Candid – Page 73 – engloy's digital photo gallery

Master Of The Bird Cage

November 8, 2004

Taken at the same “bird-song” park in my previous post, I caught this brightly dressed man getting his bird cage ready to be hung up for display. The lighting was brilliant and I was lucky to get a clean, dark background on which this image was composed. The “blobs” you see on the poles closer to the front are the cloth covers which are used to cover the bird cages while they are being transported (to prevent the birds from being frightened during their journey). I have applied a gradient mask to darken (and desaturate at the same time) the left side of the picture so that the viewer’s main focus remains on the man.

Fun Within The Spirals

November 2, 2004

The above picture was taken during the same session as About The Curves at Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia. I entered this shot for the monthly member’s competition of the Digital Imaging Group of RPS in October and came in third place overall. I like the spiral patterns of the fountain spiced up by the touch of human activity in the two children at play.

About The Curves

October 28, 2004

New photographic works has been wanting of late because of the drab, gloomy weather that will herald the arrival of the rainy season in Singapore. How I wish the weather can be like that of Sydney, Australia, where it is claimed that over 300 days of the year are brightly sunlit…

I took this picture at a interesting fountain display next to Darling Harbour on my visit to Sydney in September 2003. The interesting patterns of the fountain alone, already made great subject material for photography. Imagine my delight when some children made the fountain their playground for the day! I love the strong contrast between the almost monochromatic colours of the fountain and the bright colours worn by the child, illuminated in brilliant lighting.