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The 界 Division series is mostly about forms divided by lines for balance. The black cat in this capture adds a bit of life to the space, which I like.
The EOS M will go all the way to ISO 6400 apparently—had to move the luminance noise reduction to 100 to make the capture tolerable—I guess there is a first time for everything.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-25 19:37:58 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/2.2
+ Focal Length: 22mm
+ ISO: 6400
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'34" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山西沙路恆安地鐵站天橋底 中国香港马鞍山西沙路恒安地铁站天桥底 Under the bridge at Sai Sha Road near Heng On MTR Station in Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130225.7D.22460.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 形 Forms, 界 Division
“白與白之間的黑貓 The black cat between white and white” / 形之界 Forms Division / SML.20130225.7D.22460.BW
/ #形 #SMLForms #界 #Division #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #橋 #桥 #Bridge #貓 #cats
Those who know me know that I love lilies—especially the white stargazer kind. I never knew that it is a hybrid lily of the Oriental group.
For me, lilium is a symbol for rebirth and a life force. It has beautiful bouquet. When I worked in New York, I often surround myself with white lilies at the office whenever I am depressed. These flowers emit a beautiful bouquet. Besides being wonderful to look, they bring an aura and presence that is second to none.
I bought these for my mom for mother’s day—Happy Mother’s Day to all! :)
Photographed with the 7D + 100-400 with 90EX used as remote-strobe for 580EX on light stand — bare bulb closed to the lilies so that it reflect some texture on the petals.
# References
1. Lilium "Stargazer" (the Stargazer lily) is a hybrid lily of the Oriental group. Oriental lilies are known for their fragrant perfume, blooming mid-to-late summer. When mature, Stargazers can grow to a height of 36 inches with a spread of 12 to 16 inches with 4 to 5 flowers per stem. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilium_%22Stargazer%22
2. Lilium (members of which are true lilies) is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large prominent flowers. Lilies are a group 3.e in much of the world. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilium
3. 百合花，又名強蜀、番韭、山丹、倒仙、重邁、中庭、摩羅、重箱、中逢花、百合蒜、大師傅蒜、蒜腦薯、夜合花等，是百合科百合屬（學名：Lilium）多年生草本球根植物，原產於中國，主要分佈在亞洲東部、歐洲、北美洲等北半球溫帶地區，全球已發現有至少120個品種，其中55種產於中國。 zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/百合屬
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-12T15:49:53+0800
+ Dimensions: 4673 x 3115
+ Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 300 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Canon 580EX via Canon 90EX remote strobe
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'29" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130512.7D.41730
+ Series: 花 Flowers, 自然 Nature
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“占星百合花 Stargazer Lily (Lilium)” (for Mother’s Day) / 自然 Nature / SML.20130512.7D.41730
/ #花 #Flowers #自然 #Nature #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #百合 #Lily #Lilies #Lilium #占星 #Stargazer #StargazerLily #MothersDay #Pink #macro #strobist
Detail of a tree bark. Each year, the layers get shredded and allow new skin to be exposed.
Some people fear death—what is there to fear? The old passes away to allow opportunities for the youth. If life does not possess a limit, you would likely be wasting it all. It is through the limits of the time availability, that you realize how precious every second is.
In prioritising my own valuable time, my criteria is the same as Steve Jobs’: “Would I do this if I am going to die tomorrow? If I won’t, then it is not worthy of my time.”
If I am going to die tomorrow, will I process this image? Yes, because I love it. If I were a painter, this is what I would paint.
# SML Data:
+ Date: 2013-03-26T13:47:19.56+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 5184
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 1600
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'12" N 114°13'37" E
+ Altitude: 1.0 m
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山遊樂場 中国香港马鞍山游乐场 Ma On Shan Recreation Ground, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130326.7D.36447.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 自然 Nature, 抽象 Abstracts, 形 Forms
“樹皮 Tree Bark” / 自然抽象之形 Nature Abstract Forms / SML.20130326.7D.36447.BW
/ #自然 #Nature #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #形 #Forms #SMLForms #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #自然 #nature #抽象 #abstract #樹 #Tree
I’m out of words. So all you get is data.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-05 14:31:41 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 5184
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 40 mm
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 40 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'47" N 114°13'24" 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.20130305.7D.26367.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature, 黑白 Black and White
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“自然抽象之形 Nature Abstract Forms” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130305.7D.26367.BW
/ #自然 #Nature #寧 #Serenity #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #海 #Sea #自然 #nature #抽象 #abstract #山水 landscape
A collage of forms seen at a 巴士站 bus stop at 西沙路 Sai Sha Road.
The dominating zigzagged V form is a pedestrian footbridge allowing people to cross the highway. The taller bridge going horizontally is the 地鐵馬山鞍山線 MTR Ma On Shan Line (Hong Kong’s metro network) which runs parallel to the highway.
At the bottom tip of the V form is a 雙層巴士 double decker bus. Almost all buses in Hong Kong are double deckers. The vehicle closed by is a 21 seater minibus.
小巴 Minibuses serve routes which do not have many passengers. They have a defined route with a few defined mini bus stops at the terminals, but you can get off anywhere you like. You just alert the driver when you want to get off and they stop for you. It is a bit like a cab with a route.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-13 17:02:32 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3116 x 4674
+ Exposure: 1/200 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 21 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'15" N 114°13'36" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山西沙路巴士站 中国香港马鞍山西沙路巴士站 Bus Stop, Sai Sha Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130213.EOSM.02002.P1.L1.BW
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms
“西沙路巴士站 Sai Sha Road Bus Stop” / 人流之形 Human Logistics Forms / SML.20130213.EOSM.02002.P1.L1.BW
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLBW #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #黑白 #BW #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #巴士 #Bus #街 #Street #攝影 #摄影 #photography
Pedestrian footbridge is one of the unique character about urban planning in Hong Kong. Pictured is an elevated walkway at night near Exchange Square in Central.
By using bridges and tunnels, pedestrians are able to get from point A to point B quickly and efficiently without stopping for traffic lights. The always jammed-pack traffic below also need not be halted by series of traffic light—which I reason is the primary reason why New York’s traffic is so impossible.
Almost every building in Central and Admiralty is connected via bridges. Some are even air-conditioned, allowing traders to visit different investment banks and conduct businesses in a nice calm air even in the very humid summer.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-09 22:27:41 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 4781 x 3139
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/4.0
+ ISO: 3200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°9'27" E
+ Location: 中國香港中環交易廣場行人天橋 中国香港中环交易广场行人天桥 Footbridge, Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130209.7D.21814.P1.BW
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms
“香港中環行人天橋 Footbridge in Central, Hong Kong” / 人流建築夜之形 Human Logistics Forms at Night / SML.20130209.7D.21814.P1.BW
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLBW #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #黑白 #BW #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #中環 #Central #橋 #bridge #街 #Street #攝影 #摄影 #photography
My sister commented on a photograph from the serenity series, saying that it needs a tiny little figure to complete the Chinese painting. Well, nature has a way of delivering tiny men for me to photograph, and look, there he is—alone, fishing in the middle of nowhere.
# SML Translate: 霧中獨釣寒江水
This is a reference to the a Chinese poem titled “江雪” by 柳宗元, where somewhere in the prose: 獨釣寒江雪. But there is no snow here, so…
+ 霧: fog.
+ 中: inside, within, center.
+ 獨: alone.
+ 釣: fish (verb).
+ 寒: cold.
+ 江: lake, open water.
+ 水: water.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-21 15:28:28 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 4352 x 2901
+ Exposure: 1/160 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 98 mm
+ ISO: 250
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'19" N 114°13'40" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港吐露港 Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130321.7D.35777.P1.L1.BW
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature, 山水 Landscape, 黑白 Black and White
“霧中獨釣寒江水” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130321.7D.35777.P1.L1.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #山水 #Landscape #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #水 #Water #sea #霧 #fog
Hong Kong Coliseum (Chinese: 香港體育館), better known amongst the public as the Hung Hom Coliseum (紅磡體育館, 紅館) is a multi-purpose indoor arena, in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was built by the Urban Council and inaugurated on 27 April 1983. The coliseum has 12,500 seats, which is the second largest among the same kind of indoor facilities in Hong Kong, only behind the 2005-opened AsiaWorld-Arena.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Coliseum
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-15 18:26:48 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 5184
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/7.1
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 250
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°18'5" N 114°10'53" E
+ Location: 中國香港紅磡暢運道9號香港體育館 中国香港红磡畅运道9号香港体育馆 Hong Kong Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Road, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130315.EOSM.03477.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, 體育 Sports
“香港體育館 Hong Kong Coliseum” / 香港體育建築之形 Hong Kong Sports Architecture Forms / SML.20130315.EOSM.03477.BW
/ #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #形 #Forms #SMLForms #體育 #体育 #Sports #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #紅磡 #HungHom #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban
Some photographs work in color, but they work even better in black and white.
# SML Translate: 雨過水滴葉上珠
+ 雨: rain.
+ 過: move (across). Describes the rain has past.
+ 水: water.
+ 滴: drops (water drops).
+ 葉: leaf.
+ 上: above.
+ 珠: pearl.
+ 雨過水滴葉上珠: after the rain, pearl like water drops are seen on the leaves.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-03 16:06:53 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'32" E
+ Altitude: 12.5 m
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆明街1號聽濤雅苑 中国香港马鞍山恒明街1号听涛雅苑 Vista Paradiso, 1 Hang Ming St, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130303.7D.26235
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 自然 Nature, 黑白 Black and White
“雨過水滴葉上珠” / 自然 Nature / SML.20130303.7D.26235.BW
/ #自然 #Nature #CCBY #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #植物 #Plants #葉 #叶 #leaf
KHL had always used P+S in recent years. Last year he asked for my recommendation for a new P+S and I recommended the Canon G12. But it turns out that he finds G12 to be impossibly difficult to use and he went out and bought a Nikon P+S. Since I am now back in HongKong, I told him to just use my old Canon 10D. He reluctantly accepted because he said that he didn't think that he could use it. I told him that SLRs are easier to use. People always think that P+S are easier — the reverse is true. At the end of the trip I just mount the 17-40f4L on “his” 10D permanently and he was loving every bit of it. Even my old Domke camera bag has new use. This is crazy yes? I bought this 10D second-hand from a friend way back in 2005 when he “upgraded” to his 20D. This baby is still running and is at its 55,000+ cycles—crazy. SML loves awesome Canon cameras. :)
Someone on Google+ asked to see a black and white rendering of a photograph in the Serenity series [1]. This is one process of it. Personally I think that the color version is better because the colors of the lights adds more to the photograph where as this black and white is mostly about moods and that tranquil quality in the color version is lost.
But the most WTF thing about my photography work tends to follow a very simple formula: what I love, no one likes. What I don’t like, everyone likes. So maybe you will like this. Who knows.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-06 02:07:29 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 4958 x 3306
+ Exposure: 30.0 sec at f/4.0
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°26'58" N 114°12'26" E
+ Location: 中國香港沙田吐露港 中国香港沙田吐露港 Tolo Harbour, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130206.EOSM.01652.P2.L2.BW
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
# Notes
1. “夜雨霧濃山無形 水影明照彩霞城” / 夜之寧 Serenity at Night / SML.20130206.EOSM.01652.P1: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8447582461/
“夜霧濃 山無影 The mountains disappeared on a foggy night” / 夜之寧 Serenity at Night / SSML.20130206.EOSM.01652.P2.L2.BW
/ #寧 #serenity #SMLSerenity #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #夜 #night #水 #water #山水 #landscape #霧 #fog #攝影 #摄影 #photography
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.
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Copyright Notice
Copyright 1997, 2007 See-ming Lee. All rights reserved.
I love photographing trash. I started my “Deadyard” series for a few reasons:
1. Often people respond to photography because of the intrinsically beautiful subject matter. I see it all the time. Sh!tty photos of beautiful men. Very popular photography with no inherent photographic value. It is unhealthy. I have a few of those sh!tty photos on my Flickr stream also. I have no idea why they become so popular. People are responding to the person, not the photography. So by photographing intrinsically ugly things the viewer must respond to the photography itself.
2. I am far from perfect. So in some ways these are self portraits. Broken, battered, depressed and left out to die. They are real. This is what life is. When you face life head one and be able to stay your own, you are fearless. I see beauty in everything around me. Life is much more enjoyable this way.
3. I know looking at other photography works that many people also see the beauty of decay. There are far more interesting things, textures, and forms in wasteland. No one really care to organise them. But they are beautiful. Just imagine for a second that these are not trash but forms in an abstract painting. This is what I would paint if I were a painter. This is poetry to my eyes.
Pictured: the trash file left behind on the roof of some storefront in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Photographed while walking on a pedestrian bridge and thus be able to see all the things which were left behind. Completely random, though every bit interesting.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-11 12:33:04 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/200 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 117 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°16'41" N 114°10'24" E
+ Location: 中國香港灣仔行人天橋 中国香港湾仔行人天桥 Footbridge, Wan Chai, Hong Kong SAR, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4, Photoshop CS6
+ Serial: SML.20130211.7D.22543.P1.BW
+ Series: 死園 Deadyard
“屋頂垃圾 Rooftop Trash” / 死園 Deadyard / SML.20130211.7D.22543.P1.BW
/ #死園 #死园 #Deadyard #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #Crazyisgood
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #灣仔 #WanChai #街 #street #攝影 #摄影 #photography #垃圾 #trash
Autofocus failed. Manual focus also failed. Sometimes the weather is so foggy that even when magnified 10x on the EOS M I am unable to tell whether something is sharp or not. But the blur actually helps here—rendering a dreamscape like no others. So I processed it.
I am trying to find some graduated filters right now, so that I don’t have to keep on fiddling with Shadow/Highlights inside Photoshop to extract some contrast in the white clouds. But perhaps that bit is unavoidable. Might consider doing some HDRs in the future.
# SML Translate: 朦朧日落白玉雲
+ 朦朧: blurry
+ 日: sun.
+ 落: down.
+ 白: white.
+ 玉: jade.
+ 雲: cloud.
+ 朦朧日落白玉雲: As the sun set, the clouds appear as blurry textures seen on a piece of white jade.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-02 17:59:49 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 5184
+ Exposure: 1/60 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 40 mm
+ ISO: 200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'25" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港吐露港船灣八仙嶺 中国香港吐露港船湾八仙岭 Pat Sin Leng, Shuen Wan, Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130302.EOSM.03009.P1.L1.BW
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
“朦朧日落白玉雲” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130302.EOSM.03009.P1.L1.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLVideography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #雲 #Cloud #Cloudscape #自然 #Nature
“野水孤舟”
# SML Translate
+ 野: wild, plain, open space
+ 水: water, liquid, river, aquatic
+ 孤: solitary, alone, isolated
+ 舟: boat, small ship
野水孤舟 (Yěshuǐ gū zhōu) [1] is a poem by poet 梁棟創 (Liáng dòng chuàng) in 宋朝 (Song Dynasty) [2]
前村雨過溪流亂，行路迷漫都間斷。
孤洲盡日少人來，小舟系在垂楊岸。
主人空有濟川心，坐見門前水日深。
袖手歸來茅屋下，任他鷗鳥自浮沈。
# Notes
1. Baike: 野水孤舟:《野水孤舟》是宋朝梁棟創作的一首七言律詩。有國畫題識：野水無人渡，孤舟盡日橫。 baike.baidu.com/view/5662435.htm
2. Wikipedia: ZH-HK: 宋朝（960年—1279年）是中國歷史上的一個朝代，根據首都及疆域的變遷，可再分為北宋與南宋，合稱兩宋。因國君姓趙，又為區別於南北朝時期之南朝宋（劉宋），故亦稱「趙宋」。又因五德終始說，宋朝為火德，故又別稱「火宋」、「炎宋」。宋時北方政權契丹和西夏以宋朝位處其南方，稱其為「南朝」；西夏又因宋朝位於其東南，特稱其為「東朝」。 zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/宋朝
2. Wikipedia: EN: Song Dynasty: The Song Dynasty (Chinese: 宋朝; pinyin: Sòng Cháo; Wade-Giles: Sung Ch'ao; IPA: [sʊ̂ŋ tʂʰɑ̌ʊ̯]) was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty. It was the first government in world history to nationally issue banknotes or true paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a permanent standing navy. This dynasty also saw the first known use of gunpowder, as well as first discernment of true north using a compass. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Dynasty
# SML Data
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
+ Date: 2013-01-18 12:20:50 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3249 x 4874
+ Color: Black and white
+ Exposure: 1/3200 sec at f/2.8
+ Focal Length: 70mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'11" N 114°13'20" E (approximate)
+ 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
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
# Related SML Universe
+ SML Flickr Set: 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
+ SML Serenity Twitter: twitter.com/smlserenity
/ 寧 Serenity
/ SML.20130118.7D.20535.C23.BW.PS1
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #SMLFlickr
/ #山水 #landscape #攝影 #摄影 #photography SML:Projects=Serenity #海 #Sea #自然 nature #山 #mountains
/ 中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan 2013 201301 20130118
/ #Canon7D #Canon2470
On my way up to the peak, I walked by a bridge and I thought that I would check out what is underneath. I like exploring places where I am not supposed to go, and I enjoy finding abstract forms in the trash.
Photographing trash—aka my “deadyard” series—is important to me. I do that as a reaction upon seeing photographs of beautiful people and beautiful objects which are themselves not beautiful. By choosing a subject that is intrinsically ugly, I attempt to force the viewer to react to the composition alone. If you remove the subject matter you simply see images as lines and space things will be more readily appreciated.
This capture contains a diversity of forms which contrast each other as if they are having a dialog with each other. That is interesting to me, but I am not “normal” and as such I can never predict how “normal people” will react to the things which I like.
# SML Data
+ Serial: SML.20121011.7D.09609.SQ.BW
+ Date: 2012-10-11 10:35:44 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/60 sec at f/2.8
+ Focal Length: ISO 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Setup: Handheld
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ GPS: 36°14'22" N 117°4'58" E (approximate. GPS unit not available)
# Related SML Universe
+ SML Photography Blog: 2012-10-24: Forms 形: photoblog.seeminglee.com/2012/10/forms.html
“軍事禁地” (军事禁地 “Prohibited military land”) / Deadyard Forms / 山東省泰山 (山东省泰山 Mount Tai, Shandong Province) / 中國旅遊 (中国旅游 China Tourism) / SML.20121011.7D.09609.SQ.BW
Two white seagulls fly in pairs across the sea in a quiet afternoon. The first thing I thought of is how much it looks like the X-wing [1] from Star Wars.
We are often amazed by the imaginations of the artists in sci-fi movies, but if we look closely in the world around us, we would see that inspirations are in fact everywhere.
# Notes
1. X-wings are fictional starfighters from the original Star Wars trilogy and the expanded universe. They are depicted as the primary interceptor and dogfighter of the Rebel Alliance and the New Republic. The craft has been merchandised as a variety of toys and models and licensed for use in games, novels and comics. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-wing
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-01-18 12:11:07 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 3456
+ Color: Black and white
+ Exposure: 1/1000 sec at f/2.8
+ Focal Length: 70mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'11" N 114°13'20" E (approximate)
+ 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
# Related SML Universe
+ 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
“X-wing 的起源 X-wing Origins” #landscape / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130118.7D.20547.SQ.BW
I spoke too soon—it seems that the storm was just approaching.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-30T14:43:30+0800
+ Dimensions: 3623 x 5435
+ Exposure: 1/80 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°13'23" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130430.6D.03715.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
“風暴怒雲 Cloudscape before the storm” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130430.6D.03715.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 #雲 #Cloud #Cloudscape #自然 #Nature #天 #空 #Sky
Some dynamic ranges could not be captured with multiple exposures, because the reality covers so little bits that even when expanded you can only fetch so much.
Stitched using nine 7D RAW captures mounted on tripod.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-20 17:24:31 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 6620 x 2534
+ Exposure: 1/50 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 29 mm
+ ISO: 200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 mm f/4L USM
+ Panorama FOV: 74 degree horizontal, 48.3 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Rectilinear
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'25" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 香港中文大學 Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) + 吐露港 Tolo Harbour
+ Serial: SML.20130320.7D.35705-SML.20130320.7D.35713-Pano.Rectilinear.74x48.3.BW
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature, 黑白 Black and White, 山水 Landscape, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
“今天天氣報告：多雲，有雨，非常大霧 Today’s Weather Report: Cloudy, rainy, and very foggy” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130320.7D.35705-SML.20130320.7D.35713-Pano.Rectilinear.74x48.3.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #山水 #Landscape #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8574774232/
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8574774232/sizes/o/ (6620 x 2534)
See SML Wiki: Jen Chen + Peter Evans Wedding 360 for description of the project.
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Here he is again, in black and white. I think that the black and white version is better. The sun was casting a really weird yellow on the sea.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-17 15:17:06 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/800 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'11" N 114°13'18" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港馬鞍山聽濤雅苑對外的吐露港 中国香港马鞍山听涛雅苑对外的吐露港 Tolo Harbour outside Vista Paradiso, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130316.7D.35141.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men, 黑白 BW
“單人雙槳赛艇 Single Scull Rowing“ / 香港水上體育運動 Hong Kong Water Sports Forms / SML.20130316.7D.35141.BW
/ #體育 #Sports #形 #Forms #SMLForms #男 #Men #SMLMen #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #人 #people #攝影 #摄影 #photography #赛艇 #Rowing
So after more research it appears that these are not a seagulls but in fact Asian Waterbirds. Apparently, they are under WWF protection and is a rare species—but I see them all the time outside the window.
Also noted: I definitely need a longer lens. But it is good because I never really got to use my 70-200 til I moved back to Hong Kong.
Some captures are impossible to process inside Lightroom, so this was done in Photoshop.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-17 15:55:10 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/640 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'11" N 114°13'23" 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.20130317.7D.35160.P1.L1.BW
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature, 黑白 Black and White
“下午飛翔 Afternoon Flight” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130317.7D.35160.P1.L1.BW
/ #自然 #Nature #寧 #Serenity #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #海 #Sea #山水 #landscape #鳥 #鸟 #Birds
The ever changing water photographed at the ground level as well as from the 27th floor vantage point of SML Universe HKG using the 70-200 f/4L + 1.4x Extender zoomed to the max (280mm). I think that I need a longer lens, and am shopping for one.
There was some color oddity added to the mix when YouTube / Flickr / Vimeo re-encoded my video so hereby reissue as black and white as well as tweaked with curves. Which is a whole lot better now, I think.
# Soundtrack
Water by Chaletshalom (SoundCloud CCBY)
soundcloud.com/chaletshalom/01-water-mp3
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-26, 2013-03-02 (recorded) 2013-03-02 (processed)
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens:Canon EF 70-200 f/4L + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ Video: H264 MP4, 1920x1080 (1080p), 24fps, Progressive, 10 Mbps
+ Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
+ Length: 1 min 16 sec
+ Color: Color
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, Hong Kong, China
+ Photographer: See-ming Lee 李思明, SML Photography
+ Soundtrack: Water by Chaletshalom (SoundCloud CCBY)
+ Media Production: SML Universe
+ License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CCBY)
+ Copyright: 2013 See-ming Lee 李思明, SML Universe Limited
+ Series: Serenity 寧
+ Serial: SML.20130302.Serenity.Water.BW.1080p24
+ Serial-Source: SML.20130226.7D.24809 SML.20130226.7D.24810 SML.20130226.7D.24811 SML.20130226.7D.24823 SML.20130226.7D.24824 SML.20130226.7D.24825 SML.20130302.7D.24851 SML.20130302.7D.24852 SML.20130302.7D.24853 SML.20130302.7D.24854 SML.20130302.7D.24855
# SML Simulcast
+ SML Facebook: www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10151541531713035
+ SML Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8519946741/
+ SML Vimeo: vimeo.com/60888178
+ SML Universe YouTube: youtu.be/H_YbpDwS1nM
“水 Water” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130302.Serenity.Water.BW.1080p24
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLVideography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #水 #Water #自然 #Nature #ToloHarbour #Chaletshalom #seeminglee
The ever changing clouds rendered in black and white and sped up ten times of the normal speed.
# Soundtrack
Every Cloud by Rameses B (SoundCloud CCBY)
soundcloud.com/ramesesb/rameses-b-every-cloud
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-02 (recorded) 2013-03-03 (processed)
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200 f/4L + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ Video: H264 MP4, 1920x1080 (1080p), 25fps, Progressive
+ Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
+ Length: 3 min
+ Color: Black and white
+ Location: SML Universe Limited, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Subject: Clouds above Tolo Harbour
+ Photographer: See-ming Lee 李思明, SML Photography
+ Soundtrack: Every Cloud by Rameses B (SoundCloud CCBY)
+ Media Production: SML Universe
+ License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CCBY)
+ Copyright: 2013 See-ming Lee 李思明, SML Universe Limited
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
+ Serial: SML.20130302.EOSM.Serenity.Clouds.BW.1080p25
+ Source Serial: SML.20130302.EOSM.03014 SML.20130302.EOSM.03015 SML.20130302.EOSM.03016
# SML 1080p Simulcast
+ SML Vimeo: vimeo.com/60935061
+ SML Universe YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=f5o8iKKsaaM
+ SML Flickr: flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8524328020
+ SML Facebook: facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10151543576173035
“雲 Clouds” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130302.EOSM.Serenity.Clouds.BW.1080p25
/ #寧 #serenity #SMLSerenity #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SeemingLee #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #videography #山水 #landscape #雲 #云 #Clouds #Cloudscape #CanonEOSM #Canon70200f4L #1080p #HD
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In the morning, the building where I am at casts a shadow on the sea.
# SML Translate
+ 影: shadow
+ 形: forms
+ 不: not
+ 離: distance, distant
+ 影形不離: forms and shadows are not far apart. Metaphor for close relationship (between people / lovers / etc). [1]
# Notes
1. 形影不離，比喻關係密切。
老舍《趙子曰》：“他的面貌、服裝比趙子曰的好看的不止十倍，可是他們兩個是影形不離的好朋友。” www.zdic.net/cy/ch/ZdicE5ZdicBDZdicB125146.htm
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-01-17 09:51:00 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 1534 x 2301
+ Color: Black and white
+ Exposure: 1/1300 sec at f/2.4
+ Focal Length: 4.28mm
+ ISO: 50
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Apple iPad 3
+ 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 iPad3, cropped as 2:3 aspect ratio, processed in Adobe Lightroom 4.
# Related SML Universe
+ 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
“影形不離” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130117.IP3.07133.C23.BW
The sun is shy so it is hiding behind the clouds.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-24T18:18:21+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/800 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'26" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Serial: SML.20130424.7D.39958
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“日落黃昏錦雲觀 Golden cloudscape during sunset” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130424.7D.39958
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #自然 #Nature #雲 #云 #clouds #cloudscape #日落 #黃昏 #Sunset
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360Pano: 中國深圳錦繡中華中國民族文化村 China Shenzhen Splendid China Ethnic Culture Village 中国深圳锦绣中华中国民族文化村
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SML.20121215.IPH5.360Pano.ChinaTourism.CN.SZ.SplendidChina.EthnicCultureVillage
/ #photography #ccby #smlphotography #smluniverse #360pano #中國旅遊 #中国旅遊 #ChinaTourism #smlprojects
/ #深圳 #Shenzhen #中國 #中国 #China
/ #文化 #culture #建築 #建筑 #architecture
/ #旅遊 #travel #tourism
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Because macro photography is at very short distance, the depth of field of is also very short. If you open the aperture in its maximum (pictured, at f/2.8), you will realize that you can pinpoint at very fine location. The stamens of a stargazer lily is very tiny already, but here you can see that I am still able to have bokeh even on its tip.
Forget about AF points—especially on the 6D where there is only 6. Do it manually. When you do everything manual it is a lot of fun. Obviously a tripod is required. Here the MT-24EX twilight is used on two light stands to give it an even cross-light effect. And as I have learned the hard way, always use a cable release because every bit of vibration will show, just like the telephoto shots. You really have to minimize the vibration. Use mirror locking if necessary though I did not for this one.
The bokeh from the 100 f/2.8 Macro is one of the best I have seen available in the market—and it is not even an L lens. It is one of my favorite primes available on the Canon camp.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-16T23:10:41+0800
+ Dimensions: 5295 x 3530
+ Exposure: 1/180 sec at f/2.8
+ Focal Length: 100 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Canon MT-24EX Macro Twinlite on light stands / A:B 2:1 ratio top left / bottom right
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 Remote Release, Manfrotto tripod.
+ GPS: 22°23'29" N 114°16'5" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Serial: SML.20130516.6D.06821
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 自然 Nature, 花 Flowers, 微距攝影 Macro Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“占星百合花雄蕊花絲 Stamens of the Stargazer Lily (Lilium)” / 自然微距攝影 Nature Macro Photography / SML.20130516.6D.06821
/ #花 Flowers #自然 #Nature #微距 #Macro #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #百合 #Lily #Lilium #占星百合 #Stargazer #StargazerLily #Pink #macro #strobist
I was running out but I had to capture this because the clouds were simply too beautiful.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-01-19 15:56:38 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3221 x 4831
+ Color: Black and white
+ Exposure: 1/1600 sec at f/2.8
+ Focal Length: 24mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70 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
+ Recropped as 2:3, processed in Photoshop CS6, metadata tagged in Lightroom 4.
# Related SML Universe
+ SML Flickr Set: 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
“雲景 Cloudscape” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130119.7D.20606.PS1.BW.C23
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What I learned last night while doing this 30-second long exposure is that the moon moves fairly quickly. I actually also had a 2-minute shot, and while the landscape lies still the moon moves so far away that it looked like a mistake.
In photography, there is an almost cardinal rule that you do not place subjects in the center. But rules are meant to be broken, and I think that the moon works best when placed dead center for this particular scene.
# SML Translate: 春夜新月空
+ 春: spring (season).
+ 夜: night (time).
+ 新: new (describe the moon).
+ 月: moon (crescent mood).
+ 空: air, sky.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-14T19:36:33+0800
+ Dimensions: 3549 x 3549
+ Exposure: 30.0 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 19 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'25" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 香港中文大學 The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130414.6D.00676.SQ
+ 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
“春夜新月空” / 香港中文大學夜之寧 The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Night Serenity / SML.20130414.6D.00676.SQ
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #Landscape #中文大學 #CUHK #夜 #Night #自然 #Nature #大學 #university
At the garden surrounding the shrine, the pink blossoms contrast well with the green rooftops accented with red stripes and yellow dots. I am unsure which floral variety this is, but since the National Flower of Taiwan is the plum blossom (梅花), it would be my best guess.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM. Processed in Lightroom 5.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Revolutionary_Martyrs'_Shrine
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Flower_of_the_Republic_of_...
梅花與建築 Plum Blossoms + Architecture / 國民革命忠烈祠 National Revolutionary Martyrs’ Shrine / 台灣台北 Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140211.7D.51756
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/ #建筑 #建築 #architecture #花 #flowers #形 #forms #SMLForms
2007-05-07 Evening
To Do
+ Finish Mirror History
+ Hellogoodbye remix / Cubase
++ Flute
++ Woodwinds
++ Violin entrances
++ Piano repeats + Bass Top lines
+ Let them talk
+ 1-800-Flowers for Mom
+ www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Me-Think-Usability/dp/0321344758... for dad
+ Email DE
+ Email Jeffrey Hurant
+ Tentative Friday Dinner with Ted Kadin
+ Clear Calendar / Last Week of 2007-05 to 2007-06.Wk2 for DE
+ Bently - Email
+ JB / Lunch
+ TN / Twenty-One
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Did you know that hairy things grow on the petals of lilies? I did not. I always thought that they were just textures on the petals, but it seems that they are like pores on the human skin.
The joy of macro photography is similar to that of super telephoto range—it allows me to see things beyond which my eyes can normally reach.
I photograph this for its almost abstract formation through the bokeh. As magnification goes up, the landscape starts to shift. I can see why some photographers on Flickr are fixated on the craft of macro, as there lies pure beauty surrounding us waiting to be explored—when we are willing.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-16T23:09:10+0800
+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648
+ Exposure: 1/180 sec at f/2.8
+ Focal Length: 100 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Canon MT-24EX Macro Twinlite on light stands / A:B 2:1 ratio top left / bottom right
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 Remote Release, Manfrotto tripod
+ GPS: 22°23'29" N 114°16'5" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Serial: SML.20130516.6D.06810
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 自然 Nature, 花 Flowers, 微距攝影 Macro Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“粉紅色的夢 Pink Dream” / 占星百合花花瓣 Petals of the Stargazer Lily (Lilium) / 自然微距攝影 Nature Macro Photography / SML.20130516.6D.06810
/ #花 Flowers #自然 #Nature #微距 #Macro #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #百合 #Lily #Lilium #占星百合 #Stargazer #Pink #strobist #bokeh