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Sometimes the simplest things are the most beautiful. These are water patterns left behind by the boat during my boat ride in Sanya.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM.
水 Water / 中國海南三亞 Sanya, Hainan, China / SML.20140507.6D.32155.P2.BW
Ever since the EOSM has disappeared into the SML Blackhole [1], 彩熊 Rainbow Teddy (RT) has been working hard to continue doing photography with the 7D. Most recently, he became interested in the 100-400 because with the super telephoto he deduced that he might be able to find some other teddies nearby.
But in reality, this photo was mainly to show what that US$4 umbrella looks like. It is not silky smooth—to be frank, it has all kinds of wrinkling on its surface, even the bokeh could not hide that fact. But as you can see, a reflector is a reflector is a reflector. It does its job, and for a starving artist like SML, any penny saved is another bread on the table…
RT needed a stool on the chair because alas the Manfrotto tripod could only go as low as that, apparently.
Pictured: RT with the 7D + battery grip + 100-400 unextended. Shot with the 6D + 24-70 f/2.8L with 90EX as remote strobe + 580EX with bargain umbrella on top left, and another 430EX bargain umbrella on top right. At this rate SML should be able to afford some lightbox + monolights soon. Stay tuned!
# Notes
1. A term coined by Louis Seigal (Instagram:@seigalphoto) on SML’s supreme ability to lose things inside SML Universe’s chaos.
# Strobist Info
+ Canon 580EX with umbrella on top left
+ Canon 430EX with umbrella on top right
+ Canon 90EX as remote strobe (replacing the ST-E2) to trigger the two strobes, which is set to A:B 4:1.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-07-05T20:04:26+0800
+ Dimensions: 3648 x 3648
+ Exposure: 1/180 sec at f/2.8
+ Focal Length: 32 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ Flash: Canon 580EX + Canon 430EX + Canon 90EX
+ Accessories: Manfrotto tripod, light stands, 鑫威森 umbrellas
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'26" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG (Vista Paradiso, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 5
+ Serial: SML.20130704.6D.17984
+ Series: 彩熊 Rainbow Teddy, Toy Story, Crazyisgood
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
Rainbow Teddy (RT) plays with Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 100-400 f/4-5.6L IS USM / Crazyisgood Toy Story / SML.20130705.6D.18046
/ #RainbowTeddy #彩熊 #ToyStory #CreativeCommons #CCBY #LifeCelebratesDiversity #Crazyisgood #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #gay #Teddy #WTF #instagay #gaybear #LGBT #LOL #geekporn #7D #Canon100400 #Canon #Manfrotto #strobist
GettyImages: gty.im/163186272
I have always wanted to photograph tracks, but I am not athletic so I don’t visit these places often. But I discovered about the Ma On Shan Sports Ground yesterday. And their tracks are pristine, with very beautiful forms.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-20 15:43:19 GMT+0800
+ Exposure: 1/200 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 109 mm
+ ISO: 125
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'13" N 114°13'43" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆康街1號馬鞍山運動場 中国香港马鞍山恒康街1号马鞍山运动场 Ma On Shan Sports Ground, 1 Hang Hong Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130220.7D.23625
+ Series: 形 Forms, 體育 Sports
“跑道 Tracks” / 香港體育建築之形 Hong Kong Sports Architecture Forms / SML.20130220.7D.23625
/ #形 #Form #SMLForms #體育 #Sports #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 #紅 #red
Here is another sculpture by Chiharu Shiota seen at ARNDT during Art Basel Hong Kong 2013.
A sea a black threads attached to a metal frame suspends a horn in mid-air. The threads create a cocoon, a place for the musical instrument to float in air like magic. It feels like that you should be able to reach it, but you cannot as the web is in the way. The thread web creates the volume, even though the volume is mostly made with air. It is contained, yet it is not.
It is an academically sound creation. Serious yet fun at the same time — and it is easy to see why I absolutely adore this artist by the end of the show.
Chiharu Shiota
Zustand des Seins (Horn) / State of Being (Horn)
2013
Metal, vintage horn, black thread
35 x 35 x 35 cm
13.78 x 13.78 x 13.78 in
# Chiharu Shiota (b. 1972 Japan)
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. 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
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T14:06:37+0800
+ Dimensions: 4342 x 2894
+ 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.03958
+ 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 (Horn) / State of Being (Horn), 2013 (Metal, vintage horn, black thread)” / ARNDT / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.EOSM.03958
/ #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 #music #cocoon #sculpture #installation
A woman in Chinese traditional dress 旗袍 Qipao lies in a bed of colorful flowers served in a highly decorated dinner plate fitting for a banquet. She is headless and armless except with her legs extending out in a highly sexualised pose. She is without identity, and she does not appear to have a choice but to lie there for all to feast on.
This ceramic / porcelain sculpture by Chinese artist Liu Jianhua 刘建华 (劉建華) may be funny at first, but is a social commentary about the anonymous and exploitable exoticism once associated with China in the West.
The imagery of the limbless sends a shock down my memory lane, as it reminds me of one of ancient China’s most torturous punishment: removing every limb from a person and stick them onto a vase as a permanent fixture of shame. And for this commentary it is both brilliant and depressing.
Before Liu Jianhu went to study sculpture in art school, he spent many years working at porcelain factories in Jingdezhen (景德镇市 景德鎮市). Jingdezhen was known to be the finest city for porcelain / china production since the Song Dynasty (宋朝), and it is no doubt from his years of working which allowed the artists to excel in producing such exquisite craftsmanship.
Liu Jianhua 刘建华 (劉建華)
Painted Sculpture Series 彩塑系列 - Play No. 16
porcelain
72.3 x 72.3 x 23.6 cm
2003-2009
Beijing Commune
# Liu Jianhua 刘建华 (劉建華)
b. 1962 in Ji’an, Jiangxi Province, China
生于中国江西省吉安
生於中國江西省吉安
www.artspeakchina.org/mediawiki/Liu_Jianhua_刘建华
# Beijing Commune 北京公社
Founded in 2004, Beijing Commune is located in the 798 Art Zone, Beijing. Its initial programs were mainly group shows exploring various currents in contemporary art, while now it focuses primarily on solo shows to carry on its in-depth research. Beginning with a core list of established artists, the gallery has maintained a sharp awareness of developments in the community and has responded by introducing young artists and new topics of discussion into the program.
P.O. Box 8503, 798 Art Zone, No. 4 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100015
China
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:27:44+0800
+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 19mm
+ ISO: 1000
+ 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.13948
+ 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
“Liu Jianhua 刘建华 (劉建華): Painted Sculpture Series 彩塑系列 - Play No. 16, 2003-2006 (porcelain 陶瓷)” / Beijing Commune 北京公社 / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13948
/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #Crazyisgood #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #LiuJianhua #刘建华 #BeijingCommune #北京公社 #Sculpture #WTF #Porcelain
Arlene Shechet
Can Can, 2012
Glazed porcelain
7 x 15 x 15 inches
18 x 38 x 38 cm
ArS 12531
# Arlene Shechet
Sculptor Arlene Shechet creates corporeal and suggestive enigmatic ceramic works. Shechet lives and works in New York City and Upstate New York. She is the recipient of a 2004 John S. Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship Award as well as three separate New York Foundation for the Arts awards. In 2010 Arlene was awarded the Anonymous Was A Woman Artist Award and the Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant, and in 2011 she was honored with the American Arts and Letters Artist Award and Purchase Prize.
Shechet has exhibited her work extensively in the United States and abroad including recent solo shows; “That Time” at the Anderson Gallery, VCU, Richmond, VA, 2012; “.SUM” at the Nerman Museum, Overland Park, KS, 2012; “Blow by Blow,” curated by Ian Berry, at the F.Y. Tang Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2009; “Here and There” at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, CO, 2009; “The Sound of It” at Jack Shainman Gallery, 2010; “Parallel Play” at Dieu Donne, 2012; and “The Thick of It” at James Kelly Contemporary, 2011. Recent group exhibitions include “Seriously Funny,” at the Scottsdale Museum of Art, AZ, and “Dirt on Delight” at the ICA Philadelphia and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, both 2009.
Shechet's work is included in both public and private collections worldwide including the Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, the Walker Art Center, and the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS. She is the subject of much critical acclaim including a cover story by Faye Hirsch for Art in America, Peter Schjeldahl for the New Yorker, the New York Magazine’s Top Ten Exhibitions of 2010 by Jerry Saltz. Roberta Smith for the New York Times called the work “inspiring” and “terrific, full of references yet almost debt-free.” Shechet holds a B.A. from NYU and an M.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design.
www.sikkemajenkinsco.com/index.php?v=artist&artist=50...
# Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
530 West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10011
USA
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T13:56:33+0800
+ Dimensions: 4931 x 3287
+ Exposure: 1/4000 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.03941
+ 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
“Arlene Shechet: Can Can, 2012. Glazed Porcelain” / Sikkema Jenkins & Co. / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.EOSM.03941
/ #新聞攝影 #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #文化 #Culture #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #ArleneShechet #porcelain #SikkemaJenkins #sculpture
A man in his 40s running along the red tracks at the Ma On Shan Sports Ground in Hong Kong.
Look at those thighs! I have always thought that Chinese have good thigh jeans. It does not take much exercise to get them into shape. So when they are actually exercised thoroughly they get very interesting.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-03 15:28:30 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 4733 x 3155
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 263 mm
+ ISO: 250
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'14" N 114°13'41" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆康街1號馬鞍山運動場 中国香港马鞍山恒康街1号马鞍山运动场 Ma On Shan Sports Ground, 1 Hang Hong Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130303.7D.25690
+ Series: 形 Forms, 體育 Sports, 男 Men
“Runner’s thighs” / 男運動員體育之形 Men in Sports + Form / SML.20130303.7D.25690
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #體育 #Sports #男 #Men #SMLMen #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #跑 #Run #Running #跑道 #Track
An infinity figure 8 accented with lines and circular spheres. It looks like the top of a gift wrap to me, but when I first saw it I thought of the highway in China.
Haluk Akakçe (born 1970 in Turkey) is a contemporary artist living and working in New York and Istanbul whose work explores the intersections between society and technology through video animations, wall paintings and sound installations.
His other work which integrates technology is more interesting. Though as an expression of forms this is worth a look.
Haluk Akakçe
Untitled
2013
Acrylic on wooden panel and mirror plexi
230 x 170 x 13 cm
# Haluk Akakçe (b. 1970 Ankara)
+ 1970: Born in Ankara
+ 1993: BFA, Bilkent University, Andara, Turkey
+ 1996: MA Erasmus, Royal College of Art, London, UK
+ 1997: MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haluk_Akakçe
# Galerist
Mesrutiyet Cad. No. 67/1 Beyoglu
34430 Istanbul
Turkey
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T17:44:42+0800
+ Dimensions: 5382 x 3588
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 29 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.14127
+ 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 Haluk Akakçe (b. 1970 Ankara, Turkey): Untitled, 2013 (Acrylic on wooden panel and mirror plexiglass) / Galerist / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14127
/ #ABHK #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #HalukAkakçe #HalukAkakce #Gallerist #sculpture #installation #mixedmedia #Turkey #abstract #forms
A surfer walks down the beach holding a water bottle and a pair of flip flops.
Photographed at Manly Beach with the Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM.
Surfer / Manly Beach, Sydney, Australia / SML.20140317.7D.51926.P1.S1.BW
# LIU Chun Ki
Dasein
lck_25@yahoo.com.hk
+852 5132 7223
# Sponsors
+ Hale Textile Ltd.
+ Novetex Textiles Limited
+ Winning Textile Co. Ltd
+ Long Tai Hong (Holding) Limited
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
LIU Chun Ki: Dasein: Collection / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.16975
/ #PolyUFashionShow2013 #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLMen #Crazyisgood
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #理工大學 #PolyU #fashion #design #people #LIUChunKi #Dasein #womens #women #models
Teenagers playing a game of basketball until the wee hours in Hong Kong.
The basketball courts in New York always appeared somewhat rundown for my taste. Here in Hong Kong the sports facilities are fairly well run and maintained. They have opening hours. The gates are locked after closing. People sign up for use of facilities in person or online (I believe). Typical fees are around HK$20 (~US$2.50) per hour.
Also here you see the interesting urban planning by the Hong Kong Government. They would pack high-rise residential areas really dense and then plant a giant park in the middle. It is a lot like how you would do it SimCity. A bit fun.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-16 22:59:06 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 2995 x 4493
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/2.0
+ Focal Length: 22 mm
+ ISO: 1000
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM
+ GPS: 22°25'11" N 114°13'40" E
+ 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
+ Serial: SML.20130216.EOSM.02219
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
“夜間籃球 Nighttime Basketball” / 馬鞍山遊樂場 Ma On Shan Recreation Ground / SML.20130216.EOSM.02219
/ #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #籃球 #Basketball #人 #people #男 #Men #運動 #Sports #綠 #Green #夜 #Night #攝影 #摄影 #photography
The architectural facade of the public housing developments at (恆安邨 Heng On Estate) were painted in 紫色 purple and 綠色 green. These color choices seem completely random at first, but when the 洋紫荊 Bauhinia blakeana bloom from early November to the end of March, it made a lot of sense.
These orchid trees, also known as 香港蘭 Hong Kong Orchid Trees, could be seen were planted in rows near the entrance to the 恆安 Heng On MTR station in 馬鞍山 Ma On Shan.
洋紫荊 Bauhinia blakeana is an orchid tree of the genus Bauhinia with large thick leaves and striking purplish red flowers (豆科蘇木亞科羊蹄甲屬有花植物). Although now cultivated in many areas, it originated in Hong Kong in 1880 and apparently all of the cultivated trees derive from one cultivated at the Hong Kong Botanic Gardens and widely planted in Hong Kong starting in 1914.
In 1965, it was officially adopted as the floral emblem of Hong Kong (香港法定代表花卉 aka 香港市花) by the Urban Council. Since 1997 the flower appears on Hong Kong's coat of arm, its flag and its coins.
# SML References
1. Wikipedia: EN: Bauhinia blakeana: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhinia_blakeana
2. Wikipedia: ZH-HK: 洋紫荊: zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/洋紫荊
# SML Workflow
+ Photographed with iPad 3 using the 360pano app.
+ Uploaded to server as interactive pano: 360.io/YUmbrr
+ Downloaded from server as stereographic pano: 360.io/YUmbrr/s
+ Imported into Lightroom 4 for metadata tagging.
+ Processed in Photoshop CS6’s Lab color mode in 16-bit ProRGB color space.
+ Minor adjustments in Lightroom 4.
+ Exported as 8-bit sRGB image.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-01-26
+ Dimensions: 2048 x 2048
+ Camera: Apple iPad 3
+ GPS: 22°25'3" N 114°13'35" E
錦鞍苑C座樓，恆錦街，
+ 綠色 Green 建築 建筑 architecture: 錦鞍苑C座寶鞍閣 Kam On Court Block C Po On House
+ 紫色 Purple 建築 建筑 architecture: 恆安邨恆日樓 Heng On Estate Heng Yat House
+ 紫色 Purple 學校 school: 青年會書院 Chinese YMCA College
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“紫荊綠葉小星球 Little Planet w/ purple orchids and green leaves”
/ 香港公共屋邨全景之形 Hong Kong Public Housing Panoramic Forms
/ SML.20130126.360pano.YUmbrr.stereographic.SQ.P1
/ #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #SMLPano #SML360pano
/ #形 #Forms #建築 #建筑 #architecture #全景 #pano #攝影 #摄影 #photography
/ #洋紫荊 #BauhiniaBlakeana #荊 #Orchids #樹 #trees #花 #flowers #人 #people #自然 #nature #街 #street
/ #色 #Color #綠 #Green #紫 #Purple #學校 #school #錦鞍苑 #KamOnCourt #恆安邨 #HengOnEstate #恆日樓 #HengYatHouse
/ #中國 #中国 #China CN #香港 #HongKong #HK #HKG #公共 #public #屋邨 #housing #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan
Windsurfing (滑浪風帆) is an important sport in Hong Kong—mainly because the only athlete to ever win an Olympic medal representing Hong Kong is a woman named 李麗珊 [1] Lee Lai-Shan [2].
Last year some friends from Sydney asked if I ever see people surf at the harbor outside my window, and I said probably not. And as usual, I stand corrected. I spotted four this afternoon. Super sweet.
Nice minimalistic geometric forms cast against the very complex forms of the waves. I especially like the impressionistic reflection on the water. I think that I will likely process this into a black and white in the future because it is screaming for it.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-23 14:55:51 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/9.0
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 160
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'19" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Serial: SML.20130223.7D.24672.P1.L1
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 形 Forms, 寧 Serenity
# Notes
1. 李麗珊，BBS，MBE，MH（1970年9月5日－），暱稱珊珊[1]，生於香港，為長洲原居民，香港著名滑浪風帆運動員[2]。她為香港取得歷史性首面奧運會獎牌兼首面金牌（滑浪風帆），因而被香港傳媒冠以「風之后」的美譽。 zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/李麗珊
2. Lee Lai-shan MBE BBS (Chinese: 李麗珊) (born in Cheung Chau, Hong Kong, 5 September 1970) is a former world champion and Olympic gold medal-winning professional windsurfer from Hong Kong. She is the only athlete to win an Olympic medal representing Hong Kong, not as part of China. Since 1997, Hong Kong has been stipulated to append the word "China" after its name in all Olympic events. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Lai_Shan
“滑浪風帆 Windsurfing” / 香港體育之形 Hong Kong Sports Forms / SML.20130223.7D.24672.P1.L1
/ #體育 #Sports #形 #Forms #SMLForms #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #自然 #Nature #滑浪風帆 #Windsurfing #水 #water
Located on the shore of Tolo Harbour northwest of Ma On Shan in the New Territories in Hong Kong, there lies a place called Wu Kai Sha (Chinese: 烏溪沙) which is familiar to many locals. It is famous for a campsite—the Wu Kai Sha Youth Village of YMCA, which is often used by Christians in Hong Kong as a place for retreat. Shown here is the beach which lies directly adjacent to the campsite, which is located at the end of the Ma On Shan Promenade.
Because the ND filters I have add such a strange vignette, I also shot some photos at the beach without it. Here the vignette is natural to the 17-40, and I really want to find some graduated ND filter soon in Hong Kong but I do not know where to get them near by. Simply put there is no equivalent of B&H in this part of the world.
# SML Translate: 藍天靜水岸邊沙
+ 藍: blue.
+ 天: sky.
+ 靜: quiet.
+ 水: water.
+ 岸: shore.
+ 邊: side.
+ 沙: sand.
+ 藍天靜水岸邊沙: the sands by the shore under the blue sky and tranquil waters.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-06-16T15:04:16+0800
+ Dimensions: 5190 x 3460
+ Exposure: 1/1000 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'40" N 114°14'2" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山烏溪沙 Wu Kai Sha, Ma On Sham, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130416.6D.00697
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“藍天靜水岸邊沙” / 香港烏溪沙之寧 Hong Kong Wu Kai Sha Serenity / SML.20130416.6D.00697
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #烏溪沙 #WuKaiSha #自然 #Nature #山水 #Landscape #Seascape #Beach #Shore #Sea #Pier
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8538184863/sizes/o/ (full res 17721 x 3402)
I took my tripod down to the Ma On Shan Promenade today to do a 360 degree pano. I don’t yet have a pano head so the tiling closest to the lens cannot really be tiled correctly. But here again you see why this place is magical.
On the left hand side you see the Tolo Harbour, with Science Park to the left. And on the right, first in the middle is the Horizon Hotel, followed by some private development properties, the mountain seen nested between all the buildings is Ma On Shan, and to the far right is public housing development—different pricing, same view.
Also pictured in the middle are some crazy Hong Kong people using the fences to hang dry clothes in public. Seriously WTF. So you see what I posted earlier in my stream is not a singular example!
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-08T13:49:40 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 17721 x 3402
+ Exposure: 1/640 - 1/2000 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ Panorama FOV: 360 degree horizontal, 62.8 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Cylindrical
+ GPS: 22°25'31" N 114°13'34" E
+ Altitude: -10.4 m
+ Location: 中國香港新界馬鞍山海濱長廊 中国香港新界马鞍山海滨长廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130308.7D.27330-SML.20130308.7D.27356-Pano.Cylindrical.360x62.8
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography, 寧 Serenity
“馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan Promenade” / 香港360度全景之寧 Hong Kong 360-degree Serenity Panorama / SML.20130308.7D.27330-SML.20130308.7D.27356-Pano.Cylindrical.360x62.8
/ #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 #城市 #Urban #街 #Street
What continues to amaze me about Chinese landscape is that they really look like Chinese paintings. I used to think that the Chinese paintings look the way they do because it‘s a stylistic interpretation. It turns out that I was wrong—they really do look like that.
中國山東省泰安市泰山
中国山东省泰安市泰山
Taishan Mountain, Tai'an City, Shandong Province, China
Most of my friends who work in finance work in this building or the IFC next door—whereas I usually come here to dine in many of the restaurants downstairs.
The Exchange Square (Chinese: 交易廣場) is a building complex located in Central, Hong Kong. It houses offices and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange [1].
It is also one of my favorite architectures in Hong Kong—featuring a beautiful striped facade accented by curves and lines.
Unlike IFC (also pictured: the skyscraper going upwards to the clouds to the left) which besides being super tall but otherwise have rather dull character, this cluster of buildings designed by Palmer & Turner and completed in 1985 (Phase 1 + 2) 1988 (Phase 3) is a feast to look at. Like many of the architectures in Central, its entrance is located not on the ground floor but the pedestrian footbridge level.
On the fourth floor is 翠玉軒 The Square, one of my favorite Chinese restaurants in Hong Kong. I was told that the view up there is spectacular also—but I am not a banker so I won’t know for sure. But one of these days I will try to make it up there to see what the fuss is all about. Stay tuned…
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-26T18:04:04.85+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/50 sec at f/2.8
+ Focal Length: 28 mm
+ ISO: 500
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ GPS: 22°17'1" N 114°9'29" E
+ Altitude: 150 m (I am beginning to think that the altitude reading on the Canon GP-E2 cannot really be trusted)
+ Serial: SML.20130326.7D.36611.BW
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, 黑白 Black and White
# Notes
1. Wikipedia: Exchange Square (Hong Kong): EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_Square_(Hong_Kong)
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“交易廣場 Exchange Square” / 香港中環金融建築之形 Hong Kong Central Financial Architecture Forms / SML.20130326.7D.36611.BW
/ #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #形 #Forms #SMLForms #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #中環 #Central #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #金融 #Finance
More photographs shot for personal stock use. The annoying bits is that whoever designed this area decided that it is great to plant some weird plants right outside, so it looks like that it has pubes or something…
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-21 14:32:36 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5143 x 3429
+ Exposure: 1/1000 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'11" N 114°13'37" 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.20130221.7D.24070.P1.L1
+ Series: 形 Forms, 體育 Sports
“籃球架 Basketball Hoop” / 體育之形 Sports Forms / SML.20130221.7D.24070.P1.L1
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #體育 #Sports #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #籃球 #Basketball #架 #Hoop
Situated adjacent to The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Water Sports Centre (Chinese: 香港中文大學水上運動中心), there is a ferry pier which provides regular ferry service to remote areas including Tap Mun and Ping Chau in the northeast New Territories [1, 2].
Pictured is a 15-second long exposure of the pier at night shot across the harbour from Ma On Shan. As with most super telephoto photos, I was quite surprised to see the details. For example, there is no way for me to see that someone is on the pier from so far away, and yet there he is, sitting by the pier. He appears to be fishing while a woman look on on the side.
Photographed with the 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L + 1.4x Extender, which effectively created a 560mm f/8L lens. With the exception of the Canon EOS 1D lineup, none of the other cameras can auto-focus at this size so it is manual focus. This also means that it is probably not going to be possible for me to use this combo for sports photography.
# Notes
1. Wikipedia: EN: Ma Liu Shui: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Liu_Shui
2. Wikipedia: ZH: 馬料水: zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/馬料水
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-18T00:43:11+0800
+ Dimensions: 5341 x 3560
+ Exposure: 15.0 sec at f/10
+ Focal Length: 560 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 Remote, Manfrotto tripod
+ GPS: 22°25'22" N 114°13'8" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港馬料水渡輪碼頭 Ma Liu Shui Ferry Pier, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130418.6D.00932
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 長時間曝光 Long Exposure
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“馬料水渡輪碼頭 Ma Liu Shui Ferry Pier” / 香港夜之寧 Hong Kong Night Serenity (15-sec LE) / SML.20130418.6D.00932
/ #寧 #serenity #SMLSerenity #LongExposure #LE #SMLLE #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #Landscape #夜 #Night #城市 #Urban #碼頭 #Pier
Someone on Flickr commented that an earlier shot of the plane + Aqua Luna Junk would look far better if I crop out the wing bits [1]. But of course they have no way in knowing that I in fact already have a shot which is even better.
For each capture that I make, I make a quick decision at the moment of capture on what it is that I wish to say. For the previous shot, it was about the wings of the plane vs the wing form of the HKCEC, so the contrast of forms is there.
For this shot, it is about the contrast of forms: the straight red sails of the boat vs the curves of the planes accented with reds.
To achieve maximum resolution which I seek, I try to assert an editorial eye at the moment of capture at different zoom length rather to resort to cropping after the fact.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-18T17:37:32+0800
+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/7.1
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 2000
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°17'41" N 114°10'1" E
+ Location: 中國香港九龍尖沙咀海港城 Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
+ Subject: USMC AV-8B Harrier, USS Peleliu (LHA-5), United States Navy + Aqua Luna Junk
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130418.6D.01581
+ Series: Photojournalism, 形 Forms
# Notes
1. “Aqua Luna Junk + USMC AV-8B Harrier” / USS Peleliu (LHA-5) in Hong Kong / SML.20130418.6D.01570: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8664252713/
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“紅與紅形之別 Contrast of Forms: Red vs Red” / Aqua Luna Junk vs USMC AV-8B Harrier / USS Peleliu (LHA-5) in Hong Kong / SML.20130418.6D.01698
/ #Photojournalism #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #USS #Peleliu #LHA5 #USMC #planes #AquaLuna #紅 #Red #ships
丁乙 Ding Yi, born 丁荣 in 1962 in Shanghai, is an artist in China most well known for his “Appearance of Crosses” 十示 abstract paintings.
Together with his contemporaries 徐红明 Xu Hongming (b. 1971), 李华生 Li Huasheng (b. 1944) and 余友涵 Yu Youhan (b.1943), these abstract works from China [1] is known as “中國極多主義 (中国极多主义) Chinese Maximalism”, a term coined by 高名潞 GAO Minglu where the intention for abstraction in China differs that from the west [2].
Aside from painting, Ding Yi is also the first Chinese artist to collaborate with French luxury fashion label Hermès and has his own line of silk scarves in the “Hermès Editeur” collection [3].
Ding Yi 丁乙
Appearance of Crosses 十示 2012-4
2012
Acrylic on canvas
120 x 140 cm / 47 1/4 x 55 in
# 丁乙 Ding Yi
b. 1962 Shanghai, China
# Galerie Karsten Greve AG St. Moritz
Drususgasse 1-5
50667 Cologne
Germany
5, rue Debelleyme
75003 Paris
France
Via Maistra 4
7500 St. Moritz
Switzerland
www.galerie-karsten-greve.com/
# Notes
1. www.wikipaintings.org/en/ding-yi
2. www.aaa.org.hk/Collection/Details/5165
3. editeur-en.hermes.com/hermes-editeur.html
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T15:57:38+0800
+ Dimensions: 3173 x 2701
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 27 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.13852
+ 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 丁乙 Ding Yi (b. 1962 China): 十示 Appearance of Crosses 2012-4, 2012 (Acrylic on canvas)” / Galerie Karsten Greve AG St. Moritz / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13852
/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #丁乙 #DingYi #GalerieKarstenGreve #acrylic #painting #abstract #maximilism
The simplest thing are most beautiful. This is the reflection of the sunset at 城門河 Shing Mun River, a river in Shatin, Hong Kong.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shing_Mun_River
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-06 17:46:55 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3210 x 4891
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 125
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°22'46" N 114°11'28" E
+ Location: 中國香港新界沙田城門河 中国香港新界沙田城门河 Shing Mun River, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130306.7D.27064
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
“日落金輝 Golden Sunset” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130306.7D.27064
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #日落 #Sunset #水 #Water
This is a close up of what those plants planted around the basketball courts look like. It is a form a palm trees, with a purple “neck”—it is a bit bizarre. It is actually kind of beautiful at this distant, but it is still blocking my view of the basketball hoops….
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-22 16:48:45 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 5184
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 246 mm
+ ISO: 640
+ 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°13'38" 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.20130222.7D.24255
+ Series: 自然 Nature, 形 Forms
“\\\V///” / 自然之形 Nature Forms / SML.20130222.7D.24255
/ #自然 #Nature #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #攝影 #摄影 #photography #植物 #Plants #樹 #树 #trees
Rainbow Teddy (RT) went to Toysrus today to look for Bert + Ernie but he could not find them. Instead, he found Stitch, which SML originally discovered on @Ortelpa’s Instagram feed [1]. The weird thing is, it is in blue, and SML thought that Stitch is in pink.
Stitch: We come in all different sizes and colors. What you saw on Ortelpa’s Instagram is my cousin.
SML: Oh I see.
Stitch: But let me talk to you later, for now I want to play with RT’s toy.
SML: But it was my…
RT: This EOS M is mine—just because I let you borrow my tiny camera does not mean that it is yours, SML. (to Stitch) so where were we, right? You see? This cam is made for our fluffy hands. It is sweet, is it now?
Stitch: Totally! Totally! I am so glad that you found me at Toysrus today. I was bored to tears in there. There is nothing to play with over there—except creepy people hugging and throwing me back to the shelf. Life is awesome here with you, RT.
RT: I am so glad that I found you also—my new BFF: Best Friend Forever!
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-27T16:30:39.00+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/80 sec at f/2.8
+ Focal Length: 50 mm
+ ISO: 160
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'25" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Serial: SML.20130327.7D.37009
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 彩熊 Rainbow Teddy, Toy Story
# Notes
1. instagram.com/p/W3zlR_zTJW/
“Rainbow Teddy shows BFF Stitch how to use the Canon EOS M” / Rainbow Teddy / SML.20130327.7D.37009
/ #彩熊 #RainbowTeddy #Stitch #ToyStory #Crazyisgood #CCBY #LifeCelebratesDiversity #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Canon #EOSM #CanonEOSM #gay #bear #Teddy #LOL #WTF #friends #BFF #geekporn #Manfrotto
Seriously. I don’t really understand why people in Hong Kong do that. In case you have no idea wtf is going on here, socks are attached to the clothes hanger and being hung dry on the street. And we are not talking about hidden alleys shielded from the street. This is hung right at the entrance to the Heng On MTR station. And they don’t come in numbers. Just two pairs. In the middle of no where.
Crazy good or not? You decide.
# SML Translate: 街邊晾衫
+ 街: street.
+ 邊: peripheral, at the edge.
+ 晾: hang dry.
+ 衫: clothes.
# SML Workflow
Photographed handheld with Canon 7D + EF 70-200 f/4L + EF 1.4x. Processed in Lightroom 4.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-08 10:38:43 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 2600
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'8" N 114°13'34" E
+ Location: On the street between the backdoor gate from Vista Paradiso going into Heng On MtR Station in Ma On Shan, Hong Kong China.
中國香港馬鞍山聽濤雅苑後門和恆安地鐵站之間的街上。
中国香港马鞍山听涛雅苑后门和恒安地铁站之间的街上。
+ Serial: SML.20130208.7D.21356
+ Series: Crazyisgood
“街邊晾衫” / HK WTF Crazy good or not / SML.20130208.7D.21356
/ #只在香港 #OnlyInHK #CCBY #SMLPublicMedia #SMLPhotography #Crazyisgood #SMLProjects
/ #香港 #HongKong #中國 #中国 #China #街 #street #攝影 #摄影 #photography #襪 #袜 #socks #humans #WTF #LOL #crazy
A sailor in “crackerjack” white uniform salutes to crew members boarding the ship while another enlisted sailor chats with another sailor named Callen in “Navy Working Uniform”—a camouflage which is digitally printed in multiple colors. According to Wikipedia, this should be the Navy Type III MARPAT [1].
The Crackerjacks—so nicknamed because of the Navy-uniformed figure that adorns the Cracker Jack snack box—are my all-time favorite uniforms worn by military units. Most probably because they feature bell-bottom cuts—a cut of pants which is closed to impossible for me to buy anywhere and I used to custom tailor them for myself—as many of my friends in New York knows.
It is for this same reason why I love the clothes designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier [2], a fashion designer based in France who has had a long history of designing outfits which bears many naval uniform influences.
# Notes
1. Wikipedia: EN: Uniforms of the United States Navy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Navy
2. Wikipedia: EN: Jean-Paul Gaultier: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Paul_Gaultier
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-18T17:41:37+0800
+ Dimensions: 3364 x 5046
+ Exposure: 1/100 sec at f/7.1
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 12800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°17'41" N 114°10'0" E
+ Location: 中國香港九龍尖沙咀海港城 Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
+ Subject: US Navy personnels, USS Peleliu (LHA-5), United States Navy
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130418.6D.01639
+ Series: Photojournalism, 男 Men
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“美國海軍制服 US Navy Uniforms” / USS Peleliu (LHA-5) in Hong Kong / SML.20130418.6D.01639
/ #Photojournalism #男 #Men #SMLMen #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #USS #Peleliu #LHA5 #military #US #Navy #people #salute #camouflage
The best time to photograph the basketball courts appear to be at night—because the urban landscape disappears and all you see it the court.
This is a handheld captured stitched using 17 RAW captures. Again, the seams are not perfect, but trust that I will go back with a tripod one of these days.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-17 22:25:15
+ Dimensions: 10631 x 3283
+ Exposure: 1/25 - 1/30 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 500 - 640
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ Panorama FOV: 236 degree horizontal, 77.5 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Cylindrical
+ GPS: 22°25'12" N 114°13'39" E
+ Altitude: 18.0 m
+ 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: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130317.7D.35632-SML.20130317.7D.35648-Pano.Cylindrical.236x77.5
+ Series: 形 Forms, 體育 Sports, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
“\θ/ 狗臉籃球場 Dog-faced basketball court” / 香港體育建築全景之形 Hong Kong Sports Architecture Panoramic Forms /
SML.20130317.7D.35632-SML.20130317.7D.35648-Pano.Cylindrical.236x77.5
/ #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #形 #Forms #SMLForms #體育 #体育 #Sports #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #夜 #Night #籃球 Basketball
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8567192333/
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8567192333/sizes/o/ (10631 x 3283)
What is often rather unclear when photographing in near total darkness is the white point to develop in.
But since most image sensors are configured with 2G 1R and 1B, yellow (R+G) and green (G+G) are pretty good to work with. Here processed using green as layer. It could work just as well in black and white but I prefer the intensity of the warmth from the yellow glow so I pick it slightly towards lime.
Image sensors’ typical config: (where BG/GR together makes one single pixel)
BG BG BG
GR GR GR
This is why blue and reds are normally noisy but the greens in hardware is actually twice as much resolution. At least this is how I see it.
Photographed with Canon EOS M + Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM mounted on tripod; manual focus + manual exposure.
# SML Data
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
+ Date: 2013-01-23 20:32:10 GMT+0800
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L
+ Exposure: 15.0 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 40 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Dimensions: 3440 x 5160
+ GPS: 22°24'58" N 114°12'49" E
+ Serial: SML.20130123.EOSM.01585.P1
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“綠之寧 Green Serenity” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130123.EOSM.01585.P1
Two runners run side by side at the “You Can Shine 馬拉松新丁育成訓練計劃,” a weekly meetup intended for new comers to get familiarise with marathon runs (aka 長跑 long run in Chinese). It takes place every Thursday at the Ma On Shan Sports Ground at 7pm [1]. A lot of these runners wear shirts with 香港長跑網 longrun.hk logos, a community online for people who enjoy marathons [2].
Taken with the 6D + 100-400 at 12800 ISO — my new walk around setup at night. Processed as BW because grains are more forgiving then color noise for some reasons…
# Notes
1. Facebook: You Can Shine 馬拉松新丁育成訓練計劃: www.facebook.com/YouCanShineMaLaSongXinDingYuChengXunLian...
2. 香港長跑網: www.longrun.hk/
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-02T20:30:45+0800
+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648
+ Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 12800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°25'15" N 114°13'38" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆康街1號馬鞍山運動場 中国香港马鞍山恒康街1号马鞍山运动场 Ma On Shan Sports Ground, 1 Hang Hong Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130502.6D.03782.BW
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“長跑 Long Run (Marathon)” / 香港體育 Hong Kong Sports / SML.20130502.6D.03782.BW
/ #體育 #Sports #男 #Men #SMLMen #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #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 #長跑 #Marathon
In Renaissance oil paintings there were often these magical cloudscape which seems out of this world, and yet nature presented itself as such outside my window yesterday. Stunning and majestic.
8 captures with the 6D + 24-70 handheld.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-08-27T18:41:29+0800
+ Dimensions: 8644 x 3897
+ Exposure: 1/80 sec at f/11
+ Focal Length: 70 mm
+ ISO: 320
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM
+ Panorama FOV: 58 degree horizontal, 38 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Spherical
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'25" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Workflow: Autopango Giga 3, Lightroom 5
+ Serial: SML.20130827.6D.26923-SML.20130827.6D.26930-Pano.i8.58x38
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
黃昏雲霞 Sunset Cloudscape / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130827.6D.26923-SML.20130827.6D.26930-Pano.i8.58x38
/ #寧 #Serenity #全景 #Pano #Panorama #SMLPano #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #nature #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #clouds #cloudscape #sunset
This is a time lapse with 1-minute intervals which spans a 24-hour period of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (香港中文大學 CUHK) from the vantage point of SML Universe HKG. A total of 1427 frames full res RAW files were captured to make this 1 minute long video. You can see that objects on water really do move quite a bit, and there are always some bizarre patterns on the water surface. It really is quite incredible.
I photographed this using fullres RAW because I intended to get enough footage for a 4K cinema release years from now. But HDD storage space is starting to become an issue, so I might shoot in fullres JPEG in the future because exporting all these RAW files for JPEG stills was somewhat time consuing as well.
Soundtrack is my own rendition of Bach Counter Fugue No.1 scored with Organ + Harpsichord.
+ Date: 2013-03-12 18:14:01 to 2013-03-13 18:00:01 (1-minute intervals) GMT+0800
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM
+ Video: H264 MP4, 1920x1080 (1080p), 24fps, Progressive
+ Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
+ Length: 59 sec
+ Color: Color
+ Location: SML Universe Limited, Hong Kong, China
+ Subject: 香港中文大學 Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) + 吐露港 Tolo Harbour
+ Photographer: See-ming Lee 李思明, SML Photography
+ Soundtrack: SML Music: Bach Counter Fugue No.1
+ Media Production: SML Universe
+ License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CCBY)
+ Copyright: 2013 See-ming Lee 李思明, SML Universe Limited
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 延時攝影 Time Lapse Photography
+ Serial: SML.20130312.7D.31822-SML.20130313.7D.33248-Timelapse.001
# SML 1080p Simulcast
+ SML Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8555883879/
+ SML Vimeo: vimeo.com/61783380
+ SML Universe YouTube: youtu.be/IwfJcfk6cTM
“中文大學一天變 CUHK in a day” / 寧 Serenity 延時攝影 Time Lapse Photography / SML.20130312.7D.31822-SML.20130313.7D.33248-Timelapse.001
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #延時 #TimeLapse #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLMusic #SMLVideography #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #城市 #Urban #中文大學 #CUHK #大學 #University
Situated around the parks are multitudes of these bird observation decks, which are essentially wooden huts fitted with telescopes and openings for photographers to fit their lenses and cameras. Spotted in the packs are 1Ds and 400mm f/2.8’s. These people mean serious business here.
Emperor’s path to the Hall of Supreme Harmony with black and white edits to accentuate the dragon marble carvings.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM at Forbidden City, Beijing, China.
太和殿 Hall of Supreme Harmony / 中國北京紫禁城 Forbidden City, Beijing, China / SML.20140430.6D.31410.P1.BW
The night was calm and quiet, until I heard music which sounded like ice cream trucks coming and going everywhere. At first I thought that it was weird — why would they come at this hour? Apparently, those were garbage trucks! In Taiwan, they are equipped with speakers that play music to alert citizens to take out their trash. It was truly bizarre.
I had no tripod with me so I shot this two-image “pano” handheld at ISO 8000.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L. Processed in Lightroom 5 + Photoshop CC 2014 + Autopano Giga 3.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamsui_District
淡水夜全景 Tamsui Panorama at Night / 台灣台北 Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140212.6D.30717-SML.20140212.6D.30718-Pano.i2.C.L.P1.BW
/ #台灣 #臺灣 #Taiwan #台北 #Taipei #SMLTravel #旅遊 #旅游 #Travel #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #淡水 #Tamsui #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #Pano #SMLPano
As we walked by the shore, small boats carrying lumps of fallen branches sail by. Workers were lifting the fallen branches as well as trash from the lake. The hard work of these workers has certainly paid off. The water of the Houhai Lake is as pristine as it could possibly be.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM.
潔湖工人 Lake cleaning crew / 中國北京後海 Houhai Lake, Beijing, China / SML.20140503.6D.31957.P2.BW
Although I do not know the intention of the artist, it appears to be a conversation between video game characters. Good for nerds?
Sadamasa Motonaga (元永定正; Motonaga Sadamasa) is an artist Japanese born in 1922 in Mie Prefecture (三重県 Mie-ken). He is a founding member of the avant-garde movement 具体 Gutai.
The Gutai group (具体； means "Embodiment") is the first radical, post-war group in Japan. It was founded in Osaka, Japan, 1954, in response to the reactionary artistic context of the time.
元永定正 Sadamasa Motonaga
White Circle with Cross Stripes
2004
Acrylic on canvas
51 3/16 x 35 13/16 inches
130 x 91 cm
# 元永定正 Sadamasa Motonaga
1922-2011
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadamasa_Motonaga
mccaffreyfineart.com/artists/sadamasa-motonaga/
# McCaffrey Fine Art
23 East 67th Street
New York, NY 10065
USA
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:06:12+0800
+ Dimensions: 2819 x 3820
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 40 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.13881
+ 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 元永定正 Sadamasa Motonaga (1922-2011 Japan): White Circle with Cross Stripes, 2004 (Acrylic on canvas)” / McCaffrey Fine Art / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13881
/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #元永定正 #SadamasaMotonaga #McCaffreyFineArt #painting #acrylic #具体 #Gutai
More aerial goodness from way high up using a telephoto lens, mostly thanks to the awesome combination of the 70-200 f/4L + 1.4x Extender. If I buy the 70-200 f/2.8L then I will consider getting the 2x Extender but the 70-200 f/2.8L is a bit pricey for me right now—not to mention how heavy it is to go anywhere. If it is too heavy for me than it is unlikely that I would use it so although it is a nice to have, it is certainly not on my to buy list.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-07 12:03:01 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3338 x 5006
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'27" 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
+ Serial: SML.20130207.7D.21313.P1
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 形 Forms, 人流 Human Logistics
“有輪可遊 Have Wheels, Can Travel” / 人流之形 Human Logistics Forms / SML.20130207.7D.21313.P1
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #形 #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #人 #people #街 #Street #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography
I enjoy works which have multiple levels of reading — the macro view vs the micro views. For these kinds of captures, however, I have wished that I would have the tools which have a high enough resolution (detail) for both views to register.
From afar (or if you view the photo as a thumbnail), you should see some very abstract lines. There are horizontal lines running from top to bottom, large strokes which are left behind by ships. From left to right, there are curves which is a reflection of the water current, ever so slightly.
But as you look closer, you would see that there are some tiny lines which go across the the frame. There is a tiny figure on the lower left, which is in fact a person windsurfing on the surface. There is in fact another person windsurfing at the far end of the sea also.
At the macro level, you will see the reflected sun as molten silver, which is another level of reading.
The figures in this photographs are participants of an otherwise abstract image. If the windsurfers are the focus, I would have photographed him directly with a long lens, which you can in an earlier capture shot at 400mm [1].
Life action shots cannot really be tiled easily, so as much as I would have loved to shoot the whole image with a 400mm, it could not possibly register as a single continuous image. Maybe if I have an array of 400mm + cameras? Or maybe a large format can do. 20 years later when I have that budget, perhaps. For now, just this bit.
# Notes
1. 滑浪風帆 Windsurfing / 香港水上運動 Hong Kong Water Sports / SML.20130526.7D.42169: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/9107548809/
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-26T16:29:26+0800
+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648
+ Exposure: 1/800 sec at f/9.0
+ Focal Length: 70 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'33" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Workflow: Lightroom 5, Photoshop CC
+ Serial: SML.20130526.6D.15016.P1.BW
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature, 抽象 Abstract, 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
水 Water / 自然抽象之形 Nature Abstract Forms / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130526.6D.15016.P1.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #抽象 #Abstract #形 #Forms #SMLForms #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #Seascape #windsurfing #sports
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/9709341714/
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/9709341714/sizes/o/ (5472 x 3648)
# 錢騁新 CHIN Chun-San, Francesca
Time Sculptor
francesca_chin@hotmail.com
+852 6220 5377
# Sponsors
+ Fenix Group Ltd.
+ UPW
+ Winning Textile Co., Ltd
+ Long Tai Hong (Holding) Limited
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
錢騁新 CHIN Chun-San, Francesca: Time Sculptor: Look 2 / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.17069
/ #PolyUFashionShow2013 #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #Crazyisgood
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #理工大學 #PolyU #fashion #design #people #錢騁新 #ChinChunSan #FrancescaChin #TimeSculptor #WTF #models #womens #women
The boys (and some girls) are out for dragon boat practice this afternoon. These athletes appear to be in significantly better shape then the other university teams I have been spotting, so I looked them up.
Turns out that 貴良龍 is the the part of the official dragon boat team of the Hong Kong Police Force, and its team members come from all ranks and departments, though most of them are part of the Hong Kong Marine Region.
The name 貴良龍, as with the rest of the six dragon boats which make up of the team, is named after retired police commissioners.
Also of note which is dissimilar to the other teams I have seen so far is the fact that they wear gloves to sail, as I gathered they must thrust quite vigorously.
I can’t wait til the festival starts this year, which should be fairly soon in June. I was told that I should be able to see the contest outside my window. Stay tuned.
# References
1. 香港警察龍舟會（英文：Hong Kong Police Dragon Boat Club）於2002年成立，是香港警務處的官方龍舟隊伍，是香港龍舟協會的屬會成員。香港警察龍舟會的成員來自各個香港警察部門及職級，當中又以水警總區人員為主。香港警察龍舟會主席為警務處高級助理處長卓振賢博士，副主席為女性警司邱倩雯。
除了於端午節當日或者前後所舉辦的比賽，香港警察龍舟會亦會派遣隊伍於香港、中國大陸及海外參與。
至2012年，香港警察龍舟會總共有6艘龍舟，可以供予會員練習之用。6艘龍舟各有功能，同時各有名字；當中4艘（學林龍、貴良龍、慕絲龍及綺蘿龍，全部為退休警官名稱）屬於小型，兩艘（五周年紀念龍和富利龍）屬於中型。
zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/香港警察龍舟會
2. The Hong Kong Police Force (香港警務處, HKPF; HKP), also known as the Hong Kong Police, is the largest disciplined service under the Security Bureau of Hong Kong. It is the world's second, and Asia's first, police agency to operate with a modern policing system. It was formed on 1 May 1844, with a strength of 32 officers. Queen Elizabeth II granted the Royal Charter to the Hong Kong Police Force in 1969 for their handling of the Hong Kong 1967 riots—renaming them: the Royal Hong Kong Police Force. Following the transfer of sovereignty, the Force is once again named the Hong Kong Police Force. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Police_Force
3. 香港警務處（副名香港警察；英文：Hong Kong Police Force，縮寫：HKPF，英文副名：Hong Kong Police，副名縮寫：HKP）是香港特別行政區保安局轄下編制最龐大的紀律部隊及香港特別行政區政府轄下編制最龐大的的部門，於1844年5月1日成立，為世界之次及亞洲之首個以現代警察制度運作的警察機關；於1969年，獲得英女皇賜封皇家名銜，從而成為皇家香港警務處（副名：皇家香港警察隊；英文：Royal Hong Kong Police Force，縮寫：RHKPF），為英聯邦5支獲得賜封的警察隊之一，直至1997年香港主權移交，除去皇冠封號。
香港警務處有近170年的專業經驗，規模廉潔、警察力量規模龐大、高度效率及破案率，於1960年代開始，被國際、亦被國際刑警評定為亞洲最佳警隊，為世界上最優秀及專業的警察機構之一。香港警務處是香港政府的最後可依賴力量（Agency of Last Resort），於香港境內及外全天候為香港社會服務，為香港治安及社會穩定，奠定基礎。
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-18T12:18:00+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/640 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 125
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°25'11" N 114°13'20" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港吐露港 Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130518.7D.41823
+ 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
“貴良龍” / 香港警察龍舟會 Hong Kong Police Dragon Boat Club / 香港水上體育運動 Hong Kong Water Sports / SML.20130518.7D.41823
/ #體育 #Sports #男 #Men #SMLMen #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #龍舟 #龙舟 #dragonboat #警察 #Police #海 #sea #人 #People
With a hull length of 820 ft (250 m), the USS Peleliu (LHA-5) amphibious assault ship [1] is gigantic when compared to the green and white Star Ferry [2], which is a passenger ferry service with its principal routes across Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong.
# Notes
1. Wikipedia: EN: USS Peleliu (LHA-5): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Peleliu_(LHA-5)
2. Wikipedia: EN: Star Ferry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Ferry
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-18T18:12:37+0800
+ Dimensions: 3268 x 4902
+ Exposure: 1/100 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 100 mm
+ ISO: 800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°17'41" N 114°10'3" 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) + Star Ferry at Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130418.6D.01867
+ Series: Photojournalism
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“大巫見小巫: 美國軍艦與天星小輪 Big Daddy + Mini Me: US Assault Ship vs Star Ferry” / USS Peleliu (LHA-5) in Hong Kong / SML.20130418.6D.01867
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Sometimes people asked me when I decide to process photographs in color vs black-and-white. It is easy. When things do not work as well in color, I develop them as black and white. Push as you will, but some photographs just won’t work as well in color.
This is one such example, the black and white version to follow. But here you see it is very foggy. You might say that it has a very blue cast—but it is not the cast. The natural laws of physics and the way air absorbs colors dictates that things in the far would appear bluish. The color information here is almost a distraction. But I am posting this here so you can compare after the fact.
Like I said, I am a nice guy. This is stitched together using seven 7D RAW captures mounted on a tripod at my living room window—a dangerous act with the camera exposed in the air, yes, but well worth it I think.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-20 18:25:13 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 9444 x 3350
+ Exposure: 1/60 - 1/125 sec at f/2.8
+ Focal Length: 67 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ Panorama FOV: 50 degree horizontal, 37.1 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Rectilinear
+ GPS: 23°43'27" N 111°17'43" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港八仙嶺和吐露港 Tolo Harbour + Pat Sin Leng, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130320.7D.35728-SML.20130320.7D.35734-Pano.Rectilinear.50x37.1
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature, 山水 Landscape, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
“雲內有山 山中有雲 Mountains inside clouds, Clouds inside mountains” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130320.7D.35728-SML.20130320.7D.35734-Pano.Rectilinear.50x37.1
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Girl power—Kendo (剣道 kendō) makes its mark in womenswear in this look, complete with Koi 錦鯉（ニシキゴイ）prints and mini-skirt “flap” details.
(I’m not a fashion designer, so please excuse my silly interpretation)
# LEUNG Shuk Han, Stella
Kyotokyo
shukhan0126@hotmail.com
+852 9201 5598
# Sponsors
+ Colorway Graphics Limited
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+ Long Tai Hong (Holding) Limited
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-06-26T16:09:58+0800
+ Dimensions: 3177 x 4766
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 260 mm
+ ISO: 3200
+ 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°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130626.6D.16779
+ Series: PolyU Fashion Show 2013, 新聞攝影 Photojournalism
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
LEUNG Shuk Han, Stella: Kyotokyo: Look 3 / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.16779
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When you are driving, it is hard to see the speed limits. But traffic signs in Hong Kong are often placed on the ground. They are vertically scaled to match the eyesight of the driver.
These speed limits signage are seen on 西沙路 Sai Sha Road in 馬鞍山 Ma On Shan, a road in Hong Kong, which links together from Sai Kung District to Sha Tin District in the New Territories.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sai_Sha_Road
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-03 14:12:47.16 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 5184
+ Exposure: 1/640 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'15" N 114°13'36" E
+ Altitude: 17.3 m
+ Serial: SML.20130303.7D.24958
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms
“50 / 50 / Maybe” / 人流指示之形 Human Logistics Signage Forms / SML.20130303.7D.24958
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Do artists adapt their language to suit the audience that they intended? Some apparently do. This is a large scale installation by Jaume Plensa, an Catalan Spanish artist and sculptor. Using stainless steel to string along latin alphabets to form human forms is a motif dominant in his sculpture works [1], but this might be the first instance of them in Asian characters.
Unlike latin characters which can form all kinds of different meanings just by the jumbling of a limited character set, seen here are a collages of selected scripts. Perhaps most bizarre though is that it features characters from both the Japanese Kanji to Japanese Kana, some simplified Chinese characters. I cannot read Japanese so I do not know if they say anything specific, But there are some recognisable characters, such as 時 (time), 建 (architecture), 男 (Men), 界 (world, division), 案 (document, project), 力 (strength).
Only the artist himself would know what all these mean to him, but being able to relate more succinctly to the works (which often feel alien to me because they reference cultures in another world) is very welcoming indeed.
Jaume Plensa (b. 1955)
Islands, 2012
Stainless steel and stone
Overall dimensions (as installed) 10.4 x 21 ft (3.2 x 6.4 m)
Comprised of 18 elements of varying sizes, including 3 figurative elements each approximately 41 x 34 x 20 inches (105 x 88 x 52 cm)
沙瑪•帕蘭沙 (生於 1955)
島嶼, 2012
不銹鋼及石頭
總體積 (安置後) 10.4 x 21 英尺 (3.2 x 6.4 米)
共18個不同體積之組元 包括3個比瑜性組元
每個約 41 x 34 x 20 寸 (105 x 88 x 52 厘米)
# Notes
1. Jaume Plensa: Sculptures: jaumeplensa.com/web/index.php/works-and-projects/sculptur...
# Jaume Plensa
Jaume Plensa (Spanish, b.1955) is one of the world's foremost sculptors working in the public space, with over 30 projects spanning the globe in such cities as Chicago, Dubai, London, Liverpool, Nice, Tokyo, Toronto, and Vancouver.
Over the past 25 years, the artist has produced a rich body of work in the studio and the public realm. By combining conventional sculptural materials (glass, steel, bronze, aluminum) with more unconventional media (water, light, sound, video), and frequently incorporating text, Plensa creates hybrid works of intricate energy and psychology. From his delicately textured, intimate works on paper—like his 2005-06 series of ethnographic portraits that resemble worn, 19th century photographs—to monumental outdoor sculptures like Nomade (2007) and a range of cityscape-altering public projects like the Crown Fountain in Chicago (2000-05), Plensa's work takes many forms.
Plensa's work is invested in evoking emotion and stimulating intellectual engagement. By posing conceptual dualities in his work (inside/outside, front/back, light/dark), Plensa seeks to connect with his viewers on an intuitive level. Often, the viewer participation, or the object/viewer relationship, is what completes Plensa's work.
The winner of many national and international awards, Jaume Plensa has had solo exhibitions at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, UK; Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas; Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, Spain; the Musée Picasso, Antibes, France; the Arts Club of Chicago; Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid and Galerie National du Jeu de Paume, Paris among many others. He lives and works in Barcelona
www.richardgraygallery.com/artists/jaume-plensa/
+ Jaume Plensa (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈʒawmə ˈpɫɛnsə]) (b. 1955 in Barcelona, Spain) is a Catalan Spanish artist and sculptor. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaume_Plensa
# 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
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+ Dimensions: 3648 x 5472
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 174 mm
+ ISO: 4000
+ 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.13867
+ 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 Jaume Plensa (b. 1955): Islands, 2012. (stainless steel and stone)” / Richard Gray Gallery / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13867
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Forms in space with lines and curves of the shot put circle at the Ma On Shan Sports Ground in Hong Kong.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-03 15:18:44 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 121 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°25'17" N 114°13'43" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆康街1號馬鞍山運動場 中国香港马鞍山恒康街1号马鞍山运动场 Ma On Shan Sports Ground, 1 Hang Hong Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130221.7D.23986
+ Series: 形 Forms, 體育 Sports, 界 Division
“鉛球之圓 Shot Put’s Circle” / 體育運動指示形之界 Sports Signage Forms Division / SML.20130303.7D.25336
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I dread it when people ask me what I photograph, because I don’t really photograph anything particular that is deemed interesting to normal humans.
This is Hong Chong Road (康莊道), a road next to the Cross-Harbour Tunnel (海底隧道) in Hung Hom (紅磡). Far in the background is Hotel ICON (唯港薈), which is the teaching and research hotel built for The School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM 酒店及旅遊業管理學院) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) [1].
I photograph this because I like how the lines lead the eye through the frame. This is for my 中文字形 Chinese Typographic Forms series, where I find Chinese characters in a frame after noting that the concept of 形 Forms is not readily appreciated by the Chinese audience but they can relate to Chinese characters.
# SML Translate: 央
+ noun: center, middle.
+ verb: beg. (I know, Chinese is weird like that)
# Notes
1. Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Hotel and Tourism Management: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_Hotel_and_Tourism_Management
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-25T13:59:33+0800
+ Dimensions: 3648 x 5472
+ Exposure: 1/800 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°18'10" N 114°10'48" E
+ Location: 香港理工大學 Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK PolyU)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130425.6D.02966
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms, 中文字形 Chinese Typographic Forms (ZhTypography)
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“央” / 香港理工大學與人流建築中文字形 Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK PolyU) and Human Logistics Chinese Typographic Forms (ZhTypography) / SML.20130425.6D.02966
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I am usually not a big fan of these typographic lightbulb installations. However, the installation seen here at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia works well with its environment, and establishes a bit of interaction with the bystanders.
“You imagine what you desire” is the title of the 19th Biennale of Sydney which was on view from March 21st til June 9th. I had a brief visit when they were still putting the show up and the works were quite good. I even saw some of these pieces shown there at Art Basel Hong Kong 2014 (to be posted).
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L at Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA), 140 George St, The Rocks NSW 2000, Australia.
You imagine what you desire (art installation) / Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA), Sydney, Australia / SML.20140314.6D.30836.P1
Chinese guardian lions, traditionally known in Chinese simply as Shi (獅, literally “lion”), are a common representation of the lion in pre-modern China. Statues of guardian lions have traditionally stood in front of important Chinese architectures, and were believed to have powerful mythic protective benefits.
The lions are usually depicted in pairs. When used as statuory, the pair would consist of a male resting his paw upon an embroidered ball (in imperial contexts, representing supremacy over the world) and a female restraining a playful cub that is on its back (representing nurture).
Pictured is one of the bronze guardian lions outside the Gate of Supreme Harmony (太和門), the second major gate encountered when entering the Forbidden City from the south.
Photographed at the Forbidden City in Beijing, China with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_guardian_lions
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate_of_Supreme_Harmony
太和門青銅獅 Bronze guardian lion at the Gate of Supreme Harmony / 中國北京紫禁城 Forbidden City, Beijing, China / SML.20140430.6D.31382.P1.BW