larger

The extreme lighting condition at the Eastern State Penitentiary 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

+ Canon 10D

+ Canon EF 24-70 f2.8L

Capture info

ISO 100 f/8 25mm

20090905.10D.52931 0.25 sec (1/4 sec)

20090905.10D.52932 0.008 sec (1/125 sec)

20090905.10D.52933 0.002 sec (1/500 sec)

HDR processing

Haven't done HDR for a while and totally forgotten that I don't have to use Photomatix anymore. This was rendered in Photoshop CS4. I like that I don't have to use another program just to do what I want to do!

More SML HDR

Related SML

+ SML Photo Blog: Eastern State Penitentiary

This was photographed for someone in France who said he wanted to see Asian men playing sports. I am a nice guy, so I tried to fulfil their requests if I happen upon relevant subjects when I walk around town….

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-03-15 18:19:06 GMT+0800

+ Dimensions: 3456 x 3456

+ Exposure: 1/60 sec at f/8.0

+ ISO: 1600

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS M

+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

+ GPS: 22°18'5" N 114°10'46" E

+ Location: 中國香港紅磡理工大學 中国香港红磡理工大学 Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China

+ Serial: SML.20130315.EOSM.03453.SQ

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men,

“籃球 Basketball” / 男運動員 Men in Sports / SML.20130315.EOSM.03453.SQ

/ #體育 #Sports #男 #Men #SMLMen #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #籃球 #Basketball

A collage of forms seen at the Ma On Shan Sports Grounds. Bright colors seem to be a main stay in sporting arena regardless of location in the world. Blue and yellow stripes always work. It looks like an Adidas retro sneaker to me. The circular rubber band and the curvature from the seats add a little bit of contrast without dominating.

If I could paint, this is what I would paint as well. As such this is part of the SML Paintings series also.

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-02-21 14:21:47 GMT+0800

+ Dimensions: 3261 x 4891

+ Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/5.6

+ Focal Length: 137 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°25'14" N 114°13'40" 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.24023

+ Series: 體育 Sports, 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms, SML Paintings

“<<<” / 香港體育建築人流之形 Hong Kong Sports Architecture Human Logistics Forms / SML.20130221.7D.24023

/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #形 #Forms #SMLForms #體育 #体育 #Sports #SMLPaintings #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 #樓梯 #Stairs

“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.”—Hofmann

Hans Hofmann (March 21, 1880 – February 17, 1966) was a German-born American abstract expressionist painter. He believed that abstract art was a way to get at the important reality.

Starting at a young age, Hofmann gravitated towards science and mathematics. At age sixteen, he started work with the Bavarian government as assistant to the director of Public Works where he was able to increase his knowledge of mathematics. He went on to develop and patent such devices as the electromagnetic comptometer, a radar device for ships at sea, a sensitized light bulb, and a portable freezer unit for military use. Even with such great abilities in science and mathematics, Hofmann became interested in creative studies, beginning educational art training after the death of his father.

Hofmann’s art work is distinguished by a rigorous concern with pictorial structure, spatial illusion, and color relationships.

Hans Hofmann (1880-1966)

Shifting Planes

1947

Oil on wooden panel

88.9 x 114.3 cm

35 x 45 inches

# Hans Hofmann

+ 1880-03-21: Born Weißenburg, Germany

+ 1966-02-17: Died (aged 85)

+ Movement: Abstract Expressionism (AbEx)

+ Influenced by: Henri Matisse, Robert Delaunay

+ Influenced: Lee Krasner, Clement Greenberg, Helen Frankenthaler, Larry Rivers, Wolf Kahn

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Hofmann

# Galerie Hans Mayer

Grabbeplatz 2

40213 Dusseldorf

Germany

www.galeriehansmayer.de/

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:01:52+0800

+ Dimensions: 3484 x 2769

+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0

+ Focal Length: 36 mm

+ ISO: 800

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

+ GPS: 22°16'58" 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.13872

+ 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

“Painting by Hans Hofmann (1880-1966): Shifting Planes, 1947 (Oil on wooden panel)” / Galerie Hans Mayer / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13872

/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #SMLProjects

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #HansHofmann #GalerieHansMayer #abstract #AbEx #AbstractExpressionism #US #DE #painting

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Some captures have such a strange color cast that I often process them in black and white. But then if I wish to keep the color—as in the sunset in this scene—then I do it inside Photoshop’s Lab mode.

Unlike RGB process, Lab separates color information with the lightness curve, thus allowing you to tweak the curve to taste without affecting the colors. Then you can use the color curves: a for magenta/green and b for yellow/blue to independently tweak things to what you wish for. Lightroom also has some independent color controls but I could never get it to be exactly the way I like it as in Photoshop.

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-04-14T18:13:46+0800

+ Dimensions: 3635 x 3635

+ Exposure: 1/400 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°25'10" N 114°13'25" E

+ Location: SML Universe HKG

+ Subject: 香港中文大學 The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130414.6D.00642.P1.L1.SQ

+ Series: 寧 Serenity

# Media Licensing

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

“日落紅 Red Sunset” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130414.6D.00642.P1.L1.SQ

/ #寧 #serenity #SMLSerenity #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #Landscape #中文大學 #CUHK #自然 #Nature #日 #Sun #紅 #red #Sunset

David Schnell

The landscape painting of David Schnell reflects the manifestations of a nature, which is getting undercut by our direct, urban surrounding. Thereby architectural pieces capture more or less dominantly the image area of the landscapes. David Schnell uses places such as the cultivated landscape around Leipzig, his domicile and place of study as master student of Prof. Arno Rink, as sources of motive for his pictures.

Within his contemplations of landscape the artist does not evoke real moments of memory. He rather shows an abstract nature which lies beyond any recognizable or concrete experiences. This abstraction manifests itself in the pictorial dissolving of architectural structures and wavering, partly competing vanishing points. Alienating, dissolving, decomposing and subsequent connecting are signs of the artists processual way of working. There are also visual contents which are formed just out of pixels and barcodes. The fluttery status is additionally pointed out by the colouring of the pictures, which ranges from monochrome displays up to prism like light refractions.

The pictures by David Schnell awake the impression of constant speed and destabilisation, which finally also questions the own sense of time.

cgi.eigen-art.com/user-cgi-bin/index.php?article_id=211&a...

Galerie EIGEN+ART Leipzig

+++

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

thearmoryshow.com

The Kowloon skyline from the vantage point on the 6th floor of Hong Kong Arts Centre in Wan Chai, where I had dinner last night.

The tallest building to the left is International Commerce Centre (ICC) in West Kowloon, a superskyscraper in Hong Kong which is also the world’s 5th tallest. In the center is the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, together with the original Peninsula Hotel, with the Intercontinental Hotel (the original Regent) on the right. On the far right, the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) in Wan Chai on the Hong Kong Island side.

Stitched together using 16 RAW capture. Also handheld, but as you can see, handheld pano is doable when objects are far away.

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-03-17 19:20:47 GMT+0800

+ Dimensions: 10220 x 3331

+ Exposure: 1/15 - 1/25 sec at f/4.0

+ Focal Length: 40 mm

+ ISO: 3200

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D

+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM

+ Panorama FOV: 100 degree horizontal, 38.5 degree vertical

+ Panoramic Projection: Cylindrical

+ GPS: 22°16'32" N 114°10'20" E

+ Altitude: 52.9 m

+ Location: 中國香港灣仔港灣道2號香港藝術中心 Hong Kong Art Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China

+ Subject: 九龍 Kowloon + 灣仔 Wan Chai

+ Serial: SML.20130317.7D.35358-SML.20130317.7D.35373-Pano.Cylindrical.100x38.5

+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4

+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography

“九龍 + 灣仔 + 維多利亞港 Kowloon + Wan Chai + Victoria Harbour” / 香港建築全景攝影 Hong Kong Architecture Panoramic Photography / SML.20130317.7D.35358-SML.20130317.7D.35373-Pano.Cylindrical.100x38.5

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

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #夜 #Night

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www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8568729700/sizes/o/ (10220 x 3331)

These Chinese imperial roof decorations were seen at the 慈誠宮 Cíchéng Gōng (lit: “Temple of Compassion and Sincerity”). Although the temple was built in 1796, the color of the figures remain vibrant and theirs details demonstrate expert craftsmanship.

Two competing guilds of woodcarvers were invited to work at the temple, which might reason why the wood carves look particularly daring and intricate. It is considered a “Level-3 Historic Site” (三級古蹟) in Taiwan.

Photographed with the Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM. Processed in Lightroom 5.

# More Information

+ zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/慈誠宮 (the temple / EN unavailable)

+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_roof_decoration

慈誠宮檐獸 Chinese imperial roof decorations at the Cíchéng Gōng (“Temple of Compassion and Sincerity”) / 台灣台北士林市 Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140210.7D.51744

/ #台灣 #臺灣 #Taiwan #台北 #Taipei #SMLTravel #旅遊 #旅游 #Travel #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects

/ #temple #古蹟 #HistoricSite #History #architecture #建筑 #建築 #檐獸 #roof #decoration #dragon #phoenix #colorful

Fun with geometry. Form follows function.

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-02T13:03:55+0800

+ Dimensions: 5001 x 3334

+ Exposure: 1/640 sec at f/5.6

+ Focal Length: 220 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°25'15" N 114°13'37" 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.20130502.7D.40811

+ Series: 體育 Sports, 形 Forms

# Media Licensing

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

“直線和曲線 Lines and Curves” / 香港體育建築之形 Hong Kong Sports Architecture Forms / SML.20130410.7D.37655

/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #體育 #体育 #Sports #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #地 #Floor #Lines #Curves #Track #Red #FormFollowsFunction

A young boy took a deep breathe and blew out a string of bubbles at Harbin Sidalin Park (斯大林公园), a park situated on the promenade to the Songhua River (松花江). In the background, locals and visitors alike hung out by the river during the brief summer days in Heilongjiang, China.

Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM.

吹泡泡 Blowing Bubbles / 中国黑龙江哈尔滨斯大林公园 Sidalin Park, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China / SML.20140728.6D.33422.P1.SQ.BW

I had always assumed that the best lens to do macro with a creamy bokeh like this is to use a wide angle lens. I was wrong. The best lens to use appear to be a super telephoto.

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-02-21 14:23:01 GMT+0800

+ Dimensions: 3074 x 4611

+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/5.6

+ Focal Length: 280 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°13'40" 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.24028

+ Series: 形 Forms, 體育 Sports

“藍色體育場座椅 Blue Stadium Seats” / 香港體育建築之形 Hong Kong Sports Architecture Forms / SML.20130221.7D.24028

/ #形 #Form #SMLForms #體育 #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 #藍 #藍 #blue

Every weekend, crew teams from different universities practice at Tolo Harbour. Pictured is the team from The University of Hong Kong (HKU 香港大學), noted by its abbreviation 港大 seen on the tank top of of of its crew members. According to their Facebook page [1], the club has been around since 1981.

I am particularly drawn to the delicate lines of the boats as well as the patterns each cox makes on the water surface.

I have attempted multiple times to capture them on video but it is fairly hard with my current setup. The 7D combined with the 100-400mm gives a combined equivalent focal length of 640mm on the zoomed-out side. This means any minute movement will result in camera shake.

At the moment I do not have any geared head and anyone with a ball head knows that getting precise positioning in a quick action shot is not really doable. I guess I will just have to get closer to the surface — but by the time I reach the ground floor they are usually gone. Tricky business.

# References

1. www.facebook.com/hkurowclub

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-07-24T15:51:32+0800

+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456

+ Exposure: 1/640 sec at f/8.0

+ Focal Length: 400 mm

+ ISO: 1000

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D

+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'24" E

+ Location: SML Universe HKG

+ Subject: 香港吐露港 Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong

+ Workflow: Lightroom 5

+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men, 形 Forms

+ Serial: SML.20130724.7D.48405.BW

# Media Licensing

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

水花 Splash (Water blossoms) / 香港大學學生會划艇會 Rowing Club HKUSU / 香港水上體育運動之形 Hong Kong Water Sports Forms / SML.20130724.7D.48405.BW

/ #體育 #Sports #男 #Men #SMLMen #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #人 #people #攝影 #摄影 #photography #赛艇 #Rowing

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# LIU Chun Ki

Dasein

lck_25@yahoo.com.hk

+852 5132 7223

# Sponsors

+ Hale Textile Ltd.

+ Novetex Textiles Limited

+ Winning Textile Co. Ltd

+ Long Tai Hong (Holding) Limited

# Media Licensing

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

LIU Chun Ki: Dasein: Collection / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.16974

/ #PolyUFashionShow2013 #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLMen #Crazyisgood

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #理工大學 #PolyU #fashion #design #people #LIUChunKi #Dasein #womens #women #models

Repetitive yet dissimilar forms are most beautiful. Form follows function.

This staircase found at a public housing estate in Hong Kong features bright yellow paints painted on each step to help the predominantly elderly retired residents as they walk up each way.

SML Universe corporate colors are good for some things—even the Hong Kong Government seems to agree.

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-07T15:01:02+0800

+ Dimensions: 3365 x 5048

+ Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/5.0

+ Focal Length: 170 mm

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D

+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

+ GPS: 22°25'20" N 114°13'35" E

+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆安邨 Heng On Estate, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China

+ Serial: SML.20130507.7D.41123

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms, 建築 Architecture

# Media Licensing

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

“Found SML Colors: 藍和黃的樓梯 Stairs in Yellow and Cyan” / 香港公共屋邨人流建築之形 Hong Kong Public Housing Human Logistics Architecture Forms / SML.20130507.7D.41123

/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #形 #Forms #SMLForms #SMLColors #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects

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

Technically speaking, this does not really need to be a panorama stitch. But I am obsessed with details, and if I use a wide angle lens to photograph this then the resulting resolution will not be as high as I want it to be. Also, what I pictured in my head is the sheer width of the ship.

And so I made my decision to photograph 10 full-resolution RAW captures at 400mm to be stitched together after the fact. At this resolution, you can clearly make out each bolt on the aircraft as well as the rain drops on the net—details which would likely be lost if a single wide angle capture was made.

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-04-18T16:27:44+0800

+ Dimensions: 10280 x 3284

+ Exposure: 1/360 - 1/400 sec at f/5.6

+ Focal Length: 400 mm

+ ISO: 800 - 1600

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

+ Panorama FOV: 16 degree horizontal, 10 degree vertical

+ Panoramic Projection: Rectilinear

+ GPS: 22°17'42" N 114°10'7" E

+ Location: 中國香港九龍尖沙咀海港城 Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

+ Subject: AV-8B Harrier on the USS Peleliu (LHA-5), United States Navy.

+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130418.6D.01277-SML.20130418.6D.01286-Pano.Rectilinear-16x10

+ Series: Photojournalism, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography

# Media Licensing

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

“AV-8B Harrier on the USS Peleliu (LHA-5)” / USS Peleliu (LHA-5) in Hong Kong / 香港全景攝影 Hong Kong Panoramic Photography / SML.20130418.6D.01277-SML.20130418.6D.01286-Pano.Rectilinear-16x10

/ #Photojournalism #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #US #Navy #USS #Peleliu #LHA5 #planes #flags #America #USA #ships #AV8B #attack #Boeing

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www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8664813045/sizes/o/ (10280 x 3284)

Dingling (定陵 Dìng Lìng; literally: "Tomb of Stability"), one of the tombs at the Thirteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty site, is the tomb of the Wanli Emperor (萬曆). It is the only Ming tomb to have been excavated. It also remains the only intact imperial tomb, of any era, to have been excavated since the founding of the People's Republic of China, a situation that is almost a direct result of the fate that befell Dingling and its contents after the excavation.

Pictured is one of the tunnels inside the tomb. It is very eerie. It reminded me somewhat of the Eastern State Penitentiary in Pennsylvania which I visited a long while back.

Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM.

# More Information

+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_tombs

定陵 Dingling Tomb (“Tomb of Stability”) / 中國北京明十三陵 Ming Tombs, Beijing, China / SML.20140501.6D.31515.P1.BW

www.smackmellon.org

Two Solo Exhibitions

Exhibition dates: September 26 - November 8, 2009

Artists’ reception: Saturday, September 26, 5-8pm

Smack Mellon is pleased to present Ellen Driscoll’s installation FASTFORWARDFOSSIL: Part 2 and Fernando Souto’s photographic series The End of the Trail. The two concurrent solo exhibitions compress layers of time to explore industries and lifestyles that go beyond geographic borders. Composed of thousands of discarded plastic bottles collected by Ellen Driscoll, FASTFORWARDFOSSIL: Part 2 takes a critical look at the environmental and human damage inflicted by the oil and water industries in the last two centuries on regions as diverse as Nigeria and the United States. During extended trips to cattle ranches in the American West, Australia, and Uruguay, Fernando Souto photographed the fading culture of ranchers, creating black-and-white environmental portraits in the tradition of iconic photographers such as Walker Evans and Robert Frank. Both Driscoll and Souto are intimately tied to their craft—painstakingly cutting up salvaged bottles and printing large-scale silver gelatin photographs—asserting a tactile personal connection in their work.

Ellen Driscoll

FASTFORWARDFOSSIL: Part 2

“This installation is a continuation of a multi-year series which explores the dynamics of resource harvesting and consumption. This part of the series focuses on oil and water. Rising at 5:30 AM, I harvest #2 plastic bottles from the recycling bags put out for collection on the streets of Brooklyn. For one hour, one day at a time, I immerse myself in the tidal wave of plastic that engulfs us by collecting as many bottles as I can carry. The sculptural installation for Smack Mellon comprises 2600 bottles transformed into a 28 foot landscape. Constructed solely of harvested #2 plastic, the sculpture collapses three centuries into a ghostly translucent visual fugue in which a nineteenth century trestle bridge plays host to an eighteenth century water-powered mill which spills a twenty-first century flood from its structure. The flow contains North American, Middle Eastern, and African landmasses (sites of oil harvesting and their consumer destination) buoyed by a sea of plastic water molecules. The piece looks back to eighteenth century American industry powered by water, and forward to the oil refineries of the Niger Delta, site of prolonged guerilla warfare against oil corporations and the source of over fifty percent of crude oil for the United States—the oil that produces the plastic within which our privatized water is currently bought and sold.

The wall drawings in the exhibition are based on a close study of the inner workings of an oil refinery. By using huge shifts of scale between the macro and the micro, they depict a dystopic future based on rampant oil consumption. An oil rig shares the horizon with ocean fires and garbage scows, mega shopping malls are abandoned to spontaneous communities of slums, and a refugee camp is inundated by the waters of a melting glacier. The worlds in the drawings are drained of color, but filled with the flux and spillage of a potentially chaotic future.”

Ellen Driscoll is a sculptor whose work includes FASTFORWARDFOSSIL: Part 1 at Frederieke Taylor Gallery, Revenant and Phantom Limb for Nippon Ginko, Hiroshima, Japan, The Loophole of Retreat at the Whitney Museum, Phillip Morris, As Above, So Below for Grand Central Terminal (a suite of 20 mosaic and glass images for the tunnels at 45th, 47th, and 48th Streets), Catching the Drift, a restroom for the Smith College Museum of Art, and Wingspun for the International Arrivals Terminal at Raleigh-Durham airport. Ms. Driscoll has been awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bunting Institute at Harvard University, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Massachusetts Council on the Arts, the LEF Foundation, and Anonymous Was a Woman. Her work is included in major public and private collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of Art. She is a Professor of Sculpture at Rhode Island School of Design.

Smack Mellon

92 Plymouth Street @ Washington

Brooklyn, NY 11201

Gallery hours are Wednesday-Sunday, 12-6pm.

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A man of Li and Miao descent (黎苗族) works on rattan sculptures with his legs fully extended on the floor.

Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM in Sanya, Hainan, China.

黎苗族籐藝 Rattan arts by Li and Miao minorities / 中國海南三亞 Sanya, Hainan, China / SML.20140507.6D.32177.P1.BW

Window Farms (Flickr) are vertical, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield edible window gardens built using low-impact or recycled local materials.

The Beach The Pier

Goal 1: to start a Windowfarming craze in New York City and other dense urban areas, helping people grow some of their food year-round in their apartment windows.

Goal 2: give ordinary folks a means to collaborate on research and development at our.windowfarms.org

History

In February 2009, through a residency at Eyebeam, Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray began to build and test the first Window Farms prototype. Growing food inside NY apartments is a challenge, but within reach. The foundational knowledge base is emerging through working with agricultural, architectural and other specialists, collecting sensor data, and reinterpreting hydroponics research conducted by NASA scientists and marijuana farmers. We have been researching and developing hydroponic designs that are inexpensive and made from relatively inexpensive materials. The working prototype is a drip system made from recycled water bottles, holding 25 plants. Beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, arugula, basil, lettuce and kale are thriving.

While completing the first Prototype in mid-April, we invited a dozen "Pioneers" to join us in creating Window Farms. We asked them to approach the project like a night class, devoting one night a week for two months. We showed them our prototype and presented the DIY research and development we did so far and invited them to build on our research to create their own designs. Currently, the Pioneers are designing their systems. Their innovative ideas are adding to the knowledgebase about DIY hydroponics.

windowfarms.org

Eyebeam Open Studios: Fall 2009

eyebeam.org/events/open-studios-fall-2009

Eyebeam is pleased to host Open Studios for its 2009 Senior Fellows, Resident Artists, and Student Residents at Eyebeam’s state-of-the-art design, research, and fabrication studio; showcasing video performance, wearable technologies, code and humor, party technology, and sustainablity design.

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Eyebeam is the leading not-for-profit art and technology center in the United States.

Founded in 1996 and incorporated in 1997, Eyebeam was conceived as a non-profit art and technology center dedicated to exposing broad and diverse audiences to new technologies and media arts, while simultaneously establishing and demonstrating new media as a significant genre of cultural production.

Since then, Eyebeam has supported more than 130 fellowships and residencies for artists and creative technologists; we've run an active education program for youth, artists' professional development and community outreach; and have mounted an extensive series of public programs, over recent years approximately 4 exhibitions and 40 workshops, performances and events annually.

Today, Eyebeam offers residencies and fellowships for artists and technologists working in a wide range of media. At any given time, there are up to 20 resident artists and fellows onsite at Eyebeam's 15,000-square foot Chelsea offices and Labs, developing new projects and creating work for open dissemination through online, primarily open-source, publication as well as a robust calendar of public programming that includes free exhibitions, lectures and panels, participatory workshops, live performances and educational series.

eyebeam.org

When I first posted a time-lapse video about a sunset cloudscape [1], a few people commented that they really liked the sequence about the sunset, but they wish that it was longer. Recently, I read about doing long exposure via stack sequences, so I tried to see if I can utilise this new knowledge to render a long-exposure shot this way since I have already a long series of captures done.

For this photo, I have used 36 captures spaced at 10-sec each to create the final image. The time spacing is probably a bit too wide to render the smoothest clouds, because it was originally intended as a time-lapse sequence and not an LE stack. I used Photoshop’s Stack Median functionality to blend the transition, then I lowered the clarity in Lightroom to smooth out some uneven edges on the clouds and water. And voila. It works pretty well, so I will definitely work on more in the future.

Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM mounted on tripod in Ma On Shan, Hong Kong. Processed in Lightroom 5 + Photoshop CC 2014.

1. 風起雲湧 變幻萬千 Everchanging Cloudscape / 寧 Serenity 延時攝影 Time Lapse Photography / SML.20130706.6D.18062-SML.20130706.6D.18889-TL

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+ vimeo.com/69869622/

+ youtube.com/watch?v=VnG5egmMsWg/

日落雲影 Sunset Cloudscape (6-minute long exposure via time-lapse median stack of 36) / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130706.6D.18412-SML.20130706.6D.18447-ST-Median

In Beijing, hutongs (胡同) are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan (四合院), traditional courtyard residences. Neighborhoods were formed by the interconnection of these alleys, and the word hutong can also sometimes be used to refer to such neighborhoods.

The alleys are long and narrow, so while you can walk around on foot, the best way to see the hutongs is to go with one of these rickshaw rides (pictured), which functions similar to a hop-on / hop-off transport around the neighbourhoods.

Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM in Beijing, China.

# More Information

+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutong

胡同三輪車 Hutong rickshaw ride / 中國北京 Beijing, China / SML.20140503.6D.31918.P1.BW

I did not begin to appreciate the magic of cloudscapes until I started working with time-lapse photography. The clouds during sunset in Hong Kong’s typhoon season is most incredible, and combined with sunset the color fidelity is second to none.

The time-lapse which I have shot in the past were output directly from camera without much processing, mainly as I did not see it possible to process each RAW capture by hand to create a video. However, a friend on Instagram recommended that I checked out LRTimelapse, which allows me to set a few shots in the RAW captures as keyframes and then batch it over the entire sequence.

With this new tool in hand, I am able to process each capture to my standards and then sequenced it together inside Premiere Pro.

The title of this sequence is by my auntie Rita Lee in Hong Kong. The soundtrack is found on SoundCloud on tracks licensed via Creative Commons. This video could not have been made without all the fantastic creative resources available. Once again, CC rocks!

# Soundtrack

Alrus Cathleen and Alrus - Cloud Kingdom (ft. Laura Conway)

soundcloud.com/alrus/alrus-cloud-kingdom-preview

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-07-06 (recorded) 2013-07-08 (processed)

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens:Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM

+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3, Manfrotto tripod, Manfrotto head

+ Workflow: Lightroom 5, LRTimelapse 2, Premiere Pro CC

+ Video: 1920x1080 (1080p), 24fps, Progressive

+ Location: SML Universe Limited, Vista Paradiso, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China

+ Subject:Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Science Park, Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong

+ Photographer: See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography

+ Chinese Title (提字): Rita Lee

+ Soundtrack: Cathleen and Alrus - Cloud Kingdom (ft. Laura Conway) by Alrus (SoundCloud CCBY)

+ Media Production: SML Universe

+ License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CCBY)

+ Copyright: 2013 See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Universe Limited

+ Series: 寧 Serenity

+ Serial: SML.20130706.6D.18062-SML.20130706.6D.18889-TL

# SML Simulcast

+ vimeo.com/69869622

+ youtube.com/watch?v=VnG5egmMsWg

# Media Licensing

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

風起雲湧 變幻萬千 Everchanging Cloudscape / 寧 Serenity 延時攝影 Time Lapse Photography / SML.20130706.6D.18062-SML.20130706.6D.18889-TL

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This is a 360-degree panorama of the bus terminal located at the Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier in Hong Kong. Located at the south-most corner of Kowloon, it is the ideal location for bus companies to plan their last stop shuttling to other parts of Hong Kong.

The KMB (Kowloon Motor Bus) company started many of its first bus routes from this terminus, as noted by the bus numbers on the station, which ranges only in single digits — as opposed to the double- or triple-digit route numbers seen in most parts of Hong Kong.

Directly adjacent to the station (center in this photo) is the Star Ferry pier, which provides passenger ferry service to Hong Kong Island.

In this panorama, I have heightened the shadow area to expose the rust and dust of the awning covering the station. I am attracted to its geometric architectural forms and years of decay. You probably would not notice them when you walk by as they are well within the shadow areas, but as a lover for deadly objectives, it was a wonderful find for me.

Stitched together with 12 captures with the 6D + 17-40 mounted on the Manfrotto 303SPH pano head.

# References

+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Ferry_Pier

+ zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/尖沙咀天星碼頭

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-08-08T15:39:50+0800

+ Dimensions: 18417 x 4648

+ Exposure: 1/50 sec at f/16

+ Focal Length: 17 mm

+ ISO: 100

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM

+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3, Manfrotto 303SPH pano head, Manfrotto tripod

+ Panorama FOV: 365 degree horizontal, 96 degree vertical

+ Panoramic Projection: Spherical

+ GPS: 22°17'38" N 114°10'8" E

+ Location: 香港尖沙咀天星碼頭巴士總站 Bus Terminal, Star Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

+ Workflow: Autopano Giga 3, Lightroom 5

+ Serial: SML.20130808.6D.26177-SML.20130808.6D.26189-Pano.i12.360x96

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

# Media Licensing

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

尖沙咀天星碼頭巴士總站 Bus Terminal, Star Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui / 香港人流建築360度全景 Hong Kong Human Logistics Architecture 360-degree Panorama / SML.20130808.6D.26177-SML.20130808.6D.26189-Pano.i12.360x96.BW

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We stayed at the Rocks—an urban locality, tourist precinct and historic area of Sydney’s city center. Shortly after we have arrived, we found a pop-up farmers market near the hotel. So we took the time to do some shopping and sample a bit of local fruits. It reminded me a little bit of the farmers market which I used to visit a lot in Union Square in New York while I was living there.

# More Information

+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocks,_Sydney

The Rocks Markets / Sydney, Australia / SML.20140314.6D.30826

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Dimitris Andreadis

Oil on cardboard

Installation

Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center

www.art-tounta.gr/files/artists/andreadis/andreadis.html

www.art-tounta.gr/files/artists/andreadis/andreadisBio.html

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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

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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

thearmoryshow.com

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

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In more academic settings, I have a particular fondness for geometric constructive forms, so many of these works speak to me — even though they are abstract in nature.

Heinz Mack (born March 8, 1931) is a German artist. Together with Otto Piene he founded the ZERO movement in 1957. He exhibited works at documenta in 1964 and 1977 and he represented Germany at the 1970 Venice Biennale. He is best known for his contributions to op art, light art and kinetic art.

Heinz Mack

Untitled (Dynamische Struktur), 1958

Resin on canvas

64 x 86.5 cm

25.2 x 32.06 in

# Heinz Mack

Heinz Mack was born in 1931 in a small German village. Between 1950 and 1956 he studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. In 1967 together with Otto Piene he started a series of what were called Abendausstellungen (evening exhibitions) at their studio in Düsseldorf. This series was the initial event for the formation of the group ZERO (with Mack, Piene and Günther Uecker as its nucleus) and the international ZERO movement. Among the participants of the ZERO movement were Yves Klein, Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni and Jean Tinguely.

In 1964 Mack, Piene and Uecker arranged the “ZERO Lichtraum (Hommage á Lucio Fontana)” at the 1964 documenta in Kassel. From 1964 to 1966 Mack lived and worked in New York where the Howard Wise Gallery presented a solo exhibition in 1966.

1970 Mack was invited as visiting professor to Osaka, Japan. In the same year he represented Germany at the 1970 Venice Biennale (together with Günther Uecker, Georg Karl Pfahler and Thomas Lenk).

For the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he created an illuminated “Wasserwolke” (Water cloud).

In 1972 he was asked to create a 230 ft tall sculpture for the United Nations headquarters in New York (not realized).

Mack is represented by ARNDT Berlin.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Mack

# ARNDT

Arndt & Partner was established in 1994 as one of the first contemporary art galleries in former East Berlin with an international profile. In the gallery's eighteen years of operation, it has presented more than 270 exhibitions, produced sixty publications, and participated in approximately ninety international art fairs. In January 2013 Arndt opened a project space, viewing room, and Asian office in Singapore: Arndt Singapore is situated in Gillman Barracks, the new art destination located in the center of Singapore, which houses galleries and creative businesses as well as the Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA), opening in 2013.

Potsdamer Strasse 96

10785 Berlin

Germany

Lock Road 22 #01-35

108939 Singapore

Singapore

www.arndtberlin.com/

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:29:32+0800

+ Dimensions: 3039 x 2242

+ Exposure: 1/80 sec at f/4.0

+ Focal Length: 409 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.13957

+ 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

“Painting by Heinz Mack: Untitled (Dynamische Struktur), 1958

(Resin on canvas)” / ARNDT / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13957

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This is a typical front porch of the houses in Tai O. There’s nothing special about this except how representative it is of the type of front porches from a long gone era. In some ways, Tai O is a wonderful place to visit, for it has kept all the charm that you would see as common place in Hong Kong — before that culture was swept away by the waves of modernity.

The front porches in these houses are never gated. It has two arm chairs, and a stack of plastic chairs. Usually, these chairs that are decorated are reserved for the elders of the family — the grand parents, or the great grand parents. The older generation would sit outside of the house to enjoy the fresh air. The kids will “know their place,” so to speak, and sit in the plastic chairs.

These unspoken rules are not really taught in the traditional sense — you just learned to look at the room and know where you’re supposed to sit (LOL) — both in a random front porch like this or at a dining table.

And should someone is so “uncultured” and sit at the “wrong” seat, no one would tell you either, but you’ll know — you’ll get these really funny looks for the entire time you were there so that hopefully you’ll figure it out yourself (LOL). It‘s not uncommon for parents to give their kids a “talk” privately just coz they picked the wrong seat. I know this is very funny but I never even think about these things until you realized that in some cultures, people could just sit anywhere they want to.

Chinese is a fairly hierarchical society — you are supposed to respect the elderly — so this preferential treatment does not only apply to people within your family (e.g. grand parents or great grand parents). As a culture that places emphasis in the collective, you learned from a very young age that you would respect the elderly even if they’re simply someone older than you are within the same community that you live in.

Chairs at the Front Porch, Residential Houses in Tai O, Hong Kong / SML + BAI /SML.20231219.6D.38441.BW

The Hung Hom Station (紅磡站), formerly known as Kowloon Station (九龍車站), is an MTR station on the East Rail Line and West Rail Line in Hong Kong. It is located next to the Cross Harbour Tunnel in Yau Tsim Mong District, Kowloon. It is one of the three Hong Kong ports-of-entry on the MTR network which connect directly to mainland China.

This 360-degree panorama was shot handheld with the 6D + 17-40 f/4L. It is handheld, so parallax error is unavoidable. I do not generally do location scouting for my photography, but with a proof-of-concept capture in hand I will definitely go back with my tripod — when I get my pano head. Any day now—seems it is a must buy item in my arsenal now that I started doing so many panoramic shots.

22 captures stitched using Autopano Giga 3, processed in Lightroom 4.

# References

+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hung_Hom_Station

+ zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/紅磡站

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-27T19:01:24+0800

+ Dimensions: 18669 x 4155

+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/8.0

+ Focal Length: 17 mm

+ ISO: 2500

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM

+ Panorama FOV: 360 degree horizontal, 97 degree vertical

+ Panoramic Projection: Spherical

+ GPS: 22°18'8" N 114°10'54" E

+ Location: 香港紅磡火車站 Hung Hom MTR Station, Hong Kong

+ Workflow: Autopano Giga 3.0, Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130527.6D.15067-SML.20130527.6D.15088-Pano.i22.360x97

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

# Media Licensing

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

紅磡火車站 Hung Hom MTR Station / 香港人流建築全景 Hong Kong Human Logistics Architecture Panorama / SML.20130527.6D.15067-SML.20130527.6D.15088-Pano.i22.360x97

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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #people #metro #MTR #station

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

www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/9453328136/

A store named 小城故事 (stories of a little city) is found at a narrow shopping alley up high at a mountain top [1]. As the name suggests, it is filled with culturally related items like traditional clothes and Buddhist statues, which tells the stories of the past and present in modern Taipei.

Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM. Processed in Lightroom.

# Notes

1. Sorry, I forgot the name of this shopping alley…

小城故事 Stories of a little city / 台灣 Taiwan / SML.20140210.6D.30672

/ #台灣 #臺灣 #Taiwan #台北 #Taipei #SMLTravel #旅遊 #旅游 #Travel #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects

/ #store #storefront #shopping #tradition

There’s a lot of running in soccer. I don’t really play sports—not that I don’t want to but maybe no one would play with me because I am not very “athletic” so to speak.

What I liked was the pair of running between two teams in the foreground together with the pair of two teams in the background.

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-04-28T19:44:15+0800

+ Dimensions: 5414 x 3046

+ Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/5.0

+ Focal Length: 210 mm

+ ISO: 6400

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

+ GPS: 22°25'15" 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.20130428.6D.03394.C169

+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men, Photojournalism

“一起跑 Running together” / Sunday League: Hong Kong Falcon vs Paulista / 香港足球 Hong Kong Football (Soccer) / SML.20130428.6D.03394.C169

/ #Photojournalism #體育 #体育 #Sports #男 #Men #SMLMen #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #足球 #Football #HongKongFalcon #跑 #Run #people

The entire graffiti is a block long!

Larger

+ 1024 x 346 JPG

+ 7170 x 2422 JPG

Panoramic stitch using three photos:

+ 20090926.10D.54917

+ 20090926.10D.54918

+ 20090926.10D.54925

RAW conversion to PSD using Lightroom 2.5. Stitched using PhotoMerge in Photoshop CS4. Tweaked further with USM, Curves and Levels in Lab mode. Then imported back into Lightroom for metadata tagging.

13th annual D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® (Sept 25 to Sept 27, 2009)

www.dumboartfestival.org/press_release.html

The three-day multi-site neighborhood-wide event is a one-of-a-kind art happening: where serendipity meets the haphazard and where the unpredictable, spontaneous and downright weird thrive. The now teenage D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® presents touchable, accessible, and interactive art, on a scale that makes it the nation's largest urban forum for experimental art.

Art Under the Bridge is an opportunity for young artists to use any medium imaginable to create temporary projects on-the-spot everywhere and anywhere, completely transforming the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, New York, into a vibrant platform for self-expression. In addition to the 80+ projects throughout the historical post-industrial waterfront span, visitors can tour local artists' studios or check out the indoor video_dumbo, a non-stop program of cutting-edge video art from New York City and around the world.

The Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) has been the exclusive producer of the D.U.M.B.O Art Under the Bridge Festival® since 1997. DAC is a big impact, small non-profit, that in addition to its year-round gallery exhibitions, is committed to preserving Dumbo as a site in New York City where emerging visual artists can experiment in the public domain, while having unprecedented freedom and access to normally off-limit locations.

www.dumboartscenter.org

www.dumboartfestival.org

www.video_dumbo.org

Related SML

+ SML Fine Art (Flickr Group)

+ SML Flickr Collections: Events

+ SML Flickr Sets: Art

+ SML Flickr Sets: Dumbo Arts Center: Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009

+ SML Flickr Tags: Art

+ SML Pro Blog: Art

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

30-second long exposure with an ND filter.

Personally I would have preferred the 4-inch filters so I can drop in after I have set the focus, but I can’t seem to find them in Hong Kong. But I found this variable filter recently: the H&Y ND2-ND400 specifically. It is a screw in, and when set to minimum ND2 I can still see the scene fairly clearly as well as able to focus using the AF on the camera. After I have the parameters set, I dialled it to ND400 and expose everything manually.

I think that I should be able to push a little longer next time. What I observed is that because of the wind, the plants appear to move quite a bit and thus rendering a blur. So next time I would try to do a 2-minute if I am able to.

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-04-10T14:44:17.63+0800

+ Dimensions: 4743 x 3162

+ Exposure: 30.0 sec at f/22

+ Focal Length: 40 mm

+ ISO: 100

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D

+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM

+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 Remote, Manfrotto Tripod, H&Y ND2-ND400

+ GPS: 22°25'8" N 114°13'16" E

+ Altitude: 21.9m

+ 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.20130410.7D.37680.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

“假山流水 Water flowing amongst rockery” / 寧 Serenity (Long exposure with ND Filter) / SML.20130410.7D.37680.BW

/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #水 #Water #石 #Rocks #山水 #Landscape #longexposure #ND

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

Thank you for Your Visit, Have a Nice Day is a performance piece by Agata Olek (Facebook / Flickr / Portfolio) created for Art in Odd Places:SIGN, an annual festival exploring the odd, ordinary and ingenious in the spectacle of daily life.

Curated by Erin Donnelly and Radhika Subramaniam

Director of AIOP: Ed Woodham

Artist Statement

"Inspired by a uniformed attendant holding the sign Hold the Handrail in a Taipei metro station, I've created this moving installation/performance piece. In wearable sculptures of multicolored crocheted camouflage, my performers appear in various sites on 14th Street, displaying photographs of signs I've collected from different countries that are in emphatic, ironic or amused dialogue with their location."

See also video by Technology Artist filmed on the same day at www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfjXrKQVwPU

More information about the festival

+ www.artinoddplaces.org

Press

+ Timeout New York: Fall Preview 2009

+ Timeout New York: Own this City

+ New York Times: Spare Times

Related SML Univese

+ SML Fine Art (Flickr Group) (FriendFeed / Twitter)

+ SML Flickr Collections: Art + Artists

+ SML Pro Blog: Art

We walked by a shopping mall that looked abandoned, but the construction has not started yet. I like the irony of the mess inside contrasted with the Chinese writing on the front, which translates to: “Happy Families Shopping Mall Welcomes You”. I was in a hurry so I did not explore further.

Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM in Sanya, Hainan, China.

被遺棄的商場 Abandoned shopping mall / 中國海南三亞 Sanya, Hainan, China / SML.20140506.6D.32068.P1.BW

This is a pair of Vans with Brawl Stars characters. They’re a gift from Supercell, the developer of the 3v3 mobile game.

I don’t make content for Brawl Stars, but I have played it since Alpha. As a “Super Creator” — I make a website for Clash Royale called RoyaleAPI — I receive perks and swags from the company often.

These are the only Vans I have ever owned. They are super comfy. I know that Vans exists as a brand, but I have never bought them myself.

I received this pair as a gift towards the end of 2021, and have been wearing them everyday throughout 2022. So comfortable!

I shot this phto in 2022 because I wanted to share them on Twitter, but I never posted them anywhere — tbh, I have felt somewhat embarassed about what I do for a long time. Most people give me blank stares — the kids would light up knowing who I am, but most people my age would not know who Supercell is and I would often feel ridiculous having to explain / justify why I do what I do. I learned to care less.

These were shot inside Orangemonkie Foldio3 — it‘s a brilliant lightbox that I bought because I wanted to photograph the merchandise I received from Supercell. Often, I have to make designs for the giveaway items, and I prefer to shoot my own photographs for them, because the standard product shots from Supercell don’t always meet my design needs.

- Camera: Canon EOS 6D

- Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

- Exposure: 100mm, 1/160 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100

- Date: 2022-01-30

- Lightbox: Orangemonkie Foldio3

Vans, Custommade by Brawl Stars, Gift from Supercell for Super Creators / SML.20220130.6D.37815

Escaping the 2D plane appears to be a trending theme in recent works. It is starting to be a challenge to categorise works because they these contemporary works are neither sculpture nor painting nor installation — which might explain why almost everything is “mixed media” these days.

Japanese artist 川俣正 Tadashi Kawamata (b. 1953) is well known for his large scale installation works which combines architecture and urban planning with other social science fields.

This architectural plan constructed with plywood and balsa and accented with acrylic in pencil is both sculptural and two-dimensional. It is three-dimension in its construction, but intended to be viewed as a 3D-projection on a 2D plane.

川俣正 Tadashi Kawamata

Plan for Beaufort

2003

plywood, balsa, acrylic, pencil

122 x 162.5 x 10 cm

# Tadashi Kawamata 川俣正 (b. 1953)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadashi_Kawamata

www.tk-onthetable.com/

# Annely Juda Fine Art

Annely Juda Fine Art is based in London and represents contemporary British, European and International artists. The gallery also exhibits masters of the 20th century avant-garde, specialising in Russian constructivism.

www.annelyjudafineart.co.uk/

23 Dering Street (off New Bond St)

London

Greated London W1S 1AW

United Kingdom

+44 (0)20 7629 7578

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:07:37+0800

+ Dimensions: 3752 x 2824

+ Exposure: 1/60 sec at f/4.0

+ Focal Length: 24 mm

+ ISO: 100

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

+ GPS: 22°16'58" 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.13887

+ 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

“川俣正 Tadashi Kawamata (b. 1953 Japan): Plan for Beaufort, 2003 (plywood, balsa, acrylic, pencil)” / Annely Juda Fine Art / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13887

/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #SMLProjects

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #TadashiKawamata #川俣正 #AnnelyJudaFineArt #sculpture #mixedmedia #plan #architecture #wood

www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/9032202432/

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

I never tried doing bokeh on the 70-200 but it seems that it is very good at it. In one test I managed to get 6 circles covering the entire capture—crazy. But when they are so large I also saw that the dusts are everywhere so I will go clean my lens and try again later.

# SML Translate

+ 朦朦朧朧隱隱約約 (Simplified Chinese: 朦朦胧胧隐隐约约) is probably best translated as “Blurry Hazy Foggy Vague”. When you double-up Chinese characters it implies more of that. So it is blurrier than blurry and hazier than haze. Somewhat bizarre. Hard to translate. Chinese is challenging because unlike other languages which have specific grammar and structure, you can really lump Chinese characters up in anyway you like—Yes, seriously WTF awesome.

# SML Workflow

Photographed with the Canon EOS M + EF 70-200 f/4L on tripod. Processed in Lightroom 4.

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-09-03 21:05:32 GMT+0800

+ Dimensions: 3416x5124

+ Exposure: 1/13 sec at f/4.0

+ Focal Length: 70 mm

+ ISO: 6400

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS M

+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200 mm f/4L USM

+ GPS: 22°24'58" N 114°12'49" E (SML Universe HKG)

+ Subject: Science Park’s reflection on Tolo Harbor, Hong Kong, China.

”朦朦朧朧隱隱約約”

/ 寧 Serenity

/ SML.20130203.EOSM.01610

/ #寧 #serenity #SMLSerenity #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects

/ #夜 #night #水 #water #ocean #山水 #landscape #攝影 #摄影 #photography #bokeh #lights #reflection #香港 #HongKong #中國 #中国 #China

Today, when I went out to the Ma On Shan Promenade to do panoramic photography, I ran into some people wake boarding at Tolo Harbour. I promised @Ortelpa that I would do some “correct focusing” on subjects which he is “mostly interested in” so here ya go!

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-06-30T15:49:29 GMT+0800

+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456

+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/7.1

+ Focal Length: 275 mm

+ ISO: 200

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D

+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

+ GPS: 22°25'22" N 114°13'28" E

+ Location: 香港馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, Hong Kong

+ Subject: 香港吐露港 Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong

+ Serial: SML.20130630.7D.43329

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men

# Media Licensing

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

滑水快艇 Wakeboarding speedboat / 香港水上體育運動 Hong Kong Water Sports / SML.20130630.7D.43329

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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

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Union Square, New York, NY.

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

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Imi Knoebel (born Klaus Wolf Knoebel; 1940) is a German artist known for his minimalist abstract paintings and sculptures. His work explores the relationship between space, picture support and color, and his works often draw comparisons with modern principles of both Kazimir Malevich and the Bauhaus.

The "Messerschnitt" or "knife cuts," are a recurring technique he employs, along with his regular use of the primary colors, red, yellow and blue.

Knoebel lives and works in Düsseldorf.

Imi Knoebel

Cut-up 9, 2011

227 x 273 x 15.8 cm

89.4 x 107.5 x 6.2 in

Acrylic and aluminium

# Imi Knoebel

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imi_Knoebel

# Galerie Hans Mayer

Grabbeplatz 2

40213 Dusseldorf

Germany

www.galeriehansmayer.de/

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:01:32+0800

+ Dimensions: 3645 x 3645

+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/8.0

+ Focal Length: 23 mm

+ ISO: 320

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

+ GPS: 22°16'58" 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.13870.SQ

+ 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

“Mixed Media Sculpture by Imi Knoebel: Cut-up 9, 2011 (Acrylic and aluminium)” / Galerie Hans Mayer / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13870.SQ

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