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Nanette Lepore came to IconNicholson because she needed to reach out to a younger audience. Her new line was coming out and was going to be premiered at the Bloomingdale’s flagship store in New York.
The solution was Social Retailing, which was first unveiled at National Retail Federation’s (NRF) BIG show in 2007.
An interactive mirror provides on the spot feedback and ambient aura animation while beaming the customers’ in-store experience across the Web via live video feed. Friends on the Web can send messages and clothing suggestion to the customers. Customers can also try on outfits virtually using the mirror that shows how fab they might look – or not.
Awards & Recognitions
+ Time Magazine’s Invention of the Year
+ Patent-Pending
+ BBC, CBC, CNet, CNN, International Herald Tribune, New York Times, Red Herring, Reuters, USA Today, Washington Post and Yahoo! press coverage
SML Roles
+ Concept
+ Interaction Design
+ Aura Design
Series: China Tourism 中國旅遊 中国旅游
Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens:Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L
Video: H264 MP4, 1920x1080, 24fps, Progressive, 10 Mbps
Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
Length: 48 sec
Color: Color
Language:Cantonese / Mandarin / English
Location: Window of the World, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CCBY)
Date: 2012-12-16 (recorded) 2012-12-31 (processed)
Photographer: See-ming Lee 李思明, SML Photography
Media Production: SML Universe
Copyright: 2012 See-ming Lee 李思明, SML Universe Limited
Serial: SML.20121216.7D.19255
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.
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.
GettyImages: gty.im/170023914
An unexpected effect from working on the serenity series (which is scenery outside my window) is being able to predict weather based on cloud formation and wave patterns on the water surface.
Last night based on pattern recognition alone I predicted that it will rain this morning even though it was very sunny outside. No one believed me. And it poured heavily today. I did take photos before the storm also but it was not really interesting to look at. But some time when I have a moment I will show you what I meant.
Pictured: A white yacht was seen sailing alone after that storm has passed during sunset. I am particularly drawn to how every small bit of sunlight from the cloud creates a smudged bits on the seascape.
# SML Translate: 暴雨停 帆起航
+ 暴: stormy.
+ 雨: rain.
+ 停: stops, has stopped.
+ 帆: sail (of the yacht).
+ 起: up, lifted up (describe the sail).
+ 航: glide, sail (verb, describe the yacht can glide on the sea)
+ 暴雨停 帆起航: after the stormy weather has passed, the yacht was able to set sail to glide pass the waters.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-16T18:24:43+0800
+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/9.0
+ Focal Length: 40 mm
+ ISO: 250
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'29" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 香港中文大學 Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) + 吐露港 Tolo Harbour + 香港科學園 Hong Kong Science Park + 八仙嶺 Pat Sin Leng
+ Serial: SML.20130516.6D.06572.P1.L1.BW
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“暴雨停 帆起航” / 香港吐露港日落之寧 Hong Kong Tolo Harbour Sunset Serenity / SML.20130516.6D.06572.P1.L1.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #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 #seascape #sunset
Say no to things which are unrealistic.
I have a tendency to over-commit. In the past when clients asked me if I can do something within an unrealistically short period of time, I used to agree to them and as a result also drove myself to death—literally. The stress was so high that I had contemplated killing myself.
The crazy thing was that since I was a perfectionist then, I decided to postpone suicide because I could not see myself having a tomb with something like “SML, the one who did not finish an XYZ project.” I also considered the possibility that no one would show up to my funeral because I somehow messed up their project. Yes I know that this is all very funny but somehow crazies have their crazy ways to cope with life.
These days I just say no. I tell people to go find someone else for things which I think will kill me. Interestingly they usually stay with me because usually when I was given unrealistic requests like that it was because they could not find any humans to do it and I am usually their last hope.
Wishful thinking is a common attribute among humans. Humans are just weird.
Excerpt from a longer blog post titled “Delete Perfection + Zero expectations / Happiness Life Hacks” on SML Pro Blog: blog.seeminglee.com/2012/12/delete-perfection-zero-expect...
“Learn to say no.” / SML.20121206.PHIL / #smlphil #ccby #smluniverse #smlprojects
In working on the “寧 Serenity” series, I observe that photographing “無 nothing” often is more interesting than “有 something”. It seems counter-intuitive. But photographing “nothing” reveals patterns which are unobservable when intentionally photographing “something”
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-01-29 16:29:46 GMT+0800
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM
+ Dimensions: 3192 x 4789
+ Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 122 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Handheld
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'25" E (SML Universe HKG)
+ Subject: 中國香港馬鞍山沙田海 Sha Tin Hoi, Hong Kong SAR, China
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
# SML Workflow
Photographed with the Canon 7D with the 70-200 f/4L lens, processed in Photoshop CS6 + Lightroom 4.
“無 Nothing > 有 Something”
/ 寧 Serenity
/ SML.20130129.7D.20734.C23.P1
20-second nighttime long exposure. Exposed for the sky + sea below. It is windy, so the clouds are blurry. The architecture shows that the scene is very in focus. The weird patterns on the sea is very present even well after the ships have long gone.
# SML Translate: 江寧山明
+ 江: lake, river, ocean.
+ 寧: serene, serenity.
+ 山: mountains.
+ 明: bright (from the city lights).
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-13T23:26:36+0800
+ Dimensions: 3265 x 4897
+ Exposure: 20.0 sec at f/5.0
+ Focal Length: 23 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ Accessories: Manfrotto tripod, Canon RC-6 Wireless Remote
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'27" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 香港科學園 + 大埔工業村 + 八仙嶺 + 吐露港 Hong Kong Science Park + Tai Po Industrial Estates + Tolo Harbour
+ Serial: SML.20130413.6D.00610.TM.BW
+ Workflow: Photomatix Pro 4.2.5b, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 長時間曝光攝影 Long Exposure Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“江寧山明” / 香港吐露港夜之寧 Hong Kong Tolo Harbour Night Serenity / SML.20130413.6D.00610.TM.BW
/ #寧 #serenity #SMLSerenity #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #LongExposure #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #夜 #Night #自然 #Nature
Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)
DragonAir 港龍航空 — now a subsidiary of Cathay Pacific 國泰航空 — is probably the best airline to fly from Hong Kong (HKG) to China destinationas these days. The economy class is spacious and comfortable. Haven't tried their business class yet so cannot comment on that. Recommended.
Since posting the photo where I described how I am now able to predict stormy weather based on patterns on the sea [1], a few people commented that they would like to see what those patterns look like. It does not look like that it will rain for a couple of days, so I looked into my unprocessed archive to find an example.
I did not post it previously because I did not really like how this looks at full resolution, but it does illustrate the patterns quite well so here it is.
# Observed patterns
+ The wave forms are disjointed. Compare this to a sunny day, where the lines are continuous and smooth
+ The waves have heights and they are very closed by to each other. And so on a photographic capture they look almost like a dessert.
+ Clear wind patterns. You can see the wind blowing the water into these valleys (white on photo) in very thin lines. These thin lines then break the thicker wave forms (going horizontally).
Because how fast the water is traveling, it seems that I need to up the shutter speed next time, so I will remember that. I might also try an ND with this as it might be interesting. On a normal day it makes close to no difference photographing this as a long exposure or not because the water remains relatively still.
# SML Thank You
I am surprised by how many people actually read my photo descriptions, as evidenced by the comments left behind in direct response to things which I wrote. Thank you for your gentle encouragement and support. You rock! Lots of SML Love to you. :)
# Notes
1. “暴雨停 帆起航” / 香港吐露港日落之寧 Hong Kong Tolo Harbour Sunset Serenity / SML.20130516.6D.06572.P1.L1.BW: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8743553289/
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-30T14:44:19+0800
+ Dimensions: 5333 x 3555
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 40 mm
+ ISO: 250
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'8" N 114°13'24" E
+ Location: SML Universe (Hong Kong) Limited
+ Subject: 香港吐露港 Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong
+ Serial: SML.20130430.6D.03726.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“暴風前水的形態 Water patterns before the storm” / 香港吐露港之寧 Hong Kong Tolo Harbour Serenity / SML.20130430.6D.03726.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #seascape #水 #Water #暴風 #Storms #自然 #Nature
Dogs have a better view than humans, I think. I am 188cm (6 ft 2 in) tall so things look very different for me. The good thing about being tall is that although I do get claustrophobic easily, riding on the jam-packed metro in Hong Kong I still only see open space. But things always seem so much more interesting near the ground level. Maybe I just don’t see this view much.
This was photographed near where I live: 聽濤雅苑 Vista Paradiso (in the background). The pathway on the right is the bicycle lane. If you walk all the way down you will reach the 馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan promenade. A lot of bicycles are parked here because it is connected directly to the 恆安地鐵站 Heng On MTR (Hong Kong metro) Station . So I guess people would bike to the station, park their bikes here and get on the subway.
Most parts of Ma On Shan are connected with bicycle lanes. If I could do this in New York I would so do it. Unfortunately it is not.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-16 23:06:46 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 4573 x 3049
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/2.0
+ Focal Length: 22 mm
+ ISO: 1000
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'36" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆安站對出單車徑聽濤雅苑後門 中国香港马鞍山恒安站对出单车径听涛雅苑后门 Bicycle Lane at the backdoor of Vista Paradiso and the northern exit of Heng On MTR Station in Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130216.EOSM.02247.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics
“城市週末夜人流 Urban Weekend Nighttime Human Logistics ” / SML.20130216.EOSM.02247.BW
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #人 #people #夜 #Night #街 #Street #單車 #Bicycle #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography
This store is absolutely amazing! The 豪大大雞排 Hot-Star Large Fried Chicken sells fried chicken. No, it’s not the American Southern style fried chicken — rather, the chicken is slapped into a thin piece of steak-like shape (think minute steak), coated with spices and then deep fried into perfection.
Although you see only a few people lining up here, by the time I finished eating, the line was half a block long. It was super yummy. Highly recommended!
I can’t find their website but apparently they are so popular that they have opened up stores in Australia — and they do have a website: hotstarchicken.com.au/ so you can see what those chicken looks like, perhaps?
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM. Processed in Lightroom 5.
豪大大雞排 Hot-Star Large Fried Chicken / 台灣台北士林夜市 Shilin Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140210.6D.30699.BW
/ #台灣 #臺灣 #Taiwan #台北 #Taipei #SMLTravel #旅遊 #旅游 #Travel #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #黑白 #BW #SMLBW
/ #market #士林夜市 #ShilinNightMarket #士林 #Shilin #street #food #chicken #HotStar #豪大大雞排 #recommended
With its striking geometric facade, Murray Building (美利大廈)—a government office building located in Central, Hong Kong—is one of my favorite architectures in Hong Kong.
Form follows function—its facade is designed to be super functional. The windows were meticulously oriented such that every office would avoid the intrusion of excessive direct sunlight. The design won the Certificate of Merit of the Energy Efficient Building Award in 1994.
This building used to house many of the key decision making bureaus of the Hong Kong government, but the site will soon be auctioned off for re-development into a hotel as the government bureaus which used to be located there have moved to the Central Government Complex, Tamar in 2011.
Also in view is part of the Citibank Tower complex, and in the reflection, the HSBC headquarters designed by Norman Foster.
# References
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Building
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-06-15T16:39:04+0800
+ Dimensions: 3648 x 5472
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/22
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 1000
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'41" N 114°9'36" E
+ Location: 香港中環紅棉路22號美利大廈 Murray Building, 22 Cotton Road, Central, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130615.6D.15880.BW
+ Series: 形 Forms, 建築 Architecture
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
美利大廈 Murray Building / 香港政府辦公建築之形 Hong Kong Government Office Architecture Forms / SML.20130615.6D.15880.BW
/ #FormFollowsFunction #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #形 #Forms #SMLForms #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #中環 #Central #Gov #Office
G asked SML to SML8 something, so SML SML8IT for G. That is all.
SML8ED Princess Leia DJ: Rev 002 / Crazyisgood / SML.20130323.GWTF
/ #GWTF #G #WTF #SML8IT #CCBY #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #Crazyisgood #SMLMusic
/ #illustration #starwars #nerds #crazy #good #GenWtF #GenerationWTF #LOL #design #illustrator #SMLBrands #HK #CN #US #Princess #Leia #DJ #R2D2 #alien
People often ask what is it that I photograph. I tell them that I am interested in forms, and the subject matter rarely matters.
These photographs are shot for photojournalism uses, so besides forms, I like to give them context. The USS Peleliu (LHA) [1] stationed in Hong Kong ought to look different than the ship stationed somewhere else, and so I try to find opportunities which would be site-specific enough while remaining photographically sound to my liking.
Pictured is the tail of an AV-8B Harrier attack plane [2] and a Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter [3] which is part of the HMM-364 unit [4] on the deck of the Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy when it was docked at Harbour City in Tsim Sha Shui in Hong Kong recently.
The location is unmistakably Hong Kong, as you can see a star ferry [5] sailing on the Victoria Harbour in front of the financial architectural skyline of Central. Most notably, the HSBC Main Building designed by Norman Foster [6] as well as Jardine House with its highly recognisable circular windows [7].
There seems however a discrepancy between what is seen and what was written on Wikipedia. According to Wikipedia, the HMM-364 unit only consists of CH-46E Sea Knight transport helicopters [4] but what was captured here is most undoubtedly the Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion [3].
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-18T17:39:17+0800
+ Dimensions: 5362 x 3575
+ Exposure: 1/100 sec at f/7.1
+ Focal Length: 100 mm
+ ISO: 1250
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°17'41" N 114°10'1" E
+ Location: 中國香港九龍尖沙咀海港城 Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
+ Subject: AV-8B Harrier + Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion, US Navy, USS Peleliu (LHA-5), United States Navy. Star Ferry + architecture in Central, Hong Kong.
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130418.6D.01606.BW
+ Series: Photojournalism
# Notes
1. The USS Peleliu (LHA-5) is a Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy, named for the Battle of Peleliu of World War II. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Peleliu_(LHA-5)
2. The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) AV-8B Harrier II is a second-generation vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) ground-attack aircraft. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV-8B_Harrier
3. The Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion is the most common name for the Sikorsky S-65 family of heavy-lift transport helicopters. Originally developed for use by the United States Marine Corps, it is also in service with Germany, Iran, Israel, and Mexico. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_CH-53_Sea_Stallion
4. Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (HMM-364) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-46E Sea Knight transport helicopters. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMM-364
5. The Star Ferry, or The "Star" Ferry Company, is a passenger ferry service operator and tourist attraction in Hong Kong. Its principal routes carry passengers across Victoria Harbour, between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. It was founded in 1888 as the Kowloon Ferry Company, adopting its present name in 1898. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Ferry
6. HSBC Main Building (Chinese: 香港滙豐總行大廈) is a headquarters building of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, which is today a wholly owned subsidiary of London based HSBC Holdings. It is located along the southern side of Statue Square near the location of the old City Hall, Hong Kong (built in 1869, demolished in 1933). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSBC_Building_(Hong_Kong)
7. Jardine House (Chinese: 怡和大廈), formerly known as Connaught Centre (康樂大廈), is an office tower in Hong Kong. The building is located at 1 Connaught Place, Central on the Hong Kong Island. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jardine_House
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“AV-8B Harrier + CH-53 Sea Stallion against the Hong Kong skyline” / USS Peleliu (LHA-5) in Hong Kong / SML.20130418.6D.01606.BW
/ #Photojournalism #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Marines #USS #Peleliu #LHA5 #mil #military #USMC #helicopter #architecture #urban #aircraft #StarFerry
Hung Hom Train Departure 紅磡火車開出 / Human Logistics 人流 / SML.20120913.G12.00308.720p.h264.mp4
Series: Human Logistics 人流
Camera: Canon G12
Video: H264 MP4, 1280x720, 24fps, Progressive, 8 Mbps
Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
Length: 42 sec
Color: Color
Language:Cantonese, Mandarin, English
Location: Hung Hom MTR Station, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CCBY)
Date: 2012-09-13 (recorded) 2012-12-30 (processed)
Photographer: See-ming Lee 李思明, SML Photography
Media Production: SML Universe
Copyright: 2012 See-ming Lee 李思明, SML Universe Limited
Serial: SML.20120913.G12.00308
GettyImages: gty.im/175635205
Many of the photographs shot for the serenity series suffer from one problem: the buildings on the horizon lack details as they are technically facing against the sun.
There is a need for HDR in these instances, mostly so you can get the necessary details of the clouds (the star for this capture) as well as the necessary details of the buildings (the shadow area). By compressing the luminance information spanning -3 to +3, you get something like this.
In processing HDR images, I am not interested in creating “effects,” I am only interested in getting the details which are otherwise lost in a straight 14-bit range afforded by the camera RAW.
I used to use Photomatix but increasingly I am finding its quality to be favoring the artificial looks rather than pure tone compression, so for this I used Photoshop HDR Pro, which lately has been giving fairly promising results.
P.S. Per request I will post some unprocessed RAW capture info to see the before and after so you can clearly see that there is a need for HDR processing to get the results which I want.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-07-26T17:02:49+0800
+ Dimensions: 3577 x 5184
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec (0EV), 1/3200 sec (-3EV), 1/50 sec (+3EV) at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 24 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'12" N 114°13'27" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG (Ma On Shan, Hong Kong)
+ Subject: 香港吐露港 Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Photoshop CC, Lightroom 5
+ Serial: SML.20130726.6D.24188-89-90.HDR.P1.L1.BW
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
風暴 Storm / 香港吐露港之寧 Hong Kong Tolo Harbour Serenity HDR / SML.20130726.6D.24188-89-90.HDR.P1.L1.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #HDR #SMLHDR #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #自然 #Nature #cloudscape #clouds #storm
Since posting the waxing crescent moon [1], Tom Giebel (aka Atomische) [2] commented on Facebook that the movement in the full res might have come not from the vibration of the camera but rather from the transmit of the moon [3]. That is, the moon moves quite swiftly and he thinks that 1/4 sec is probably not fast enough to track it properly.
So I put on the 1.4x again with the 100-400 on the 7D again tonight but dial it up to ISO 2000 to expose at 1/40 sec. This seems to fair quite well. I did not use the mirror lockup even though I said I would—mostly actually because I couldn’t seem to find it in my settings so I just shot and see if it works. And it works well with this higher shutter speed. The cavit is that ISO 2000 on the 7D is noisy.
The capture is exposed manually. Lightroom has some limits as to how I can “extract” more details using its very generalised controls so I processed this photo mostly inside Photoshop using multiple USM settings layered on top of each other and afterwards tweak some more inside Lightroom. That “clarity” setting is particularly sweet in controlling local contrast within areas which are clustered around shadows and highlights, as I have found, and is a good match when combined with Photoshop’s Shadow+Highlight adjustments.
# Notes
1. “娥眉月 Waxing Crescent Moon” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130513.7D.41748.BW: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8746961665/
2. Tom Giebel (Atomische): Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/atomische/
3. www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151416705462544
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-18T22:15:43+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/11
+ Focal Length: 560 mm
+ ISO: 2000
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 Timer Remote Release, Manfrotto tripod
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'25" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 月 Moon
+ Serial: SML.20130518.7D.41851.P1.L1.BW
+ 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
“上弦月 First quarter moon” / 夜之寧 Night Serenity / SML.20130518.7D.41851.P1.L1.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #天 #空 #Sky #月 #Moon
More apple bobbing. This one shows what happens when you failed to grab any apples. Nice water drops though.
The Grand Hotel (圓山大飯店) is a landmark located at Yuanshan (圓山) in Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. Completed in 1973, it has played host to many foreign dignitaries who have visited Taipei.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Hotel_(Taipei)
圓山大飯店 The Grand Hotel / 台灣台北 Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140213.6D.30725.P1.BW
If I can pair traditional Chinese poetry with photography, surely there is nothing wrong pairing music with images? :)
Photographed with the 645pro app on iPad 3, 6x6 back, E6K film, processed in Snapseed. Taken at SML Universe HKG.
“Venus as a boy”—Björk #HK #夜
/ 夜之寧 Serenity at Night
/ SML.20130203.IP3.08361
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLMusic #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #夜 #night #bokeh IP3 SQ #645pro #E6K #攝影 #摄影 #photography #香港 #HongKong #中國 #中国 #china #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #bjork #venus #boy #pairing #music
The forms from nature is never changing, and it comes as quickly as it goes. Sunset is a perfect time to do photography, so it helps to be living close to the action.
When I lived in New York, I did not really have a view, so I do not really get to take a lot of photographs like this. In that regard I am thankful for the place I am living right now.
It is quite spectacular, and I cherish every day of it.
# SML Translate
+ 日: sun.
+ 落: falling, down.
+ 日落: sunset.
+ 血: blood, bloody. Here used as adjective to describe the color red.
+ 雲: cloud.
+ 怒: angry. Here used as metaphor for the vigorous forms of the clouds.
+ 海: sea. Here used as adjective to describe the sea of clouds which looks like waves of the ocean.
+ 空: sky.
+ 日落血雲怒海空: As the sun sets, the clouds reflects the redness of the sun and form a vigorous cloudscape which spans as wide as the sea.
# SML Workflow
Photographed handheld at SML Universe HKG with Canon EOS M + EF 17-40 f/4L USM. Noise reduction inside Lightroom 4. Processed in Lab color mode inside Photoshop CS6.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-04 18:06:33 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/100 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 35 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'3" N 114°13'25" E
+ Serial: SML.20130204.7D.21635.P1
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“日落血雲怒海空”
/ 寧 Serenity
/ SML.20130204.7D.21635.P1
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #日落 #sunset #雲 #clouds #cloudscape #空 #sky #山水 #landscape #攝影 #摄影 #photography
/ #中國 #中国 #china #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #CanonEOSM #Canon1740
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Project = Banner Ads 2005 Concepts
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One challenge in posting pano photography on social media is that you simply don't see the details in the “normal” aspect ratio. But that's ok. I can reformat and let you see the goods. :)
GettyImages: gty.im/161735622
It is hard to decide which white point to balance to in total darkness. This is one the challenges I face everyday. It is very subjective. In rendering these I usually try to develop the mood which I seek. Having a POV matters. And yellow/magenta seems to work well for this foggy night.
# SML Translate
+ 紅: red. Describes the color.
+ 夢: dream, dreaming. Metaphor for foggy view.
+ 尋: to seek and to find. Metaphor for finding oneself.
The reference to the Chinese classical literature titled 紅樓夢 [1] Dream of the Red Chamber [2] is intentional. The Chinese character 樓 means building / chamber, and is depicted as architecture seen here in the foreground (科學園Science Park [4]) and the Tai Po district in the far back.
# SML Workflow
Photographed with the EOS M + EF 17-40 f/4L mounted on tripod. Processed in Lightroom 4 and Photoshop CS6.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-06-13 02:09:06 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3411 x 3411
+ Exposure: 8.0 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 40 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'39" N 114°12'36" E
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
+ Serial: SML.20130206.EOSM.01653.P1.SQ
# Notes
1. 《紅樓夢》，原名《石頭記》，是中國的一部古典長篇章回小說，亦是中國四大名著之一。 zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/红楼梦
2. Dream of the Red Chamber (simplified Chinese: 红楼梦; traditional Chinese: 紅樓夢; pinyin: Hóng Lóu Mèng; Wade–Giles: Hung Lou Meng), composed by Cao Xueqin, is one of China's Four Great Classical Novels. It was written in the middle of the 18th century during the Qing Dynasty. It is considered a masterpiece of Chinese literature and is generally acknowledged to be the pinnacle of Chinese fiction. "Redology" is the field of study devoted exclusively to this work. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_of_the_Red_Chamber
3. 香港科學園（Hong Kong Science Park，縮寫HKSP）位於香港新界大埔區白石角，處於吐露港沿岸，毗鄰白石角海濱長廊，鄰近香港中文大學。第一期發展佔地22公頃，第二期及第三期總樓面面積達330,000平方米。第二期工程於2006年竣工，第三期預計於2013年至2016年竣工。 zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/香港科學園
4. The Hong Kong Science Park is a science park in Hong Kong, located in Pak Shek Kok, New Territories, on the boundary of Sha Tin District and Tai Po District. It is also next to the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Ma Liu Shui and is on the Tolo Harbour waterfront. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Science_Park
“紅夢尋” / 夜之寧 Serenity at night / SML.20130206.EOSM.01653.P1.SQ
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #霧 #fog #雲 #clouds #夜 #night #空 #sky #山水 #landscape #攝影 #摄影 #photography
/ #中國 #中国 #china #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #CanonEOSM #Canon1740
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I met Billy Clarke rather randomly—on Instagram.
Most people use social media as an extension of their existing real life contacts, I on the other hand do things in reverse. I find interesting people on social media and then proceed to make human contacts.
Although I have been on Flickr since 2006, I joined only recently in 2012 shortly after moving to Hong Kong. I discovered that Instagram is a great way to know what’s going on about any place quickly and so I think that I found Billy through the #HK tag.
Billy, who works as a writer for many publications in Hong Kong, has now become my eyes-and-years of Hong Kong. It is he who alerted me about USS Peleliu’s arrival at the Harbour City [1]. It was he who gave me the details about the rubber duck [2]. And it was he who told me about the M+ Inflatable sculptures [3].
Every photographer needs a source of good materials, and this 30yo writer in Hong Kong has more than enough to offer. Besides being a good trusty human database, he writes great articles on his blog and has a great sense of humor. Trust that I would be adventuring with him more in the future—stay tuned.
# Billy Clarke
+ Facebook: www.facebook.com/billy.clarke.904
+ Flickr: www.flickr.com/19169305@N08/
+ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/billyclarke
# Notes
1. SML Flickr Set: USS Peleliu (LHA-5) in Hong Kong: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/sets/72157633276022116/
2. “Florentijn Hofman: Rubber Duck: Hong Kong 2013” / Crazyisgood Art Installation / SML.20130508.6D.05448: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8720695784/
3. “M+流行充氣當代戶外雕塑展覽 Mobile M+ Inflation (Con)temporary Sculpture Park” / 香港西九文化區 West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) / SML.20130508.6D.05523: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8726418892/
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-08T17:55:49+0800
+ Dimensions: 2995 x 2995
+ Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 170 mm
+ ISO: 2000
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°17'56" N 114°9'19" E
+ Location: 香港西九文化區 West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD), West Kowloon, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130508.7D.41422.L2.BW
+ Series: 香港人 Hong Kong Humans, 男 Men
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Billy Clarke” / 香港人 Hong Kong Humans / SML.20130508.7D.41422.L2.BW
/ #男 #Men #香港人 #HKHumans #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #人 #people #攝影 #摄影 #photography #BillyClarke #writer
I guess maybe most people photograph things on airlines in order to file complaints so the flight attendants quickly stop me from photographing more. I just like the beauty of utilitarian forms.
I was told this form of art is known as “apple bobbing.” I don't really understand why people would do such a thing but I guess nerds are just crazy like that. :)
Tied-up water hoses and empty fish tanks at the fish market after the market closes in the afternoon.
Photographed in Lau Fau Shan (流浮山), Hong Kong.
香港流浮山魚市場 Fish Market, Lau Fau Shan, Hong Kong / 中國飲食文化 Chinese Food Culture / SML.20131118.6D.30219.P1.BW
As promised, here is the black and white rendering of the color photo you saw earlier [1].
I have taken the opportunity to also crop out the bits which I do not like. Other than the bits which create an imperfect seams, my intention for this photo is to show the mountains sandwiched between the clouds, and all that scenery on the left hand side, while interesting, distracts from the overall composition.
As you can see, you can push + pull quite a bit in black and white. People often think that black and white is more difficult—the reverse is true. It does take some artistry to get a beautiful black and white, but it is mostly because color photography often contains way too much distracting information which makes them troublesome to work with.
If you want to get better at photography, I recommend that you work with B+W first before venturing into color territory. Learn to walk before you run, so the saying goes.
Since the photograph is cropped the horizontal FOV is no longer 50 degree but I don’t really know how much it is anymore. Lightroom, unlike Hugin, is not smart like that, unfortunately.
# SML Translate: 雲內有山 水中無人
+ 雲: clouds.
+ 內: inside.
+ 有: has, contains.
+ 山: mountains.
+ 水: water.
+ 中: inside.
+ 無: no, does not have.
+ 人: people.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-20 18:25:13 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 6497 x 3350
+ Exposure: 1/60 - 1/125 sec at f/2.8
+ Focal Length: 67 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ Panorama FOV: 50 degree horizontal, 37.1 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Rectilinear
+ GPS: 23°43'27" N 111°17'43" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港八仙嶺和吐露港 Tolo Harbour + Pat Sin Leng, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130320.7D.35728-SML.20130320.7D.35734-Pano.Rectilinear.50x37.1.P1.L1.BW
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature, 山水 Landscape, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography, 黑白 Black and White
# Notes
1. “雲內有山 山中有雲 Mountains inside clouds, Clouds inside mountains” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130320.7D.35728-SML.20130320.7D.35734-Pano.Rectilinear.50x37.1: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8573813969/
“雲內有山 水中無人” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130320.7D.35728-SML.20130320.7D.35734-Pano.Rectilinear.50x37.1.P1.L1.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #全景 #SMLPano #山水 #Landscape #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #雲 #Clouds #山 #Mountains #水 #Water
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8575087266/
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8575087266/sizes/o/ (6497 x 3350)
f/8 at night! Seriously. Clearly for the Canon EOS 6D—impossible is nothing! I can’t wait til the 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L arrives. I ordered it last week so I should get it any day now.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-13T21:59:57+0800
+ Dimensions: 5388 x 3592
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 27 mm
+ ISO: 10000
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'11" N 114°13'42" E
+ Altitude: 15.7 m
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山遊樂場人造草地足球場 中国香港马鞍山游乐场人造草地足球场 Artificial Turf Soccer Pitch, Ma On Shan Recreation Ground, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130413.6D.00556
+ 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
“夜間足球 Nighttime Football (Soccer)” / 香港體育男運動員 Hong Kong Men in Sports / SML.20130413.6D.00556
/ #體育 #Sports #男 #Men #SMLMen #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #足球 #Football #Soccer #夜 #Night
This photo has been stuck in processing for a while. Mostly I thought that it has a lot of potential, but I do not feel that I have quite finished it, though I do not really know what is bothering me concretely—except that it is not at its best form yet.
It is a panorama stitched together using 5 captures, though I have decided to crop to a square as I am mostly interested in the “extension” of the cloud immediately next to the mountains, and the additional area to the right of where the frame is cropped is somewhat unnecessary.
Keeping only what is necessary to complete an image is what I generally aim for. When I made the shot it seems useful, but it feels more successful when cropped as a square.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-06-07T18:48:53+0800
+ Dimensions: 4423 x 4423
+ Exposure: 1/80 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ Panorama FOV: 131 degree horizontal, 94 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Spherical
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'25" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG (Vista Paradiso, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China)
+ Subject: 香港中文大學 Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
+ Workflow: Autopango Giga 3, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130607.6D.05426-SML.20130607.6D.05430-Pano.i5.131x94.SQ.BW
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
日落山雲觀 Sunset cloudscape / 香港中文大學全景之寧 Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Panoramic Serenity / SML.20130607.6D.05426-SML.20130607.6D.05430-Pano.i5.131x94.SQ.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #雲 #Cloud #天 #空 #Sky #山水 #landscape #CUHK #sunset
There are a lot of seagulls in Sydney—as it should be. Beaches in Hong Kong have no birds… Actually, even the place to watch birds in Hong Kong—the Wetland Park—does not have many birds… which make this all the more special.
Photographed at Manly Beach with the Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM.
Seagulls fly / Manly Beach, Sydney, Australia / SML.20140317.7D.51943
At night, the commercial use car park at Chung On Shopping Centre is almost empty, leaving behind a couple of white vans. But the trash that was left behind at the loading docks are still seen everywhere.
This is a handheld panorama stitched together using 14 full res 7D RAW. I photographed this at night because during the day there is no way I can see the venting pipes on the ceiling so clearly. It is beautiful. On the right are the gates to the carpark. To the far side you can see more densely populated public housing development in Hong Kong.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-23 23:46:49 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 10358 x 3237
+ Exposure: 1/25 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
+ Panorama FOV: 224 degree horizontal, 67.1 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Cylindrical
+ GPS: 22°25'18" N 114°13'37" E
+ Altitude: 35.1
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山頌安邨頌安商場 Chung On Shopping Centre, Chung On Estate, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130323.7D.36202-SML.20130323.7D.36215-Pano.Cylindrical.224x67.1.BW
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 商場 Shopping Malls, 人流 Human Logistics, 建築 Architecture, 全景 Panoramic Photography, 形 Forms, 黑白 Black and White
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“頌安商場商用停車場 Chung On Shopping Centre Commercial Use Car Park” / 香港商場人流建築全景夜之形 Hong Kong Shopping Malls Human Logistics Architecture Panoramic Night Forms / SML.20130323.7D.36202-SML.20130323.7D.36215-Pano.Cylindrical.224x67.1.BW
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #夜 #Night
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The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) is one of the two major convention and exhibition venues in Hong Kong, along with AsiaWorld-Expo.
The venue was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, in association with Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd. Larry Oltmanns led the design as the Design Partner with SOM.
Pictured is the second phase of the centre, located on an artificial island completely landfilled. The rooftop is designed to look like birds in flight. Amazingly the whole project took only 48 months from land reclamation to completion.
This panorama is stitched together using 15 full resolution RAW on the 7D with the 100-400 set to max and photographed from Central. It might not be the best vantage point for this photo so I might go back and photograph from the pier.
I could have used a wide angle lens but I wanted the resolution.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-24T16:32:47+0800
+ Dimensions: 15859 x 3331
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ Panorama FOV: 24 degree horizontal, 8 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Rectilinear
+ GPS: 22°17'8" N 114°9'38" E
+ Location: 香港中環 Central, Hong Kong
+ Subject: 香港灣仔港灣道1號香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130424.6D.02666-SML.20130424.6D.02680-Pano.Rectilinear.24x8.BW
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
“香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)” / 香港商業建築全景之形 Hong Kong Commercial Architecture Panoramic Forms / SML.20130424.6D.02666-SML.20130424.6D.02680-Pano.Rectilinear.24x8.BW
Spy vs Spy.
The radar towers of the USS Peleliu with a distant view of The Center (Chinese: 中環中心) makes for an interesting contrast of forms. In the front, the radars are used for telecommunication in the battlefield while the antennas on the top of the office building is likely used for civil telecom uses.
The Center is the fifth tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong. With a height of 346 m (1,135 ft), it comprises 73 stories. The Center is one of the few skyscrapers in Hong Kong that is entirely steel-structured with no reinforced concrete core [1].
Also pictured at the lower right corner of the capture you can see the top of the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港四季酒店), a five-star hotel building in the International Finance Centre complex in Central, Hong Kong [2].
# Notes
1. Wikipedia: EN: The Center: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Center
2. Wikipedia: EN: Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Seasons_Hotel_Hong_Kong
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-18T18:12:37+0800
+ Dimensions: 3460 x 5190
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 640
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°17'46" N 114°10'6" E
+ Location: 中國香港九龍尖沙咀海港城 Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
+ Subject: USS Peleliu (LHA-5), United States Navy + The Center + Four Seasons Hotel
Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130418.6D.01910.BW
+ Series: Photojournalism, 形 Forms, 建築 Architecture
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“軍用與民用電信形之別 Contrast of Telecommunication Forms: Military vs Civil” / USS Peleliu (LHA-5) in Hong Kong / SML.20130418.6D.01910.BW
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #USS #Peleliu #LHA5 #Radar #telecom #communication
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This is the tunnel from where I live leading to the closest MTR station. It is somewhat bizarre. Looks like an alien egg — but you can see the Chinese character can you not — even in color? :)
# SML Translate
+ 圓: circle. Fitting as this is also circular.
# SML Workflow
+ Captured with iPad 3 using the 360pano app.
+ Uploaded to server as 360.io/fMcd4N
+ Downloaded as streographic pano image: 360.io/fMcd4N/s
+ Processed in Photoshop CS6.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-01-28
+ Dimensions: 2048 x 2048
+ Camera: Apple iPad 3
+ GPS: 22°25'7" N 114°13'32" E
“圓”
/ 人流建築全景中文字形 Human Logistics Architecture Panorama Chinese Typographic Forms
/ SML.20130126.IP3.360pano.fMcd4N.s.P1
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #SMLPano #SML360Pano
This is what happened when I stuck a pano posted earlier into an iPad app called TinyPlanets Pro. Fun!
Original image: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8585404338/
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Tiny Planets: 頌安商場商用停車場 Chung On Shopping Centre Commercial Use Car Park” / 香港商場人流建築全景夜之形 Hong Kong Shopping Malls Human Logistics Architecture Panoramic Night Forms / SML.20130323.7D.36202-SML.20130323.7D.36215-Pano.Cylindrical.224x67.1.BW
/ #商場 #ShoppingMalls #人流 #HumanLogistics #全景 #SMLPano #形 #Forms #SMLForms #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #夜 #Night #TinyPlanets
Every time I go to Wu Kai Sha, I see an old man with long flowing silver beard picking stones at the beach.
After some research, it turns out that he has been manually organising the stones on the beach for years voluntarily after noting that quite a number of people swim at the public beach which is not looked after by government officials.
And so day and night, he comes to the beach to sort the stones out into neatly organised piles so that other people can enjoy the beach.
What an incredible story — I was planning to shoot some documentary here perhaps but the locals told me that his story is quite well known and has been covered by televisions in Hong Kong already — though I have no idea where. When I get the courage to speak to strangers, I will go investigate further.
Stay tuned.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-08-09T18:12:38+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.0
+ Focal Length: 135 mm
+ ISO: 500
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°25'40" N 114°14'1" E
+ Location: 香港烏溪沙 Wu Kai Sha, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 5
+ Serial: SML.20130809.7D.50058.BW
+ Series: 香港人 Hong Kong Humans (HKHumans), 男 Men
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
烏溪沙拾石老翁 Stone-picking old men at Wu Kai Sha (Beach) / 香港人 Hong Kong Humans / SML.20130809.7D.50058.BW
/ #香港人 #HKHumans #男 #Men #SMLMen #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #人 #People #烏溪沙 #WuKaiSha #Beach #stone
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I came here originally because I saw some asian waterbirds but by the time I came they were already gone. I have no idea what time they come out, so instead I ended up photographing sparrows—which is a bird but definitely much smaller.
This was photographed with the 7D with the 100-400, and here you see that at ISO 1000 the 7D is quite grainy when compared to the 6D. This is why I pretty much stop bothering carrying the 7D when I do night shots these days.
Again, bokeh is creamy but even with nature forms I see some oddity to it. I can’t quite describe it except that it feels somewhat “articulated” to my taste. Lens resolution is decent as you can make out some spider web on the left.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-01T10:41:39+0800
+ Dimensions: 5035 x 3357
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/5.6
+ 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°25'15" N 114°13'29" E
+ Location: 香港新界馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, New Territories, Hong Kong
+ Serial: SML.20130501.7D.40798
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 自然 Nature
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“鐵絲網麻雀 Sparrow on barbed wire” / 自然 Nature / SML.20130501.7D.40798
/ #自然 #Nature #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #鳥 #Birds #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #鐵絲網 #barbedwire #麻雀 #Sparrow #Green