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This was photographed for someone in France who said he wanted to see Asian men playing sports. I am a nice guy, so I tried to fulfil their requests if I happen upon relevant subjects when I walk around town….
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-15 18:19:06 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/60 sec at f/8.0
+ ISO: 1600
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°18'5" N 114°10'46" E
+ Location: 中國香港紅磡理工大學 中国香港红磡理工大学 Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130315.EOSM.03453.SQ
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men,
“籃球 Basketball” / 男運動員 Men in Sports / SML.20130315.EOSM.03453.SQ
/ #體育 #Sports #男 #Men #SMLMen #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #籃球 #Basketball
Window Farms (Flickr) are vertical, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield edible window gardens built using low-impact or recycled local materials.
The Beach The Pier
Goal 1: to start a Windowfarming craze in New York City and other dense urban areas, helping people grow some of their food year-round in their apartment windows.
Goal 2: give ordinary folks a means to collaborate on research and development at our.windowfarms.org
History
In February 2009, through a residency at Eyebeam, Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray began to build and test the first Window Farms prototype. Growing food inside NY apartments is a challenge, but within reach. The foundational knowledge base is emerging through working with agricultural, architectural and other specialists, collecting sensor data, and reinterpreting hydroponics research conducted by NASA scientists and marijuana farmers. We have been researching and developing hydroponic designs that are inexpensive and made from relatively inexpensive materials. The working prototype is a drip system made from recycled water bottles, holding 25 plants. Beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, arugula, basil, lettuce and kale are thriving.
While completing the first Prototype in mid-April, we invited a dozen "Pioneers" to join us in creating Window Farms. We asked them to approach the project like a night class, devoting one night a week for two months. We showed them our prototype and presented the DIY research and development we did so far and invited them to build on our research to create their own designs. Currently, the Pioneers are designing their systems. Their innovative ideas are adding to the knowledgebase about DIY hydroponics.
Eyebeam Open Studios: Fall 2009
eyebeam.org/events/open-studios-fall-2009
Eyebeam is pleased to host Open Studios for its 2009 Senior Fellows, Resident Artists, and Student Residents at Eyebeam’s state-of-the-art design, research, and fabrication studio; showcasing video performance, wearable technologies, code and humor, party technology, and sustainablity design.
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Eyebeam is the leading not-for-profit art and technology center in the United States.
Founded in 1996 and incorporated in 1997, Eyebeam was conceived as a non-profit art and technology center dedicated to exposing broad and diverse audiences to new technologies and media arts, while simultaneously establishing and demonstrating new media as a significant genre of cultural production.
Since then, Eyebeam has supported more than 130 fellowships and residencies for artists and creative technologists; we've run an active education program for youth, artists' professional development and community outreach; and have mounted an extensive series of public programs, over recent years approximately 4 exhibitions and 40 workshops, performances and events annually.
Today, Eyebeam offers residencies and fellowships for artists and technologists working in a wide range of media. At any given time, there are up to 20 resident artists and fellows onsite at Eyebeam's 15,000-square foot Chelsea offices and Labs, developing new projects and creating work for open dissemination through online, primarily open-source, publication as well as a robust calendar of public programming that includes free exhibitions, lectures and panels, participatory workshops, live performances and educational series.
Dingling (定陵 Dìng Lìng; literally: "Tomb of Stability"), one of the tombs at the Thirteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty site, is the tomb of the Wanli Emperor (萬曆). It is the only Ming tomb to have been excavated. It also remains the only intact imperial tomb, of any era, to have been excavated since the founding of the People's Republic of China, a situation that is almost a direct result of the fate that befell Dingling and its contents after the excavation.
Pictured is one of the tunnels inside the tomb. It is very eerie. It reminded me somewhat of the Eastern State Penitentiary in Pennsylvania which I visited a long while back.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_tombs
定陵 Dingling Tomb (“Tomb of Stability”) / 中國北京明十三陵 Ming Tombs, Beijing, China / SML.20140501.6D.31515.P1.BW
Two Solo Exhibitions
Exhibition dates: September 26 - November 8, 2009
Artists’ reception: Saturday, September 26, 5-8pm
Smack Mellon is pleased to present Ellen Driscoll’s installation FASTFORWARDFOSSIL: Part 2 and Fernando Souto’s photographic series The End of the Trail. The two concurrent solo exhibitions compress layers of time to explore industries and lifestyles that go beyond geographic borders. Composed of thousands of discarded plastic bottles collected by Ellen Driscoll, FASTFORWARDFOSSIL: Part 2 takes a critical look at the environmental and human damage inflicted by the oil and water industries in the last two centuries on regions as diverse as Nigeria and the United States. During extended trips to cattle ranches in the American West, Australia, and Uruguay, Fernando Souto photographed the fading culture of ranchers, creating black-and-white environmental portraits in the tradition of iconic photographers such as Walker Evans and Robert Frank. Both Driscoll and Souto are intimately tied to their craft—painstakingly cutting up salvaged bottles and printing large-scale silver gelatin photographs—asserting a tactile personal connection in their work.
Ellen Driscoll
FASTFORWARDFOSSIL: Part 2
“This installation is a continuation of a multi-year series which explores the dynamics of resource harvesting and consumption. This part of the series focuses on oil and water. Rising at 5:30 AM, I harvest #2 plastic bottles from the recycling bags put out for collection on the streets of Brooklyn. For one hour, one day at a time, I immerse myself in the tidal wave of plastic that engulfs us by collecting as many bottles as I can carry. The sculptural installation for Smack Mellon comprises 2600 bottles transformed into a 28 foot landscape. Constructed solely of harvested #2 plastic, the sculpture collapses three centuries into a ghostly translucent visual fugue in which a nineteenth century trestle bridge plays host to an eighteenth century water-powered mill which spills a twenty-first century flood from its structure. The flow contains North American, Middle Eastern, and African landmasses (sites of oil harvesting and their consumer destination) buoyed by a sea of plastic water molecules. The piece looks back to eighteenth century American industry powered by water, and forward to the oil refineries of the Niger Delta, site of prolonged guerilla warfare against oil corporations and the source of over fifty percent of crude oil for the United States—the oil that produces the plastic within which our privatized water is currently bought and sold.
The wall drawings in the exhibition are based on a close study of the inner workings of an oil refinery. By using huge shifts of scale between the macro and the micro, they depict a dystopic future based on rampant oil consumption. An oil rig shares the horizon with ocean fires and garbage scows, mega shopping malls are abandoned to spontaneous communities of slums, and a refugee camp is inundated by the waters of a melting glacier. The worlds in the drawings are drained of color, but filled with the flux and spillage of a potentially chaotic future.”
Ellen Driscoll is a sculptor whose work includes FASTFORWARDFOSSIL: Part 1 at Frederieke Taylor Gallery, Revenant and Phantom Limb for Nippon Ginko, Hiroshima, Japan, The Loophole of Retreat at the Whitney Museum, Phillip Morris, As Above, So Below for Grand Central Terminal (a suite of 20 mosaic and glass images for the tunnels at 45th, 47th, and 48th Streets), Catching the Drift, a restroom for the Smith College Museum of Art, and Wingspun for the International Arrivals Terminal at Raleigh-Durham airport. Ms. Driscoll has been awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bunting Institute at Harvard University, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Massachusetts Council on the Arts, the LEF Foundation, and Anonymous Was a Woman. Her work is included in major public and private collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of Art. She is a Professor of Sculpture at Rhode Island School of Design.
Smack Mellon
92 Plymouth Street @ Washington
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Gallery hours are Wednesday-Sunday, 12-6pm.
Related SML
+ SML Flickr Collections: Events
+ SML Flickr Sets: Dumbo Arts Center: Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009
Window Farms (Flickr) are vertical, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield edible window gardens built using low-impact or recycled local materials.
The Beach The Pier
Goal 1: to start a Windowfarming craze in New York City and other dense urban areas, helping people grow some of their food year-round in their apartment windows.
Goal 2: give ordinary folks a means to collaborate on research and development at our.windowfarms.org
History
In February 2009, through a residency at Eyebeam, Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray began to build and test the first Window Farms prototype. Growing food inside NY apartments is a challenge, but within reach. The foundational knowledge base is emerging through working with agricultural, architectural and other specialists, collecting sensor data, and reinterpreting hydroponics research conducted by NASA scientists and marijuana farmers. We have been researching and developing hydroponic designs that are inexpensive and made from relatively inexpensive materials. The working prototype is a drip system made from recycled water bottles, holding 25 plants. Beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, arugula, basil, lettuce and kale are thriving.
While completing the first Prototype in mid-April, we invited a dozen "Pioneers" to join us in creating Window Farms. We asked them to approach the project like a night class, devoting one night a week for two months. We showed them our prototype and presented the DIY research and development we did so far and invited them to build on our research to create their own designs. Currently, the Pioneers are designing their systems. Their innovative ideas are adding to the knowledgebase about DIY hydroponics.
Eyebeam Open Studios: Fall 2009
eyebeam.org/events/open-studios-fall-2009
Eyebeam is pleased to host Open Studios for its 2009 Senior Fellows, Resident Artists, and Student Residents at Eyebeam’s state-of-the-art design, research, and fabrication studio; showcasing video performance, wearable technologies, code and humor, party technology, and sustainablity design.
///////////////
Eyebeam is the leading not-for-profit art and technology center in the United States.
Founded in 1996 and incorporated in 1997, Eyebeam was conceived as a non-profit art and technology center dedicated to exposing broad and diverse audiences to new technologies and media arts, while simultaneously establishing and demonstrating new media as a significant genre of cultural production.
Since then, Eyebeam has supported more than 130 fellowships and residencies for artists and creative technologists; we've run an active education program for youth, artists' professional development and community outreach; and have mounted an extensive series of public programs, over recent years approximately 4 exhibitions and 40 workshops, performances and events annually.
Today, Eyebeam offers residencies and fellowships for artists and technologists working in a wide range of media. At any given time, there are up to 20 resident artists and fellows onsite at Eyebeam's 15,000-square foot Chelsea offices and Labs, developing new projects and creating work for open dissemination through online, primarily open-source, publication as well as a robust calendar of public programming that includes free exhibitions, lectures and panels, participatory workshops, live performances and educational series.
A man of Li and Miao descent (黎苗族) works on rattan sculptures with his legs fully extended on the floor.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM in Sanya, Hainan, China.
黎苗族籐藝 Rattan arts by Li and Miao minorities / 中國海南三亞 Sanya, Hainan, China / SML.20140507.6D.32177.P1.BW
I had always assumed that the best lens to do macro with a creamy bokeh like this is to use a wide angle lens. I was wrong. The best lens to use appear to be a super telephoto.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-21 14:23:01 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3074 x 4611
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 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°13'40" 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.24028
+ Series: 形 Forms, 體育 Sports
“藍色體育場座椅 Blue Stadium Seats” / 香港體育建築之形 Hong Kong Sports Architecture Forms / SML.20130221.7D.24028
/ #形 #Form #SMLForms #體育 #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 #藍 #藍 #blue
Every weekend, crew teams from different universities practice at Tolo Harbour. Pictured is the team from The University of Hong Kong (HKU 香港大學), noted by its abbreviation 港大 seen on the tank top of of of its crew members. According to their Facebook page [1], the club has been around since 1981.
I am particularly drawn to the delicate lines of the boats as well as the patterns each cox makes on the water surface.
I have attempted multiple times to capture them on video but it is fairly hard with my current setup. The 7D combined with the 100-400mm gives a combined equivalent focal length of 640mm on the zoomed-out side. This means any minute movement will result in camera shake.
At the moment I do not have any geared head and anyone with a ball head knows that getting precise positioning in a quick action shot is not really doable. I guess I will just have to get closer to the surface — but by the time I reach the ground floor they are usually gone. Tricky business.
# References
1. www.facebook.com/hkurowclub
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-07-24T15:51:32+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/640 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 1000
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ 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: 香港吐露港 Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 5
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men, 形 Forms
+ Serial: SML.20130724.7D.48405.BW
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
水花 Splash (Water blossoms) / 香港大學學生會划艇會 Rowing Club HKUSU / 香港水上體育運動之形 Hong Kong Water Sports Forms / SML.20130724.7D.48405.BW
/ #體育 #Sports #男 #Men #SMLMen #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #人 #people #攝影 #摄影 #photography #赛艇 #Rowing
When I first posted a time-lapse video about a sunset cloudscape [1], a few people commented that they really liked the sequence about the sunset, but they wish that it was longer. Recently, I read about doing long exposure via stack sequences, so I tried to see if I can utilise this new knowledge to render a long-exposure shot this way since I have already a long series of captures done.
For this photo, I have used 36 captures spaced at 10-sec each to create the final image. The time spacing is probably a bit too wide to render the smoothest clouds, because it was originally intended as a time-lapse sequence and not an LE stack. I used Photoshop’s Stack Median functionality to blend the transition, then I lowered the clarity in Lightroom to smooth out some uneven edges on the clouds and water. And voila. It works pretty well, so I will definitely work on more in the future.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM mounted on tripod in Ma On Shan, Hong Kong. Processed in Lightroom 5 + Photoshop CC 2014.
1. 風起雲湧 變幻萬千 Everchanging Cloudscape / 寧 Serenity 延時攝影 Time Lapse Photography / SML.20130706.6D.18062-SML.20130706.6D.18889-TL
+ www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/9240254664/
+ youtube.com/watch?v=VnG5egmMsWg/
日落雲影 Sunset Cloudscape (6-minute long exposure via time-lapse median stack of 36) / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130706.6D.18412-SML.20130706.6D.18447-ST-Median
These Chinese imperial roof decorations were seen at the 慈誠宮 Cíchéng Gōng (lit: “Temple of Compassion and Sincerity”). Although the temple was built in 1796, the color of the figures remain vibrant and theirs details demonstrate expert craftsmanship.
Two competing guilds of woodcarvers were invited to work at the temple, which might reason why the wood carves look particularly daring and intricate. It is considered a “Level-3 Historic Site” (三級古蹟) in Taiwan.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM. Processed in Lightroom 5.
# More Information
+ zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/慈誠宮 (the temple / EN unavailable)
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_roof_decoration
慈誠宮檐獸 Chinese imperial roof decorations at the Cíchéng Gōng (“Temple of Compassion and Sincerity”) / 台灣台北士林市 Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140210.7D.51744
/ #台灣 #臺灣 #Taiwan #台北 #Taipei #SMLTravel #旅遊 #旅游 #Travel #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #temple #古蹟 #HistoricSite #History #architecture #建筑 #建築 #檐獸 #roof #decoration #dragon #phoenix #colorful
Technically speaking, this does not really need to be a panorama stitch. But I am obsessed with details, and if I use a wide angle lens to photograph this then the resulting resolution will not be as high as I want it to be. Also, what I pictured in my head is the sheer width of the ship.
And so I made my decision to photograph 10 full-resolution RAW captures at 400mm to be stitched together after the fact. At this resolution, you can clearly make out each bolt on the aircraft as well as the rain drops on the net—details which would likely be lost if a single wide angle capture was made.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-18T16:27:44+0800
+ Dimensions: 10280 x 3284
+ Exposure: 1/360 - 1/400 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 800 - 1600
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ Panorama FOV: 16 degree horizontal, 10 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Rectilinear
+ GPS: 22°17'42" N 114°10'7" E
+ Location: 中國香港九龍尖沙咀海港城 Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
+ Subject: AV-8B Harrier on the USS Peleliu (LHA-5), United States Navy.
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130418.6D.01277-SML.20130418.6D.01286-Pano.Rectilinear-16x10
+ Series: Photojournalism, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“AV-8B Harrier on the USS Peleliu (LHA-5)” / USS Peleliu (LHA-5) in Hong Kong / 香港全景攝影 Hong Kong Panoramic Photography / SML.20130418.6D.01277-SML.20130418.6D.01286-Pano.Rectilinear-16x10
/ #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 #flags #America #USA #ships #AV8B #attack #Boeing
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8664813045/
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8664813045/sizes/o/ (10280 x 3284)
# 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.16974
/ #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
Manhattan Bridge HDR
Setup
Canon EOS 10D
Canon 17-40 f/4L
Exposure Settings
CRW_35498: ISO 100, 30.0 s at f/9.5, 17mm
CRW_35499: ISO 100, 30.0 s at f/13, 17mm
CRW_35500: ISO 100, 30.0 s at f/6.7, 17mm
Variations
Background
When I shot these photos, I did not have a timer cable release with me. If I were to shoot these at a small aperture, I would have to set the camera on bulb while keeping my finger on the shutter release for the entire exposure. To minimize the risk of completely ruining the photos, I've decided to vary the aperture values for the different exposures instead of varying the time and keeping a constant aperture value.
HDR Processing
Note that it is generally not recommended that you vary the aperture values for images intended for HDR processing. If you use software like Photomatix to perform tone-mapping, for example, the varying levels of focus on the photo will create blurry results. I have had to apply a bit more USM than usual for this image. And if you view large, you can see that the grains are quite visible.
Results
I am happy with the HDR result though--the wider aperture gave it enough exposure to show the golden reflection under the bridge, and the small aperture contribute to the oh-so-gorgeous star bursts from the lights.
Related Sets + Collection
Manhattan Bridge, New York City / Project (Set)
HDR Photography / Project (Set)
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This is a 360-degree panorama of the bus terminal located at the Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier in Hong Kong. Located at the south-most corner of Kowloon, it is the ideal location for bus companies to plan their last stop shuttling to other parts of Hong Kong.
The KMB (Kowloon Motor Bus) company started many of its first bus routes from this terminus, as noted by the bus numbers on the station, which ranges only in single digits — as opposed to the double- or triple-digit route numbers seen in most parts of Hong Kong.
Directly adjacent to the station (center in this photo) is the Star Ferry pier, which provides passenger ferry service to Hong Kong Island.
In this panorama, I have heightened the shadow area to expose the rust and dust of the awning covering the station. I am attracted to its geometric architectural forms and years of decay. You probably would not notice them when you walk by as they are well within the shadow areas, but as a lover for deadly objectives, it was a wonderful find for me.
Stitched together with 12 captures with the 6D + 17-40 mounted on the Manfrotto 303SPH pano head.
# References
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Ferry_Pier
+ zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/尖沙咀天星碼頭
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-08-08T15:39:50+0800
+ Dimensions: 18417 x 4648
+ Exposure: 1/50 sec at f/16
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ 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: 365 degree horizontal, 96 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Spherical
+ GPS: 22°17'38" N 114°10'8" E
+ Location: 香港尖沙咀天星碼頭巴士總站 Bus Terminal, Star Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Autopano Giga 3, Lightroom 5
+ Serial: SML.20130808.6D.26177-SML.20130808.6D.26189-Pano.i12.360x96
+ 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
尖沙咀天星碼頭巴士總站 Bus Terminal, Star Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui / 香港人流建築360度全景 Hong Kong Human Logistics Architecture 360-degree Panorama / SML.20130808.6D.26177-SML.20130808.6D.26189-Pano.i12.360x96.BW
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #全景 #Pano #Panorama #SMLPano #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #people #bus #traffic
I went out to have a boat ride. Marks are left on the ocean by boats long sailed by. Faintly at a distance you can see a boat along the horizon.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM in Sanya, Hainan, China.
Swoosh / 中國海南三亞 Sanya, Hainan, China / SML.20140507.6D.32141.P1.BW
In Beijing, hutongs (胡同) are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan (四合院), traditional courtyard residences. Neighborhoods were formed by the interconnection of these alleys, and the word hutong can also sometimes be used to refer to such neighborhoods.
The alleys are long and narrow, so while you can walk around on foot, the best way to see the hutongs is to go with one of these rickshaw rides (pictured), which functions similar to a hop-on / hop-off transport around the neighbourhoods.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM in Beijing, China.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutong
胡同三輪車 Hutong rickshaw ride / 中國北京 Beijing, China / SML.20140503.6D.31918.P1.BW
Melacca, Melaka, Malaysia
Back in Melaka, we rode on these colorful tricycles man-powered by a diligent rider as we storm through the nights in vibrant colors.
No one can say that they do not enjoy receiving the “likes” on their feed. But I enjoy the comments more—comments which explain why they like or dislike something. I don’t mind negative comments really. If we only receive kudos and no criticisms then we will never grow.
In America, I learned the arts of being “politically correct.” The problem with that stance is that I never really know what people are trying to tell me. I prefer direct and open communication. Sometimes it does hurt quite a bit, but it only hurts when we have ego. Once we remove the self-pride (which is one of the seven deadly sins), there is nothing to be hurt about.
I would much rather you tell me that you don’t like something than telling me that “it’s nice” but secretly hating it.
Please criticize me in my face and tell me you absolutely dread this crap that I am posting. If you tell me, I will correct my course and post relevant content that is of interest to you. Of course I could also agree to disagree with you.
Feedbacks—good or bad—are always good. There is no such thing as constructive vs destructive criticisms. For me, criticisms are always good. It is always feedback. But elaborate feedback are better, because we know the why.
Have an opinion. Elaborate.
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Universe Limited
Typeset in Vectora Bold, designed by Adrian Frutiger for Linotype.
“Have an opinion. Elaborate.” / SML.20130408.PHIL
/ #SMLPhil #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLUniverse #SMLOpinions
/ #philosophy #opinions #why #whynot #like #dislike #criticism #feedback #life #ego #egoless #elaborate #Vectora #typography #design
Fantastic understructures of staircases which leads to a restaurant somewhere on the podium level of 海港中心 Harbour Centre in Wan Chai.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-11 15:23:21 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5092 x 3394
+ Exposure: 1/160 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 121 mm
+ ISO: 1000
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°16'50" N 114°10'29" E
+ Altitude: 169.8 m
+ Location: 中國香港灣仔海港中心平台 中国香港湾仔海港中心平台 Podium, Harbour Centre, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130211.7D.22756
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms
“」」」” / 城市人流建築之形 Urban Human Logistics Architecture Forms / SML.20130211.7D.22756
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #灣仔 #WanChai #建築 #建筑 #城市 #Urban #樓梯 #Stairs #攝影 #摄影 #photography
Chinese fast food breakfast. I wish I can have Chinese food with at least this quality in Chinatown in New York.
We stayed at the Rocks—an urban locality, tourist precinct and historic area of Sydney’s city center. Shortly after we have arrived, we found a pop-up farmers market near the hotel. So we took the time to do some shopping and sample a bit of local fruits. It reminded me a little bit of the farmers market which I used to visit a lot in Union Square in New York while I was living there.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocks,_Sydney
The Rocks Markets / Sydney, Australia / SML.20140314.6D.30826
In more academic settings, I have a particular fondness for geometric constructive forms, so many of these works speak to me — even though they are abstract in nature.
Heinz Mack (born March 8, 1931) is a German artist. Together with Otto Piene he founded the ZERO movement in 1957. He exhibited works at documenta in 1964 and 1977 and he represented Germany at the 1970 Venice Biennale. He is best known for his contributions to op art, light art and kinetic art.
Heinz Mack
Untitled (Dynamische Struktur), 1958
Resin on canvas
64 x 86.5 cm
25.2 x 32.06 in
# Heinz Mack
Heinz Mack was born in 1931 in a small German village. Between 1950 and 1956 he studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. In 1967 together with Otto Piene he started a series of what were called Abendausstellungen (evening exhibitions) at their studio in Düsseldorf. This series was the initial event for the formation of the group ZERO (with Mack, Piene and Günther Uecker as its nucleus) and the international ZERO movement. Among the participants of the ZERO movement were Yves Klein, Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni and Jean Tinguely.
In 1964 Mack, Piene and Uecker arranged the “ZERO Lichtraum (Hommage á Lucio Fontana)” at the 1964 documenta in Kassel. From 1964 to 1966 Mack lived and worked in New York where the Howard Wise Gallery presented a solo exhibition in 1966.
1970 Mack was invited as visiting professor to Osaka, Japan. In the same year he represented Germany at the 1970 Venice Biennale (together with Günther Uecker, Georg Karl Pfahler and Thomas Lenk).
For the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he created an illuminated “Wasserwolke” (Water cloud).
In 1972 he was asked to create a 230 ft tall sculpture for the United Nations headquarters in New York (not realized).
Mack is represented by ARNDT Berlin.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Mack
# 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: 2013-05-23T16:29:32+0800
+ Dimensions: 3039 x 2242
+ Exposure: 1/80 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 409 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ 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.13957
+ 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 Heinz Mack: Untitled (Dynamische Struktur), 1958
(Resin on canvas)” / ARNDT / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13957
/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #HeinzMack #ARNDT #forms #abstract #opart #resin #Germany #DE
There’s a lot of running in soccer. I don’t really play sports—not that I don’t want to but maybe no one would play with me because I am not very “athletic” so to speak.
What I liked was the pair of running between two teams in the foreground together with the pair of two teams in the background.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-28T19:44:15+0800
+ Dimensions: 5414 x 3046
+ Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/5.0
+ Focal Length: 210 mm
+ ISO: 6400
+ 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°13'41" 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.20130428.6D.03394.C169
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men, Photojournalism
“一起跑 Running together” / Sunday League: Hong Kong Falcon vs Paulista / 香港足球 Hong Kong Football (Soccer) / SML.20130428.6D.03394.C169
/ #Photojournalism #體育 #体育 #Sports #男 #Men #SMLMen #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #足球 #Football #HongKongFalcon #跑 #Run #people
The entire graffiti is a block long!
Larger
Panoramic stitch using three photos:
RAW conversion to PSD using Lightroom 2.5. Stitched using PhotoMerge in Photoshop CS4. Tweaked further with USM, Curves and Levels in Lab mode. Then imported back into Lightroom for metadata tagging.
13th annual D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® (Sept 25 to Sept 27, 2009)
www.dumboartfestival.org/press_release.html
The three-day multi-site neighborhood-wide event is a one-of-a-kind art happening: where serendipity meets the haphazard and where the unpredictable, spontaneous and downright weird thrive. The now teenage D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® presents touchable, accessible, and interactive art, on a scale that makes it the nation's largest urban forum for experimental art.
Art Under the Bridge is an opportunity for young artists to use any medium imaginable to create temporary projects on-the-spot everywhere and anywhere, completely transforming the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, New York, into a vibrant platform for self-expression. In addition to the 80+ projects throughout the historical post-industrial waterfront span, visitors can tour local artists' studios or check out the indoor video_dumbo, a non-stop program of cutting-edge video art from New York City and around the world.
The Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) has been the exclusive producer of the D.U.M.B.O Art Under the Bridge Festival® since 1997. DAC is a big impact, small non-profit, that in addition to its year-round gallery exhibitions, is committed to preserving Dumbo as a site in New York City where emerging visual artists can experiment in the public domain, while having unprecedented freedom and access to normally off-limit locations.
Related SML
+ SML Flickr Collections: Events
+ SML Flickr Sets: Dumbo Arts Center: Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009
“This collection is inspired by global riot initiated by teenagers, local political and social issues. Traces of it can be seen from the pattern on fabrics, details on accessories to the vibe of the final outfits as a whole. This collection is also one of the so many ways to celebrate the waking up of youngsters from ignorance, self-egos and work their ways out against the corrupted social value, ideology and bureaucracy, of which their actions are always regarded as a form of social disturbance. on top of that, it allows me to express my own personal perspective.”—Rhyox Wan, designer
"…and we live off of the unsettling soul”
# WAN Wai Kit, Rhyox
…and we live off of the unsettling soul
# Sponsors
+ Fang Brothers Knitting Ltd.
+ UPW
+ Winning Textile Co., Ltd.
+ Awesome Mojito Handmade Leather Products
+ Long Tai Hong (Holding) Limited
Rhyox Wan (WAN Wai-Kit): …and we live off of the unsettling soul: Look 5 / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.16847
The semi-reflective marble facade of this financial architecture in Hong Kong reminds me of the forms and color palette often used by George Braque, a French painter and sculptor who, along with Pablo Picasso, developed the art style known as Cubism.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-11 12:36:32 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3172 x 4758
+ Exposure: 1/200 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 113 mm
+ ISO: 200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°16'45" N 114°10'25" E
+ Location: 中國香港灣仔告士打道108號大新金融中心 中国香港湾仔告士打道108号大新金融中心 Dah Sing Financial Centre, 108 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130211.7D.22563.P1.L1
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 形 Forms, 抽象 Abstracts
“À la Braque” / 香港金融建築之形 Hong Kong Financial Architecture Forms / SML.20130211.7D.22563.P1.L1
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #抽象 #Abstract #SMLAbstracts #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #灣仔 #Wanchai #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #金融 #Finance #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Braque
I am obsessed with this plant, but I have no idea what it is called. I think that it might be the same plant that people used to use in ancient times for human-powered fanning. Trust that I will go and investigate.
It is a bit hard to figure out what things are called with just a visual image. Yes I did try Google Goggles but Goggles is not really good at finding images unless there is a visual exact match.
This is essentially what Flickr is training its engines to do: associating words with images so people can search better. Yes, really. And if they are not really doing that then trust that this is what I will do if I own an image search engine.
Yes, it is planned but probably not going to be for public consumption til 10 years from now so it is useless for you to know about what is going on at the moment.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-31T16:05:26.09+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 5184
+ Exposure: 1/200 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 3200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200 f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'31" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆明街2號聽濤雅苑二樓花園 Garden, 2nd Floor, Vista Paradiso, 2 Hang Ming St, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130331.7D.37380
+ Series: 自然 Nature, 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
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.20130331.7D.37380
/ #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
Whenever people are in the market for an SLR, they come by and ask me what I thought of Nikon. I really don’t have an answer for you. I have been shooting with Canon since I was a teenager, so I know my Canon lineup very well. I do not have a lot of disposable income so although I have played with Nikon cameras, I will not be considering adding a Nikon to my camp any time soon.
So “what about Nikon?” I don’t know. Go ask a Nikon guy. They will probably love it but they are likely not in the position to compare that with Canon either.
Bottom line: the two compete in the same market, their technologies are similar to one and another. Their handling is different. You get used to one and then you stick with it.
Sticking with it is key — don’t jump around the two camps. Photography is a lifetime investment. If you ask me I would recommend that you get a Canon—for starters you are free to play with my lenses if you want to. Go with Nikon? Good luck, I won’t be able to help with any of your camera purchases in the future, but I am sure that if you can find a friend who shoots with Nikon, they would know.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-06-19T17:49:38+0800
+ Dimensions: 5131 x 3421
+ Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/10
+ Focal Length: 200 mm
+ ISO: 640
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°18'12" N 114°10'51" E
+ Location: 香港紅磡 Hung Hom, Hong Kong
+ Subject: 世界殯儀館 Universal Funeral Parlour
+ Serial: SML.20130619.7D.42883.CR2
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: SML Opinions
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
尼康世界殯儀館 Nikon Universal Funeral Parlour / 室外廣告失敗 Billboard Advertising FAIL / SML.20130619.7D.42883
/ #SMLOpinions #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #尼康 #Nikon #LOL #殯儀 #Funeral #廣告 #Advertising #失敗 #FAIL
Teenagers playing a game of football (soccer) on the hard-surface football pitch adjacent to a primary school located inside a public housing estate in Hong Kong.
As I mentioned previously, “standard” architecture in Hong Kong follow recognizable design patterns. Locals will be able to tell that the blue building the background is a school immediately based on how it looks [1].
Sport and recreation facilities are usually surrounded green fence. They do usually cause quite a bit of problem for my photography, but luckily there is a pedestrian footbridge right next to the soccer pitch—thus you see they are not only good for traffic but photography as well.
This is the same place where I took a photo for my abstract photography with the G12 last year [2].
This is a handheld panorama stitched together using 9 full resolution 7D RAW captures. Shot handheld. The keen viewer will note that the cars are completely chopped off and hanging in midair although their imperfection is shielded by the fences—so in some ways they might be good for some things? :)
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-31T15:28:15+0800
+ Dimensions: 6067 x 3765
+ Exposure: 1/30 - 1/60 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 24 mm
+ ISO: 800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ Panorama FOV: 114 degree horizontal, 82 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Panini
+ GPS: 22°25'14" N 114°13'36" E
+ Altitude: 70.8 m
+ Location: 中國香港新界馬鞍山頌安邨硬地足球場 Hard-Surface Soccer Pitch, Chung On Estate, Ma On Shan, NT, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130331.7D.37218-SML.20130331.7D.37226-Pano.Panini.114x82
+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
# Notes
1. “正方形交響樂 Symphonic Squares No. 4” / 香港公屋娛樂全景 Hong Kong Education Architecture Forms / SML.20130219.7D.23218: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8489006182/
2. Division / SML.20120831.G12.00112: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/7928296004/
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“雨天不是讀書天 Rainy day is not for studying” / 香港公共屋邨足球康樂全景 Hong Kong Public Housing Football (Soccer) Recreation Facilities Panorama / SML.20130331.7D.37218-SML.20130331.7D.37226-Pano.Panini.114x82
/ #體育 #体育 #Sports #男 #Men #SMLMen #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #足球 #Football #Soccer #雨 #rain #reflection
I never tried doing bokeh on the 70-200 but it seems that it is very good at it. In one test I managed to get 6 circles covering the entire capture—crazy. But when they are so large I also saw that the dusts are everywhere so I will go clean my lens and try again later.
# SML Translate
+ 朦朦朧朧隱隱約約 (Simplified Chinese: 朦朦胧胧隐隐约约) is probably best translated as “Blurry Hazy Foggy Vague”. When you double-up Chinese characters it implies more of that. So it is blurrier than blurry and hazier than haze. Somewhat bizarre. Hard to translate. Chinese is challenging because unlike other languages which have specific grammar and structure, you can really lump Chinese characters up in anyway you like—Yes, seriously WTF awesome.
# SML Workflow
Photographed with the Canon EOS M + EF 70-200 f/4L on tripod. Processed in Lightroom 4.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-09-03 21:05:32 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3416x5124
+ Exposure: 1/13 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 70 mm
+ ISO: 6400
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200 mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°24'58" N 114°12'49" E (SML Universe HKG)
+ Subject: Science Park’s reflection on Tolo Harbor, Hong Kong, China.
”朦朦朧朧隱隱約約”
/ 寧 Serenity
/ SML.20130203.EOSM.01610
/ #寧 #serenity #SMLSerenity #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #夜 #night #水 #water #ocean #山水 #landscape #攝影 #摄影 #photography #bokeh #lights #reflection #香港 #HongKong #中國 #中国 #China
I went to PolyU to see a drama performance last week, and just like my sources at the university has mentioned, the bamboo scaffolding on the Innovation Tower is completely gone, and now you can see the organic forms of this magnificent architecture soaring to the sky.
As I last wrote [1], Zaha Hadid is one of my all-time favorite architects, and this will be her first permanent fixture in Hong Kong. Truly it is incredible.
I was just passing by, and it was super late at night, but here you see why usable high ISO matters. This was shot with the 6D + 17-40. It was shot handheld with 3 exposures. Without a tripod it is not really technically ideal to try at HDR but thanks to the modern marvels of technology, the features are aligned nicely.
Trust that I will go back during the daytime when I have a chance.
# Notes
1. “Bamboo Scaffolding Unveiling: Innovation Tower by Zaha Hadid” / 香港理工大學建築之形 Hong Kong Polytechnic University Architecture Forms / Crazyisgood / SML.20130425.6D.03058: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8683120814/
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-07-30T21:44:40+0800
+ Dimensions: 3376 x 5107
+ Exposure: 1/13 sec - 1/30 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 500 - 12800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°18'20" N 114°10'49" E
+ Location: 香港理工大學 Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 5, Photomatix Pro 4.2.5
+ Serial: SML.20130730.6D.24784_5_6.HDR.BW
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
Zaha Hadid: Innovation Tower / 香港理工大學建築之形 Hong Kong Polytechnic University Architecture Forms / Crazyisgood / SML.20130730.6D.24784_5_6.HDR.BW
/ #建築 #建筑 Architecture #形 #Forms #SMLForms #BW #SMLBW #HDR #SMLHDR #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #Crazyisgood
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #理工大學 #PolyU #攝影 #摄影 #photography #ZahaHadid
Thank you for Your Visit, Have a Nice Day is a performance piece by Agata Olek (Facebook / Flickr / Portfolio) created for Art in Odd Places:SIGN, an annual festival exploring the odd, ordinary and ingenious in the spectacle of daily life.
Curated by Erin Donnelly and Radhika Subramaniam
Director of AIOP: Ed Woodham
Artist Statement
"Inspired by a uniformed attendant holding the sign Hold the Handrail in a Taipei metro station, I've created this moving installation/performance piece. In wearable sculptures of multicolored crocheted camouflage, my performers appear in various sites on 14th Street, displaying photographs of signs I've collected from different countries that are in emphatic, ironic or amused dialogue with their location."
See also video by Technology Artist filmed on the same day at www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfjXrKQVwPU
More information about the festival
Press
+ Timeout New York: Fall Preview 2009
+ Timeout New York: Own this City
Related SML Univese
+ SML Fine Art (Flickr Group) (FriendFeed / Twitter)
We walked by a shopping mall that looked abandoned, but the construction has not started yet. I like the irony of the mess inside contrasted with the Chinese writing on the front, which translates to: “Happy Families Shopping Mall Welcomes You”. I was in a hurry so I did not explore further.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM in Sanya, Hainan, China.
被遺棄的商場 Abandoned shopping mall / 中國海南三亞 Sanya, Hainan, China / SML.20140506.6D.32068.P1.BW
How do you capture the wind which is invisible? By long exposure, naturally.
This is an aerial view of the Ma On Shan Promenade. You should recognise it by now by the oh-so-lovely blue jogging trail. Everything is at a stand still, but by using the ND filter and expose for eight full seconds under bright day light, all of a sudden you noticed the invisible wind because the trees wiggle to a blur, and in turn reveal the very defined architectural patterns on the floor.
A baby stroller walked by on the pavement within this capture, but you do not see it, because it has only registered very few pixels.
ND is useful in more ways then I imagined. Sweet.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-19T15:07:25+0800
+ Dimensions: 3488 x 3488
+ Exposure: 8.0 sec at f/25
+ Focal Length: 140 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°25'11" N 114°13'24" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 香港馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, Hong Kong
+ Serial: SML.20130519.6D.06945.SQ
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature, 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
“静物微風中 Still life amidst the breeze” / 香港馬鞍山海濱長廊之寧 Hong Kong Ma On Shan Promenade Serenity (8-sec ND LE) / ML.20130519.6D.06945.SQ
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #Landscape #LongExposure #LE #ND #風 #Wind
Using his full body as thrust, a man covered in wet suit rows a long thin boat at Tolo Harbour in Hong Kong.
Gorgeous forms -<- — also love the bright colors. I wish that I can wear that on the street and not get weird looks. This looks like fun. I might go and exercise a bit.
As usual, these were taken right outside my window. Crazy things do happen all the time. You just have to be swift at it so the rapid-fire action of the 7D is key here. I have enough stills from photographing him to make a stop-motion movie, which I shall post in the future.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-02 15:46:23 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 4948 x 3298
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 800
+ 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°13'23" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港馬鞍山聽濤雅苑對外的吐露港 中国香港马鞍山听涛雅苑对外的吐露港 Tolo Harbour outside Vista Paradiso, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130302.7D.24919.P1.L1
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men, 形 Forms
“單人雙槳赛艇 Single Scull Rowing“ / 香港水上體育運動之形 Hong Kong Water Sports Forms / SML.20130302.7D.24919.P1.L1
/ #體育 #Sports #形 #Forms #SMLForms #男 #Men #SMLMen #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #人 #people #攝影 #摄影 #photography #赛艇 #Rowing
Escaping the 2D plane appears to be a trending theme in recent works. It is starting to be a challenge to categorise works because they these contemporary works are neither sculpture nor painting nor installation — which might explain why almost everything is “mixed media” these days.
Japanese artist 川俣正 Tadashi Kawamata (b. 1953) is well known for his large scale installation works which combines architecture and urban planning with other social science fields.
This architectural plan constructed with plywood and balsa and accented with acrylic in pencil is both sculptural and two-dimensional. It is three-dimension in its construction, but intended to be viewed as a 3D-projection on a 2D plane.
川俣正 Tadashi Kawamata
Plan for Beaufort
2003
plywood, balsa, acrylic, pencil
122 x 162.5 x 10 cm
# Tadashi Kawamata 川俣正 (b. 1953)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadashi_Kawamata
# Annely Juda Fine Art
Annely Juda Fine Art is based in London and represents contemporary British, European and International artists. The gallery also exhibits masters of the 20th century avant-garde, specialising in Russian constructivism.
23 Dering Street (off New Bond St)
London
Greated London W1S 1AW
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7629 7578
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:07:37+0800
+ Dimensions: 3752 x 2824
+ Exposure: 1/60 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 24 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.13887
+ 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
“川俣正 Tadashi Kawamata (b. 1953 Japan): Plan for Beaufort, 2003 (plywood, balsa, acrylic, pencil)” / Annely Juda Fine Art / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13887
/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #TadashiKawamata #川俣正 #AnnelyJudaFineArt #sculpture #mixedmedia #plan #architecture #wood
Today, when I went out to the Ma On Shan Promenade to do panoramic photography, I ran into some people wake boarding at Tolo Harbour. I promised @Ortelpa that I would do some “correct focusing” on subjects which he is “mostly interested in” so here ya go!
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-06-30T15:49:29 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/7.1
+ Focal Length: 275 mm
+ ISO: 200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°25'22" N 114°13'28" E
+ Location: 香港馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, Hong Kong
+ Subject: 香港吐露港 Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong
+ Serial: SML.20130630.7D.43329
+ 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
滑水快艇 Wakeboarding speedboat / 香港水上體育運動 Hong Kong Water Sports / SML.20130630.7D.43329
/ #體育 #Sports #男 #Men #SMLMen #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #人 #people #攝影 #摄影 #photography #滑板 #Wakeboarding #WaterSports
There is this odd-shaped building with very wonderful forms at the West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade (西九龍海濱長廊), a park near the West Kowloon Cultural District (西九文化區 WKCD) which was built completely on reclaimed lands [1, 2].
With its very sculpted forms and striking yellow paint, it looks almost like Bumblebee from the Transformer series [3]. I have always wonder what it was when I photograph West Kowloon from Tsim Sha Tsui.
It looks like a sculpture, but I was told that it was likely a ventilation structure for the Western Harbour Crossing (WHC 西隧), the third tunnel to cross Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong [4, 5]. Based on its architectural style, it might very well be the property of MTR, Hong Kong’s metro system, whose Airport Express passes this junction from the Kowloon station to Hong Kong station.
MTR buildings tend to have very recognisable forms like this, and is the reason why I picked that. But if I find someone in the know I will definitely ask. Unfortunately, even on Google Maps this building is unmarked.
# Notes
1. West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Kowloon_Waterfront_Promenade
2. 西九龍海濱長廊: Wikipedia: ZH-HK: zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/西九龍海濱長廊
3. Bumblebee (Transformers): Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumblebee_(Transformers)
4. Western Harbour Crossing: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Harbour_Crossing
5. 西區海底隧道: Wikipedia: ZH-HK: zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/西區海底隧道
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-08T18:23:40+0800
+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 320
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: CanonEF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°17'58" N 114°9'26" E
+ Location: 香港西九龍海濱長廊 West Kowloon Promenade, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130508.6D.05524
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, Crazyisgood
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“無名大黃蜂 Anonymous Bumblebee” / 香港基礎設施建築之形 Hong Kong Infrastructural Architecture Forms / SML.20130508.6D.05524
/ #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #形 #Forms #SMLForms #Crazyisgood #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #西九 #WestKowloon #Yellow #FormFollowsFunction #WTF
Under the bright stadium lights, people in the Hong Kong exercise after a day of work: a football match in the middle, runners run around the tracks, and a team of folks practicing tai chi in the foreground.
Here you also see the densely populated neighbourhood surrounding the stadium, as well as where I photographed the big lock on the right hand side seen earlier in my stream.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-27 21:01:31 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 9888 x 2474
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'14" N 114°13'38" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆康街1號馬鞍山運動場 中国香港马鞍山恒康街1号马鞍山运动场 Ma On Shan Sports Ground, 1 Hang Hong Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Hugin, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130227.EOSM.02843-SML.20130227.EOSM.02848-SML.Pano.L1
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
“夜間體育運動 Nighttime Sports” / 香港馬鞍山運動場全景 Hong Kong Ma On Shan Sports Ground Panorama / SML.20130227.EOSM.02843-SML.20130227.EOSM.02848-SML.Pano.L1
/ #體育 #Sports #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #城市 #Urban #夜 #Night
# KUN Tsz Yan, Joyce
so long, farewell, my stranger.
kunjoyce@yahoo.com.hk
+852 6442 2216
# Sponsors
+ Full Charm Knitters Ltd.
+ Novetex Textiles Limited
+ Jetco Zipper Limited
+ Long Tai Hong (Holding) Limited
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
Joyce Kun (KUN Tsz Yan): so long, farewell, my stranger: Collection / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.7D.43062
/ #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 #JoyceKun #KunTszYan #SoLongFarewellMyStranger #men #people #mens #cute
At night, the yellow line divides the sky.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-03-17 18:57:44 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3240 x 4860
+ Exposure: 1/20 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 29 mm
+ ISO: 3200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'44" N 114°10'19" E
+ Location: 中國香港灣仔盧押道和謝斐道交界 Intersection at Jaffe Road and Luard Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130317.7D.35310
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, 界 Division
“黃線 Yellow Line” / 香港建築形之界 Hong Kong Architecture Forms Division / SML.20130317.7D.35310
/ #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #形 #Forms #SMLForms #界 #Division #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban
Nanette Lepore came to IconNicholson because she needed to reach out to a younger audience. Her new line was coming out and was going to be premiered at the Bloomingdale’s flagship store in New York.
The solution was Social Retailing, which was first unveiled at National Retail Federation’s (NRF) BIG show in 2007.
An interactive mirror provides on the spot feedback and ambient aura animation while beaming the customers’ in-store experience across the Web via live video feed. Friends on the Web can send messages and clothing suggestion to the customers. Customers can also try on outfits virtually using the mirror that shows how fab they might look – or not.
Awards & Recognitions
+ Time Magazine’s Invention of the Year
+ Patent-Pending
+ BBC, CBC, CNet, CNN, International Herald Tribune, New York Times, Red Herring, Reuters, USA Today, Washington Post and Yahoo! press coverage
SML Roles
+ Concept
+ Interaction Design
+ Aura Design
30-second long exposure with an ND filter.
Personally I would have preferred the 4-inch filters so I can drop in after I have set the focus, but I can’t seem to find them in Hong Kong. But I found this variable filter recently: the H&Y ND2-ND400 specifically. It is a screw in, and when set to minimum ND2 I can still see the scene fairly clearly as well as able to focus using the AF on the camera. After I have the parameters set, I dialled it to ND400 and expose everything manually.
I think that I should be able to push a little longer next time. What I observed is that because of the wind, the plants appear to move quite a bit and thus rendering a blur. So next time I would try to do a 2-minute if I am able to.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-10T14:44:17.63+0800
+ Dimensions: 4743 x 3162
+ Exposure: 30.0 sec at f/22
+ Focal Length: 40 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 Remote, Manfrotto Tripod, H&Y ND2-ND400
+ GPS: 22°25'8" N 114°13'16" E
+ Altitude: 21.9m
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆明街2號聽濤雅苑二樓花園 Garden, 2nd Floor, Vista Paradiso, 2 Hang Ming St, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130410.7D.37680.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“假山流水 Water flowing amongst rockery” / 寧 Serenity (Long exposure with ND Filter) / SML.20130410.7D.37680.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #水 #Water #石 #Rocks #山水 #Landscape #longexposure #ND
David Kramer b. 1963
Big Cat
oil on canvas
76 x 59 12
Even after all these years...
...I still couldn't tell you
the difference between
irony and coincidence.
David Kramer Biography
Born 1963
Lives and works in New York
1987 MFA Sculpture, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1985 BA Fine Arts, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
galerie laurent godin
5, rue du Grenier Saint Lazare 75003 Paris
www.laurentgodin.com/img_upload/187DAVIDKRAMERBio.pdf
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The Armory Show is the United States’ leading art fair devoted to the most important artworks of the 20th and 21st centuries. In its twelve years, the fair has become an international institution. Every March, artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from all over the world make New York their destination during Armory Arts Week.
The Armory Show 2010 also features The Armory Show – Modern, specializing in modern and secondary market material on Pier 92. Pier 94 continues to be a venue to premiere new works by living artists. With one ticket, visitors to The Armory Show on March 4–7, 2010 have access to the latest developments in the art world, and to the masterpieces which heralded them.
Piers 92 and 94 on 55th Street and 12th Avenue, NYC
March 4-7, 2010
A store named 小城故事 (stories of a little city) is found at a narrow shopping alley up high at a mountain top [1]. As the name suggests, it is filled with culturally related items like traditional clothes and Buddhist statues, which tells the stories of the past and present in modern Taipei.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM. Processed in Lightroom.
# Notes
1. Sorry, I forgot the name of this shopping alley…
小城故事 Stories of a little city / 台灣 Taiwan / SML.20140210.6D.30672
/ #台灣 #臺灣 #Taiwan #台北 #Taipei #SMLTravel #旅遊 #旅游 #Travel #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #store #storefront #shopping #tradition
EL Wire Dress by Diana Eng
Aqua silk chiffon organically draped dress edge with electroluminescent wire controlled by an accelerometer. Circuit boards are housed in 3-D printed neck piece.
SML Pro Blog: Diana Eng's Fairytale Fashion Collection Debut at Eyebeam NYC
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Fairytale Fashion Show
2010-02-24
7pm - 9pm
Eyebeam
Diana Eng presented the Fairytale Fashion Collection in a technology fashion show on Wed., February 24, 7PM, at Eyebeam. Models hit the runway while an orchestra of circuit bending DJ’s create music from hacked video game consoles.
The Fairytale Fashion Collection uses technology to create magical clothing in real life. Electronics, mechanical engineering, and mathematics are used to create clothing with blooming flowers, changing colors and transforming shapes. Research and development for the Fairytale Fashion collection are shared online at FairytaleFashion.org as an educational tool that teaches about science, math, and technology through fashion. Fairytale Fashion was created with the support of Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, the leading not-for-profit art and technology center in the United States.
Diana Eng is a fashion designer who specializes in technology, math, and science. Her designs range from inflatable clothing to fashions inspired by mechanical engineering. She is a designer from Bravo’s Emmy nominated TV show, Project Runway season 2 and author of Fashion Geek: Clothes, Accessories, Tech. Diana is cofounder of NYC Resistor hacker group. Diana is currently a resident artist at Eyebeam.