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You don’t normally talk about sex in China, so it was fun to see this gigantic installation at Art Basel Hong Kong recently.
Titled “Play - (201301)”, it is a gigantic gothic cathedral made completely out of leather fetish gear. The artist responsible is 没顶公司 MadeIn Company, a contemporary art creation company founded by Chinese artist 徐震 Xu Zhen.
Quite a showpiece. When I saw this a crowd of high school girls were giggling non-stop around the installation. This might be the first and last time they would have ever experienced this—perhaps no one really knew what they are looking at except me?
Crazyisgood. SML Love.
MadeIn Company
Play - (201301), 2013
# MadeIn Company
MadeIn Company was established in 2009 in Shanghai by Xu Zhen, it is a contemporary art creation company, focused on the production of creativity, and devoted to the research of contemporary culture’s infinite possibilities.
没顶公司是由艺术家徐震创办于2009年。 是一个当代艺术创作型公司，以生产艺术创造力为核心，致力于探索当代文化的无限可能。这对当代艺术的创作模式、收藏消费系统以及作者权等问题开始了全面挑战和标准的刷新。
沒頂公司是由藝術家徐震創辦於2009年。是一個當代藝術創作型公司，以生產藝術創造力為核心，致力於探索當代文化的無限可能。這對當代藝術的創作模式、收藏消費系統以及作者權等問題開始了全面挑戰和標準的刷新。
Personnel:
徐震 Xu Zhen, 金利萍 Vigy Jin, 关超群 (關超群) Alexia Dehaene, 俞玮 (俞瑋) Yu Wei, 陆平原 (陸平原) Lu Pingyuan, 郁天柱 (鬱天柱) Yu Tianzhu, 奶粉 Nathan Zhou, 林晓彤 (林曉彤) Louise Lam, 沈崴崴 Shen Weiwei, 汪嘉伦 (汪嘉倫) Wang Jialun, 沈卿 Shen Qing, 朱慧 Zhu Hui, 郭利 Guo Li, 余菲菲 Yu Feifei, 周菁 Zhou Jing, 王强 Wang Qiang, 张俐 (張俐) Zhang Li, 夏云飞 (夏雲飛) Xia Yunfei, 孙崴 (孫崴) Sun Wei, 何越 He Yue, 何雪峰 He Xuefeng, 仇银美 (仇銀美) Chou Yinmei, 李强 Li Qiang, 江国雄 (江國雄) Jiang Guoxiong
1/F, Bldg 8, 18 Wuwei Road, 200331 Shanghai, CHINA
上海普陀区武威路18号桃浦创意园8号楼1楼
# Long March Space 长征空间 (長征空間)
Founded by Lu Jie in the 798 Art District of Beijing in 2002, Long March Space plays a vital role in pursuing new avenues of production, discourse, and promotion of contemporary art in China. Working to advance the careers of eighteen artists across three generations, the gallery looks to establish a portfolio of the most progressive artists working in contemporary China today.
4 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100015
China
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T17:10:15+0800
+ Dimensions: 5433 x 3622
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 1600
+ 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.14071
+ 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
“Installation by 没顶公司 (沒頂公司) MadeIn Company: Play (201301), 2013 (leather, rope, mixed media)” / 长征空间 (長征空間) Long March Space / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14071
/ #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 #没顶公司 #MadeInCompany #LongMarchSpace #长征空间 #installation #leather #rope
People hung out by the lake inside the Beishan Park (北山公園) with the cityscape of Jilin (吉林) in the far back.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 100-40mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM.
Bridge / 中國東北吉林市北山公園 Jilin Beishan Park, Dongbei, China / SML.20140727.7D.52133.P1.BW
Here is another piece of work by Georgia Russell. Paper has been cut to form layers abstract brush strokes. It shows skills, determination and artistry by the artist.
Papercutting (Jianzhi 剪紙) is an art practiced in China since at least the 6th century AD. Red is the color for fortune and good luck in China. So when I say that the works from Art Basel Hong Kong has a very strong Asian representation—either through the origin of the artists or that with motifs originating from Asia, I do mean that quite literally. And some of the gallerists spoke to have expressed that they do intentionally curate the show for the Chinese audience, showing some of the pieces which they would not usually show if the art fair is held at other places in the world.
Another one of my favourite pieces of the show. Highly recommended.
(Pardon the reflection from the glass. Sometimes I think that they intentionally place shiny materials on these installation so no one can get a good shot of the artwork…)
Georgia Russell 喬治亞•羅素
Brushstroke (red)
2013
Cut Paper 剪紙; plexiglass 塑膠玻璃
70 x 89 x 11 cm
27 1/2 x 35 x 4 1/3 in
Titled verso lower left: Brushstroke
Signed and dated verso lower right: Georgia Russell 13
# Galerie Karsten Greve
Drususgasse 1-5
50667 Cologne
Germany
5, rue Debelleyme
75003 Paris
France
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T15:59:36+0800
+ Dimensions: 4099 x 3190
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 32 mm
+ ISO: 640
+ 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.13863
+ 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
“Georgia Russell: Brushstroke (red), 2013. (Cut paper; plexiglass)” / Galerie Karsten Greve AG St. Moritz / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13863
/ #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 #GeorgiaRussell #paper #papercutting #GalerieKarstenGreve #UK #剪紙 #Red
The best time to photograph photographers is where there are rallies. I wonder if it may be too hot to keep a beard in Hong Kong. Good posture, nice shirt.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-06-15T16:28:38+0800
+ Dimensions: 3831 x 2554
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 180 mm
+ ISO: 2500
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°16'40" N 114°9'32" E
+ Location: 香港中環花園路26號美國總領事館 US Consulate General, 26 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130615.7D.42650.C23
+ Series: 香港人 Hong Kong Humans, 男 Men
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
新聞攝影 Photojournalism / 香港人 Hong Kong Humans / SML.20130615.7D.42650.C23
/ #香港人 #HKHumans #男 #Men #SMLMen #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Rally #photojournalism #photojournalist #people #cute #photographer
The bovine soul array (牛魂陣) originates from the witchcraft tradition of the Miao minorities in China. They enjoy a bullfighting game called “bull robbing,” where the horn is treated as a symbol of bravery. They believe that wearing artefacts from the bulls would transform them into brave warriors. By adorning their bodies with the horns, bull heads and bull tooth, they would then be able to communicate with deities and ghosts.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM in Sanya, Hainan, China.
牛魂陣 Bovine Soul Array / 苗族文化 Culture of the Miao minorities / 中國海南三亞 Sanya, Hainan, China / SML.20140507.6D.32199.P1.BW
Situated in the middle of buzzing streets of Hong Kong, there lies a 3.5-hectare Chinese Classical Garden called Nan Lian Garden (南蓮園池) built in the Tang Dynasty style with hills, water features, trees, rocks and wooden structures.
Whenever visitors to Hong Kong asked me where they should go, I always recommend them to visit here. Not only is the garden filled with exotic plants unique to Chinese landscape, it also has one of the best vegetarian restaurant and tea house in the city.
The garden is completed in 2006 as a joint project of the Chi Lin Nunnery and the Hong Kong Government.
Photographed handheld, this panorama is stitched using eleven 7D RAW captures.
# More information
+ Wikipedia: EN: Nan Lian Garden: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nan_Lian_Garden
+ Hong Kong Leisure and Cultural Services Department: www.lcsd.gov.hk/parks/nlg/en/index.php
+ Hong Kong Tourism Board: www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/see-do/culture-heritage/chin...
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-29T15:42:24+0800
+ Dimensions: 9690 x 3474
+ Exposure: 1/50 - 1/80 sec at f/2.8
+ Focal Length: 24 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ Panorama FOV: 154 degree horizontal, 58 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Cylindrical
+ GPS: 22°24'12" N 114°12'25" E
+ Altitude: 21.6 m
+ Location: 中國香港九龍鑽石山鳳德道60號南蓮園池 Nan Lian Garden, 60 Fung Tak Road, Diamond Hill, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130329.7D.37068-SML.20130329.7D.37078-Pano.Cylindrical.154x58
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 中國旅遊 中国旅游 China Tourism, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
“南蓮園池 Nan Lian Garden” / 香港園林建築全景 Hong Kong Landscape Architecture Panorama / 中國旅遊 中国旅游 China Tourism / SML.20130329.7D.37068-SML.20130329.7D.37078-Pano.Cylindrical.154x58
/ #中國旅遊 #中国旅游 #ChinaTourism #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #鑽石山 #DiamondHill #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #園林 #Garden #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #自然 #Nature
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8602303024/
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8602303024/sizes/o/ (9690 x 3474)
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
This is the setup I currently use for most of my panorama shots. It includes the following:
+ Canon EOS 6D. An affordable (and my first) digital full-frame body. Here shown without the battery grip, as it the Manfrotto 303SPH does not extend far enough for me to use the grip in order to setup the nodal center point correctly.
+ Canon EF 17-40 f/4L. The widest lens I own. This allows me to capture for as far as I can.
+ Manfrotto 303SPH pano head. For a cool 670 USD, this baby certainly does not come cheap for a slab of metals, but after wrangling with parallax I made the plunge to buy it. I have now shot several scenes both with and without the panoramic head and you can see that it does make a huge difference. It is quite heavy though.
+ Manfrotto 190XPROB tripod. This is a versatile tripod with an easily rotatable center-column which is nothing short of genius. It replaces the 3021BPro tripod which I previously own.
+ Canon TC-80N3. My remote release. You do need this to minimize vibration. A lot of my photos shot in crowdy areas are somewhat long-exposures. Longer exposure renders moving objects as a blur, and thus hides the identity of people, so if I choose to publish it I will not need to get model release from every single one.
This setup was used to photograph www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/9404825673/ — some of my followers have expressed that the tutorials are helpful so I will try to do some more tutorials presentations in the future.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-07-30T23:30:38+0800
+ Dimensions: 2903 x 3817
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/2.0
+ Focal Length: 22 mm
+ ISO: 125
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM
+ 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: Lightroom 5
+ Serial: SML.20130730.EOSM.04089
+ Series: SML Setup, SML Opinions
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
SML Panorama Setup: Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 17-40 f/4L + Manfrotto 303SPH + Manfrotto 190XPROB + Canon TC-80N3 / SML Opinions / SML.20130730.EOSM.04089
/ #SMLSetup #SMLOpinions #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLPano
/ #全景 #Pano #Panorama #SMLPano #Canon #Manfrotto #tripod #camera #setup #config #nerds #geekporn #攝影 #摄影 #photography #opinions
IFC Tower 2 is currently the second tallest architecture in Hong Kong. It is 415 meters in length, and is quoted as having 88 storeys and 22 high-ceiling trading floors [1]. The number 8 in Cantonese sounds like “fortune” whereas the number 2 in Cantonese sounds like “easy”—together it means get rich easily. Chinese are crazy like that.
The building is designed by César Pelli & Association Architects and Rocco Design Architects Limited. Besides being very tall I am never really quite fond of them. I like architecture with character, not just another phallic skyscraper.
However, I have always found the “claws” on its roof to be interesting, and I can finally reached its height! This was shot from ground level with the 100-400 at 400mm so you can see just how amazing it is. I am still getting used to the zoom level and it simply is incredible—along with the 6D this is one of my best buys in recent years.
# Notes
1. The International Finance Centre (abbr. IFC, branded as "ifc") is an integrated commercial development on the waterfront of Hong Kong's Central District. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Finance_Centre
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-18T15:51:46+0800
+ Dimensions: 5293 x 3529
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/5.6
+ ISO: 250
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°9'17" E
+ Location: 香港中環金融街8號國際金融中心二期 Two International Finance Centre, 8 Financial Street, Central, Hong Kong
+ Serial: SML.20130418.6D.01022
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms
“國際金融中心二期 Two International Finance Centre (IFC2)” / 香港中環金融建築之形 Hong Kong Central Financial Architecture Forms / SML.20130418.6D.01022
/ #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #形 #Forms #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #中環 #Central #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #skyscraper #IFC
J. Ariadhitya Pramuhendra (b. 1984 in Indonesia) is an Indoensian artist who is famous for his realistic black and white charcoal drawings. And it is easy to see why — from afar I had thought that it was a black and white photograph mainly because of the way he depicts lights and shadows with deep emotion.
Titled “The Forgotten Robe,” a catholic priest is seen pondering at a moment of regrets. He is known for appropriating famous art works while replacing himself as the central figure as he explores the inner struggles of the being facing himself, the social order or the moral dictates.
I rarely see charcoal works these days, so it definitely left a strong mark in my databank. Yet another Indonesian artist — only in ABHK.
J.A. Pramuhendra (b. 1984 Indonesia)
The Forgotten Robe
2013
charcoal on canvas
190 x 300 cm
# J. Ariadhitya Pramuhendra
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Ariadhitya_Pramuhendra
# Langgeng Gallery
Cempaka 8B
Magelang 56123
Indonesia
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T17:56:15+0800
+ Dimensions: 5177 x 3227
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 29 mm
+ ISO: 160
+ 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.14162
+ 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
J. Ariadhitya Pramuhendra (b. 1984 Indonesia): The Forgotten Robe, 2013 (charcoal on canvas) / Langgeng Gallery / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14162
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #JAriadhityaPramuhendra #Pramuhendra #LanggengGallery #Indonesia #hyperrealism #charcoal #drawing #catholic #religion
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
The path on the Great Wall is tough. 20 years ago, when I visited Badaling (八達嶺), the northern section of the Great Wall, I was lifted by cable cars. There is no help at Juyongguan (居庸關). You must walk the miles on your feet. The path is steep—almost at 45-degree angles. Even though the steps were made of stone, many were already worn out. With the foggy weather in Beijing, it was downright dangerous. But still scores of people hold their will and climb up to the top. I was tired half-way through, and did not reach the top for this pass. If I visit the Great Wall again, I would certainly remember to train for it.
Juyongguan is much closer to Beijing, so the air pollution also seems to have affected the area. I had to do a lot of pushing and pulling to get some contrast back into this image, which is stitched together with 9 different captures with the Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juyong_Pass
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China
居庸關長城 Juyong Guan, Great Wall (Panorama) / 中國北京 Beijing, China / SML.20140501.7D.52000-SML.20140501.7D.52008-Pano.i9.C.P1.SQ.BW
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
Someone on Facebook asked me how I could love the architectures designed Frank Gehry as well as Norman Foster. He sees them in different genres because they follow very different methods of construction, but I see them as the same—as pure expression of forms. While Gehry’s architecture is sculpturally organic and Foster’s designs feature very geometric compositions, they are ultimately about the beauty of forms. My art education from Yale is based in Bauhaus, so perhaps my appreciation of forms differs from his Harvard GSD background.
This is a handheld panorama of Terminal 1 at the Hong Kong International Airport (HKG). It was stitched together using nine 6D full-res RAW captures with the 17-40. I still haven’t bought a pano head yet so parallax is a bit of an issue, but I am planning on getting one any day now.
My mom saw some panorama shots I took recently and asked me if it was a single shot because I have been raving about the super wide angle I was able to achieve with the 17-40 + full frame 6D body. No—a full frame body cannot really achieve wider than 180-degree shots—perhaps a fish eye lens can but I do not yet have one. 8-15 f/4L looks good, will do some research perhaps.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-25T06:22:08+0800
+ Dimensions: 5622 x 2575
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 400-640
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ Panorama FOV: 190 degree horizontal, 154 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Equirectangular
+ GPS: 22°18'52" N 113°56'11" E
+ Location: Terminal 1, 香港國際機場 Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130425.6D.02842-SML.20130425.6D.02850-Pano.Equirectangular.190x154
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“香港國際機場一號客運大樓 Terminal One, Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)” / 香港旅遊建築全景之形 Hong Kong Travel Architecture Panoramic Forms / SML.20130425.6D.02842-SML.20130425.6D.02850-Pano.Equirectangular.190x154
/ #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #形 #Forms #SMLForms #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #機場 #Airport #NormanFoster
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
Chiharu Shiota (塩田 千春 Shiota Chiharu) is my favorite artist seen at Art Basel Hong Kong 2013. There are at least four sculptures from this series seen at the show. By the end of my visit I have learned her name intimately [1].
These series of sculptures all feature the same three raw materials: metal, threads and an everyday object. Their structural construction is the same. Color threads are secured to the metal frame where they travel in midair organically to form a cocoon-like structure to hold an everyday item—a children’s dress in this case—in mid air.
Great art to me always hold one property which is universal—pure magic through the process of an artist’s imagination. This is one such instance. Its presence is beyond what an image or words alone can transpire.
Highly recommended.
# Art Info
Chiharu Shiota
Zustand des Seins (Kinderkleid) / State of Being (Children’s Dress), 2013
Metal, children’s dress, red thread
120 x 80 x 45 cm
47.24 x 31.5 x 17.72 in
# Chiharu Shiota
Chiharu Shiota (塩田 千春 Shiota Chiharu?) is a Japanese installation artist born in 1972 in Osaka. She has been living and working in Berlin since 1996.
She studied at the Seika University in Kyoto and at various schools in Germany and is represented by ARNDT in Berlin and Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiharu_Shiota
# ARNDT
Arndt & Partner was established in 1994 as one of the first contemporary art galleries in former East Berlin with an international profile. In the gallery's eighteen years of operation, it has presented more than 270 exhibitions, produced sixty publications, and participated in approximately ninety international art fairs. Within this period the gallery has also operated spaces and offices in Zurich and New York City.
In 2010, the gallery changed its structure and location from Arndt & Partner at Zimmerstrasse, Checkpoint Charlie, to Arndt at Potsdamer Strasse, Schöneberg – again launching a new gallery district and adding to the everexpanding Berlin art scene.
In addition to the ongoing exhibition program of the Berlin gallery, Arndt is expanding its operations to the vibrant art landscapes of Asia – particularly Southeast Asia and the Pacific Region. While Arndt Berlin continues to present shows of international talents from around the world and to organize curatorial projects, Arndt also stages pop-up shows in unconventional, temporary spaces in Hong Kong, Sydney, Singapore, and Jakarta.
In January 2013 Arndt opened a project space, viewing room, and Asian office in Singapore: Arndt Singapore is situated in Gillman Barracks, the new art destination located in the center of Singapore, which houses galleries and creative businesses as well as the Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA), opening in 2013.
Potsdamer Strasse 96
10785 Berlin
Germany
Lock Road 22 #01-35
108939 Singapore
Singapore
# Notes
1. It usually takes me years to learn any one artist’s name, and for me to fall in love with one within an afternoon says something.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T14:05:28+0800
+ Dimensions: 3258 x 4523
+ Exposure: 1/100 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.03954
+ 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 Chiharu Shiota: Zustand des Seins (Kinderkleid) / State of Being (Children’s Dress), 2013” / ARNDT / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.EOSM.03954
/ #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 #ChiharuShiota #ARNDT #dress #red #thread #sculpture #installation
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
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)
A sparrow grabs onto a metal stick readying self for flight.
I am mostly attracted to how the angle of its tail and body echo with the rope and metal structure it is standing on. The metal structure is used as man made bones for a young tree at the promenade (I am not exactly sure what they are called, but I am certain that the biologists from my extensive social media network would know better).
Every time I post photographs of birds, I am surprised by how loved they are by humans, so I will try to post more of these in the future, now that I realize that the 100-400 makes for an excellent macro lens.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-02T13:22:06+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/640 sec at f/5.6
+ 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°25'15" N 114°13'26" E
+ Location: 香港新界馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, New Territories, Hong Kong
+ Serial: SML.20130502.7D.40881
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 自然 Nature, 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“麻雀飛行前之形 Sparrow Pre-Flight Forms” / 自然 Nature / SML.20130502.7D.40881
/ #自然 #Nature #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #鳥 #Birds #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #麻雀 #Sparrow #bokeh #rope #metal
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
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
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
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
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
Whether Edward Snowden is a “hero” is up for debate, but what the NSA PRISM whistleblower did achieve is providing evidence which many have suspected—that the US government is mining valuable data on the Internet.
Big data analysis is nothing new—companies who provide free internet services have been doing this for years. Why did you think that Twitter has no advertising but manage to get so much venture capital investments? It is because it is very easy to decipher trending opinions on the web.
Google’s company tagline has always been “Don’t be evil”—mostly because the same technology that can be used for good can be used for evil. Mint.com uses big data to track consumer spending and financial status. Biomedical researchers can use big data to track virus outbreaks. United State government certainly can use big data to track anti-terrorism activities — but the real question is if they would not mine the data for other purposes also.
The other claims which Snowden made and enraged many Hong Kong citizens are evidence which points to US Government’s active hacking of local universities and businesses. Hacking for personal gain is definitely criminal. When the US pointed at China for cyber attacks, they have utilised the media on the side to paint an ugly picture of China, but pointing fingers first simply shows hypocrisy on the country’s own politics. And this fact provided ample ammunition for political activists world wide.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-06-15T15:42:31+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/5.0
+ Focal Length: 190 mm
+ ISO: 800
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°16'43" N 114°9'39" E
+ Location: 香港中環花園道 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130615.7D.42298
+ Series: SnowdenHK: 香港聲援斯諾登遊行 Hong Kong Rally to Support Snowden, 新聞攝影 Photojournalism
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
Is Snowden a Hero? / SnowdenHK: 香港聲援斯諾登遊行 Hong Kong Rally to Support Snowden / SML.20130615.7D.42298
/ #SnowdenHK #新聞攝影 #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLPublicMedia #SMLOpinions
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Rally #Snowden #EdwardSnowden #events #people #Banner #street #Hero #US #Gov #opinions #bigdata
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
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
/ #ABHK #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #Crazyisgood #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #RasimAksan #Gallerist #hyperrealism #surrealism #painting #acrylic #airbrush
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
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
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
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)
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
/ #台灣 #臺灣 #Taiwan #台北 #Taipei #SMLTravel #旅遊 #旅游 #Travel #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #建筑 #建築 #architecture #形 #forms #SMLForms
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
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
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
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
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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?
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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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Someone on Facebook asked to see a color version of an HDR photo previously processed in BW [1]. This is not the same capture but it was photographed at about the same time.
The HDR was merged inside Photomatix Pro, which sometimes do a decent job but sometimes create these weird color cast that was difficult to manage. So I might try using Photoshop to do the HDR conversion later.
But here you see why I did not process this in color, as mainly the hills in the back has a blue cast from the air whereas the color information does not really help. In the front, the sky is reddish whereas further away they are yellowish. Processing in black and white is almost a cop-out but when color information is not helping I generally prefer working on photographs in black and white — because it is the cloud forms which should be the star here, not the blue sky and awkward color-casts in the mountains.
…in my opinion.
# Notes
1. “風和日麗白雲錦 Cloudscape on a sunny day” / 寧 Serenity HDR / SML.20130509.6D.05650_1_2.HDR.BW: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8721922705/
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-09T13:28:43+0800
+ Dimensions: 3506 x 5259
+ Exposures: 1/640, 1/4000, 1/80 sec at f/11
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3, Manfrotto tripod
+ 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: 香港中文大學 Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) + 吐露港 Tolo Harbour
+ Workflow: Photomatix Pro 4.2.5b, Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130509.6D.05631_2_3.HDR.P1.L1
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 高動態範圍攝影 HDR Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“白雲如綿 陽光乍現 Moments of sunshine amongst puffy clouds” / 寧 Serenity HDR / SML.20130509.6D.05631_2_3.HDR.P1.L1
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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
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
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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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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
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
Yellow tree leaves wiggle ever so slightly against the stark blue facade of the Sydney Business School, signalling the coming of spring.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L near Circular Quay Station, Sydney, Australia.
Nature vs Manmade: Yellow vs Blue / Forms in Sydney, Australia / SML.20140314.6D.30843
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
Detail of the three levels of marble stone base of the Hall of Supreme Harmony (太和殿). If you look closely, you will see that the there is a little hole for water outlet on each of the bases. This shows that these architectures are not just beautiful, but also very functional.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_of_Supreme_Harmony
太和殿 Hall of Supreme Harmony / 中國北京紫禁城 Forbidden City, Beijing, China / SML.20140430.7D.51973.P1