“No Brollies, please! My hat will do.”
This was shot at the jetty where I took my previous post. Again, the Red Rule came into play here. I have solarised the background of the image to make the subjects stand even further out in the picture.
Category: Altered Reality
Hillside Hut
Even before we arrived at Mount Bromo on our first day there, we were already stopping our transport numerous times just to get off to admire and capture the scenery. This hut sat opposite the place I shot “Golden Lollipop”. The silhouette of the hut set against the interesting profiles of the trees caught my attention.
The original shot of this was in colour. There were some infra-red photography enthusiasts among our group who went to town with the subject material available in the area (with custom-modified 20Ds for IR). Currently, I don’t think I will ever bear to customize any of my DSLRs for IR (the customization is permanent), so I’ll have to make do with this post-Photoshop, faux infrared version :P.
Working On The Schematics
Another shot that will be featured at the upcoming exhibition in Romania… This was taken in March 2004. My thoughts then:
Another shot of the construction activity going on at the Singapore Management University site at Bras Basah, right in the heart of town. The brilliantly-lit worker caught my eye as he got to work securing the scaffold-frame as well as the lines and patterns formed by the rest of the scaffolding. I have processed the picture in Photoshop to bring out the impact of the lone worker, and at the same time, stylizing the scaffold framework to give a schematic-feel to it. Some people are no doubt going to hate the processing while others may like it. As they say, art is subjective 😛
As it stands, subjectively speaking, this shot was well-liked by at least two salons: it got a honourable mention at the 3rd Suncoast Virtual Exhibition last year, as well as an acceptance at the Tropical Image 2005 Exhibition 🙂