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Born in 1933 in a family of Swedish and Norwegian descent in North Dakota, American artist James Rosenquist grew up as the only child. His parents were amateur pilots and they moved from town to town looking for work before eventually settling in Minneapolis.
In this early years, he earned his living as a billboard painter. Such training would eventually allow the artist to flourish in the pop art scene by applying sign-painting techniques to the large-scale paintings he began creating in 1960.
Although he is well considered by critics to be a protagonist of the pop art movement, his work emerged separately from other pop art icons such as Warhol and Lichtenstein. He is especially known for combining fragmented images in abstract and provocative ways.
# Art Info
James Rosenquist (b. 1933)
Females and Flowers, 1984
Oil on canvas
68 x 112 inches (173 x 285 cm)
占士·勞森傑斯 (生於 1933)
女性與花, 1984
帆布油畫
68 x 112 英寸 (173 x 285 厘米)
# James Rosenquist
James Rosenquist (born November 29, 1933) is an American artist and one of the protagonists in the pop-art movement. Rosenquist was a 2001 inductee into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rosenquist
# Richard Gray Gallery
Founded in 1963. Specializing in contemporary art and European and American modern master paintings, drawings, and sculpture.
1018 Madison Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10075
USA
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:00:11+0800
+ Dimensions: 4229 x 2092
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 33 mm
+ ISO: 800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'58" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.13865
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Painting by James Rosenquist: Females and Flowers, 1984 (Oil on canvas)” / Richard Gray Gallery / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13865
/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #Crazyisgood #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #Painting #oil #JamesRosenquist #Rosenquist #US #RichardGrayGallery #Female #Flowers
f/8 at night! Seriously. Clearly for the Canon EOS 6D—impossible is nothing! I can’t wait til the 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L arrives. I ordered it last week so I should get it any day now.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-13T21:59:57+0800
+ Dimensions: 5388 x 3592
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 27 mm
+ ISO: 10000
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'11" N 114°13'42" E
+ Altitude: 15.7 m
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山遊樂場人造草地足球場 中国香港马鞍山游乐场人造草地足球场 Artificial Turf Soccer Pitch, Ma On Shan Recreation Ground, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130413.6D.00556
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“夜間足球 Nighttime Football (Soccer)” / 香港體育男運動員 Hong Kong Men in Sports / SML.20130413.6D.00556
/ #體育 #Sports #男 #Men #SMLMen #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #足球 #Football #Soccer #夜 #Night
GettyImages: gty.im/177596047
There is a beach at the end of the Ma On Shan Promenade (馬鞍山海濱長廊). It is called Wu Kai Sha (烏溪沙) [1]. Just a few years ago, it was quite a hike to get here, but with the recent urban development of Ma On Shan, you can now get here rather quickly by taking the MTR to Ma On Shan station and walking for another 10 minutes.
Noting that this is rather close by, Rainbow Teddy (彩熊 RT) asked me to take him to photograph the sunset. I thought that since I will be at the beach for quite a while anyway, I took the pano head with me to do a 360-degree panorama.
As the sun starts to set, the place has transformed from a beach to be a photographer’s heaven, and even in the view here you can see a slew of photographers joining RT to capture the scenery on the beach.
Because of the extreme lighting conditions, I shot this as an HDR. Altogether, 36 images were shot covering the -3 to +3 range in a 12-capture stitch.
# Notes
1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Kai_Sha
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-08-09T18:29:39+0800
+ Dimensions: 18424 x 4529
+ Exposure: 1/40 - 1/100 sec at f/11.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100 - 2500
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3, Manfrotto 303SPH pano head, Manfrotto tripod
+ Panorama FOV: 360 degree horizontal, 95 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Spherical
+ GPS: 22°25'40" N 114°14'1" E
+ Location: 香港烏溪沙 Wu Kai Sha, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Autopano Giga 3, Lightroom 5, Photoshop CS6
+ Serial: SML.20130809.6D.26354-SML.20130809.6D.26392-Pano.i36.360x95.HDR
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography, HDR, 彩熊 Rainbow Teddy
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
烏溪沙 Wu Kai Sha / 香港日落全景之寧 Hong Kong Sunset HDR Panoramic Serenity / SML.20130809.6D.26354-SML.20130809.6D.26392-Pano.i36.360x95.HDR
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #全景 #Pano #Panorama #SMLPano #彩熊 #RainbowTeddy #HDR #SMLHDR #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #自然 #Nature #Beach #Sunset
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/9477691330/
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/9477691330/sizes/o/ (18424 x 4529)
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8558922303/sizes/o/ (7973 x 3033 original)
The Landmark (Chinese: 置地廣場) is an office and shopping development owned by Hongkong Land in Central, Hong Kong. It is commonly known as the home of numerous prestigious international brands and the gathering place of well-heeled shoppers.
This panorama is stitched together using 9 full res RAW of the EOSM by photographing in portrait mode with the 17-40 f/4L.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-15 14:33:22 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 7973 x 3033
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 500-640
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ Panorama FOV: 156 degree horizontal, 68.5 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Cylindrical
+ GPS: 22°16'53" N 114°9'28" E
+ Location: 中國香港中環皇后大道中15號置地廣場 中国香港中环皇后大道中15号置地广场 The Landmark, 15 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130315.EOSM.03305-SML.20130315.EOSM.03313-Pano.Cylindrical.156x68.5
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 商場 Shopping Malls, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
“中環置地廣場 The Landmark, Central” / 香港商場建築全景攝影 Hong Kong Shopping Malls Architecture Panoramic Photography / SML.20130315.EOSM.03305-SML.20130315.EOSM.03313-Pano.Cylindrical.156x68.5
/ #商場 #ShoppingMalls #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #中環 #Central #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #建築 #建筑 #Architecture
I wanted to see what the depth of field, bokeh and sharpness when the 100-400 is wide open at f/5.6 at 400mm, so I shot this. If you zoom in up close you can see that the lens resolution is good, ads I can make out pieces of hair under the sparrow’s cheeks. The bokeh is creamy but it does look somewhat odd at these geometric forms as it also seems like there is a ghosted image. It could also have been the IS. It is unclear.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-21T12:38:01+0800
+ Dimensions: 5403 x 3602
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 640
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°25'13" N 114°13'37" E
+ Location: + 中國香港馬鞍山遊樂場籃球場 中国香港马鞍山游乐场篮球场 Basketball Courts, Ma On Shan Recreation Ground, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130421.6D.02045
+ Series: 形 Forms, 體育 Sports, 自然 Nature
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“籃球場麻雀 Sparrow at the Basketball Court” / 自然與體育之形 Nature and Sports Forms / SML.20130421.6D.02045
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #體育 #体育 #Sports #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #鳥 #Birds #籃球 #Basketball #自然 #Nature #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan
Aside from photojournalism, the core focus of my photography from day 1 has been form composition. It is mostly an extension of graphic design education really. In graphic design, the objective is to create a balanced layout using type and images.
Using the urban environment as an ever-changing puzzle, I try to capture what I feel is balanced an interesting, and that is really all there is to it.
I did not get very far in the analog days mainly because there is a hidden cost to time and materials, but when digital photography came about to be reasonably priced, I bought one in 1997—a 640x480 Sony Mavica FD-7 for $999USD which stores images on the floppy disks.
Obviously technology has advanced quite a bit these days but Forms remain an active focus. This was shot at a hard-surfaced soccer pitch in Hong Kong. It is best described as a wet dream for photographers like me—filled with curves and lines ready to be framed and composed.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-10T14:25:02+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/125 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 28 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山遊樂場硬地足球場 国香港马鞍山游乐场硬地足球场 Hard-Surface Soccer Pitch, Ma On Shan Recreation Ground, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130410.7D.37667.P1.L1.tif
+ Series: 形 Forms, 界 Division, 體育 Sports
“藍白黃綠 Blue White Yellow Green” / 香港體育形之界 Hong Kong Sports Forms Divisions / SML.20130410.7D.37667.P1.L1
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #抽象 #Abstract #SMLAbstracts #界 #Division #體育 #Sports #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #china #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #足球 #Football #Soccer
A tattoo convention—the first of its kind—was recently held in Hong Kong. Tattoo is traditionally much of a taboo in Chinese culture, so I went to check it out.
This image captures the spirit of the event best. Unlike many conventions which have sales people talking non-stop, this convention is mostly silent, with men (and women) lying down patiently waiting for skilled tattooist to needle ink onto their skin while the artists patiently wait for the work to proceed while layers of skin heals over the entirety of the day.
Most of the photographs I have taken from this day was made possible mostly because of the excellent low-light high ISO performance of the 6D combined with the super 100-400 which allows me to photograph people from afar without alerting their attention.
The event was held at the InnoCentre in Kowloon Tong from October 4-6, 2013. www.hktattoocon.com/
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-10-13T19:41:49+0800
+ Dimensions: 5301 x 3534
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 260 mm
+ ISO: 4000
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°20'12" N 114°10'32" E
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
男忍 Men of Patience / 第一屆香港國際紋身展 1st International Hong Kong China Tattoo Convention 2013 (HKTattooCon) / SML.20131006.6D.30157.BW
/ #HKTattooCon #TattooCon #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #紋身 #Tattoo #男 #Men #SMLMen #黑白 #BW #SMLBW
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #人 #忍 #patience
Original: 12417 x 2313: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8509778677/sizes/o
I brought my tripod to the Ma On Shan Promenade and photographed this panorama of 香港中文大學 The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) today. It is a bit cloudy so I had to push it quite a bit inside Photoshop to give it a bit of color. Will definitely go again. You can see 火炭 Fotan on the left side and Science Park on the right as well.
This is stitched using 8 RAW images shot with the Canon EOS M + Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM lens. As usual I have found Hugin to be the best pano stitching software available. Once processed, it is tweaked inside Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom 4.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-26 14:20:32 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 12417 x 2313
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'14" N 114°13'25" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山海濱長廊 中国香港马鞍山海滨长廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, Hong Kong, China
+ Subject: 香港中文大學 The Chinese University of Hong Kong
+ Serial: SML.20130226.EOSM.02539-SML.20130226.EOSM.02546-SML.Pano.P1.L1
+ Workflow: Hugin, Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
“香港中文大學全景 The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Panorama” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130226.EOSM.02539-SML.20130226.EOSM.02546-SML.Pano.P1.L1
/ #寧 #serenity #SMLSerenity #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #中文大學 #CUHK #大學 #University
The lobby ceiling at the Grand Hotel (圓山大飯店) in Taipei is ornamented with a large plum flower and many golden dragon sculptures.
圓山大飯店大堂天花 Lobby ceiling at the Grand Hotel / 台灣台北 Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140213.6D.30726.P1
I always enjoyed photographing bokeh—the beautiful blur of unfocus. As I was working with some long exposure last night, I experimented with what might happen if I fiddle the zoom when I photograph the unfocused lights from across the harbor, and it gave me this.
Experiments are fun because you never really know what might happen until you do it. Many of these “effects” can be faked in Photoshop but quite frankly it is a lot more interesting when you do it physically in a capture—not to mention how much time you save as there is no need to make them look “real” because a capture is obviously 100% real.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-14 02:57:14 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 8.0 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 98mm (to 280mm)
+ ISO: 200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'5" N 114°13'33" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Serial: SML.20130314.EOSM.03288
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
“靈光一觸 Ethereal Lights” / 夜之寧 Serenity at Night / SML.20130314.EOSM.03288
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #SMLLab
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #光 #lights #夜 #Night #Bokeh #zoom
The first day when I arrived, the Queen Mary 2 (QM2) was parked at the city harbour. The gigantic transatlantic ocean liner makes the Sydney Opera House nearby look infinitely small. The clash of the two creates an interesting montage of curved forms. It stayed there for a couple of days and was gone soon after. So I was glad that I took the photo before I was even settled in.
Photographed with the 6D + 24-70 f/2.8L at the Rocks, Sydney, Australia.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary_2
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Opera_House
RMS Queen Mary 2 + Sydney Opera House / Sydney, Australia / SML.20140314.6D.30834.P1
Nature has a very magical property: under the right condition, one can look like another.
This looks like an aerial view of a snowy mountain, but in fact is a 11 second long exposure of the sea. The white streaks are mostly a result of the sunlight being reflected on the moving water surface. Eleven seconds is a long time for water to travel, and so it renders a rather unexpected capture.
In my mind, I had imagined that it would leave a long trail of something, but I too did not expect these results. Trust that I will be trying this more in the future, perhaps with a wider lens also.
The uneven exposure on the left side of the frame is somewhat unfortunate—it comes from the shadow of the building I am in. I tried to fix it a bit inside Photoshop but perhaps I should just try to avoid this spot next time.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-19T15:04:03+0800
+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648
+ Exposure: 11.0 sec at f/32
+ Focal Length: 84 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200 f/4L USM
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 Timer Remote Release, Manfrotto tripod, H&Y ND2-ND400
+ GPS: 22°25'7" N 114°13'18" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 香港吐露港 Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong
+ Serial: SML.20130519.6D.06942.P1.L1
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature, 抽象 Abstract, 形 Forms, Long Exposure 長時間曝光
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“自然抽象之形: 白浪如雪山 Nature Abstract Forms: Waves as snowy mountains” / 香港吐露港之寧 Hong Kong Tolo Harbour Serenity (11-sec ND LE) / SML.20130519.6D.06942.P1.L1
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #抽象 #Abstract #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #Seascape #LongExposure #LE #ND
My philosophy for photography is the same as that I have for my designs—capture what is required and leave the rest out of the frame. One clear thought. You don’t need a whole lot in the frame—just capture the essence.
What is that I want to say about this image? I want to capture the forms which extended from the center out. That’s it. So I don’t need the outside of the leaf. I don’t need to show the location of the place. Just the leaf. So there it is, just the leaf, with a long lens.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-26T13:50:25.31+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 5184
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/6.3
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 3200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'37" E
+ Altitude: -0.6m
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆康街1號遊馬鞍山樂場 中国香港马鞍山恒康街1号马鞍山运动场 Ma On Shan Recreation Ground, 1 Hang Hong Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130326.7D.36454
+ Series: 自然 Nature, 形 Forms
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“綠葉扇 Green Leaf Fan” / 自然之形 Nature Forms / SML.20130326.7D.36454
/ #自然 #Nature #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #植物 #Plants #綠 #green #葉 #叶 #leaf
I was going to PolyU to see a drama performance yesterday. Noting that I would pass through the Hung Hom MTR Station for this performance, I took the tripod and the Manfrotto 303SPH pano head with me so I can photograph the station on my way back home.
You can see that I have a similar shot earlier [1], which was a 360-degree pano shot without a panoramic head, and it was full of parallax error. But the earlier shot was done during rush hour so there were definitely more interesting things happening—you could do people watching, for example.
For this shot, the architecture is more pronounced, but more succinctly, you can see that although pano heads are not exactly cheap, they do serve a very functional purpose.
Stitched with 12 captures with the 6D + 17-40 f/4L. To accentuate the ceiling, these shots were angled 30-degree to the horizon, and thus require spherical projection to stitch accurately.
# References
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hung_Hom_Station
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-07-30T23:29:09+0800
+ Dimensions: 18741 x 4628
+ Exposure: 1/4 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 panoramic head, Manfrotto tripod
+ Panorama FOV: 360 degree horizontal, 96 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Spherical
+ GPS: 22°18'10" N 114°10'56" E
+ Location: 香港紅磡火車站 (港鐵紅磡站) Hung Hom MTR Station, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Autopano Giga 3.0, Lightroom 5
+ Serial: SML.20130730.6D.24926-SML.20130730.6D.24937-Pano.i12.360x96.Spherical
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 建築 Architecture, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
# Notes
1. 紅磡火車站 Hung Hom MTR Station / 香港人流建築全景 Hong Kong Human Logistics Architecture Panorama / SML.20130527.6D.15067-SML.20130527.6D.15088-Pano.i22.360x97: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/9075901907/
港鐵紅磡站 Hung Hom MTR Station / 香港人流建築全景 Hong Kong Human Logistics Architecture Panorama / SML.20130730.6D.24926-SML.20130730.6D.24937-Pano.i12.360x96.Spherical
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #全景 #Pano #Panorama #SMLPano #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #people #metro #MTR #station
This is the view of Liberty Square (自由廣場) looking down from the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (中正紀念堂). The building to the left is the National Theater (國家戲劇院). To the right, the National Concert Hall (國家音樂廳). And in the center, the paifang designating the name of the square as seen earlier in the stream.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Theater_and_Concert_Hall,_...
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Square_(Taipei)
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Chiang_Kai-shek_Memorial_Hall
國家戲劇院 + 自由廣場 + 國家音樂廳 National Theater + Liberty Square + National Concert Hall / 台灣台北 Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140213.6D.30750.P1
When I was young, I took the train to school everyday. Trains in Hong Kong are very crowded during rush hours, and when I was still little, when I look outside the window, all I see are these wires—wires coming together, wires coming apart, wires splitting, wires joining.
I have always wanted to photograph them but they are always so far away. Now that the 100-400 + 7D gives me an effective 640mm zoom, I finally get to have a clear look at them, and they are even more magical then I once imagined.
Pictured is a small section of them near the Heng On MTR station. The architecture in the back is the roof of some of the public housing development in Hong Kong.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-07T15:23:19+0800
+ Dimensions: 5046 x 3364
+ Exposure: 1/640 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 500
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°25'12" N 114°13'34" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆安地鐵站 Heng On MTR Station, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130507.7D.41279
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms, 建築 Architecture
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“港鐵馬鞍山綫高架電纜 MTR Ma On Shan Line Metro Overhead Power Line” / 香港人流建築之形 Hong Kong Human Logistics Architecture Forms / SML.20130507.7D.41279
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #形 #Forms #SMLForms #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #港鐵 #MTR #Metro
The hyperrealist / surrealist (hyper surrealist?) painting “Paradox” by Turkish artist Rasim Aksan is a collage of facial features from different people.
In the age of Photoshop I often wonder if I would like these as much if they are done on the computer instead of by hand. If done on the computer I would have expected better workmanship. When I spoke to many hyperrealist painters in the past they too told me that they work from photographs instead of painting from memories. So what you are looking is a very skilled human producer of a Photoshop rendering, perhaps?
The painting peeked my interest enough to take a photograph but in regarded to whether I would consider purchasing it for my collection my feeling is a bit lukewarm. It might also simply not be my “thing,” but it is interesting nevertheless.
Rasim Aksan
Paradox
2011
Acrylic airbrush on canvas
100 x 150 cm
# Rasim Aksan
Lives and works in Turkey. (no further data available)
# Galerist
Founded in 2001, Galerist is the pioneering contemporary art gallery that hosts exhibitions for Turkish and international artists in Istanbul’s two different locations, Tepebaşı and Hasköy.
Mesrutiyet Cad. No. 67/1 Beyoglu
34430 Istanbul
Turkey
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T17:44:06+0800
+ Dimensions: 4260 x 2817
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 31 mm
+ ISO: 320
+ 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.14124
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Painting by Rasim Aksan (Turkey): Paradox, 2011 (Acrylic airbrush on canvas)” / Galerist / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14124
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #RasimAksan #Gallerist #hyperrealism #surrealism #painting #acrylic #airbrush
Even if you do not follow the art world, it is hard to not notice the works by Chinese artist 岳敏君 YUE Minjun—a man in tighty whities frozen in his laughter would put a smile in anyone’s face.
The men depicted in his paintings and sculptures are in fact the artist himself, and they are seen doing all kinds of activities which read more WTF than reality. If his work features more than one person, it would be a whole array of them. The joy is so overdone that it seems more like irony than reality. And that seems to be the artist’s intention, as his work has been described by theorist Li Xianting as “a self-ironic response to the spiritual vacuum and folly of modern-day China.”
Art critics have often associated Yue with the Cynical Realism art movement in contemporary Chinese art, although he himself rejects the label, while at the same time “doesn't concern himself about what people call him.”
YUE Minjun (b. 1962 China)
Free Sky No. 1, 2012
Oil on canvas
100 x 90 cm
39 3/8 x 35 3/8 in
岳敏君 (生於 1962年, 中國)
自由的天空 No. 1, 2012
布油畫
100 x 90 cm
39 3/8 x 35 3/8 in
# Yue Minjun
Yue Minjun (Chinese: 岳敏君; born 1962) is a contemporary Chinese artist based in Beijing, China. He is best known for oil paintings depicting himself in various settings, frozen in laughter. He has also reproduced this signature image in sculpture, watercolour and prints.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yue_Minjun
# Galerie Daniel Templon
Founded in 1966
30, rue Beaubourg
75003 Paris
France
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:51:37+0800
+ Dimensions: 2662 x 2971
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/9.0
+ Focal Length: 32 mm
+ ISO: 800
+ 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.14035
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Painting by 岳敏君 Yue Minjun: 自由的天空 Free Sky No. 1, 2012 (Oil on canvas)” / Galerie Daniel Templon / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14035
/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #Crazyisgood #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #岳敏君 #YueMinjun #WTF #LOL #Beijing #portrait #painting #oiloncanvas
A man jogs on the blue jogging trail at the Ma On Shan Promenade in the morning while an old lady walks behind him.
Although I have a huge problem with most of the color choices that the Hong Kong Government makes regarding most of their architecture, I absolutely love the color for this path against the greens around it.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-18T09:24:41+0800
+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 500
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'24" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港新界馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130418.6D.00964
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men, 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“晨光慢跑 Morning Jog” / 香港體育之形 Hong Kong Sports Forms / SML.20130418.6D.00964
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #體育 #Sports #男 #Men #SMLMen #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #人 #people #攝影 #摄影 #photography #跑 #Run
It’s Nara’s puppies! Need I say more? Loooove. :)
Yoshitomo Nara
Big Pup Head, 2007
FRP (Fibre-reinforced plastic)
59 x 48 1/2 x 49 1/4 in
150 x 123 x 125 cm
# Yoshitomo Nara
Yoshitomo Nara (美智奈良 Nara Yoshitomo, born 5 December 1959 in Hirosaki, Japan) is a Japanese artist. He lives and works in Tokyo, though his artwork has been exhibited worldwide. Nara has had nearly 40 solo exhibitions since 1984. He is represented in New York City by Pace Gallery, in Los Angeles by Blum & Poe and in London by Stephen Friedman Gallery.
Nara received his B.F.A. (1985) and an M.F.A. (1987) from the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music. Between 1988 and 1993, Nara studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, in Germany.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshitomo_Nara
# Blum & Poe
2727 S. La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90034
USA
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:15:07+0800
+ Dimensions: 5199 x 3466
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 40 mm
+ ISO: 250
+ 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.13914
+ 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
“Sculpture by 美智奈良 Yoshitomo Nara: Big Pup Head, 2007 (FRP)” / Blum & Poe / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13914
/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #Crazyisgood #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #美智奈良 #YoshitomoNara #Nara #BlumAndPoe #Japan #puppy
This is the facade of the Water Cube (水立方) looking from the inside to the outside. The outer wall is based on the Weaire–Phelan structure, a structure devised from the natural pattern of bubbles in soap lather. Each bubble has its own unique shape—no single shape is alike. Ground was broken on December 24, 2003, and the Center was completed and handed over for use on January 28, 2008.
The total construction cost was ￥940 million yuan / $ 140 million USD / € 94 million EUR. Architects responsible for the work include PTW Architects, CSCEC, CCDI, and Arup.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_National_Aquatics_Center
水立方北京國家游泳中心 The Water Cube, Beijing National Aquatics Center / 中國北京體育建築之形 Sports architecture forms in Beijing, China / SML.20140502.6D.31821.P1.BW
In various historic religious texts, there has been mentions of the opening of the sky. When it is cloudy as today, what was seen as the clouds sow dissipates and revealed the golden light from the sun, it looks almost like a painting coming directly from paintings seen in the Renaissance period.
The natural vignette from the 24-70 is quite strong, as I now finally get to photograph with a full-frame body. Here it is actually profile corrected but the extreme contrast from the shield sunlight still adds to the mystery of its all.
As with all challenging processing I utilised Photoshop’s Lab mode to extract detail while keeping color information in check.
# SML Translate: 日落天開雲中現
+ 日: sun.
+ 落: down.
+ 天: sky.
+ 開: opens.
+ 雲: clouds.
+ 中: within (the clouds).
+ 現: appears.
+ 日落天開雲中現: the sky opens and within the clouds you can see the golden sunset.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-16T17:51:32+0800
+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648
+ Exposure: 1/1250 sec at f/2.8
+ Focal Length: 66 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'26" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130416.6D.00779.P1.L1
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“日落天開雲中現” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130416.6D.00779.P1.L1
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #自然 #Nature #山水 #landscape #雲 #Cloud #Cloudscape #天 #空 #Sky #Sunset
The Innovation Tower [1] designed by Pritzker-prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid [2] for Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s School of Design is one of those amazing architectures which I have been following since its inception—and am so glad to see it being built.
Zaha Hadid is one of my all time favorite architects, and this building will be her first permanent architectural works in Hong Kong—but hopefully not the last. As many people in the architecture world know, what is seen on paper rarely get built, so it was truly amazing to see this in person yesterday when I went to do location scouting at the PolyU yesterday.
The bamboo scaffolding has just started to be taken apart. For those who are unfamiliar with Chinese traditional structural engineering, almost all buildings in Hong Kong were built in this manner [3]. Not only are bamboo scaffolding uses nylon straps to tie knots as couplers. They are structurally strong yet light enough to carry around, thus speeding up the process to build skyscrapers both efficiently and safely.
# Notes
1. Innovation Tower: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovation_Tower
2. Zaha Hadid Architects: Innovation Tower: www.zaha-hadid.com/architecture/innovation-tower/
3. Scaffolding Materials: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaffolding#Materials
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-25T16:46:58+0800
+ Dimensions: 3648 x 5472
+ Exposure: 1/3200 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°18'19" N 114°10'50" E
+ Location: 香港理工大學 Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130425.6D.03058
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, Crazyisgood
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“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
/ #建築 #建筑 Architecture #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #Crazyisgood
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #理工大學 #PolyU #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #大學 #University #ZahaHadid
李占洋 Li Zhanyang’s sculpture gives a glimpse of what it is like to live in China. Born in Changchun, Jilin Province in 1969, he has been drawn to crowds since he was a child. So when he moved to a big city like Beijing in his late twenties, he found himself spending hours in bars, gambling dens, railway stations (pictured), brothels and bus stops. Afterwards he would go home and sculpt the scenes he has observed from memory.
When I visited cities in mainland China, I am also in awe with the amount of people everywhere, all minding their own business. In that regard, Li Zhanyang’s sculptural interpretation is a true reflection of the modern China.
This work is like a holographic 3D video still from a capture. And it was funny to me as it features three gigantic signage types which can be seen across all railway stations in China:
1. “第三候車大厅” (Train waiting area no. 3). The often obnoxiously huge characters which designate the name of the location usually placed on the facade of Chinese architectures.
2. “严禁也携带易燃易爆有毒等危险品进站上車” (Do not bring flammable, combustible, toxic or other dangerous objects into the station nor alight the trains). Official warning signs plastered everywhere at the station.
3. “嘉陵摩托” (Jialing Motors). Advertising everywhere there is space.
In this artwork, there are the Chinese Literation Army attempting to the keep the crowd in line, the bourgeois making space. Sea of people everywhere. Advertising everywhere. Modern China is full of chaos. And this artwork captures that reality honestly and magically.
Li Zhanyang
Railway Station
2004-2006
Bronze, Ed. 2/4
198.2 x 42.5 x 98.5 cm / 78 x 16 3/4 x 38 3/4 in
Signed, dated and numbered recto lower left: Li Zhanyang 2004 2/4
李占洋
火車站
2004-2006
青銅, Ed. 2/4
198.2 x 42.5 x 98.5 cm / 78 x 16 3/4 x 38 3/4 in
簽名, 日期和編號於作品正面左下: Li Zhanyang 2004 2/4
# Li Zhanyang (b.1969)
Born in Changchun, Jilin Province, China.
Lives and works in Beijing and Chongqing, China.
# References
+ www.whiterabbitcollection.org/artists/li-zhanyang/
+ www.galerieursmeile.com/artists/artists/li-zhanyang/
# Galerie Karsten Greve
Drususgasse 1-5
50667 Cologne
Germany
5, rue Debelleyme
75003 Paris
France
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:10:06+0800
+ Dimensions: 4622 x 2344
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 23 mm
+ ISO: 800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'58" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.13894
+ 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
“Sculpture by Li Zhanyang 李占洋: Railway Station (火車站), 2004-2006. (青銅 Bronze, Ed. 2/4)” / Galerie Karsten Greve AG St. Mortiz / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13894
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #LiZhanyang #李占洋 #GalerieKarstenGreve #Sculpture #Bronze #crowd
Kam Tai Court (錦泰苑) is a HOS court in Ma On Shan, built on the reclaimed land along Tide Cove shoreline, near MTR Tai Shui Hang Station. It has totally 12 blocks completed in 2000.
Sometimes in rendering photographs like these I am a bit undecided if I should push their contrasts and vibrance. The photograph was taken on a cloudy day, so it lacks color details. I also never really liked this shade of teal/green. They “feel” like public toilets to me. I can’t quite explain why.
From afar it would seem that the dark green was painted to echo with the greens of the mountain next to it (馬鞍山 Ma On Shan) but as Heidi Klum likes to say in Project Runway, matchie-matchie is no style at all. I tend to agree with that philosophy.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-26 13:46:49 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3308 x 4961
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at 4/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'14" N 114°13'26" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山海濱長廊 中国香港马鞍山海滨长廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, Hong Kong, China
+ Subject: 中國香港馬鞍山錦泰苑 中国香港马鞍山锦泰苑 Kam Tai Court, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130226.7D.24728.P1.L1
+ Series: 形 Forms
“17777” / 香港公共屋邨建築之形 Hong Kong Public Housing Architecture Forms / SML.20130226.7D.24728.P1.L1
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #公共 #Public #屋邨 #Housing
Artworks which are character-driven is an unusual thread seen in Asian contemporary artworks. In Japanese pop art, Yoshitomo Nara has his innocent girls and lonesome puppies. In Indonesia, artist Samsul Arifin created a whole series of work surrounding a kapok-stuffed doll with goggly plastic eyes—Goni.
The sculpture in the foreground is titled “Musafir Artist”, where Goni is seen riding a camel-like figure while carrying a bag of artist supplies with him on a journey out. In the back, a painting (triptych) titled “Petualang Ilmu di Negeri Unta” (Knowledge of the adventurous camel? Google Translate).
To the gallerists whom I talked to, Goni is seen as the artist’s own avatar, and through this avatar the artist is writing his own autobiography in the works of his art.
Samsul Arifin was born in 1979. I was as surprised as you to find someone younger than me with works at Art Basel. Indonesia is truly full of surprises. You see why I am planning for a visit soon?
Crazyisgood. SML Love.
Samsul Arifin (b. 1979 Indonesia)
Musafir Artist #1
2013
Resin, leather, jute, steel, wood
240 x 210 x 60 cm
Samsul Arifin (b. 1979 Indonesia)
Petualang Ilmu di Negeri Unta
2013
acrylic on canvas
300 x 600 cm (triptych)
# Samsul Arifin
b. March 5, 1979 in Malang, Indonesia
# Nadi Gallery
Based in Jakarta, Nadi Gallery is an art gallery founded by Biantoro Santoso, a young collector of Indonesian art. The Indonesian word nadi means "aorta", "artery", "vein" that evokes the idea of signaling pulsation. Without pulsation, the aorta soon looses its significance for life. As the name indicates, the Gallery's principal programs of exhibitions have been aspiring to present the pulses of recent developments in contemporary art in Indonesia.
Jl. Kembang Indah III Blok G3 no. 4-5 Puri Indah
Jakarta 11610
Indonesia
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:35:22+0800
+ Dimensions: 5215 x 3477
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 20 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'58" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.13970
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Mixed Media Sculpture by Samsul Arifin (b.1979): Musafir Artist #1, 2013 (“Goni”: Resin, leather, jute, steel, wood)” / Nadi Gallery / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13970
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Designed by C.Y. Lee & partners and constructed primarily by KTRT Joint Venture, the Taipei 101 (台北101), is a landmark skyscraper located in Xinyi District, Taipei. When construction was completed in 2004, it was the world’s tallest until the opening of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2010.
The tower comprises 101 floors above ground and 5 underground. It was architecturally created as a symbol of the evolution and technology and Asian tradition. It has an architectural height of 509 m (1,669.9 ft) and its top flooris at 439 m (1,440.3 ft).
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM. Processed in Lightroom 5.
www.taipei-101.com.tw/index_en.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101
台北101 Taipei 101 / 台灣台北 Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140211.6D.30707.L1
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/ #建筑 #建築 #architecture #形 #forms #SMLForms
What’s so awesome about a black and white image of a US fighter jet? Nothing—except when you realised that it was a charcoal drawing and not a photo. Seriously.
Robert Longo (born 1953-01-07 in Brooklyn, NY) is an American painter and sculptor. Even when I was standing right next to the drawing I could not tell that it was a drawing.
Those of you who have worked with charcoal knows that being able to achieve hyperrealist drawings such as this is no small feast.
Crazyisgood!
Robert Longo
Untitled (F-15 Eagle), 2012
Charcoal on mounted paper
165.1 x 274.3 cm
65 x 108 in
RLO 1317
# Robert Longo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Longo
# Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
7, rue Debelleyme
75003 Paris
France
69 avenue du Général Leclerc
93500 Paris-Pantin
France
Mirabellplatz 2
5020 Salzburg
Austria
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T18:29:01+0800
+ Dimensions: 4753 x 2925
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 24 mm
+ ISO: 125
+ 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.14234
+ 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
Hyperrealist drawing by Robert Longo: Untitled (F-15 Eagle), 2012 (Charcoal on mounted paper) / Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14234
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With the growth of cities, many people from Chinese villages also moved to the urban area hoping for a better life. But as you can see, life is hard and jobs are not necessarily readily available for everyone.
Pictured is a woman kneeling down and begging for change in a dire yet sincere manner, and a man working hard to collect trash into a cart wheel.
艱苦的生活 Hard life / 中國北京南鑼鼓巷 Nanluoguxiang, Beijing, China / SML.20140503.6D.31995.P1.SQ.BW
I photographed this panorama stitched using five RAW captures on the 6D while riding the Star Ferry across the Victoria Harbour, so camera shake is a bit of an issue for some of the images. But I feel that it is important to have an image which shows the complete length of the ship.
If you zoom in closer on the right hand side near the helicopters, you will see some people hanging around closed to the deck. Those people are in fact not standing on the ship but photographers lining up to photograph this boat on the entire roof of 海運大廈 Ocean Terminal [1] where the USS Peleliu (LHA-5) was docked in Hong Kong.
The rows of architecture on the left are residential development in Union Square, West Kowloon [2] featuring many gigantic “feng shui holes” whereas the architecture to the right are commercial architecture in Tsim Sha Tsui which are part of the 海港城 Harbour City shopping mall complex.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-18T16:27:34+0800
+ Dimensions: 8018 x 2014
+ Exposure: 1/100 sec at f/4.5
+ Focal Length: 100 mm
+ ISO: 160
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ Panorama FOV: 42 degree horizontal, 22 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Rectilinear
+ GPS: 22°17'25" N 114°9'58" E
+ Location: 中國香港九龍尖沙咀海港城 Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
+ Subject: USS Peleliu (LHA-5), United States Navy at Ocean Terminal, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130418.6D.01133-SML.20130418.6D.01137-Pano.Rectilinear.42x22
+ Series: Photojournalism, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
# Notes
1. Ocean Terminal (Chinese: 海運大廈) is a cruise terminal and shopping centre located on Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Terminal,_Hong_Kong
2. Union Square is a commercial and residential real estate project in Hong Kong on the West Kowloon reclamation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Square_(Hong_Kong)
3. Harbour City (Chinese: 海港城) is a large shopping mall in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. It is part of a series of office blocks and hotels. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbour_City_(Hong_Kong)
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“海運大廈美國軍艦 USS Peleliu (LHA-5) Docked at Ocean Terminal” / USS Peleliu (LHA-5) in Hong Kong / 香港全景攝影 Hong Kong Panoramic Photography / SML.20130418.6D.01133-SML.20130418.6D.01137-Pano.Rectilinear.42x22
/ #Photojournalism #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #US #Navy #USS #Peleliu #LHA5 #planes #ships #military #Police #Architecture #OceanTerminal
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8667485483/
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8667485483/sizes/o/ (8018 x 2014)
It was raining all day when I visited Chang Bai Mountain (長白山). It was also very cold and I ended up shivering the entire time. I ended up not taking my tripod with me mostly because of the weight, so I turned to time-lapse stacks for long exposures again.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM. 8-second LE via median stack of 11.
河水 River / 中國東北長白山 Chang Bai Mountain, Dongbei, China / SML.20140726.6D.33208-SML.20140726.6D.33218-St.BW
Copper and iron vats (銅鐵缸) were part of the fire-fighting equipment in the palace. They were filled with water to be used to douse fires. From October to February every year, the vats were covered with quilts to prevent water freezing, and on very cold days they would be heated by charcoal fires.
The oldest vats were cast during the Hongzhi reign period (1488-1505) of the Ming Dynasty. Each of the Ming Dynasty vats has two simple iron rings. The Qing Dynasty vats (pictured) have two beast-shaped bronze rings, a big belly and a small mouth.
The Palace has a total of 308 copper and iron vats of various sizes. Of them, 18 are copper vats inlaid with gold, which are located on both sides of the Hall of Supreme Harmony (太和殿 Tai He Dian), the Hall of Preserved Harmony (保和殿 Bao He Dian) and the Gate of Heavenly Purity (乾清門 Qian Qing Men).
Photographed near the Hall of Supreme Harmony with the the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM.
銅鐵缸 Copper and iron vats / 中國北京故宫 Forbidden City, Beijing, China / SML.20140430.6D.31431.P1
Rhythm and proportions. Found typography.
I think that I found Rainbow Teddy’s long lost cousin in the window. :)
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-19 13:45:16 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3384 x 5076
+ Exposure: 1/1000 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 137 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°25'5" N 114°13'39" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆安邨恆日樓 中国香港马鞍山恒安村恒日楼 Heng Yat House, Heng On Estate, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130219.7D.23244
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 形 Forms
“E” 香港公共屋邨建築之形 Hong Kong Public Housing Architecture Forms / SML.20130219.7D.23244.CR2
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #公共 #Public #屋邨 #Housing
Similar to an earlier shot, this is about seeing differences among similar things—“same but not equal”.
Pullman Quay Grand Sydney Harbour, 61 Macquarie Street, East Circular Quay, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia. Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM far across the Sydney Harbour.
Blue + White / Hotel architecture forms in Sydney, Australia / SML.20140315.6D.30931.P1
This shows how fishermen in Hong Kong sun-dry their seafood. The fresh catches are placed on trays supported by beams and left in open-air right near the fishing boats—talk about convenience. The shells from the shellfish are then immediately discarded right at the beach (foreground). After that, it’s just a matter of time and patience.
The foggy cityscape in the background is not Hong Kong but Shenzhen. Lau Fau Shan (流浮山) is located at the very northwest corner of Hong Kong, so you would be able to peer China from this distance.
曬海味 Drying seafoods under the afternoon sun / 中國飲食文化 Chinese Food Culture / SML.20131118.6D.30250.P1
Woodcut spots from Damien Hirst. This series need no introduction. Each print is an abstract representation of a biochemical compound, expressed as a spot color from circular wood cuts.
It is hard for me to talk about Damien Hirst. On the one hand, I see a gifted and very talented artist who produces brilliant works. On the other, an artist-turned-factory who has become so commercialized that he would need to come up with all kinds of methods to pump up works to please the high demands for his work.
Andy Warhol likes to say that “making money is art, and working is art and good business is the best art.” But I tend to have a problem with art created purely to make money. Mondrian’s early works are brilliant and full of ideas, but the Mondrian after he has becoming the darling of his times left little to be desired.
These “limited edition prints” is probably the worse of this trend—making quick bucks in the art market, each asking approximately four-thousand pounds on today’s market. I have no doubt that these works are key to supporting the artist’s livelihood and thus allows him to be the richest living artist in Britain.
Art to me is pure magic, but in these works I see nothing but a money-making machine disguised as something fine but has no soul except the greed within.
Damien Hirst
Thr-ser (1-inch woodcut spot)
2012
Woodcut
55 editions
Hand signed and numbered
A series of woodcut printed on 410 gsm Somerset White textured paper. Signed by the artist on the front and numbered on the reverse in an edition of 55.
# Damien Hirst
Damien Steven Hirst (born 7 June 1965) is an English artist, entrepreneur and art collector. He is the most prominent member of the group known as the Young British Artists (or YBAs), who dominated the art scene in Britain during the 1990s. He is internationally renowned, and is reportedly Britain's richest living artist, with his wealth valued at £215m in the 2010 Sunday Times Rich List. During the 1990s his career was closely linked with the collector Charles Saatchi, but increasing frictions came to a head in 2003 and the relationship ended.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Hirst
# Paragon Press
6 Wetherby Gardens
London SW5 0JN
United Kingdom
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T14:35:35+0800
+ Dimensions: 2776 x 2776
+ Exposure: 1/6400 sec at f/2.0
+ Focal Length: 22 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM
+ 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.EOSM.04002.SQ
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Limited Edition Prints by Damien Hirst: Thr-ser, 2012 (1-inch woodcut spot)” / Paragon Press / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.EOSM.04002.SQ
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It has been said that contemporary art is an acquired taste, and it matters not whether you like it or hate it. Good art invites a dialog—hating it is still a successful piece as long as you care enough to form an opinion. Bad art, on the other hand, invites no dialog at all—indifference is not an opinion.
Titled “Garbage Buddha,” this mixed media installation by Tibetan artist Tsherin Sherpa appears to be a commentary on Buddhist religion. The artist spent years studying buddhist philosophy under the tutelage of various Buddhist Masters in Nepal. The intention of the artist though is unknown.
It is a dimension variable installation — true that. If I have this on view at my home no one will be able to tell a difference between my work space and the art work for sure.
Crazyisgood.
Tsherin Sherpa (b. 1968 Tibet)
Garbage Buddha
2013
Mixed media
Dimension variable
Main section 127 x 152.cm
50 x 50 in
# Tsherin Sherpa
Born in 1968, lives and works in California, USA
+ 1991-1996: Buddhist Philosophy under the tutelage of various Buddhist Masters, Nepal
+ 1988-1989: Computer Science and Mandarin, Taipei, Taiwan
+ 1983-1988: Traditional Tibetan Painting apprenticeship with Master Urgen Dorje Sherpa (father)
# Rossi & Rossi
16 Clifford Street
London W1S 3RG
United Kingdom
Yally Industrial Building, Unit 3C, 6 Yip Fat Street
Hong Kong, Wong Chuk Hang
China
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T17:51:30+0800
+ Dimensions: 3171 x 4756
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 800
+ 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.14143
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
Mixed media installation by Tsherin Sherpa (b. 1968 Tibet): Garbage Buddha, 2013 / Rossi & Rossi / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14143
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This green fence surrounding the soccer pitch has my name written all over it. I see it, because I am not normal. You don’t, because maybe you are human.
Also you from this you can see why I had to use a long lens. It is close to impossible to use a wide angle lens to photograph people playing sports inside because there are no elevated platforms surrounding these fields, and so the only way to photograph what is happening inside is through these frames with extremely tight openings.
# SML Translate:
+ 日: sun.
+ 月: moon.
+ 明: Putting the sun and the moon together is very bright. And that’s what this character means. It means bright, clear, and understanding. It is pronounced as “ming,” and is the second character of my first name—which is why I said that this green fence has my name written all over it.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-22 16:57:46 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 180 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°13'41" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山遊樂場人造草地足球場 中国香港马鞍山游乐场人造草地足球场 Artificial Turf Soccer Pitch, Ma On Shan Recreation Ground, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130222.7D.24350.P1.L1
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 形 Forms, 體育 Sports
“日月日月日月明” / 香港體育建築之形 Hong Kong Sports Architecture Forms / SML.20130222.7D.24350.P1.L1
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An unexpected sighting in Taipei is the placement of Buddhist temples in the city. Unlike other places where temples are usually somewhat spatially separated, here the temples appear to be surrounded by city life. It is is possible that there is limited space and thus buildings must be built adjacent to them. But it is still rather interesting to me.
In the photo, the orange building on the right is a Buddhist temple. A residential building to its right, with a banner on its facade for the city local legislative election. And a bus top filled with people waiting to be transported afar on a misty rainy day.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM. Processed in Lightroom.
山城佛寺 Buddhist temple at a mountainous city / 台灣 Taiwan / SML.20140210.6D.30679
/ #台灣 #臺灣 #Taiwan #台北 #Taipei #SMLTravel #旅遊 #旅游 #Travel #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #Buddhist #temple #orange #mountain #rain #mist
“This collection is inspired by global riot initiated by teenagers, local political and social issues. Traces of it can be seen from the pattern on fabrics, details on accessories to the vibe of the final outfits as a whole. This collection is also one of the so many ways to celebrate the waking up of youngsters from ignorance, self-egos and work their ways out against the corrupted social value, ideology and bureaucracy, of which their actions are always regarded as a form of social disturbance. on top of that, it allows me to express my own personal perspective.”—Rhyox Wan, designer
"…and we live off of the unsettling soul”
# WAN Wai Kit, Rhyox
…and we live off of the unsettling soul
# Sponsors
+ Fang Brothers Knitting Ltd.
+ UPW
+ Winning Textile Co., Ltd.
+ Awesome Mojito Handmade Leather Products
+ Long Tai Hong (Holding) Limited
How do you paint with photography? By creating composition of forms from the surroundings around you. I picked up photography because it’s a way to see — it’s how I see the world.
The understanding of forms is best understood when you can find representative structure in space that you could capture on a 2D plane.
It’s like music — but rhythm, melody, and harmony in space. Sometimes it’s hard to even describe what these things are.
Often, it’s a feeling. Emotion is hard to describe. This is an abstract painting about monochromatic blues, accented by the tip of a white paint and shades of gold in the shadow.
Stata Center, officially the Ray and Maria Stata Center and sometimes referred to as Building 32, is a 430,000-square-foot academic complex designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The building opened for initial occupancy on March 16, 2004.
- Camera: Canon EOS 10D
- Lens: Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM
- Exposure: 70mm, 1/180 sec, f/8, ISO 100
- Series: Forms, Architecture
- Date: 2009-08-01
- Process: 2024-04-28
Creative Commons Attribution (CCBY)
Copyright 2009, 2024 See-ming Lee / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
Rhapsody in Blue / Stata Center, MIT / SML.20090801.10D.50885
The Great Wall of China (長城) is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China in part to protect the Chinese Empire or its prototypical states against intrusions by various nomadic groups or military incursions by various warlike peoples or forces. Several walls were being built as early as the 7th century BC; these, later joined together and made bigger and stronger, are now collectively referred to as the Great Wall.
Juyong Pass (居庸關 Jūyōng Guān) is one of the three greatest mountain passes of the Great Wall of China. The other two are Jiayuguan (嘉峪關) and Shanhaiguan (榆關). Juyongguan Pass has two ‘sub-passes,’ one at the valley‘s south and the other at the north. The southern one is called "Nan (pass)" and the northern is called “Badaling” (八達嶺).
This is the first time I have been to Juyong Guan. Personally I prefer the view at Badaling better, though Juyong Guan is considered the more important point of interest for tourism.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juyong_Pass
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China
居庸關長城 Juyong Pass, Great Wall / 中國北京 Beijing, China / SML.20140501.6D.31562.P1.BW
A three-legged pot hung from the ceiling is heated by the piles of wood in the large fire pit.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM in Sanya, Hainan, China.
煮食 Cooking / 黎苗少數民族文化 Culture of the Li and Miao minorities / 中國海南三亞 Sanya, Hainan, China / SML.20140506.6D.32025.P1.BW
Daytime Biohack on the left: what remains in the beer-mug-as-coffee-mug, which is always filled with coffee and milk tea.
Nighttime Biohack on the right: 100mg Seroquel which puts me to sleep.
Together they work like clockwork and runs through my system daily and is what keeps me going everyday.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-25 13:36:47 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 4662 x 3108
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/2.0
+ Focal Length: 22mm
+ ISO: 2000
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'26" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Serial: SML.20130225.EOSM.02426.P1.L1
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: Biohacks
“日與夜 Day and Night” / Biohacks / SML.20130225.EOSM.02426.P1.L1
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #藥 #药 #medication #pills #Seroquel #咖啡 #coffee #日 #Day #夜 #Night
The view from Ocean terminal looking towards Hong Kong Island.
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8559021391/sizes/o/ (8261 x 2483 original)
From left to right:
+ The Star Ferry (Chinese: 天星小輪), or The "Star" Ferry Company, is a passenger ferry service operator and tourist attraction in Hong Kong. Its principal routes carry passengers across Victoria Harbour, between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. It was founded in 1888 as the Kowloon Ferry Company, adopting its present name in 1898. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Ferry
+ The International Finance Centre (IFC, Chinese: 國際金融中心) is an integrated commercial development on the waterfront of Hong Kong's Central District. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Finance_Centre
+ Ocean Terminal (Chinese: 海運大廈) is a cruise terminal and shopping centre located on Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Terminal,_Hong_Kong
+ The International Commerce Centre (Chinese: 環球貿易廣場) (abbr. ICC Tower) is a 118-storey, 484 m (1,588 ft) skyscraper completed in 2010 in West Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is a part of the Union Square project built on top of Kowloon Station. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Commerce_Centre
Stitched together with 11 full res RAW of EOS M with the 17-40 f/4L
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-15 15:15:06 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 8261 x 2483
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ Panorama FOV: 178 degree horizontal, 71.2 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Cylindrical
+ GPS: 22°17'41" N 114°10'7" E
+ Location: 中國香港尖沙咀梳士巴利道海運大廈 中国香港尖沙咀梳士巴利道海运大厦 Oean Terminal, Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130315.EOSM.03388-SML.20130315.EOSM.03398-Pano-Cylindrical-178x71.2
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
“海運大廈 + 維多利亞港 Ocean Terminal + Victoria Harbour” / 香港全景攝影 Hong Kong Panoramic Photography / SML.20130315.EOSM.03388-SML.20130315.EOSM.03398-Pano-Cylindrical-178x71.2
/ #商場 #ShoppingMalls #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #尖沙咀 #TsimShaTsui #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #建築 #建筑 #Architecture
The long escalator ride up from MTR (Hong Kong’s underground metro) station level to ground level.
I always wonder if the subway in Hong Kong is longer than most places in the world because the escalator ride is quite long. I have never timed nor measured it but it definitely feels at least three times longer than most subway station in New York.
So as usual, to kill time, I do photography. And these extreme perspective shots are really ideal for the full frame 6D + wide angle lens.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-13T18:44:31.00+0800
+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3678
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 320
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°17'16" N 114°11'35" E (approximate, GPS data not available underground)
+ Location: 中國香港炮台山地鐵站 Fortress Hill MTR Station, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Photomatix Pro 4.2.5b Tonemap, Lightroom 4,
+ Serial: SML.20130413.6D.00481.TM
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“炮台山地鐵站電梯 Fortress Hill MTR Station Escalator” / 香港人流 Hong Kong Human Logistics / SML.20130413.6D.00481.TM
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #Photography #城市 #Urban #地鐵 #MTR #Metro #電梯 #Escalator #人 #People
Contrast makes for interesting compositions.
In colors: orange vs blue. In materials: reflective vs matte surfaces. In age: old vs new. In size: large vs small. In forms: curves vs lines. In proportion: majority vs minority. In brightness: dark vs light.
When all the elements are there they sing to my eyes. Everyday found art in the urban landscape is a living poetry waiting for the eyes to explore.
The thing which applies to photography also applies to design. The visual art language is the same for food—food tastes best when it hits all the taste buds: sweet, sour, salty, heat. Visual pleasures work best when it hits all the visual notes: hues, colors, brightness, proportion, size.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-01-11 12:33:56 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 5184
+ Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 183 mm
+ ISO: 160
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°16'43" N 114°10'24" E
+ Location: 中國香港灣仔謝斐道香海大廈附近 中国香港湾仔谢斐道香海大厦附近 Near the Heung Hoi Mansion at Jaffe Road in Wan Chai, Hong Kong SAR, China
+ Serial: SML.20130211.7D.22547.P1
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4, Photoshop CS6
+ Series: 形 Forms
“對比 Contrast” / 城市建築之形 Urban Architecture Forms / SML.20130211.7D.22547.P1
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #灣仔 #Wanchai #建築 #建筑 #architecture #攝影 #摄影 #photography #對比 #Contrast #opinions
Closed to the 碧霞祠 Azure Clouds Temple on the other side of the 玉皇頂 Jade Emperor Peak is a “Guest House” (aka hotel) which is enclosed in radio satellites. The very traditional architecture of the tower suggests that it was probably originally built as a watch tower in ancient times. But in modern days it is now filled with satellite dishes, likely for intelligence use as well as radio broadcast use.
I did not have the time to check out the facilities, but I think that if and when I decide to revisit Mount Tai for some more photography, this would be my only lodging option.
“电台宾馆” (電台賓館 Radio Station Guest House) / 山東省泰山 Mount Tai, Shandong Province 山东省泰山 / 中國旅遊 中国旅游 China Tourism / SML.20121011.7D.09596.ChinaTourism.CN.Qingdao.Shandong.MountTai
Some captures are prime candidates for black and white—and this is one of those instances, and it will probably eventually also processed as such.
But there is something interesting about that little bit of color—the very fainted yellow from the sun contrast with the blue gray clouds.
The bird is technically both over and under exposed, and there is nothing I could do about it. Following things flying in air is a lot harder than I first imagined. Hopefully I can get better at this—maybe use spot metering next time. But again, when it is in black and white, the hard white / black is much less distracting. There is something magical about B+W that can often turn fail into win!
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-09T13:42:12+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/640 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
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130509.7D.41593.P1.L1
+ Series: 自然 Nature, 鳥 Birds
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“亞洲水鳥藍空獨航 Asian Waterbird in Flight” / 自然 Nature / SML.20130509.7D.41593.P1.L1
/ #自然 #Nature #鳥 #Birds #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #亞洲水鳥 #AsianWaterbird #水鳥 #waterbird #雲 #Cloud #Cloudscape #天 #空 #Sky
This highly recognisable building requires no introduction. It is of course the Bird’s Nest in Beijing. Officially known as the National Stadium, it was designed for use throughout the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
I have wanted to photograph this architecture since its inception, and am happy to finally have seen it. The architecture was designed by Herzog & de Meuron. It is both a visual as well as structural marvel.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_National_Stadium
鸟巢 Bird’s Nest (National Stadium) / 中國北京體育建築之形 Sports architecture forms in Beijing, China / SML.20140502.6D.31732.P1.BW