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Wufenpu (五分埔) is the largest clothing market in Taipei, best known for its wholesale pricing. It is most suitable for ladies who enjoy bargain shopping. I had no interest in that, but instead gravitated to the little food vendors seen here selling knock-off versions of Taiwanese specialties, such as the fried chicken steak in the front. In the background, another Buddhist temple appears rather unexpectedly in the midst of all the chaos.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wufenpu
五分埔雞排佛寺 Chicken Steak + Buddhist Temple, Wufenpu / 台灣台北 Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140211.6D.30710.BW
中國山東省泰安市泰山青雲洞
中国山东省泰安市泰山青云洞
”Green cloud cave” at Taishan Mountain in Tai'an City, Shandong Province, China
位於泰山象鼻峰的東邊，洞頂巨石上寫有“青雲洞”三個大字。相傳青雲洞陰雨天時，洞內若冒青煙與白雲洞之煙雲相遇就會遍雨天下。
Located in Taishan 象鼻峰 (literally means “top of the elephant nose mountain”) to the east, the three characters “青雲洞” (literally means “Green Cloud Cave”) were written on the top of the cave boulder. According to legend, when the the green fogs inside the cave meets with the cloud, then it will be a rainy day.
SML References:
+ baike.baidu.com/view/1492385.htm
SML Setup
+ Canon EOS 7D
+ Canon EF 24-70 f2.8L
+ Handheld
+ ISO 250 32mm f/9.0 1/50 sec
/ SML.20121011.7D.09514.ChinaTourism.CN.Shandong.Taian.TaishanMountain.GreenCloudCave
Three uniformed policemen riding on a speedboat speeds across Tolo Harbour. These speed boats are named Divisional Fast Patrol Craft (DFPC), and about 23 of them are currently in use [1].
This was taken with the 7D + 100-400, but wow it is still not close enough. But I don’t think that any of the 400+ telephoto lenses are within my affordable range right now.
# Notes
1. Wikipedia: ZH: 水警總區: 分區快速巡邏艇: zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/水警總區 (no English version)
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-02T16:17:11+0800
+ Dimensions: 3872 x 2581
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'26" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 香港吐露港 Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130502.7D.40990.C23
+ Series: 男 Men, (at some point a police series might need to be created)
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“水警分區快速巡邏艇 Marine Police Divisional Fast Patrol Craft (DFPC) PV 6” / 香港水警總區 Hong Kong Marine Region / SML.20130502.7D.40990.C23
/ #男 #Men #SMLMen #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #china #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #水警 #marine #警察 #police #船 #ships #海 #sea #人 #People
Here are those fishermen seen earlier in the stream [1]. And it appears that they are in fact not one man but two women. They sailed all the way towards me so I took a series of videos of them—to be posted. Soundtrack is a big issue for videography. I am so sick of writing music just to go with these tracks. But if I don’t write them they become very boring to watch…
This is a bit of an extreme crop—lens not long enough. If I photograph enough of these I will go get a 100-400 sooner or later.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-21 17:25:20 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 2674x1783
+ Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 280 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°25'7" N 114°13'29" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港吐露港 Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130321.7D.35780.C23
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 香港人 Hong Kong Humans
# Notes
1. “霧中獨釣寒江水” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130321.7D.35777.P1.L1.BW: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8576393367/
“漁農 Fishermen” / 香港人 Hong Kong Humans / SML.20130321.7D.35780.C23
/ #香港人 #HKHumans #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #水 #Water #sea #人 #People #Humans #女 #Women
Very soon I should have a whole collection of rowing. :)
A coxed four is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars and is steered by a coxswain.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coxed_four
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-03 (recorded) 2013-03-03 (processed)
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200 f/4L + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ Video: H264 MP4, 1920x1080 (1080p), 25fps, Progressive
+ Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
+ Length: 33 sec
+ Color: Color
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山海濱長廊對外的吐露港 Tolo Harbour near the Ma On Shan Promenade, Hong Kong, China
+ Photographer: See-ming Lee 李思明, SML Photography
+ Soundtrack: SML Music
+ Media Production: SML Universe
+ License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CCBY)
+ Copyright: 2013 See-ming Lee 李思明, SML Universe Limited
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men, 形 Forms
+ Serial: SML.20130303.EOSM.03018-03019-03020.Sports.Rowing
# SML 1080p Simulcast
+ SML Vimeo: vimeo.com/60946641
+ SML Universe YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=4ebeGepdAV8
+ SML Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8523976969/
+ SML Facebook: www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10151544041163035
“四人單槳連舵手艇 Coxed Four 4+ Rowing” / 香港水上體育運動之形 Hong Kong Water Sports Forms / SML.20130303.EOSM.03018-03019-03020.Sports.Rowing
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When the Snowden supporters past by the entrance o the US Consultate in Hong Kong, they ran along the entire Garden Road wrapping around the entire consulate. Frantic journalists all trying to get a good shot were fighting for good vantage points to photograph while the police tried very hard to get the photographers off the street—unsuccessfully.
To be frank, I think that there may be just as many journalists at the rally as there are people protesting…
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-06-15T16:27:09+0800
+ Dimensions: 5200 x 3467
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/9.0
+ Focal Length: 27 mm
+ ISO: 320
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'52" N 114°9'29" E
+ Location: 香港中環花園路26號美國總領事館 US Consulate General, 26 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130615.6D.15838
+ Series: SnowdenHK: 香港聲援斯諾登遊行 Hong Kong Rally to Support Snowden, 新聞攝影 Photojournalism
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
美國總領事館前抗議 Protest outside US Consulate General in Hong Kong / 香港聲援斯諾登遊行 Hong Kong Rally to Support Snowden / SML.20130615.6D.15838
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Built in the 15th year of emperor Wanli (1587), the Soul Tower (明樓) is the symbol of the tomb. The structure and materials are similar to those of Yongling (永陵). It is an architecture with a hipped gable roof with brick arches inside. All the components, such as corbel brackets, tie-beams and eave-rafters are made of stone, with color paintings on the surface. Thus it looks exactly like a wooden structure. Inside the tower stands a stele which bears the inscription “the mausoleum of Emperor Shenzong of Great Ming” (神宗顯皇帝之陵).
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM. Situations like this makes me regret not putting the 17-40 on the camera. But it was so dusty and I did not want to change the lens out in the open…
定陵明樓 Soul Tower, Dingling Tomb (“Tomb of Stability”) / 中國北京明十三陵 Ming Tombs, Beijing, China / SML.20140501.6D.31526.P1.BW
Taxis in Hong Kong come in three types which serves different areas. All three types serve the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA/HKG) but they have different boundaries where they can travel.
+ Red: Urban taxi. The red taxis have the highest fares among all but they serve all areas in Hong Kong.
+ Green: New Territories taxi. The green taxis are cheaper than the red cabs, but they serve only parts of the New Territories, and they cannot go to Kowloon. Since New Territories cover a large area of land, their fares are cheaper.
+ Blue: Lantau taxi. These blue taxis run exclusively on southern Lantau Island, where the HKIA is. They are also not as ubiquitous as the other ones—there are only around 50 of them.
Visit Wikipedia for more information:
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicabs_of_Hong_Kong
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-20 15:27:04 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3450 x 5176
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 1600
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'20" N 114°13'38" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山頌安商場 中国香港马鞍山颂安商场 Chung On Shopping Centre, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130220.7D.23502.P1.L1
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics
“香港的士 Taxicabs of Hong Kong” / 人流 Human Logistics / SML.20130220.7D.23502.P1.L1
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青島康有為故居（膠澳總督副官官邸舊址），位於中國山東省青島市市南區福山支路5號，德式建築。始建於1899年，選址在匯泉灣畔、小魚山麓，原為1899至1902年任德國膠澳總督副官的弗賴海爾·利利恩可龍的住宅。1924年康有為購入此房作為寓所，並在此居住直至1927年3月病逝。2000年由青島市政府投資全面修繕，遷出其中的住戶，並作為紀念館正式對外開放。
青岛康有为故居（胶澳总督副官官邸旧址），位于中国山东省青岛市市南区福山支路5号，德式建筑。始建于1899年，选址在汇泉湾畔、小鱼山麓，原为1899至1902年任德国胶澳总督副官的弗赖海尔·利利恩可龙的住宅。1924年康有为购入此房作为寓所，并在此居住直至1927年3月病逝。2000年由青岛市政府投资全面修缮，迁出其中的住户，并作为纪念馆正式对外开放。
The Former Residence of Kang Youwei is located at 5号 Fu Shan Zhi Lu, Shi Nan Qu, Qingdao, Shandong, China, 266003. Built as a German-style architecture in 1899, it is situated near Huiquan River. Originally it was the residence for the Governor of Germany-Austria when Qingdao was occupied by foreign forces. In 1924, Mr KANG Youwei purchased it to use as his own residence and he lived there until his death in March 1927. The site was comprehensively renovated in 2000 by the Qingdao Municipal Government and formally open to the public as a memorial museum. (SML Translate)
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About 康有為 康有为 Kang Youwei:
康有為（1858年3月19日－1927年3月31日），原名祖詒，字廣廈，號長素，又號明夷、更甡、西樵山人、游存叟、天游化人，廣東省南海縣丹灶蘇村人，人稱康南海，中國政治家、思想家、教育家，光緒廿一年（1895年）進士，曾與弟子梁啟超合作戊戌變法，後事敗，出逃。他信奉孔子的儒家學說，並致力於將儒家學說改造為可以適應現代社會的國教，曾擔任孔教會會長。
康有为（1858年3月19日－1927年3月31日），原名祖诒，字广厦，号长素，又号明夷、更甡、西樵山人、游存叟、天游化人，广东省南海县丹灶苏村人，人称康南海，中国政治家、思想家、教育家，光緒廿一年（1895年）進士，曾與弟子梁啟超合作戊戌变法，後事敗，出逃。他信奉孔子的儒家学说，并致力于将儒家学说改造为可以适应现代社会的国教，曾担任孔教会会长。
Kang Youwei (simplified Chinese: 康有为; traditional Chinese: 康有為; pinyin: Kāng Yǒuwéi; Wade-Giles: K'ang Yu-wei; March 19, 1858–March 31, 1927), was a Chinese scholar, noted calligrapher and prominent political thinker and reformer of the late Qing Dynasty. He led movements to establish a constitutional monarchy and was an ardent Chinese nationalist and internationalist. His ideas inspired a reformation movement that was supported by the Guangxu Emperor but loathed by Empress Dowager Cixi. Although he continued to advocate for constitutional monarchy after the foundation of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Kang's political ideology was never put into practical application.
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SML References
+ Wikipedia ZH-HK: 青島康有為故居 zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/青岛康有为故居
+ Wikipedia ZH-HK: 康有為 zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/康有为
+ Wikipedia ZH: zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/青岛康有为故居
+ Wikipedia ZH: 康有为 zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/康有为
+ Wikipedia EN: Kang Youwei en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Youwei
+ Qingdao Municipal Archives (CN GOV): www.qdda.gov.cn/front/laoqingdao/preview.jsp?subjectid=12...
As usual, utilitarian forms which were created for their function rather than visual beauty is the most beautiful to my eye.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-27 15:30:53 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 4296 x 2863
+ Exposure: 1/60 sec at f/11
+ Focal Length: 40 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°18'6" N 114°10'15" E
+ Location: 中國香港九龍尖沙咀柯士甸道22號龍公園游泳池 中国香港九龙尖沙咀柯士甸道22号龙公园游泳池 Kowloon Park Swimming Pool, 22 Austin Rd, Tsim Sha Tsu, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130227.EOSM.02606.P1.L1
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 形 Forms
“九龍公園游泳池 Kowloon Park Swimming Pool” / 香港體育建築之形 Hong Kong Sports Architecture Forms / SML.20130227.EOSM.02606.P1.L1
/ #形 #Form #SMLForms #體育 #Sports #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #尖沙咀 #TsimShaTsui #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #游泳 #Swimming
Adding things is a human fallacy. People have a tendency to create value through adding. Add more features, add more colors, add more fonts, add more things, add more people, add more likes. Everything is lost in chaos. Nothing is seen.
I photograph this, because it depicts a balance of forms, color and composition. It is a good example of how to use colors, in particular. Colors are utilized as accents. If you want to accent anything, use it sparingly. The pipes of the ceiling forms are in a relatively neutral off-gray, with strokes of red and blue just here and there, the overall composition is formed. It has contrast. It is balanced.
The same principle can be used in design. Use one font, make one huge, make others small. Use red sparingly, contrast with sea of black. Of course, the reverse is also true. If you fill the page with red, you can accent by having a small point of white also. Everything just need to have contrast. Without contrast everything is just a blur.
# SML Workflow
Photographed with the Canon 7D + Canon EF 70-200 f/4L. Processed in Adobe Lightroom 4 + Photoshop CS6.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-01 11:10:52 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3431 x 5147
+ Exposure: 1/160 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 87 mm
+ ISO: 640
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'20" N 114°13'36" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆安商場巴士總站天花 中国香港马鞍山恒安商场巴士总站天花
Ceiling, Bus Terminal, Heng On Shopping Mall, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong SAR, China
“色形線對比的平衡 Balance of contrasts in forms, colors and lines” / 形 Forms / SML.20130201.7D.20894.P1
/ #SMLOpinions #SMLPHIL #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse
/ #opinions #設計 #design #形 #forms #線 #lines #色 #color #攝影 #photography #平衡 #balance #對比 #contrast #理念 #philosophy
圓方 Elements
香港九龍尖沙咀柯士甸道西1號
1 Austin Road West, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
See Original (11279 x 3372): www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8294048438/sizes/o/
This photo is stitched using 14 RAW files using Canon EOS 7D + Canon 24-70 f2.8L mounted on a Manfrotto tripod then merged using Photoshop CS6 with perspective correction.
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SML Pro Blog: Project Rebirth / 2004 / SML
Project Rebirth (www.ProjectRebirth.org)
Chronicling the Rebirth of Ground Zero in New York City
Screens (11 Total)
+ 1. Home
+ 2. Timeline: Camera C: View Cone
+ 3. Timeline: Camera C: Information
+ 4. Timeline: Today: 2004-11-17
+ 5. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Documentary
+ 6. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Journal
+ 7. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Journal Detail
+ 8. The Film: Project Journal
+ 10. The Rebuild about Ground Zero
Awards
+ Design Interact Site of the Week: 2004-12-20
+ Graphis Interactive Annual 3, 2005
+ One Show Interactive 2005 Merit Award
+ Web Marketing Association's WebAwards 2005: Best Non-Profit Website
IconNicholson Team (IconNicholson / LBi International)
+ Claudia Chow (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Katharine English (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Leslie Freeman (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Larry Burks (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Miles Kafka (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Paul Wood (Google)
+ See-ming Lee (Blog / Flickr / Google / LinkedIn)
+ Tim Murtaugh (Flickr / Google / LinkedIn)
Design Interact: Web Site of the Week (www.designinteract.com/sow/122004/)
Week of December 20: Project Rebirth Web Site
Project Rebirth is an online chronicle of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site. As immediate and compelling as a physical visit, this project gives people the opportunity to observe and share in the progress of the reconstruction.
Newly released at the time the team was considering technical specifications, thisProject Rebirth Web site site uses the FlashMX development environment to full effect. Functioning as a portal to extensive content, the beauty of this Web site lies in its ability to be current and historical. With a visual design that appropriately takes a back seat to the content, it records ideas, images and interviews in their original context while also allowing for their evolution.
Primary content consists of a series of video images (presented in a timeline format) captured by six, 35mm time-lapse cameras positioned by Project Rebirth around the World Trade Center site. They shoot one frame every five minutes—and will continue to do so for ten years. The images enable the viewing of the rebuild as it occurs on any date; in seconds, visitors can see the footage of a single day. There are also interviews with reconstruction overseers, journals by filmmakers and video of major milestones in the redevelopment efforts.
Project Rebirth Web siteThe key challenge for the developers was to create an interface that would incorporate what would ultimately be ten years of film footage, that didn’t inundate visitors and yet communicated the passage of substantial amounts of time. Their solution is an interactive, XML-driven timeline that delivers fluid viewing of time-lapse footage. It provides an appropriate time-based metaphor that also does a nice job of integrating video, audio, imagery and text-based content into a single interface. The time-based experience allows access to any moment in time and provides the ability to navigate the Web site by date and/or event. Our one complaint: The link from the home page, to this main feature, looks far too much like header art. We would have liked to see billing more in line with its importance.
This collaborative effort between Project Rebirth and IconNicholson began in the summer of 2003 and the site launched in September 2004. On average, visitors are staying on the site 19 minutes, which is significant in comparison to Internet-wide stays at sites with similar content. Interestingly, international users comprise 30% of all visitors.
Robert Fisher, creative director
Claudia Chow, art director
See-ming Lee, timeline art director/developer
Larry Burks, information architect
Miles Kafka, CGI programmer/engineer
Tim Murtaugh, HTML developer
Leslie Freeman, producer
Katharine English, Project Rebirth, general manager
Paul Wood, Project Rebirth, technical producer
IconNicholson, site design and development
Web site: www.projectrebirth.org
Web site: www.iconnicholson.com
©2004 Coyne & Blanchard, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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SML Pro Blog: Morgan Stanley: Van Kampen Investments: 2005 Concept: Folders
Client = Morgan Stanley / Van Kampen Investments
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Each one commited to leaving no stone unturned.
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Identifiable humans in photos have traditionally caused me problems in the past because of various laws covering model releases for licensing. But I have now identified the solution to this—photographing their legs only, with caps, thus completely anonymous but yet add every bit of life to otherwise cold forms.
人氣 (literally human air) is the technique used in Chinese traditional paintings. The idea is that having a human figure, no matter how faint, adds a bit of life to the composition. And it seems to be working better now.
I really enjoy this collage of forms seen at a public housing development near me. There are very interesting lines moving the eye across different parts of the image, while the person gives it a bit of suggestive motion leading off the page.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-13 16:38:23 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 5184
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 125
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'16" N 114°13'35" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山頌安邨 中国香港马鞍山颂安村 Chung On Estate, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130213.EOSM.01951.P1.L1
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms
“無題 Untitled” / 人流建築之形 Human Logistics Architecture Forms / SML.20130213.EOSM.01951.P1
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #街 #Street #攝影 #摄影 #Photography #頌安邨 #ChungOnEstate #人 #people #humans #樹 #trees #樓梯 #stairs #色 #color
I used to do my own photography for my designs. But sometimes it was challenging to get something together quickly last minute and so I ended up using stock, which is never really in a way that I want them.
So I thought that I would just go and photograph some stock for myself to use, which is why there are a bunch of very minimalist abstract forms on my stream now.
I have had a fairly difficult time finding a good angle for this because the basketball courts are surrounded by these very tight green frames, but also because of that, they added a bit of front bokeh to these captures, which is interesting to me.
I might just have to reserve a court next time so I can photograph these properly, but at least it helps to figure out where this is available nearby.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-21 14:31:30 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3363 x 5044
+ Exposure: 1/800 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°25'12" 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.20130221.7D.24069
+ Series: 形 Forms, 體育 Sports
“籃球網 Basketball Net” / 體育之形 Sports Forms / SML.20130221.7D.24069
/ #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 #網 #Net
# SML Setup
This is a handheld 6-image pano stitch. The path to the top is really steep and carrying my tripod with me was prohibitively dangerous. Hopefully I will have time in the future to bring an entourage of photo assistants with me. For now this is possible mostly because Photoshop cS6’s pano engine is pretty good these days.
# SML Comments
Closed to the 碧霞祠 Azure Clouds Temple on the other side of the 玉皇頂 Jade Emperor Peak is a “Guest House” (aka hotel) which is enclosed in radio satellites. The very traditional architecture of the tower suggests that it was probably originally built as a watch tower in ancient times. But in modern days it is now filled with satellite dishes, likely for intelligence use as well as radio broadcast use.
I did not have the time to check out the facilities, but I think that if and when I decide to revisit Mount Tai for some more photography, this would be my only lodging option.
“电台宾馆” (電台賓館 Radio Station Guest House) Pano / 山東省泰山 Mount Tai, Shandong Province 山东省泰山 / 中國旅遊 中国旅游 China Tourism / SML.20121011.7D.09590-09595.Pano.ChinaTourism.CN.Qingdao.Shandong.MountTai
# SML Data
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+ SML.20121011.7D.09595
# SML Tags (EN/ZH)
2012 CC-BY CN Canon.24-70.f2.8L Canon.7D China China.Tourism Jade.Emperor.Peak Qingdao Radio.Station.Guest.House SML SML.Photography SML.Travel SML:Projects SML:Projects=ChinaTourism SML:Projects=Landscape SML:Projects=Pano.Photography SML:Projects=SML.Travel SML:Travel SML:Travel=Qingdao Shandong Tai'an Taishan Tourism Travel boulder cn company:name=SML.Photography company:name=SML.Universe guest.house history hotel landscape lodging mountains nature pano panorama panoramic photographer:initials=SML photographer:name=See-ming.Lee photography radio.station rocks sky tourism travel 中国 中国旅游 中國 中國旅遊 全景 全景攝影 历史 天 宾馆 山 山东 山東 山水 摄影 攝影 旅游 旅行 旅遊 歷史 泰安 泰山 玉皇頂 电台 电台宾馆 石 空 自然 賓館 電台 電台賓館 青島
This video is done for my 人流 Human Logistics series. What I tried to do is to show that even without specific signage or directions, we as humans also travel in the flow similar to the flock of birds and school of fish.
This particular video is assembled using footage shot from the ground level. Some parts are more successful than the others. But in some earlier videography shot from the aerial view, the pattern and formation are very obvious.
This is a 10 year project of mine. And I hope that at the end of the decade I will be able to assemble enough clips to make a feature film. The soundtrack is written quickly inside Ableton Live.
Everything is licensed via Creative Commons. The video should be downloadable from Vimeo and the soundtrack from SoundCloud.
# SML Music
Beat samples mixed with sounds from the videography.
Download 24-bit 48 kHz AIFF at
soundcloud.com/seeminglee/hk-mtr-human-logistics-sml-2013...
# SML Data
Series: Human Logistics 人流
Camera: Canon EOS M
Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
Video: H264 MP4, 1920x1080 25fps, Progressive, 8 Mbps
Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
Length: 1 min 2 sec
Color: Color
Language: Cantonese, English
Location: Prince Edward MTR Station, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China 中國香港太子地鐵站
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CCBY)
Date: 2013-02-07 (recorded) 2013-02-08 (processed)
Photographer: See-ming Lee 李思明, SML Photography
Soundtrack: SML Music
Media Production: SML Universe
Copyright: 2013 See-ming Lee 李思明, SML Universe Limited
Serial: SML.20130207.EOSM.10x.1080p
中國香港太子地鐵站 Prince Edward MTR Station, Hong Kong, China / 人流 Human Logistics / SML.20130207.EOSM.10x.1080p
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/ #CanonEOSM #Canon1740f4L #人 #people #crowd #MTR #metro #HongKong #China #YouTube #SoundCloud
#中國 #香港 #太子 #地鐵 #人流 #music #soundtrack
SML Pro Blog: Morgan Stanley: Van Kampen Investments: 2005 Concept: Folders
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10800x2332 Original:
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青島康有為故居（膠澳總督副官官邸舊址），位於中國山東省青島市市南區福山支路5號，德式建築。始建於1899年，選址在匯泉灣畔、小魚山麓，原為1899至1902年任德國膠澳總督副官的弗賴海爾·利利恩可龍的住宅。1924年康有為購入此房作為寓所，並在此居住直至1927年3月病逝。2000年由青島市政府投資全面修繕，遷出其中的住戶，並作為紀念館正式對外開放。
青岛康有为故居（胶澳总督副官官邸旧址），位于中国山东省青岛市市南区福山支路5号，德式建筑。始建于1899年，选址在汇泉湾畔、小鱼山麓，原为1899至1902年任德国胶澳总督副官的弗赖海尔·利利恩可龙的住宅。1924年康有为购入此房作为寓所，并在此居住直至1927年3月病逝。2000年由青岛市政府投资全面修缮，迁出其中的住户，并作为纪念馆正式对外开放。
The Former Residence of Kang Youwei is located at 5号 Fu Shan Zhi Lu, Shi Nan Qu, Qingdao, Shandong, China, 266003. Built as a German-style architecture in 1899, it is situated near Huiquan River. Originally it was the residence for the Governor of Germany-Austria when Qingdao was occupied by foreign forces. In 1924, Mr KANG Youwei purchased it to use as his own residence and he lived there until his death in March 1927. The site was comprehensively renovated in 2000 by the Qingdao Municipal Government and formally open to the public as a memorial museum. (SML Translate)
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About 康有為 康有为 Kang Youwei:
康有為（1858年3月19日－1927年3月31日），原名祖詒，字廣廈，號長素，又號明夷、更甡、西樵山人、游存叟、天游化人，廣東省南海縣丹灶蘇村人，人稱康南海，中國政治家、思想家、教育家，光緒廿一年（1895年）進士，曾與弟子梁啟超合作戊戌變法，後事敗，出逃。他信奉孔子的儒家學說，並致力於將儒家學說改造為可以適應現代社會的國教，曾擔任孔教會會長。
康有为（1858年3月19日－1927年3月31日），原名祖诒，字广厦，号长素，又号明夷、更甡、西樵山人、游存叟、天游化人，广东省南海县丹灶苏村人，人称康南海，中国政治家、思想家、教育家，光緒廿一年（1895年）進士，曾與弟子梁啟超合作戊戌变法，後事敗，出逃。他信奉孔子的儒家学说，并致力于将儒家学说改造为可以适应现代社会的国教，曾担任孔教会会长。
Kang Youwei (simplified Chinese: 康有为; traditional Chinese: 康有為; pinyin: Kāng Yǒuwéi; Wade-Giles: K'ang Yu-wei; March 19, 1858–March 31, 1927), was a Chinese scholar, noted calligrapher and prominent political thinker and reformer of the late Qing Dynasty. He led movements to establish a constitutional monarchy and was an ardent Chinese nationalist and internationalist. His ideas inspired a reformation movement that was supported by the Guangxu Emperor but loathed by Empress Dowager Cixi. Although he continued to advocate for constitutional monarchy after the foundation of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Kang's political ideology was never put into practical application.
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SML References
+ Wikipedia ZH-HK: 青島康有為故居 zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/青岛康有为故居
+ Wikipedia ZH-HK: 康有為 zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/康有为
+ Wikipedia ZH: zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/青岛康有为故居
+ Wikipedia ZH: 康有为 zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/康有为
+ Wikipedia EN: Kang Youwei en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Youwei
+ Qingdao Municipal Archives (CN GOV): www.qdda.gov.cn/front/laoqingdao/preview.jsp?subjectid=12...
A seagull extends his wings and glides along the water surface at Tolo Harbour / Sha Tin Hoi near the Ma On Shan Promenade in Hong Kong, China.
一隻海鷗延伸他的翅膀，在中國香港馬鞍山海濱長廊附近的吐露港/沙田海水面滑行。
一只海鸥延伸他的翅膀，在中国香港马鞍山海滨长廊附近的吐露港/沙田海水面滑行。
My mom suggested that instead of photographing seagulls from the 27th floor, I should just go downstairs and get a better view. Seems she is right—kind of. The aerial view is still good to get a macro view, but it is easier to photograph them in this side view.
I have always wanted to photograph birds, and in New York it used to mean that I have to venture far out in a special trip. But now that I am in Hong Kong, I just go downstairs. Super sweet!
@Mom SML Thank You for the suggestion!
# SML Translate
鵬程萬里
引類呼朋
+ 鵬: Peng (simplified Chinese: 鹏; traditional Chinese: 鵬; pinyin: péng; Wade–Giles: p'eng) or Dapeng (大鵬) is a giant bird that transforms from a Kun (simplified Chinese: 鲲; traditional Chinese: 鯤; pinyin: kūn; Wade–Giles: k'un) giant fish in Chinese mythology. In comparative mythology of giant creatures, Peng is likened to the Roc or Garuda and Kun to the Leviathan. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peng_(mythology)
鵬，又稱大鵬、鵬鳥、鯤鵬，是世界許多傳說中其大無比的神鳥。 zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/鹏
Here used to mean birds.
+ 程: journey.
+ 萬: ten thousand. Metaphor for large number.
+ 里: miles.
+ 萬里: ten thousand miles. Metaphor for long distance.
+ 引: 吸引. Attract, lure, draw.
+ 類: class, family, kind.
+ 呼: call out, shout.
+ 朋: friends.
+ 鵬程萬里 引類呼朋: a big bird journeys across long distance to attract friends similar to himself. (what SML is doing in social media: finding awesome crazy people to meet with eventually in real life)
# SML Workflow
Photographed handheld with the Canon 7D + 70-200 f/4L + 1.4x Extender III. Processed inside Lightroom 4 and Photoshop CS6.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-08 11:14:49 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 4609 x 3073
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 228 mm
+ ISO: 200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200 f/4L USM + EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'22" 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 SAR, China
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
+ Serial: SML.20130208.7D.21427.C23.P1.L1
“鵬程萬里 引類呼朋” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130208.7D.21427.C23.P1.L1
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #鳥 #鸟 #birds #自然 #nature #海 #sea #攝影 #摄影 #photography
/ #中国 #中國 #china #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan
Buses in Hong Kong run on time, have routes which make sense, are air-conditioned, some with wifi on board, and are tidy in clean. Compare this to the MTA bus system in New York, which is never on time, with routes which make no sense, and filled with filth, and you know why I don’t miss New York.
Pictured is the bus terminal in Ma On Shan for 286M, a bus which goes to the Diamond Hill MTR station. The suffix M means that the bus stops at MTR (Hong Kong metro) stations. Similarly, if you see a suffix K to the bus route, you know that it stops at a KCR (Hong Kong train) station. KCR and MTR used to be two companies but after the merger they are the same—but you will see that the stations are slightly different as well as the trains which they use. For visitors to Hong Kong all you need to know is that buses which have a K or M will connect to the metro network at one of its stops, usually at the terminal, thus making travel planning easy.
Photographed with the iPhone 5, processed in Snapseed on the iPad.
“286M”
/ 人流之形 Human Logistics Forms
/ SML.20130204.IPH5.10033.C23
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLProjects #形 #Forms #SMLForms #SMLOpinions
/ #巴士 #bus #交通 #transportation #香港 #HongKong #中國 #中国 #China #站 #station #MTR #metro #地铁 #地鐵 #opinions
These are lamp posts situated around the Olympic Park. See how similar they look to the observation tower they are building? I have a feeling that the observation tower is somewhat inspired by the designs of these lighting fixtures. They could also have been built by the same people—which I am unsure.
The little dotted lines in the background are Chinese kites being flown near the park.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM.
奥林匹克公園燈柱 Lamp posts, Olympic Park / 中國北京建築之形 Architecture forms in Beijing, China / SML.20140502.6D.31816.P1.SQ.BW
I like it when I can find human participants in the collage of street forms.
A young high school student is leaving the tunnel lit with yellow lights, as an old man is entering it from afar. Their direction adds a bit of life to an otherwise cold composition while the architecture hides their identity (as usual, I am conscious of limited use without a model release).
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-03 15:07:45 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3247 x 4870
+ 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°25'21" N 114°13'41" 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.20130303.7D.25219
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms
”我來你往 I come, you leave“ / 人流之形 Human Logistics Forms / SML.20130303.7D.25219
/ #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 #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #隧道 #Tunnel #街 #Street #人 #people
Sunset by the sea. The texture on the water surface looks like cotton. In my mind water is not supposed to look like that, and yet it does.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-16 17:00:50 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 5184
+ Exposure: 1/1250 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 98 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°13'18" 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.20130316.7D.35146
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature
“日落水影金黃浪 Sunset golden reflection on the sea” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130316.7D.35146
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #seascape #水 #water
Car parks are awesome, aren’t they?
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-28T18:39:38.31+0800
+ Dimensions: 5060 x 3373
+ Exposure: 1/60 sec at f/2.8
+ Focal Length: 43 mm
+ ISO: 1600
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ GPS: 22°24'11" N 114°12'24" E
+ Altitude: 22.9 m
+ Location: 中國香港沙田香港賽馬會會所停車場 Car Park, Hong Kong Jockey Club Shatin Clubhouse, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130328.7D.37021
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“2 << << << Speed Limit 5 MPH 時速限制” / 人流指示之形 Human Logistics Signage Forms / SML.20130328.7D.37021
/ #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 #停車場 #Carpark #指示 #Signage
The Exchange Square 交易廣場 is a building complex located in Central, Hong Kong.
The property is the home of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong since the 1980s. It also houses many international banking and law firms ncluding Credit Suisse, Bank of Montreal, Lloyd George Management, Latham & Watkins, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen & Overy and Allens Arthur Robinson. It is also home to the consulates in Hong Kong of Argentina, Canada, Japan, and the American Club of Hong Kong.
Pictured is One Exchange Square and Two Exchange Square from the point of view from the entrance level—which, like many hotels in Hong kong, is not on the ground floor but at the elevated footbridge level.
This photo was taken at night so it is a bit grainy. And as usual, I find this extreme wide angle view up to be more interesting than other perspectives.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-09 22:29:08 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 4979 x 3319
+ Exposure: 1/13 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 3200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°17'0" N 114°9'27" E
+ Location: 中國香港中環交易廣場 中国香港中环交易广场 Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130209.7D.21836.P1.L1.BW
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 形 Forms
“香港中環交易廣場 Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong” / 城市建築夜之形 Urban Architecture Forms at Night / SML.20130209.7D.21836.P1.L1.BW
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLBW #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #黑白 #BW #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #中環 #Central #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #城市 #Urban #夜 #night #攝影 #摄影 #photography\
There is something gritty about this scene. I was reminded of some of iD Software’s many first person shooter games when I saw this. There are the pipes, the dirt, the multiplied boxes of no-one-knows-what. And then of course there are the lights.
To me this lives in the game world. It is interesting to me.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-13 16:57:57 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5140 x 3427
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 24mm
+ ISO: 320
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L
+ GPS: 22°25'17" N 114°13'37" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山頌安商場垃圾房 中国香港马鞍山颂安商场垃圾房 Garbage Room, Chung On Shopping Mall, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong SAR, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4, Photoshop CS6
+ Serial: SML.20130213.EOSM.01989.P1.L1
+ Series: 死園 Deadyard, 形 Forms, 商場 Shopping Malls
“死園總部之形 Deadyard Headquarters Forms” / 中國香港馬鞍山頌安商場垃圾房 Garbage Room, Chung On Shopping Mall, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong SAR, China / SML.20130213.EOSM.01989.P1.L1
/ #死園 #Deadyard #形 #Forms #SMLForms #商場 #ShoppingMalls #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #街 #street #攝影 #摄影 #photography #垃圾 #trash
There is something beautiful about where building touch—especially when they are almost touching but not quite. That oh-so-sweet soft shadow is left behind.
The facade on the architecture are distinctive from one another: one old, one new. One weathered, battered and used. The other shiny and new. But the older one always has so much more character—texture, color, inconsistency—in other words, imperfection.
Imperfection is always so much more interesting. Perfection is boring, cold and uninteresting. Embrace imperfection. It would make a happier life—true to nature.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-23T18:38:40.20+0800
+ Dimensions: 4980 x 3320
+ Exposure: 1/60 sec at f/4.0
+ ISO: 1000
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'58" N 114°9'42" E
+ Altitude: 26.3 m
+ Location: 中國香港中環愛丁堡廣場5號香港大會堂 中国香港中环爱丁堡广场5号香港大会堂 Hong Kong City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130323.EOSM.03599
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, 界 Division
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“香港大會堂 Hong Kong City Hall” / 香港文化建築形之界 Hong Kong Cultural Architecture Forms Division / SML.20130323.EOSM.03599
/ #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 #中環 #Central
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Covered in a full wet suit with a snorkel, a swim ring around his waist and a string which is attached to a styrofoam box for storage, a fisherman in Hong Kong swam near the surface of Tolo Harbour to catch crabs.
Seriously.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-27T15:18:47+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'26" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG (Vista Paradiso, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong)
+ Subject: 香港吐露港 Tolo Harbour, HOng Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130527.7D.42182
+ Series: Crazyisgood, 香港人 Hong Kong Humans
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
潛水捉蟹 Dive and catch crabs / 香港人 Hong Kong Humans / Crazyisgood / SML.20130527.7D.42182
/ #Crazyisgood #香港人 #HKHumans #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #WTF #LOL #people #humans
The straight and curve lines of a wooden bench under a late afternoon sun at a park in Hong Kong.
The numbers 3, 6 and 9 have special numerological properties in Chinese culture.
+ 三: 3 sounds like the character 生 which means life.
+ 九: 9 has the same pronunciation as 久, which means longevity.
+ 六: 6 is the reverse of 9 pictographically. The two numbers 69 together forms the yin and the yang.
Thus 3, 6 and 9 together is a metaphor for a continually evolving long life of longevity. This is why I picked these numbers for my landline phone numbers. Although most Chinese people prefer the number 8 which sounds like 發 (fortune). Personally I prefer 6 and 9 as money for me is unimportant, but I would love to make a mark some time in history. Hopefully, maybe.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-22 16:55:26 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 4831 x 3221
+ 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°25'10" 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.24340
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 形 Forms
“三6三6三9三” / 香港園林建築之形 Hong Kong Landscape Architecture Forms / SML.20130222.7D.24340
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #園林 #Garden #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #木 #wood #長椅 #bench
Schools in Hong Kong has a very recognisable form. You don’t even need to look for the sign and you can immediately recognise that this is a school. It is a bit like SimCity that way. Education institutes with more funds can obviously afford to hire an architect to design something different, but most public schools follow the same design pattern. Often the only thing which differentiate one from another is the color of their facade, and that’s about it.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-19 13:38:59 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5046 x 3364
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 127 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°25'7" N 114°13'48" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山保良局胡忠中學 中国香港马鞍山保良局胡忠中学 Plk Wu Chung College, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130219.7D.23218
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 形 Forms
“正方形交響樂 Symphonic Squares No. 4” / 香港教育建築之形 Hong Kong Education Architecture Forms / SML.20130219.7D.23218
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #正方形 #squares #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 #學校 #学校 #School
The Rotunda annex of the National Library of Finland, completed in 1906, is a six-story structure with bookshelves placed around an open central space. Gazing up or down in the Rotunda offers stunning views of the library’s interior architecture
The National Library of Finland (Kansalliskirjasto) serves as the foremost research library in the country and is a vital institution for preserving Finnish cultural heritage. Located in Helsinki, near the iconic Senaatintori square, it is both a repository of knowledge and a cultural hub.
I visited this place in August during my week in Helsinki, per recommendation by Alexander. I only had a 24-105 with me during the visit and was unable to capture its beauty in a single shot, so I have stitched together 14 captures to make a vertical pano.
- Canon EOS R8
- Canon RF 24-107 f/4L IS USM
- Unioninkatu 36, 00170 Helsinki, Finland
- Architect: Carl Ludvig Engel
National Library of Finland, Helsinki / SML.20240813.R8.08556-08569-Pano
SML Pro Blog: Project Rebirth / 2004 / SML
Project Rebirth (www.ProjectRebirth.org)
Chronicling the Rebirth of Ground Zero in New York City
Screens (11 Total)
+ 1. Home
+ 2. Timeline: Camera C: View Cone
+ 3. Timeline: Camera C: Information
+ 4. Timeline: Today: 2004-11-17
+ 5. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Documentary
+ 6. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Journal
+ 7. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Journal Detail
+ 8. The Film: Project Journal
+ 10. The Rebuild about Ground Zero
Awards
+ Design Interact Site of the Week: 2004-12-20
+ Graphis Interactive Annual 3, 2005
+ One Show Interactive 2005 Merit Award
+ Web Marketing Association's WebAwards 2005: Best Non-Profit Website
IconNicholson Team (IconNicholson / LBi International)
+ Claudia Chow (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Katharine English (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Leslie Freeman (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Larry Burks (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Miles Kafka (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Paul Wood (Google)
+ See-ming Lee (Blog / Flickr / Google / LinkedIn)
+ Tim Murtaugh (Flickr / Google / LinkedIn)
Design Interact: Web Site of the Week (www.designinteract.com/sow/122004/)
Week of December 20: Project Rebirth Web Site
Project Rebirth is an online chronicle of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site. As immediate and compelling as a physical visit, this project gives people the opportunity to observe and share in the progress of the reconstruction.
Newly released at the time the team was considering technical specifications, thisProject Rebirth Web site site uses the FlashMX development environment to full effect. Functioning as a portal to extensive content, the beauty of this Web site lies in its ability to be current and historical. With a visual design that appropriately takes a back seat to the content, it records ideas, images and interviews in their original context while also allowing for their evolution.
Primary content consists of a series of video images (presented in a timeline format) captured by six, 35mm time-lapse cameras positioned by Project Rebirth around the World Trade Center site. They shoot one frame every five minutes—and will continue to do so for ten years. The images enable the viewing of the rebuild as it occurs on any date; in seconds, visitors can see the footage of a single day. There are also interviews with reconstruction overseers, journals by filmmakers and video of major milestones in the redevelopment efforts.
Project Rebirth Web siteThe key challenge for the developers was to create an interface that would incorporate what would ultimately be ten years of film footage, that didn’t inundate visitors and yet communicated the passage of substantial amounts of time. Their solution is an interactive, XML-driven timeline that delivers fluid viewing of time-lapse footage. It provides an appropriate time-based metaphor that also does a nice job of integrating video, audio, imagery and text-based content into a single interface. The time-based experience allows access to any moment in time and provides the ability to navigate the Web site by date and/or event. Our one complaint: The link from the home page, to this main feature, looks far too much like header art. We would have liked to see billing more in line with its importance.
This collaborative effort between Project Rebirth and IconNicholson began in the summer of 2003 and the site launched in September 2004. On average, visitors are staying on the site 19 minutes, which is significant in comparison to Internet-wide stays at sites with similar content. Interestingly, international users comprise 30% of all visitors.
Robert Fisher, creative director
Claudia Chow, art director
See-ming Lee, timeline art director/developer
Larry Burks, information architect
Miles Kafka, CGI programmer/engineer
Tim Murtaugh, HTML developer
Leslie Freeman, producer
Katharine English, Project Rebirth, general manager
Paul Wood, Project Rebirth, technical producer
IconNicholson, site design and development
Web site: www.projectrebirth.org
Web site: www.iconnicholson.com
©2004 Coyne & Blanchard, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
SML Copyright Notice
©2007 See-ming Lee / SML Flickr / SML Universe. All rights reserved.
The incredible cloudscape today after the storm has passed.
# SML Translate: 雨過藍天白雲錦
+ 雨: rain.
+ 過: after (the rain).
+ 藍: blue.
+ 天: sky.
+ 白: white.
+ 雲: clouds.
+ 錦: brocade (describe the clouds).
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-30T11:26:10+0800
+ Dimensions: 3553 x 3553
+ Exposure: 1/3200 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°25'3" N 114°13'25" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130430.6D.03713.SQ
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
“雨過藍天白雲錦” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130430.6D.03713.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 #雲 #Cloud #Cloudscape #自然 #Nature #CUHK #SciencePark
信號山 信号山 Signal Hill (HDR) / 青島 青岛 Qingdao / 中國旅遊 中国旅游 China Tourism / SML.20121013.G12.00880-00881-00882.HDR.ChinaTourism.CN.Qingdao.SignalHill
信號山是中國山東省青島市市中心的一座山頭公園，正門設在龍山路17號。海拔98米，1984年開闢為公園，山頂修建3幢紅色的蘑菇樓，1989年建6層旋轉觀景樓，為登高觀賞青島建築及海景的佳處。信號山原名龍山（俗稱“大石頭山”），德國占領時期以艦隊司令命名為迪德里希斯山(Diederichs-Berg)（又名信號山(Signal-Berg)），日本佔領時期更名為神尾山，1922年，中國政府接收青島後，定名為信號山。
信号山是中国山东省青岛市市中心的一座山头公园，正门设在龙山路17号。海拔98米，1984年开辟为公园，山顶修建3幢红色的蘑菇楼，1989年建6层旋转观景楼，为登高观赏青岛建筑及海景的佳处。 信号山原名龙山（俗称“大石头山”），德国占领时期以舰队司令命名为迪德里希斯山 (Diederichs-Berg)（又名信号山 (Signal-Berg)），日本占领时期更名为神尾山，1922年，中国政府接收青岛后，定名为信号山。
SML Translate:
Signal-Berg (literally Signal Mountain) is a park opened in 1984 and situated 98 meters above sea level at the top of a mountain in the center of Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China. Its main entrance located at 17 Longshan Road.
At the top of the mountain is three large red domes (pictured) and a 6-storey high rotating observation deck which provides an ideal spot for observing the architecture and harbor view of Qingdao.
The hill was originally called Longshan (literally dragon hill) which is also commonly known as “Large Stone Mountain”). During the German occupation period, it was named Mount Diederichs (Diederichs-Berg) (also known as Signal Hill (Signal-Berg). During the Japanese occupation period, it was renamed as 神尾山 (Kamio Hill). In 1922 when Qingdao was finally returned to China, the Chinese government official named it as 信號山 信号山 Signal Hill.
SML References:
SML Setup:
+ Canon G12 / handheld / HDR merged with Photoshop HDR Pro
+ SML.20121013.G12.00880 / ISO 80 - 6.1mm - f/4.5 - 1/80 sec
+ SML.20121013.G12.00881 / ISO 80 - 6.1mm - f/4.5 - 1/500 sec
+ SML.20121013.G12.00882 / ISO 80 - 6.1mm - f/4.5 - 1/100 sec
Original: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8369475568/sizes/o/ 3337 x 5005
# SML Translate
+ 萬: Ten thousand (count). Metaphor for a large number.
+ 古: Ancient, old.
+ 挺: straight, erect, stiff (as adjective)
+ 立: standing upright.
+ 萬古: For thousands of years
+ 挺立: standing up straight and stiff / not moving.
+ 萬古挺立: describes 泰山 Mount Tai standing tall for thousands of years despite everything that is happening in the world (e.g. wars, hazards, disasters which affect both nature and humanity); implies: the calligrapher praises the mountain for having a “principal” and being able to stand still and be itself regardless of external forces.
Most Chinese literature has an implied subtext. To understand precisely what they mean often it is useful to know about the person who wrote it. I don’t know who wrote this text so I can only interpret it in the most “objective” way.
# SML Workflow
This photo was taken into Photoshop for some H+S specifically for the shadow area. The color cast is somewhat troubling so it was taken into the L*a*b mode for curve adjustments — which is by far the best method to tweak Lightness curves without affecting color information. The Lab mode additionally allows for color contrast tweaks which are more natural because it does not affect the lightness information (unlike RGB mode where color + lightness is intertwined.)
# SML Data
+ Serial: SML.20121011.7D.09496.PS.C23
+ Date: 2012-10-11 08:46:56 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3337 x 5005
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/2.8
+ Focal Length: 24 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Setup: Handheld
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ GPS: 36°15'32" N 117°5'57" E (approximate. GPS unit not available)
萬古挺立 (万古挺立) / 山東省泰山 山东省泰山 Mount Tai, Shandong Province / 中國旅遊 中国旅游 China Tourism / SML.20121011.7D.09496.PS.C23
# Related SML Universe
+ SML Flickr Set: 中國旅遊 中国旅游 China Tourism: sml8.it/smlflickr-chinatourism
I have been cheating and doing time-lapse videography with video sped up at 1000% but it does not have the quality which I seek. So now I am doing things the proper way.
Pictured is the Canon EOS 7D + the Canon EF 17-40 f/L USM mounted on tripod and set to shoot at 10-second intervals using the Canon TC-80N3 remote.
This way I get full resolution RAW for every frame, thus good enough even to play as a 4K cinema movie while having the sharpness I needed for the video and require no unnecessary time spent rendering the 10x speed increase inside Premiere. Not to mention that it saves space also.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-08
+ Camera: Apple iPad 3
+ Workflow: Snapseed
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Serial: SML.20130308.IP3.09675
+ Series: Workflow
“Serenity time-lapse work in progress” / SML.20130308.IP3.09675
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #workflow
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #Landscape
30-second long exposure on tripod with ND400. This was mainly used to illustrate more clearly how blurry the leaves can get with just a little bit of breeze.
With this capture, I figured out why it is that people who does ND LE always have a bit of architecture or rocks in the scene that sit still, as they provide interesting contrast to an exposure which looks almost fake otherwise.
It is an interesting way to show motion also, as I have learned.
I will take my tripod to the shore as requested. Stay tuned.
# SML Translate: 輕風綠葉水流間
+ 輕: light (describes the wind).
+ 風: wind.
+ 綠: green.
+ 葉: leaves.
+ 水: water.
+ 流: flow.
+ 間: in between (the rocks).
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-10T14:41:57+0800
+ Dimensions: 3439 x 3439
+ Exposure: 30.0 sec at f/22
+ Focal Length: 24 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.37678.SQ
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“輕風綠葉水流間” / 寧 Serenity (ND LE 30-sec) / SML.20130410.7D.37678.SQ
/ #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
I bought the 100-400 to photograph birds. Most of the time is waiting for them to do something interesting. Some people go fishing. I stand around all afternoon waiting for the birds to go fishing.
It’s harder than you think. Occasionally, I get lucky.
- Camera: Canon EOS 7D
- Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
- Exposure: 400mm, 1/640 sec, f/8, ISO 320
- GPS: 22°23'25" N 114°12'3" E
- Location: Shing Mun River, Shatin, Hong Kong
- Date: 2013-08-09
Copyright 2013, 2024 See-ming Lee / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
Caught Fish. Little Egret in Flight. Shing Mun River, Shatin, Hong Kong / SML.20130809.7D.49397
We stopped by the Siberian Tiger Park (東北虎林園) at Harbin (哈爾濱) during our trip to Dongbei (東北). The park was built in 1996 and contains an open area with hundreds of tigers. At present, it is the largest natural park for wild Siberian tigers in the world.
You can definitely see the tigers up close and personal here. And there are so many of them. The ride through the open area takes approximately 30-45 minutes and is well worth it. I took my 100-400 with the 7D with me but even this photo was shot at 200mm because it was that close.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM.
88 松北街, Songbei, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Tiger’s Stare / 東北虎林園 Siberian Tiger Park / 中國黑龍江哈爾濱 Harbin, Heilongjiang, China / SML.20140729.7D.52252
Olek “petting” her crocheted “guest” at her art installation currently on display at Elements — a shopping mall in Hong Kong
The sand is a super sturdy tripod for the Canon EOS M, apparently.
I discovered today that there is a beach near me in walking distance. So I took my EOS M to see if it is too far to lug my SLR with me. 15 minutes. Not too bad at all. Expect to see some long exposure photography with water soon.
Photographed with the iPhone 5, processed in Snapseed.
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Canon EOS M on the beach” / 寧Serenity / SML.20130407.IPH5.11326
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #SMLSetup
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #夜 #Night #山水 #landscape #IPH5 #CanonEOSM #beach #water
中國深圳地鐵華僑城站A出口
Exit A, OCT Station, Shenzhen Metro, Shenzhen, China
中国深圳地铁华侨城站A出口
Full res 25403 × 2136:
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8300195591/sizes/o/
360-degree panoramic stiched using 27 fullres RAW image shot with the Canon EOS 7D and Canon EF 24-70 f2.8L. Processed in Lightroom, stitched using freeware Hugin—because Photoshop could not handle it.
RAW images serial:
+ SML.20121216.7D.18746
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/ SML.20121216.7D.Pano.HumanLogistics.SML.20121216.7D.18746-SML.20121216.7D.18772
SML Pro Blog: Project Rebirth / 2004 / SML
Project Rebirth (www.ProjectRebirth.org)
Chronicling the Rebirth of Ground Zero in New York City
Screens (11 Total)
+ 1. Home
+ 2. Timeline: Camera C: View Cone
+ 3. Timeline: Camera C: Information
+ 4. Timeline: Today: 2004-11-17
+ 5. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Documentary
+ 6. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Journal
+ 7. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Journal Detail
+ 8. The Film: Project Journal
+ 10. The Rebuild about Ground Zero
Awards
+ Design Interact Site of the Week: 2004-12-20
+ Graphis Interactive Annual 3, 2005
+ One Show Interactive 2005 Merit Award
+ Web Marketing Association's WebAwards 2005: Best Non-Profit Website
IconNicholson Team (IconNicholson / LBi International)
+ Claudia Chow (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Katharine English (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Leslie Freeman (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Larry Burks (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Miles Kafka (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Paul Wood (Google)
+ See-ming Lee (Blog / Flickr / Google / LinkedIn)
+ Tim Murtaugh (Flickr / Google / LinkedIn)
Design Interact: Web Site of the Week (www.designinteract.com/sow/122004/)
Week of December 20: Project Rebirth Web Site
Project Rebirth is an online chronicle of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site. As immediate and compelling as a physical visit, this project gives people the opportunity to observe and share in the progress of the reconstruction.
Newly released at the time the team was considering technical specifications, thisProject Rebirth Web site site uses the FlashMX development environment to full effect. Functioning as a portal to extensive content, the beauty of this Web site lies in its ability to be current and historical. With a visual design that appropriately takes a back seat to the content, it records ideas, images and interviews in their original context while also allowing for their evolution.
Primary content consists of a series of video images (presented in a timeline format) captured by six, 35mm time-lapse cameras positioned by Project Rebirth around the World Trade Center site. They shoot one frame every five minutes—and will continue to do so for ten years. The images enable the viewing of the rebuild as it occurs on any date; in seconds, visitors can see the footage of a single day. There are also interviews with reconstruction overseers, journals by filmmakers and video of major milestones in the redevelopment efforts.
Project Rebirth Web siteThe key challenge for the developers was to create an interface that would incorporate what would ultimately be ten years of film footage, that didn’t inundate visitors and yet communicated the passage of substantial amounts of time. Their solution is an interactive, XML-driven timeline that delivers fluid viewing of time-lapse footage. It provides an appropriate time-based metaphor that also does a nice job of integrating video, audio, imagery and text-based content into a single interface. The time-based experience allows access to any moment in time and provides the ability to navigate the Web site by date and/or event. Our one complaint: The link from the home page, to this main feature, looks far too much like header art. We would have liked to see billing more in line with its importance.
This collaborative effort between Project Rebirth and IconNicholson began in the summer of 2003 and the site launched in September 2004. On average, visitors are staying on the site 19 minutes, which is significant in comparison to Internet-wide stays at sites with similar content. Interestingly, international users comprise 30% of all visitors.
Robert Fisher, creative director
Claudia Chow, art director
See-ming Lee, timeline art director/developer
Larry Burks, information architect
Miles Kafka, CGI programmer/engineer
Tim Murtaugh, HTML developer
Leslie Freeman, producer
Katharine English, Project Rebirth, general manager
Paul Wood, Project Rebirth, technical producer
IconNicholson, site design and development
Web site: www.projectrebirth.org
Web site: www.iconnicholson.com
©2004 Coyne & Blanchard, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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An island was discovered near the water surface yesterday when I was testing with my new toy—the Canon EF 1.4x Extender III which turns my 70-200 f/4 L lens into an effective 98-280 f/5.6L lens.
I don’t really know what it is. From the angle I was shooting from on the 27th floor, it is hard to tell exactly how closed by it is. Is the Hong Kong Government doing some deep sea research? WTF is that? This “island” spans at least 100m in length and is seen very close to shore (10m). It first appeared yesterday but it is no longer present today.
# SML Translate
+ 海: sea, ocean.
+ 中: centre, middle, inside.
+ 島: island.
# SML Workflow
Photographed handheld with the Canon EOS 7D + EF 70-200 f/4L + EF 1.4x Extender III. Noise reduction in Lightroom 4. Processed in Photoshop CS6.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-4 16:30:03 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 640
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + 1.4x
+ GPS: 22°25'11" N 114°13'24" E (SML Universe HKG)
+ Serial: SML.20130204.7D.21254.P1
“海中島”
/ 寧 Serenity
/ SML.20130204.7D.21254.P1
/ #寧 #Serenity #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #海 #sea #沙田海 #ShaTinHoi #吐露港 #ToloHarbour #香港 #HongKong #中國 #中国 #China #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #自然 #nature #山水 #landscape #WTF #攝影 #摄影 #photography
The moon shines brightly amidst the cloudy dark sky from last night.
# SML Translate: 黑雲掛明月
+ 黑: black, dark.
+ 雲: clouds.
+ 掛: hang, hanging (verb).
+ 明: bright, clear.
+ 月: moon.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-24 00:05:18 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3086 x 4828
+ Exposure: 1/50 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 + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 Time Remote, Tripod
+ GPS: 22°25'8" N 114°13'27" E
+ Altitude: 59.7 m
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Serial: SML.20130324.7D.36231.P1.L1.C23
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“黑雲掛明月” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130324.7D.36231.P1.L1.C23
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #夜 #Night #月 #Moon #天 #空 #sky #雲 #云 #clouds
Public calligraphy is generally reserved for the VIPs in China. The text usually references the beauty of the landscape, but since they are recorded somewhere, they often also works as landmarks in the wild before the age of GPS.
# SML Translate:
+ 日: sun
+ 高: high up
+ 月: moon
+ 同: together
# SML Opinions:
Broadly speaking this suggests the sun is far up in the sky, but the moon is also very nearby. So the writing was probably written some time during the evening, where you can see the sun and the moon together. I don’t know what the calligrapher’s original intention is, but to me it implies a bit of romance.
# SML Notes:
I shot this photograph before I bought the GPS unit for my 7D, so the GPS coordinates here is approximate.