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Photography as an art form is different than photography as a scientifically accurate portrayal of reality. This is something I struggle with daily. When I photograph things which are in particular journalism worthy then I think that accuracy matters. But when it is to assert your own point of view then you do not really need to worry about how close to reality your photo is. Since any monkey can operate a technologically advanced optical instrument to reproduce reality, the job for a photographer is to assert his own processing, I think.
By processing in black and white and using different channels for color mixing, you can achieve tonal differences which are far different than the original luminance values of the photo.
Plums. Photographed in 2009 at the Farmers’ Market in Union Square in New York with the Canon EOS 10D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM. Exposure: 24mm, f/2.8, 1/45 sec, ISO 100.
As a comparison, see the scientific reproduction of the same photo here: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/3868243457/ — I originally shot this for personal stock use as fruits and veggies make for great backgrounds in graphic design.
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When I first started the 寧 Serenity, I expected that it could not last too long because how much could someone photograph the view outside one’s window?
But I was wrong. In every single capture, I observe how the same become different, and how I am getting better at photographing something as mundane as the view outside my window—simply because my standards also go up as a result of doing it over and over again.
Some artists I see will try to paint / photograph something different every time they utilise their medium. I think that trying new things is great, but so is doing the same thing repeatedly. Like nature, life never really does repeats itself. And so when you do things repeatedly it also tend to be different each time. When you add all these minute differences over time you will see a dramatic difference to your art over time.
I believe in that. So this series will continue. It would, I think, be interesting 10 years from now to look back and see just how crappy these photos are…
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-09T13:11:18+0800
+ Dimensions: 3158 x 4737
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'25" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港八仙嶺和吐露港 Tolo Harbour + Pat Sin Leng, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130409.7D.37534.P1.L1.BW
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“雨過雲海山乍露” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130409.7D.37534.P1.L1.BW
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #自然 #Nature #山水 #Landscape #山 #Mountains #水 #Water #雲 #Cloud #Cloudscape
As always, I prefer natural looking HDRs, but then this sky is calling for drama—mostly courtesy of the full frame body + 17-40. To be frank I am super happy with the 6D purchase, and am very glad that I finally get to photograph scenes on the wide end. Nature can be so dramatic.
This is handheld—banking on my window, so the +3 shot was at ISO 320 but it is close enough that the moving boat did not cause too much of a ghosting thanks to 6D’s decent 4fps shooting.
# SML Translate: 日落彩雲孤舟渡
+ 日: sun.
+ 落: down.
+ 彩: colorful.
+ 雲: clouds.
+ 孤: single.
+ 舟: ship.
+ 渡: sail.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-12T18:06:10+0800
+ Dimensions: 3647 x 5471
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ Exposure
++ SML.20130412.6D.00366: 1/80 sec at f/10 - ISO 100
++ SML.20130412.6D.00367: 1/640 sec at f/10 - ISO 100
++ SML.20130412.6D.00368: 1/30 sec at f/10 - ISO 320
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'26" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 香港中文大學 Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) + 吐露港 Tolo Harbour
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4, Photomatix Pro 4.2.5b
+ Serial: SML.20130412.6D.00366_7_8.HDR
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 高動態範圍攝影 HDR Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“日落彩雲孤舟渡” / 寧 Serenity HDR / SML.20130412.6D.00366_7_8.HDR
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Porsches are everywhere in Hong Kong, so I’ve wised up—there is no reason to go look for them on the street really, all I need to do is go downstairs to the car park and there is a healthy dose of them in very bright colors.
The 911s are my favorite Porsche model—the duck which speeds. Beautiful forms and very humanistic. It is an unassuming form which roars when it runs.
Crazyisgood. SML Love.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-19 12:41:30 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5044 x 3363
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/2.0
+ Focal Length: 22mm
+ ISO: 200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF-M22mm f/2 STM
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'27" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山聽濤雅苑停車場 中国香港马鞍山听涛雅苑停车场 Car Park B1 Level, Vista Paradiso, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130219.EOSM.02364.P1.L1
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, Crazyisgood
“Orange Porsche 911 Carrera” / Crazyisgood 人流 Human Logistics / SML.20130219.EOSM.02364.P1.L1
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A construction worker working on the bamboo scaffolding at the top floors of the Innovation Tower at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK PolyU) [1].
Here you can also see more clearly how they tie the bamboo scaffolding, where they hold the nylon ties on their waists. The striped tshirt worn by the worker creates an interesting contrast of forms with the orthogonal thought organic forms of the bamboo scaffolding, which in turn creates an interesting contrast with the curved metal frame of the architectural structure.
The tower was originally due to be completed by the end of 2011, but some factors including the recent container ports strikes in Hong Kong have affected some of the materials shipment but it is expected to completed by mid year in 2013.
Some of you have asked me how far the 400mm give me, and here you see that from the ground level I can make out the Chinese characters on the construction site on the top floors.
The 400mm with the 7D with an APS-C sensor effectively gives me 400x1.6 = 560mm of zoom factor equivalent on a full frame. You can compare this to the wide angle shot in the previous image [2] shot with the 6D + 17mm — so now I have an effectively 30x optical zoom range using my two cameras, which is precisely why I now carry these two configs daily.
# Notes
1. Innovation Tower: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovation_Tower
2. “Bamboo Scaffolding Unveiling: Innovation Tower by Zaha Hadid” / 香港理工大學建築之形 Hong Kong Polytechnic University Architecture Forms / Crazyisgood / SML.20130425.6D.03058: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8683120814/
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-25T16:38:39+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 5184
+ Exposure: 1/640 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°18'13" N 114°10'44" E
+ Location: 香港理工大學 Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130425.7D.40389.BW
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, 男 Men
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“香港理工大學賽馬會創新樓竹棚建築工人 Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK PolyU) Innovation Tower Bamboo Scaffolding Construction Worker” / 香港人 Hong Kong Humans / SML.20130425.7D.40389.BW
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Some people on social media mentioned that they miss seeing hot men on my stream. So here are some instant Nike basketball advertising for you, seen at 香港灣仔修頓球場 [1] Southorn Playground [2] in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
Basketball gazing man—most definitely should be a model, Mr Bobcats. :)
# SML Translate
+ 男: men
+ 望: watch
+ 籃: basketball
Word play. 男 and 籃 has the same pronunciation in Cantonese. Thus it is men watching the basket (which also has its own humor in English) :)
# SML Workflow
Photographed with the Canon 7D + 70-200 f/4L + 1.4x Extender. Processed in Lightroom 4.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-11 15:55:46 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3817 x 2545
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 183 mm
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200 mm f/4L USM + EF 1.4 Extender III.
+ GPS: 22°16'38" N 114°10'23" E
+ Location: 中國香港灣仔修頓球場 中国香港湾仔修顿球场 Southorn Playground, Wan Chai, Hong Kong SAR, China
# Notes
1. 修頓球場，正式名稱為修頓遊樂場，位於香港灣仔盧押道（莊士敦道與軒尼詩道之間），是灣仔其中一個露天運動場地。設有1個七人小型足球場及4個籃球場，由康樂及文化事務署管理。修頓球場是很多人在灣仔修頓球場周圍的集合和娛樂地點。很多人以修頓來稱呼灣仔修頓球場一帶的地方，而灣仔區議會亦有B10修頓選區。
2. Southorn Playground (Chinese: 修頓遊樂場, 修頓球場) is a sports and recreational facility in the Wan Chai area of Hong Kong. It comprises a football field, four basketball courts, and a children's playground.
Southorn Playground is surrounded by Hennessy Road in the North, Luard Road (West), Johnston Road (South) and Southorn Centre (East). It has been Wan Chai's main recreational area since the early 1970s. Formerly a thriving night market, it was named in 1934 after Sir Wilfrid Thomas Southorn who was the Colonial Secretary (second highest position of Hong Kong Government) in 1925-1936. Though the site is not big, it is often used for district functions such as fun fairs and sports matches.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southorn_Playground
“男望籃” (Basket gazing men) / 香港灣仔修頓球場 Southorn Playground, Wan Chai, Hong Kong / SML.20130211.7D.23002.C23.BW
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A collage of architectural forms at night in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. The only way this is possible is if you are living in a city where you are surrounded by tall buildings.
On the top is an awning of a restaurant, I think (萬寶樓 Main Pole House). To the left is 利榮大樓 Lee Wing Building. Looks like residential but I am not sure. 修頓花園 Southorn Garden is the building at the bottom. This I believe is residential as the name suggests. The 安康商業大廈 On Hong Commercial Building is the office skyscraper on the right.
Pointing upwards with a wide angle lens affords this. Super sweet. The GP-E2 GPS unit allows me to figure out where I was on Google Maps after the fact. For these kinds of photos the centre is obviously not the focus so I would perform vignette removals on them so you can actually see the forms. S+H also needs to be applied so it is tweaked inside Photoshop. I wish that Lightroom would have S+H also.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-16 22:09:29 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 4656 x 3104
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/2.0
+ Focal Length: 22 mm
+ ISO: 1600
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM
+ GPS: 22°16'39" N 114°10'25" E
+ Location: 中國香港灣仔軒尼詩道與柯布連道交界 中国香港湾仔轩尼诗道与柯布连道交界 Intersection at Hennessy Road and O'Brien Road in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130216.EOSM.02179.BW.P1
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 形 Forms
“往上看 Look Up” / 城市建築夜之形 Urban Architecture Night Forms / SML.20130216.EOSM.02179.BW.P1
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A city never sleeps. At night, the traffic in Central is much less busy, but in this 5-sec capture, it can be seen that the streets are still quite busy.
This is captured handheld while banking the camera on the pedestrian footbridge. I am thinking of getting a lightweight tabletop tripod for this purpose as it is getting somewhat ridiculous to get on these weird position just to get a photo.
The lens flare shows a star shape. Again, it is not done with filters inside Photoshop. You can do this with your camera by using a small aperture with the lens—which if you wish to do night time long exposure it is somewhat a required element unless you use an ND filter. But ND filter at night is a bit nuts—oh but crazyisgood…
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-26T20:44:38.26+0800
+ Dimensions: 3028 x 4543
+ Exposure: 5.0 sec at f/14
+ Focal Length: 25 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'60" N 114°9'28" E
+ Altitude: 100.1 m
+ Location: 中國香港中環干諾道中及民耀街交界 Intersection at Connaught Road C and Man You Street in Central, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130326.7D.36733.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 黑白 Black and White
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“干諾道中夜間交通 Connaught Road C Nighttime Traffic” / 香港中環人流 Hong Kong Central Human Logistics / SML.20130326.7D.36733.BW
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At night, the bus terminal at Chung On Shopping Centre is quiet. But rows of taxis can still be found hoping for a midnight ride. A crowd of teenagers hang out on the left hand side on the street in front the 24-hour McDonald’s. This is the road which would eventually lead to the car park, which you can see earlier on my stream. Also seen are the marking on the road which alerts the pedestrian which direction to check for calls. On the far right, you can observe that most people have already gone to sleep, leaving only a few lights on.
I have always wanted to photograph this road, as I love the S curve on the right hand side, but none of my lenses are wide enough, especially on a crop body. This photograph here is stitched together using 11 Canon EOS 7D RAW captures in portrait mode. Although handheld, the subjects are far enough which makes this stitch job relatively smooth.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-23 23:40:54 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 8135 x 3295
+ Exposure: 1/20 - 1/30 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 800 - 3200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ Panorama FOV: 178 degree horizontal, 84 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Cylindrical
+ GPS: 22°25'18" N 114°13'37" E
+ Altitude: 34.9
+ 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.36190-SML.20130323.7D.36200-Pano.Cylindrical.178x84.BW
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 商場 Shopping Malls, 人流 Human Logistics, 全景 Panoramic Photography, 形 Forms, 黑白 Black and White
“頌安商場公共交通樞紐 Chung On Shopping Centre Public Transportation Hub” / 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.36190-SML.20130323.7D.36200-Pano.Cylindrical.178x84.BW
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #Photography #夜 #Night #城市 #Urban #街 #street
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8591632568/sizes/o/ (8135 x 3295)
Hong Kong is one of the highest density cities in the world, mostly because while most cities in the world are built on flatland, Hong Kong’s geography is mostly made up with mountains and steep hill.
In fact, according to Wikipedia, More people in Hong Kong live or work above the 14th floor than anywhere else on Earth, making it the world’s most vertical city [1].
Pictured is one of the public housing architectures in Hong Kong. It packs a lot of population in a single block, while leaving enough space around buildings for breathing room.
This was shot earlier this month with the 7D. Not wide enough. Trust that I will be going back soon with the 6D.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2014-04-10T15:07:50+0800
+ Dimensions: 3310 x 4965
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 19 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'5" N 114°13'38" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆安邨恆日樓 Heng On Estate Heng Yat House, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130410.7D.37612.BW
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 形 Forms, 建築 Architecture
# Notes
1. Wikipedia: Hong Kong: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“恆安邨恆日樓 Heng On Estate Heng Yat House” / 香港公共屋邨建築之形 Hong Kong Public Housing Architecture Forms / SML.20130410.7D.37612.BW
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #建築 #建筑 Architecture #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #公共 #Public #屋邨 #Housing
Hong Kong is one of the densest city in the world. In order to discourage private car ownership, cars are subjected to a first-time registration tax, which varies from 35% to over 100% depending on the size and value of the car [1]. Despite this, the number of private car ownership increases every year, and exotic cars abound—and you can get a glimpse of just how wealthy the population is.
Besides MTR (metro in Hong Kong), double deckers are a primary transportation options. I too prefer to ride the bus when time is not of essence. While MTR is faster, you can usually find a seat on the buses—which you never really can on the metro. And there are many express routes which connects downtown to remote areas. For example, there is a bus which goes door-to-door from Central to where I live so I can do my social media undisturbed for the whole trip. So what’s not to love?
Pictured is the rush hour traffic in Central on a rainy day. Here you observe just how busy the traffic is, and hopefully you can then perhaps appreciate the pedestrian footbridges which connect all the buildings together? The building to the left is the Exchange Square. The building on the right is Jardine House. The sign on the road points to the metro stations Hong Kong Station and Central Station respectively.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-26T17:57:37.57+0800
+ Dimensions: 4980 x 3320
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/2.8
+ Focal Length: 24 mm
+ ISO: 800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.7L USM
+ GPS: 22°17'0" N 114°9'31" E
+ 中國香港中環干諾道中及民耀街交界 Intersection at Connaught Road C and Man You Street in Central, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130326.7D.36557.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 黑白 Black and White
# Notes
1. Wikipedia: Transport in Hong Kong: Private Cars: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Hong_Kong#Private_cars
“中環雨天繁忙時間交通 Rush Hour Traffic in Central on a Rainy Day” / 香港人流 Hong Kong Human Logistics / SML.20130326.7D.36557.BW
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #Photography #城市 #Urban #街 #street #雨 #Rain #中環 #Central #交通 #Traffic
The Hong Kong Cultural Centre (Chinese: 香港文化中心) is a multipurpose performance facility in the Tsim Sha Tsui area of Hong Kong [1]. The concert hall inside houses an 8,000-pipe organ by Austrian firm Rieger Orgelbau and is the largest in Asia. I have had the pleasure of going to a few Bach Organ Concertos at the concert hall and let’s just say that the organ kicks some serious ass.
I did not use to like this building when it was first built. For some reasons, the architectures for government buildings often feature these very odd shade of pastels which look like toilets to me—mainly because perhaps the public toilets also use the same materials as they are easy to maintain and clean. But at night, the Hong Kong Cultural Centre truly shines—literally.
Since moving back to Hong Kong in 2012, I have been coming here for concerts and drama performances much more frequently than I used to, and in turn allows me to experience this building complex in new ways then before mainly perhaps because I also get to walk around it more often and finding more interesting perspective on this building.
# Notes
1. Hong Kong Cultural Centre: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Cultural_Centre
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-26T22:41:14+0800
+ Dimensions: 3648 x 5472
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 2000
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°17'35" N 114°10'13" E
+ Location: 香港九龍尖沙咀梳士巴利道10號香港文化中心 Hong Kong Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130426.6D.03214.BW
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“香港文化中心 Hong Kong Cultural Centre” / 香港文化建築夜之形 Hong Kong Cultural Architecture Night Forms / SML.20130426.6D.03214.BW
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #尖沙咀 #TsimShaTsui #夜 #Night #城市 #Urban
Sketches during the process which eventually lead to Numbers in a City: New Haven, CT / 1997 / SML Projects (Flickr Set)
Process (8 pages)
+ 4: Photo tracking matrix (to-do list)
+ 5: Photo tracking matrix (to-do list)<
Summary
Typographic landscape of a city described through visually counting from 1 to 100.
Setup
These were shot with my first digital camera, the Sony Mavica FD7.
Statement
This was my first photography project. It started out as a project for a typography class while I was in college. Like most graphic design assignments at Yale, it was very open ended. We were asked to show the experience of a city through the language of typography. I have always been interested in numbers, and I as such I decided to run around New Haven and photograph numbers which represent the city, from 1 to 100.
The series is to be projected on the wall as slideshow. The numbers are recognizably New Haven, and most who have been in New Haven can recognize the sense of time and space as they go through the series. Some commented that it reminded them of Sesame Street.
It was so successful that I thought of extended this to different neighborhoods in New York, but I never had the time to work on more of them after college, and as such I have only completed the first and only one...
The original series was displayed via a conventional slide projector. In order to best-simulate the original intention on a computer, view the set as a slideshow and set the speed to fast.
Related SML Universe
Copyright Notice
Copyright 1997, 2007 See-ming Lee. All rights reserved.
I went back and shot some more photographs of the manmade waterfall downstairs. I did not have a tripod with me so I placed it on the fence and used the new keyring Remote RC6 to release the shutter. It is a small nice gadget.
This one is a four-second capture. I will try and see what I can do with an ND filter any this day now.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-31T16:11:39.46+0800
+ Dimensions: 2570 x 3855
+ Exposure: 4.0 sec at f/22
+ Focal Length: 24 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'31" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆明街2號聽濤雅苑二樓花園 Garden, 2nd Floor, Vista Paradiso, 2 Hang Ming St, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130331.7D.37395.C23.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature, 黑白 Black and White
“石中水靜流 Water falls among rocks” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130331.7D.37395.C23.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #水 #Water #石 #Rocks
I walked by Sai Sha Road on my way home. It was June 23rd, 2013 — the weekend where there was a super moon.
I usually carry two camera bodies + the 17-40 + the 100-400 everywhere I go but the Manfrotto 303SPH and the tripod together added a lot of weight so I did not have it with me. So I could not take a photo of the super moon with the super telephoto. Instead, I took a panorama with the 6D + 17-40 photographing people walking home.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-06-23T23:57:25+0800
+ Dimensions: 18463 x 4748
+ Exposure: 0.4 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 Remote release, Manfrotto 303 SPH pano head, Manfrotto tripod
+ Panorama FOV: 360 degree horizontal, 96 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Spherical
+ GPS: 22°25'19" N 114°13'40" E
+ Location: 香港馬鞍山西沙路 Sai Sha Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Autopano Giga 3, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130623.6D.16533-SML.20130623.6D.16547-Pano.i15.360x96
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
夜半霧濃 月下回家 Going home under the foggy moonlight / 馬鞍山西沙路 Sai Sha Road, Ma On Shan / 香港全景夜之寧 Hong Kong Night Serenity Panorama / SML.20130623.6D.16640-SML.20130623.6D.16654-Pano.i15.360x96.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #全景 #Pano #Panorama #SMLPano #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #城市 #Urban #landscape #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan
Handheld long exposure at night. The cars are moving very fast so all is left behind is the beautiful forms left behind of their headlights.
Here you also see more elongated signage on the road intended for drivers. In Hong Kong, signage on the road is typical, and one can reason that it is a lot safer this way to keep the drivers’ eyes on the road instead of up above.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-17 21:12:33 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3408 x 5112
+ Exposure: 6.0 sec at f/10
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'44" N 114°10'15" E
+ Altitude: 79.0 m
+ Location: 中國香港灣仔告士打道和分域街交界 Intersection at Fenwick Street and Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130317.7D.35433.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms, 黑白 Black and White
“夜間快車告士打道 Nighttime Fast Track Gloucester Road” / 香港人流之形 Hong Kong Human Logistics Forms / SML.20130317.7D.35433.BW
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #形 #Forms #SMLForms #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #街 #Street #灣仔 #Wanchai #夜 #Night
I found these exotic flowers while walking around at the Royal Botanic Gardens. I have no ideas what they are. Perhaps a botanist can help me out? This place is filled with wonderful flowers. I was meditatively relaxed after spending a quiet afternoon there.
Technically, I was reminded how well the 24-70 double-duty as a macro lens. It doesn’t do it as well as the 100 macro does, but it does it well enough on the get-go, thus making it a great always-on walk-around lens. The only thing I wish mine had an IS. Yes, there is a Mark II out now with the IS, but this baby (Mk 1 or 2) doesn’t come cheap and I can’t say I am able to buy another one any time soon.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, Australia.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Sydney
Exotic flowers in green, purple and yellow / Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia / SML.20140314.6D.30880.P1
Form follows function is the reason why I enjoy photographing bridges. They are always built for utility, but are always so interesting.
This is the understructure of a bridge for the MTR (Hong Kong’s metro) near the Ma On Shan station in Hong Kong. It is filled with pipes—large and small.
Lines in space. Not a single bit of ornament, but every bit beautiful.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-18 17:41:02 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/2.0
+ Focal Length: 22 mm
+ ISO: 250
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM
+ GPS: 22°25'30" N 114°13'56" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山地鐵站 中国香港马鞍山地铁站 Ma On Shan MTR Station, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130218.EOSM.02281.P1.L1
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms
“橋底風光 Scenic view underneath the bridge” / 城市人流建築之形 Urban Human Logistics Architecture Forms / SML.20130218.EOSM.02281.P1.L1.BW
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #街 #Street #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #橋 #Bridge #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #地鐵 #地铁 #metro
Someone [1] on SML Facebook [2] commented that SML should be careful to not trip from the cables on the desk. While cable management continues to be an issue, the real issue with the current work space is not cable management but work surface availability.
Right now I am using a MUJI dining table [3] fully extended which measures 130cm (4.3 ft) L x 80cm (2.6 ft) D as my working surface. It is barely holding all the input control surfaces which I use. The Wacom is mostly now resting on my arm rest because this is the only way I can do all of my work.
I would rather not have to have all of input surfaces, too, but they all serve a purpose:
+ Apple Wireless Keyboards. I have two (one not shown) because Apple’s bluetooth pairing won’t allow easy machine toggle and I have two Macs running side by side.
+ Apple Wired keyboard. I need this so I can use InDesign keyboard shortcuts for Paragraph and Character styles.
+ Apple Trackpad. Sometimes when I have all these wireless devices running (especially if the Eye-fi is running) the Bluetooth Mouse is very unresponsive and have lags so I use the trackpad.
+ Apple Magic Mouse. I need this because it is the fastest.
+ Novation Remote SL 25. My trusty MIDI input surface. The best velocity-sensitive synth-action keyboards I have played on. Highly recommended.
+ Wacom Intuous Touch 5 Medium. I used to have the Wireless version but Mac does not pair with it very well, which is very annoying. So I upgraded to the Intuous Touch 5 which supports multi-touch and comes with a wire.
Aside from Photoshop work and sometimes Illustrator work for drawing type, I also use the Wacom for writing Chinese characters. Apple’s native handwriting recognition would only do it with the Trackpad. The Inking app does not support Chinese. So I use VisionObjects’ MyScript Stylus [4] which supports multiple international languages including all the the CJK languages, latin languages as well as Arabic. It is the best handwriting app available on the OSX that I have tried. Recommended.
So you see, what I really need is a larger desk and a larger space. Which for now I cannot really afford because Hong Kong properties are ridiculously high now. And I am in no hurry to go enslave myself under some gigantic agencies any time soon.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-12 13:14:37 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 19mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'26" E
+ Location: SML Universe (Hong Kong) Limited
+ Serial: SML.20130212.EOSM.01920.P1.L1
+ Series: Order + Chaos
# Notes
1. Dollaz Nsense. An awesome curator of visual culture which SML Love: www.facebook.com/dollaz.nsense.9
2. SML Facebook: www.facebook.com/seeminglee
3. Ash Wood Extendable Table S [item number 8120987] www.muji.com.hk/2012AW%20Furniture%20Catalogue_Final.pdf
4. MyScript Stylus, a text input method replacing the keyboard by handwriting recognition www.visionobjects.com/en/webstore/myscript-stylus/descrip...
“Comparatively speaking, cable management is not really an issue.” / Order + Chaos / SML.20130212.EOSM.01920.P1.L1
/ #Chaos #SMLChaos #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLMusic #SMLOpinions #SMLBW
/ #BW #opinions #nerds #technology #workspace #management #hongkong #china #Mac #Dell #Wacom #keyboards #mouse #input #MIDI #surfaces #audio #hardware #tools #MUJI #desk
Rainy foggy days like these—with a really low contrast over the whole frame—is best for photography.
# SML Translate: 風雨晦暝 霧暗雲深
+ 風: wind.
+ 雨: rain.
+ 晦暝: dark, obscure.
+ 霧: fog.
+ 暗: dark.
+ 雲: cloud.
+ 深: deep + dark.
Yes they pretty much all describe the the gray and dark colors—but the characters are different. Unfortunately, to translate a poetic language such as Chinese to a relatively more descriptive language such as English is not very easy. Chinese are pictograms and ideograms—so mostly it needs to be “interpreted” and not really very “direct”. Its meaning can be rather obscure. To appreciate it best, learn it. :)
# ZDic: 風雨晦暝
指風雨交加，天色昏暗猶如黑夜。
唐·王度《古鏡記》：“遂起視之，則風雨晦暝，纏繞此樹，電光晃耀，忽上忽下。”
www.zdic.net/cy/ch/ZdicE9ZdicA3Zdic8E8574.htm
# ZDic: 霧暗雲深
迷蒙渺远。比喻相距之遥远。
www.zdic.net/cy/ch/ZdicE9Zdic9BZdicBE20482.htm
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-30T12:27:21.35+0800
+ Dimensions: 2999 x 4499
+ Exposure: 0.6 sec at f/11
+ Focal Length: 35 mm
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ GPS: 22°24'56" N 114°13'20" E
+ Altitude: 30.0 m
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港八仙嶺和吐露港 Tolo Harbour + Pat Sin Leng, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130330.7D.37143.C23.BW
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
“風雨晦暝 霧暗雲深” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130330.7D.37143.C23.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #自然 #Nature #山水 #Landscape #山 #Mountains #水 #Water #霧 #Fog
Our eyes are used to seeing what we see daily. What is different makes it interesting. Thus the view upis always more interesting than what is down below. So point your camera everywhere, even if there does not seem like there is anything to photograph. This fact is especially apparent when you use a wide angle lens.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-10 15:42:38 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3439 x 3439
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'57" N 114°13'22" E
+ Location: 中國香港西灣河文娛中心後門 中国香港西湾河文娱中心后门 Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre backdoor, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130210.EOSM.01842.BW.SQ
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 形 Forms
“更上一層樓 Up” / 香港文化建築之形 Hong Kong Cultural Architecture Forms / SML.20130210.EOSM.01842.BW.SQ
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #西灣河 #SaiWanHo #街 #Street #攝影 #摄影 #photography #建築 #建筑 #architecture
Taiwan reminds me a little bit of Macau, with lots and lots of scooters. In Cantonese, we call scooters 綿羊仔, which literally means “small sheep,” as in they are not as powerful as the standard motorcycles, but rather small in stature.
These scooters run rampant on the narrow alleys of the Shilin Night Market (士林夜市), where merchants were seen using them to shuttle merchandises back and forth the busy street. While a van might seem to be more useful, the streets get so packed that it made sense to use these bikes as motor transports to navigate haphazardly among the crowds.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM. Processed in Lightroom 5.
# More Information
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shilin_Night_Market
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooter_(motorcycle)
綿羊仔 Scooter Motorbikes / 台灣台北士林夜市 Shilin Night Market, Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140210.6D.30694.BW
/ #台灣 #臺灣 #Taiwan #台北 #Taipei #SMLTravel #旅遊 #旅游 #Travel #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #黑白 #BW #SMLBW
/ #market #士林夜市 #ShilinNightMarket #士林 #Shilin #street #Scooter #motorcycle
An unexpected use of the 100-400 is for macro photography. I also own the 100 f/2.8 Macro but it is mostly good for things which do not move. For birds—especially little ones as seen here, it is best to remain very far away and approach very slowly.
Chinese have a saying: “麻雀雖小, 五臟俱全” which literally means that “a sparrow may be small, but it has every organ it needs.” It is used to describe small things are very functional despite its size, e.g. the MacBookAir.
This macro gives new understanding of this saying, as I can see every piece of feather and be amazed how great nature really is.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-14T13:40:32+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/640 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ 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°13'27" E
+ Location: 香港新界馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, New Territories, Hong Kong
+ Serial: SML.20130514.7D.41797
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 自然 Nature, 鳥 Bird, 微距攝影 Macro Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“麻雀雖小, 五臟俱全 (A sparrow has everything it needs despite its size)” / 自然 Nature / SML.20130514.7D.41797
/ #自然 #Nature #鳥 #Birds #微距 #Macro #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #麻雀 #Sparrow #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #鐵絲網 #barbedwire #petit
In the middle of the night, factories at the Tai Po Industrial Estate (大埔工業邨) across the Tolo Harbour is still pumping smokes non-stop. Under this long exposure, they are rendered as fans in the air.
# SML Translate: 春夜微風煙如扇 水靜江寧霧滿天
+ 春: Spring (season).
+ 夜: night.
+ 微: soft.
+ 風: wind.
+ 煙: smoke.
+ 如: (looks) like.
+ 扇: fan.
+ 春夜微風煙如扇: the smoke appears as fans under the soft breeze at night in Spring.
+ 水: water.
+ 靜: quiet.
+ 江: ocean.
+ 寧: serene.
+ 霧: fog.
+ 滿: full.
+ 天: sky.
+ 水靜江寧霧滿天: The water is quiet and the sea is serene while the fogs covers the sky.
In essence the couplet describes exactly what you see. I still need to work on this. Hopefully be able to write out some real Chinese poems in the future with the correct 平仄 syntax and everything.
# SML Workflow
People say that they don’t like the EOSM because it has no electronic viewfinder. To be honest when it is so dark at night it was easier to to manual focus on the LCD while zooming in 5x then using a viewfinder. I think that I lost my remote cable release so I photographed this on the EOSM because it was easier to just do a 2sec countdown and snapped it without adding much vibration to the capture.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-25 22:58:43 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5174 x 3450
+ Exposure: 30.0 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°27'17" N 114°10'55" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港大埔工業邨吐露港倒影 中国香港大埔工业村吐露港倒影 Reflection of the Tai Po Industrial Estate on Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong, China.
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130225.EOSM.02490.P1.L1.BW
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
“春夜微風煙如扇 水靜江寧霧滿天” / 夜之寧 Serenity at Night / SML.20130225.EOSM.02490.P1.L1.BW
/ #寧 #serenity #SMLSerenity #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #夜 #night #水 #water #山水 #landscape #霧 #fog #城市 #Urban
At night, the elderly practice tai chi with Chinese traditional swords while a man from the LongRun.HK weekly meet up jog on the track at the Ma On Shan Sports Ground in Hong Kong.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-16T20:31:23+0800
+ Dimensions: 4704 x 3136
+ Exposure: 1/50 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 260 mm
+ ISO: 12800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°25'14" N 114°13'39" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆康街1號馬鞍山運動場 中国香港马鞍山恒康街1号马鞍山运动场 Ma On Shan Sports Ground, 1 Hang Hong Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130516.6D.06629.BW
+ Series: 體育 Sports
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
太極與長跑 Tai Chi + Long Run (Marathon) / 香港體育 Hong Kong Sports / SML.20130516.6D.06629.BW
/ #體育 #Sports #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #人 #people #攝影 #摄影 #photography #跑 #Run #長跑 #Marathon #太極 #people
Outside the stadium where the championship took places, a tattooed-and-muscled up Chinese martial arts (武術 Wushu) competitor concentrated as his coach and crowd cheered on before taking his punch at the piles of brick in front of him—multiple times.
Meanwhile, inside the stadium, the championship went on but I don’t have a telephoto lens with me because I really just walked by the place randomly. Every time I did not bring my SLR, crazy things happen—so you see why I usually bring it with me everywhere I go.
Crazyisgood. Video to follow when I am done with the soundtrack.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-07T19:39:44.61+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 5184
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/2.0
+ Focal Length: 22 mm
+ ISO: 1250
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM
+ GPS: 22°25'34" N 114°13'48" E
+ Altitude: 27.3 m
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山鞍駿街14號馬鞍山體育館 Ma On Shan Sports Centre, 14 On Chun Street, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, 體育 Sports, 男 Men, Crazyisgood, 黑白 Black and White
“破磚前集中精神 Concentrate before brick-breaking” / 第11屆香港國際武術節 The 11th Hong Kong Wushu International Championship (HKWSJ) / 男運動員 Men in Sports / SML.20130407.EOSM.03793.BW
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #武術 #Wushu #MartialArts
I bought the 100-400 originally not to photograph birds but to photograph the moon. But I do not often see it because it was always so cloudy in Hong Kong and even if I have a full view of the sky, I do not see it.
But I did finally. I shot this with the 7D, because it has a crop-frame factor of 1.6x. I used the 1.4x Extender also. Altogether this gives me a 400 x 1.6 x 1.4 = 896 mm equivalent on a full-frame.
The cavit of sticking the 1.4x on the 100-400 is that you lose AF completely because with the exception of the 1D line which can focus at f/8, none of the other camera bodies can. With this in mind I might actually buy a 2x extender to see if I can get any closer.
I used a release cable for this shot but I can see some vibration at full-res. So next time I see it again I will use a mirror-lockup. I am also thinking of buying a geared head for the tripod because it seems that even on the tripod the camera still moves after some adjustments—no matter how small.
The Chinese name is quite descriptive as 娥 is a goose and 眉 is the eyelashes — it describes the moon as looking like the eyelashes of geese.
# Moon phases 月相
The Waxing Crescent Moon is the phase between the new moon and the first quarter, where its right 1–49% visible from the northern Hemisphere.
娥眉月: 北半球可見右側的1-49%
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_phase
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-13T19:44:37+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/4 sec at f/11
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 Timer Remote Release, Manfrotto tripod
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'25" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 月 Moon
+ Serial: SML.20130513.7D.41748.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“娥眉月 Waxing Crescent Moon” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130513.7D.41748.BW
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The Hong Kong Museum of Art (香港藝術館) is the main art museum of Hong Kong [1]. It was originally established as the City Hall Museum and Art Gallery at the City Hall in Central in 1962 before moving to its present location at 10 Salisbury Road in 1991.
Unlike almost all art museums int the world, the Hong Kong Museum of Art does not take donation—a fact which I thought was somewhat bizarre. When I lived in New York, the annual tax-deductible membership to MoMA and the Whitney is part of my yearly expenses. When I went to the Hong Kong Museum of Art and paid for my annual membership, it was 100 HKD (~13 USD) which is a far cry from the 250 USD which I am used to. I asked the woman if they have other perhaps “patron level membership levels” and she looked at me oddly with a blank stare.
The permanent collections include many Chinese traditional landscape paintings (山水畫) as well as artworks by local artists. The landscape paintings in particular had much impact on my current photography work as it was from there that I learned the concept of 人氣, the presence of humans—no matter how small—to breathe life in otherwise cold compositions.
# Notes
1. Hong Kong Museum of Art: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Museum_of_Art
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-26T22:48:25+0800
+ Dimensions: 3526 x 5138
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/4.5
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 12800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°17'37" N 114°10'19" E
+ Location: 香港九龍尖沙咀梳士巴利道10號香港藝術館 Hong Kong Museum of Art, 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130426.6D.03246.BW
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“香港藝術館 Hong Kong Museum of Art” / 香港文化建築夜之形 Hong Kong Cultural Architecture Night Forms / SML.20130426.6D.03246.BW
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The first time I saw this I wanted to photograph it, but I don’t know how. I usually walk by this place on my way home. It is not really one of these things where I would lug my tripod with me really.
So what’s different now? Usable ISO 12800 on the 6D! I have repeated many times that you do not need an expensive camera to do photography, but for some shots you do need the right tools for it. In most cases a point and shoot will suffice. But for extreme cases like this even the 7D’s ISO 3200 will not cut it.
A generous amount of luminance noise reduction has been applied in Lightroom—but not really out of the ordinary. The 6D sensor is quite good really. This camera really does magic. Very happy with it so far—not to mention not having to lug the GP-E2 to get GPS readings. Less attachment, quicker snap.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-16T20:30:15+0800
+ Dimensions: 3648 x 5472
+ Exposure: 1/100 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 208 mm
+ ISO: 12800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'14" N 114°13'38" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆康街1號馬鞍山運動場 中国香港马鞍山恒康街1号马鞍山运动场 Ma On Shan Sports Ground, 1 Hang Hong Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130416.6D.00804.BW
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 建築 Architecture
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“球場燈光 Stadium Lights” / 香港體育建築 Hong Kong Sports Architecture / SML.20130416.6D.00804.BW
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Sketches during the process which eventually lead to Numbers in a City: New Haven, CT / 1997 / SML Projects (Flickr Set)
Process (8 pages)
+ 4: Photo tracking matrix (to-do list)
+ 5: Photo tracking matrix (to-do list)<
Summary
Typographic landscape of a city described through visually counting from 1 to 100.
Setup
These were shot with my first digital camera, the Sony Mavica FD7.
Statement
This was my first photography project. It started out as a project for a typography class while I was in college. Like most graphic design assignments at Yale, it was very open ended. We were asked to show the experience of a city through the language of typography. I have always been interested in numbers, and I as such I decided to run around New Haven and photograph numbers which represent the city, from 1 to 100.
The series is to be projected on the wall as slideshow. The numbers are recognizably New Haven, and most who have been in New Haven can recognize the sense of time and space as they go through the series. Some commented that it reminded them of Sesame Street.
It was so successful that I thought of extended this to different neighborhoods in New York, but I never had the time to work on more of them after college, and as such I have only completed the first and only one...
The original series was displayed via a conventional slide projector. In order to best-simulate the original intention on a computer, view the set as a slideshow and set the speed to fast.
Related SML Universe
Copyright Notice
Copyright 1997, 2007 See-ming Lee. All rights reserved.
A group of high school students circled around a leather castle hanging from the ceiling. At first glance, it resembles something not dissimilar to that of a group of LV luggage bags. So they are all too busy taking photos with their cell phone. A boy was seen explaining what he sees to his female classmates.
There does not appear to be anything wrong with this scene, except that the castle was not made with ordinary leather — these are kinky leather sex toys. If the girls had known, they probably would have all screwed “Eww” and disappeared into Neverland.
Oh the joy of fine art — once elevated to a stage for excellence, no one even thought of the impossible. But it is. Demented? Yes, absolutely — which is precisely why I loved it.
Crazyisgood.
See www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8976721751/ for the full-color scientific shot without the humans around.
# Notes
1. “Installation by 没顶公司 (沒頂公司) MadeIn Company: Play (201301), 2013 (leather, rope, mixed media)” / 长征空间 (長征空間) Long March Space / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14071:
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8976721751/
# Art Info
MadeIn Company
Play - (201301), 2013
# MadeIn Company
MadeIn Company was established in 2009 in Shanghai by Xu Zhen, it is a contemporary art creation company, focused on the production of creativity, and devoted to the research of contemporary culture’s infinite possibilities.
没顶公司是由艺术家徐震创办于2009年。 是一个当代艺术创作型公司，以生产艺术创造力为核心，致力于探索当代文化的无限可能。这对当代艺术的创作模式、收藏消费系统以及作者权等问题开始了全面挑战和标准的刷新。
沒頂公司是由藝術家徐震創辦於2009年。是一個當代藝術創作型公司，以生產藝術創造力為核心，致力於探索當代文化的無限可能。這對當代藝術的創作模式、收藏消費系統以及作者權等問題開始了全面挑戰和標準的刷新。
Personnel:
徐震 Xu Zhen, 金利萍 Vigy Jin, 关超群 (關超群) Alexia Dehaene, 俞玮 (俞瑋) Yu Wei, 陆平原 (陸平原) Lu Pingyuan, 郁天柱 (鬱天柱) Yu Tianzhu, 奶粉 Nathan Zhou, 林晓彤 (林曉彤) Louise Lam, 沈崴崴 Shen Weiwei, 汪嘉伦 (汪嘉倫) Wang Jialun, 沈卿 Shen Qing, 朱慧 Zhu Hui, 郭利 Guo Li, 余菲菲 Yu Feifei, 周菁 Zhou Jing, 王强 Wang Qiang, 张俐 (張俐) Zhang Li, 夏云飞 (夏雲飛) Xia Yunfei, 孙崴 (孫崴) Sun Wei, 何越 He Yue, 何雪峰 He Xuefeng, 仇银美 (仇銀美) Chou Yinmei, 李强 Li Qiang, 江国雄 (江國雄) Jiang Guoxiong
1/F, Bldg 8, 18 Wuwei Road, 200331 Shanghai, CHINA
上海普陀区武威路18号桃浦创意园8号楼1楼
# Long March Space 长征空间 (長征空間)
Founded by Lu Jie in the 798 Art District of Beijing in 2002, Long March Space plays a vital role in pursuing new avenues of production, discourse, and promotion of contemporary art in China. Working to advance the careers of eighteen artists across three generations, the gallery looks to establish a portfolio of the most progressive artists working in contemporary China today.
4 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100015
China
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T17:10:41+0800
+ Dimensions: 5434 x 3623
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 2000
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.14073.BW
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
Leather fetish installation + high school students: When 没顶公司 (沒頂公司) MadeIn Company’s Play was on view at ABHK recently / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14073.BW
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The urban landscape is filled with billboards and other distraction, so it is often hard to find a perspective which is void of all the visual distraction when using a wide angle lens. However, I think that I have identified the way out—look up and remove everything except the sky.
This is another shot of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Unlike the previous shot which is about the architecture’s overall recognisable form [1], this one is a minimalist take on one of the facade which lights up with tiny spots at night.
The irregular and almost organic light fixtures echoes the slightly cloudy sky, whereas the linear angular architecture creates contrast to the otherwise dark sky.
# Notes
1. “香港文化中心 Hong Kong Cultural Centre” / 香港文化建築夜之形 Hong Kong Cultural Architecture Night Forms / SML.20130426.6D.03214.BW: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8683034427/
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-26T22:42:41+0800
+ Dimensions: 3359 x 5038
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 1600
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°17'35" N 114°10'14" E
+ Location: 香港九龍尖沙咀梳士巴利道10號香港文化中心 Hong Kong Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130426.6D.03230.BW
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, 抽象 Abstracts
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“上 Up” / 香港文化中心 Hong Kong Cultural Centre / 香港文化建築夜之形 Hong Kong Cultural Architecture Night Forms / SML.20130426.6D.03230.BW
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A black kite (Milvus migrans) holds onto his fresh-caught fish tightly with its big claws near the water surface at Tolo Harbour. I have often seen fishermen nearby so I guess I should be able to find more of these sightings in the future.
Unlike the previous shot which was photographed from the 27th floor down [1], this one was shot on ground level. To be frank was his quick dive into the sea. This shot was mostly made possible by 7D’s fast 8fps burst rate and AI Servo tracking. Everything happens so quickly that there is not really any time to think about how to compose the image, so it was cropped after the fact.
# Notes
1. “痛下殺手 In for the kill” / 自然 Nature / SML.20130502.7D.40945.SQ: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8701585828/
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-09T13:42:40+0800
+ Dimensions: 3468 x 2312
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/11
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 160
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°25'22" N 114°13'29" E
+ Location: 香港馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, Hong Kong
+ Subject: 香港吐露港 Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong
+ Serial: SML.20130509.7D.41640
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 自然 Nature, 鳥 Birds, 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“V: 麻鷹捕魚記 Black Kite (Milvus migrans) Goes Fish-Hunting” / 自然之形 Nature Forms / SML.20130509.7D.41640
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Of course, I shot a whole lot of this bird in flight. I have wanted to do a video, but I am not skilled at videography, so instead I thought that I would utilise the 7D’s 8fps to collect a range of stills to potentially create a stop-motion video of them.
These were shot handheld using AI Servo with the IS in Mode 1 as it was handheld, but I do wonder if I should have shot in Mode 2 perhaps — though in previous attempts when I shot in Mode 2 for some eagles, they did not come out sharp enough.
You see the birds are quite fast — here although the shutter speed is at 1/640 sec, it still does not appear to be fast enough. Perhaps I should look into shooting with Tv instead of Av for birds in the future.
For this I also tried out the well-hyped “camera shake reduction” filter inside Photoshop CC and decided to not process with it after seeing the result — it is rather artefact laden. I supposed that it would have some use for some if you intend the photo to be outputted in lower resolution, though for 1:1 output I think that those noise are quite noticeable.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-08-09T16:35:23+0800
+ Dimensions: 4350 x 2900
+ Exposure: 1/640 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 330 mm
+ ISO: 250
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°23'25" N 114°12'3" E
+ Location: 香港沙田賽艇中心 Shatin Rowing Centre, Hong Kong
+ Subject: 香港沙田城門河 Shing Mun River, Shatin, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 5, Photoshop CC
+ Serial: SML.20130809.7D.49421.P1
+ Series: 鳥 Birds, 自然 Nature
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
是日海鮮 Fresh catch of the day / 亞洲水鳥捕魚記 Asian Waterbird catching fish / 香港自然 Nature in Hong Kong / SML.20130809.7D.49421.P1
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I can certainly see why crazy people across the globe chase the storms. I can’t wait til the typhoon seasons to hit Hong Kong again this fall.
# SML Translate: 天翻雲怒 孤航快步
+ 天: sky.
+ 翻: flips over. Metaphor for the storm.
+ 雲: clouds.
+ 怒: angry. Also metaphor for the storm.
+ 孤: single. alone.
+ 航: navigate. sail.
+ 快: quick, fast.
+ 步: steps.
+ 天翻雲怒 孤航快步: a single ship sails swiftly across the ocean under the stormy weather.
# SML Data
+ Date: 3289 x 4934
+ Exposure: 1/800 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 26 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'19" N 114°13'30" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港吐露港 中国香港吐露港 Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130226.EOSM.02558.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
“天翻雲怒 孤航快步” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130226.EOSM.02558.BW
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #雲 #clouds #cloudscape #風暴 #Storm
Telephoto lenses have an amazing way of compressing distances, and you can see this fairly well with this capture.
These are street lights on the highway near the Hong Kong International Airport leading to Terminal 1. On the far side is the ocean and mountains which are approximately 3 km (10k ft) away, but they appear fairly close by because it was shot with the 100-400 at 310mm with the 7D = 496mm on full frame.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-25T08:27:43+0800
+ Dimensions: 4789 x 3193
+ Exposure: 1/800 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 310 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°18'51" N 113°56'12" E
+ Location: 香港國際機場機場路 Airport Road, Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130425.7D.40103.C23.BW
+ Series: 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“機場路街燈 Airport Road Street Lamps” / 香港國際機場 Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) / SML.20130425.7D.40103.C23.BW
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柳宗元《江雪》
千山鳥飛絕，萬徑人蹤滅。
孤舟蓑笠翁，獨釣寒江雪。
Technically there is no snow in this photo but every time I see a tiny boat sail by the sea outside my window, I am reminded of this poem by poet 柳宗元 Liu Zongyan [1], especially in the winter.
# SML Translate
+ 孤: single, alone, lonely.
+ 舟: ship.
+ 蓑笠: 蓑衣與笠帽。 《儀禮·既夕禮》：“道車載朝服，稾車載蓑笠。” 鄭玄注：“蓑笠，備雨服。”《後漢書·蔡邕傳下》：“故當其有事也，則蓑笠並載。” 清唐甄《潛書·明鑑》：“茅舍無恙，然後寳位可居；蓑笠無失，然後袞冕可服。” [2]. Coat and hat for the rainy day.
+ 獨: single, on one’s own.
+ 釣: fish (v), fishing.
+ 寒: cold.
+ 江: sea, lake, ocean.
+ 雪: snow.
# Notes
1. Liu Zongyuan (Chinese: 柳宗元; pinyin: Liǔ Zōngyuán; Wade-Giles: Liu Tsung-yuan) (773–November 28, 819), courtesy name Zihou (子厚; Wade-Giles: Tzu-hou), was a Chinese writer who lived in Chang'an during the Tang Dynasty. Liu was born in present-day Yongji, Shanxi, along with Han Yu, he was a founder of the Classical Prose Movement. He was traditionally classed as one of the Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Zongyuan
2. ZDic: 蓑笠: www.zdic.net/cd/ci/13/ZdicE8Zdic93Zdic91231378.htm
# SML Workflow
Taken with the Canon EOS M with Canon EF 17-40 f/4L. Handheld. Processed in Lightroom 4.
# SML Data
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
+ Date: 2013-01-28 16:04:37 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3268 x 4902
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 25 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°24'58" N 114°12'49" E (SML Universe HKG)
+ Serial: SML.20130128.EOSM.01593
“孤舟蓑笠翁 獨釣寒江雪”
/ 寧 Serenity
/ SML.20130128.EOSM.01593.C23.BW
I often tell people that photography is not necessarily a reflection of reality. Even without any manipulation in the dark room or heavy montage action inside Photoshop, what is depicted may be a mind trick.
Seen here was taken through my window. At first I was wondering why there appears to be “speed boats” running in curves. Then I realized that those were cars on the highway from the fainted reflection by the window. The reflection on the sea is also a reflection. The sun was so strong that it would in fact be impossible to photograph directly, yet here it works somewhat, thus superimposing two images to one in one shot.
The mountains were superimposed similarly. One is actually present, the other is reflected. The rectangular forms far down are private housing development, whereas the structures to the left is a construction site, I think.
The scene is completely unreal, yet it is very interesting. So next time you see an UFO photograph, think twice about all the physical possibilities you can do with using the camera alone. I am not trying to defunct any UFO theories, and I certainly entertain any possibilities, but in many instances photography does lie.
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# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-01-19 16:46:32 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 2219 x 3944
+ Color: Black and white
+ Exposure: 1/125 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 66mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'26" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山沙田海 中国香港马鞍山沙田海 Sha Tin Hoi, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong SAR, China
+ Photographed at: SML Universe Limited, Hong Kong.
# SML Workflow
+ Photographed with Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L, cropped as 16:9 aspect ratio, processed in Adobe Photoshop CS6, metadata tagged in Adobe Lightroom 4.
# Related SML Universe
+ SML Flickr set: 寧 Serenity: sml8.it/smlflickr-serenity
+ SML Photography Blog: Serenity: Part 1: photoblog.seeminglee.com/2012/10/serenity.html
+ SML Photography Blog: Serenity: Part 2: photoblog.seeminglee.com/2012/12/serenity-part-2.html
+ SML Serenity Tumblr: smlserenity.tumblr.com
+ SNL Serenity Twitter: twitter.com/smlserenity
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
”海市蜃樓 海市蜃楼 Mirage” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130119.7D.20632.C169.P1.BW
This is the “aisle” of the rose garden at the Royal Botanic Garden. When the flowers bloom from October through May, it is a popular spot for weddings and other events. An old couple were seen holding hand-in-hand walking down this aisle, giving new meaning to something old and something new.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L at the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney, Australia.
Walking down the aisle / Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, Australia / SML.20140314.6D.30856.P1.L2.SQ.BW
The one thing constant about the ever-changing urban landscape is the cranes at the construction sites.
I was born in Hong Kong, but I went to the US for college (university) in 1995, and after graduation I moved to New York and have been living there ever since. But in 2012, I moved back to Hong Kong to start my own company. And I definitely notice the change.
Most of the newer architecture in Hong Kong is built upon landfill, so in many ways the Victoria Harbour just got smaller. It seems that even the Star Ferry ride as a result is shorter. Could that possibly be?
Pictured is a set of cranes seen outside the International Finance Centre (IFC). It seems that they are building even more structures over there but exactly what is unclear.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-24T16:29:43+0800
+ Dimensions: 3648 x 5472
+ Exposure: 1/800 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 105 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°17'7" N 114°9'36" E
+ Location: 香港中環龍和道 Lung Wo Road, Central, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130424.6D.02643.BW
+ Series: 形 Forms, 建造 Construction
“/||\” / 香港建造之形 Hong Kong Construction Forms / SML.20130424.6D.02643.BW
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #FormFollowsFunction #Cranes #Lines
I bought the Canon EOS 6D today, and of course the first thing I did is drop in the 17-40 and check out the wide end. Wow incredible—drama! I have not really used a full-frame body since the analog days so it is a very welcoming experience so far. And of course I see now that the natural vignette from the lens is quite serious—something which I never noticed previously with the 7D because it has an APS-C CMOS.
Before picking the 6D, I have thought it long and hard if I should get the EF-S 10-22, but noting that my goal as always been to get a full-frame body eventually, I hesitated. Trust that you will see more use of this camera soon on my stream.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-11T16:38:22.00+0800
+ Dimensions: 3583 x 5375
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'25" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港八仙嶺和吐露港 Tolo Harbour + Pat Sin Leng, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130411.6D.00004.BW
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“風雲再現 孤舟過江” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130411.6D.00004.BW
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #自然 #Nature #山水 #Landscape #山 #Mountains #水 #Water #雲 #Cloud #Cloudscape
Back for more waterfall. I shot a series of these. The one which is actually correctly exposed (1 second) has so much water that I cannot really make out the rocks it is falling into, so I shot this one which is not correctly exposed (0.3 second) but then it has the correct amount of water splashing, then I overexpose it back inside Lightroom.
In the analog days we call this push and pull. In digital photography, it is often better to underexpose then to overexpose, because underexposing usually mean that you can push the whites, but overexposing and you are pretty much through. Of course this is not a golden rule but in most cases it is true.
This is also me placing my camera in awkward position. No tripod is used. I never really do photo trips—I just take my camera everywhere I go.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-31T16:04:35.37+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 0.3 sec at f/32
+ Focal Length: 98 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200 f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'30" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆明街2號聽濤雅苑二樓花園 Garden, 2nd Floor, Vista Paradiso, 2 Hang Ming St, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130331.7D.37395.C23.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature, 黑白 Black and White
“聽濤 Listening to the sound of water” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130331.7D.37377.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #水 #Water #石 #Rocks #山水 #Landscape
Simplicity. Division. Accented by surprise on top.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-24T18:33:31+0800
+ Dimensions: 4960 x 3307
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 220 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°17'35" N 114°10'11" E
+ Location: 香港尖沙咀海濱長廊 Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade, Hong Kong
+ Subject: 香港九龍尖沙咀梳士巴利道10號香港文化中心 Hong Kong Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130524.7D.42089.BW
+ Series: 形 Forms, 界 Division, 建築 Architecture
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
香港文化中心 Hong Kong Cultural Centre (HKCC) / 香港文化建築形之界 Hong Kong Cultural Architecture Forms Division / SML.20130524.7D.42089.BW
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #界 #Division #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #尖沙咀 #TsimShaTsui #城市 #Urban
Located on the 20th floor of iSquare in Tsim Sha Tsui, the Canon Customer Care Center provides support for both in-warranty and out-of-warranty care for its customers.
I went there yesterday mainly to get the battery grip for 6D as the retailer who sold me the body did not carry it, and also to send my 7D to be looked at.
None of the camera bodies except the 1D series are weather-sealed, and after leaving the 7D near my opened window during stormy weathers in Hong Kong, it kept on going to Err 70 which bothered me. My 7D is well out-of-warranty but paying 300 HKD (38.65 USD) is a fair price to pay to make sure that everything is operational inside.
Aside from providing excellent service, the interior architecture filled with organic forms is a feast to the eyes, making the experience quite pleasant.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-12T14:55:41.09+0800
+ Dimensions: 3406 x 5108
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17m
+ ISO: 160
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Camera: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°17'47" N 114°10'22" E
+ Altitude: 137.3 m
+ Location: 中國香港九龍尖沙咀彌敦道63號國際廣場20樓佳能客戶服務中心 Canon Customer Care Center, 20/F, iSQUARE, 63 Nathan Road,Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130412.6D.00124.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“香港佳能客戶服務中心 Hong Kong Canon Customer Care Center” / 形 Forms / SML.20130412.6D.00124.BW
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #Photojournalism #SMLLifeLog #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #china #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #佳能 #Canon #CRM #people #urban