at the 3rd level at Art Basel Hong Kong 2013. This latest work by artist Haegue Yang is created using colourful venetian blinds to create an organic forms compositions through utilitarian materials.
Haegue Yang (Hangul: 양혜규) was born in 1974 in Seoul in South Korean. She represented South Korea in the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009. She is currently based in Seoul and Berlin.
No additional official information was provided about the installation.
# Kukje Gallery
54 Samcheong-ro, Jongno-gu
110-200 Seoul
Korea, Republic Of
# SML References
+ Haegue Yang (Hangul: 양혜규; born 1971 in Seoul, South Korea) is a visual artist. Yang represented South Korea in the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009. She has exhibited at Portikus, Frankfurt and Walker Art Center (Brave New Worlds), she also participated in the 2006 Sao Paulo Biennial. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haegue_Yang
+ Blouin Art Info: Art Basel Hong Kong 2013: Time Remembered in Haegue Yang’s Encounters Installation: hk.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/905665/art-basel-hong-kon...
+ Kukje Gallery: Haegue Yang: www.kukjegallery.com/KJ_artists_view_4.php?a_no=176&v=4
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T13:53:35+0800
+ Dimensions: 3330 x 4994
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/2.0
+ Focal Length: 22 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.EOSM.03939
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Mixed Media Installation by Haegue Yang: Journal of Mundane and Uncertain Days, 2012” / Kukje Gallery, Seoul / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.EOSM.03939
/ #新聞攝影 #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #文化 #Culture #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #installation #mixedmedia #HaegueYang #KukjeGallery #Seoul #Korea
The warm late afternoon sun casts long shadows along a row of stairs and handrails seen at an outdoor drama theater space within the Ma On Shan Recreation Ground in Hong Kong.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-22 16:52:47 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 4753 x 3168
+ Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 196 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
+ GPS: 22°25'11" N 114°13'40" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山遊樂場 中国香港马鞍山游乐场 Ma On Shan Recreation Ground, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130222.7D.24266.P1.L1
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms
“樓梯 Stairs” / 人流建築之形 Human Logistics Architecture Forms / SML.20130222.7D.24266.P1.L1
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #形 #Forms #SMLForms #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 #樓梯 #Stairs
A symphony of lines, forms, reflections and lights at night in 香港中環 Central, Hong Kong.
The structure to the right is 置地廣場 The Landmark, a shopping mall which features most of the world’s luxury brands. The net like structure in the background is Giorgio Armani’s facade at 遮打大廈 Chater House. The upside-down T clip-like structure is the electricity wire for 電車 trams. And the silhouette human figure in the window is the upper deck of double-decker buses.
Shot at 280mm, the large focal length compresses everything into a flat still. Remarkable. I am loving the 1.4x Extender.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-09 22:09:40 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 5184
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 3200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°16'53" N 114°9'24" E
+ Location: 中國香港中環畢打街置地廣場外 中国香港中环毕打街置地广场外 Outside The Landmark at Pedder Street, Central, Hong Kong SAR, China
+ Serial: SML.20130209.7D.21684.P1
+ Series: 形 Forms, 商埸 Shopping Malls, 人流 Human Logistics, 抽象 Abstracts
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4, Photoshop CS6
“城市夜之形 Urban Night Forms” / 香港中環商場建築與人流之形 Shopping Malls and Human logistics Forms in Central, Hong Kong / SML.20130209.7D.21684.P1
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Here is the side view of the sculpture seen previously [1]. As you can see, the sculpture is formed by four curvatures, and from this view it appears as a bent square.
It is so minimal yet so magical at the same time. Genius—I wish more art is like this.
Troika (Eva Rucki b. 1976 Germamny, Conny Freyer b. 1976 Germany, Sebastien Noel, b. 1977 France)
Squaring a Circle
2013
Mirror, steel, matte black flock
77.5 (D) x 139 (H) x 139 (W) cm
# Description
Constructed from steel and wrapped in a dense black flock flannel that absorbs light, 'Squaring the Circle' challenges the viewers sensibilities: on entering the room they see a black circular sculpture, but in the huge mirror opposite their ‘impossible reflection’ reveals them viewing a black square. 'Squaring the Circle' argues that if every method of inquiry reveals a particular facet of the truth or the nature of reality; their seemingly antithetical forms should find reconciliation in the knowledge, that ‘one-ness’ has a plurality of embodiments.
'Squaring the Circle' was premiered at OMR as one of 5 new works shown in Troika's solo exhibtion 'The far side of reason' in April 2013.
troika.uk.com/squaringthecircle
# Troika
Eva Rucki b. 1976 Germamny
Conny Freyer b. 1976 Germany
Sebastien Noel, b. 1977 France
Troika is a London based studio founded by Eva Rucki, Conny Freyer and Sebastien Noel who are known for their experimental practise and projects that employ a cross-disciplinary approach and intersect between sculpture, architecture, and contemporary installation.
They met while studying at the Royal College of Art and subsequently started their studio in 2003, emerging as an integrated practice that creates work collectively through detailed research, dialogue and experiment.
Often merging technology with their projects as a point of departure paired with a particular interest in perception and the spatial experience, their work explores the intersection of rational thought, observation and the changing nature of reality and human experience.
And while their work is often filled with polarities — solitude and interaction, transition and permanence, the artificial and the natural — their interest lies within man's resolve to synthesize these opposites.
Since establishing the studio in 2003 Troika's work has been exhibited, amongst others, at the Victoria & Albert Museum London, The Art Institute of Chicago, Tate Britain and MoMA New York. In 2010 Troika were selected to create three art installations for the UK Pavilion at the World Expo Shanghai. Troika's work is represented in the permanent collections of the Israel Museum Jerusalem, British Council, The Art Institute of Chicago, Victoria and Albert Museum and the Museum Of Modern Art New York.
Troika has authored 'Digital by Design', Thames and Hudson, 2008; and, in 2009, won the D&AD Yellow Pencil for their digital sculpture 'Cloud' in London Heathrow Terminal 5 and ‘Palindrome’ at the Victoria & Albert Museum in 2011.
# Galería OMR
Plaza Río de Janeiro 54, Colonia Roma
06700 Mexico City
Mexico
# Notes
1. “Installation by Troika (Eva Rucki b. 1976 Germamny, Conny Freyer b. 1976 Germany, Sebastien Noel, b. 1977 France): Squaring a Circle, 2013 (Mirror, steel, matte black flock)” / Galería OMR / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13962.SQ: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8994001483/
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:31:11+0800
+ Dimensions: 5148 x 3432
+ Exposure: 1/60 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.13964
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Installation (side view) by Troika (Eva Rucki b. 1976 Germany, Conny Freyer b. 1976 Germany, Sebastien Noel, b. 1977 France): Squaring a Circle, 2013 (Mirror, steel, matte black flock)” / Galería OMR / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13964
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I had wished to find a time when no one is hanging anything at the net so I get a good shot of the goal. But every time I went by some kind of clothes is hung there. If not then some water bottles are randomly placed around the net. I suppose this is a good place? This looks like pants, but I can’t really make out what it is.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-22 17:04:37 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3339 x 5009
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 500
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'7" N 114°13'44" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山遊樂場人造草地足球場 中国香港马鞍山游乐场人造草地足球场 Artificial Turf Soccer Pitch, Ma On Shan Recreation Ground, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130222.7D.24456.P1.L1
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 形 Forms
“足球龍門臨時衣架 Soccer Goal as Makeshift Clothes Hanger” / 體育之形 Sports Forms / SML.20130222.7D.24456.P1.L1
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Shot for personal stock use. Unlike regular photography, the goal (pun intended) is to be simple enough to allow other elements to shine. So it should not contain a lot of distracting details. For this shot the background is a already a bit distracting, but it is left in so when I do use it I can figure out whether to crop them out or not.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-10T14:21:52+0800
+ Dimensions: 5064 x 3376
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 40 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'11" N 114°13'37" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山遊樂場硬地足球場 中国香港马鞍山游乐场硬地足球场 Hard-Surface Soccer Pitch, Ma On Shan Recreation Ground, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130410.7D.37655
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“足球龍門 Soccer Goal” / 香港體育建築之形 Hong Kong Sports Architecture Forms / SML.20130410.7D.37655
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #足球 #Soccer #Football #龍門 #Goal
In 2005, a site-specific installation called “The Gates” by Bulgarian artist Christo Yavacheff and French artist Jeanne-Claude (aka Christo and Jeanne-Claud) was seen at Central Park in New York City [1].
This was not an art installation—just a pathway at a public housing development in Hong Kong. But its resemblance is uncanny.
The Chinese character 门 came to mind, which is the simplified version of the character 門 — and it means literally the “gate” or the “door”, thus giving new meaning to both the high art and this everyday object.
The yellow stripe paint serves the function of alerting the elderly. I quite like it. Form follows function.
# Notes
1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gates
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-12T11:42:18+0800
+ Dimensions: 3373 x 5060
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 34 mm
+ ISO: 125
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'22" N 114°13'35" E
+ Location: 香港馬鞍山頌安邨 Chung On Estate, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130512.6D.05734
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, 中文字形 Chinese Typographic Forms (ZhTypography)
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“门 (Gate)” / 香港公共屋邨建築中文簡體字形 Hong Kong Public Housing Estate Architecture Simplified Chinese Typographic Forms / SML.20130512.6D.05734
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A collage of forms accented by human forms seen at a football (soccer) pitch in Hong Kong.
Yes it was shot on the same day as the goalkeeper’s permanent stand [1]. I have started to process photographs independently from each other so I can keep a fresh eye.
In the past I always work on the whole series and then post them all by one. Not only does it make my Flickr street incredibly boring to look at, processing very similar photographs on the same day within short intervals is also very boring. So I now just pick on photographs which I want to work with that day. And this works out far better.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-22 16:58:17 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3394 x 5091
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'11" N 114°13'42" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山遊樂場足球場 中国香港马鞍山游乐场足球场 Soccer Pitch, Ma On Shan Recreation Ground, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130222.7D.24354
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men, 形 Forms
# Notes:
1. “足球守門員永久的站 The permanent stand of a football/soccer goalkeeper” / 男性運動員 Men in Sports / SML.20130222.7D.24371: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8498732740/
“呂昌三9三6三昌呂” / 男性足球運動員 Men in Sports: Football (Soccer) Player + 形 Forms / SML.20130222.7D.24354
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #人 #people #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #足球 #Soccer #Football