Category: Travel

Taken on vacation trips

Elation

Elated
One of the tricks I have come across about taking pictures at a parade is not to focus your efforts on the parade/performance. Rather, try instead to look out for candid moments among the spectators of the parade…

This was what I did during the Colours of the World Parade at the Dreamworld theme park in Bangkok, Thailand. The reward was a shot capturing the spontaneous joy and elation of this boy watching the parade. I have adopted a monochrome approach to the final image since this made the boy stand out from the rest of the scene (because of the dark-coloured T-shirt he was wearing).

And in case you’ve missed them, don’t forget to see these other pictures I took from my Thailand trip: this is BAD, Ushering In The Compliments.

this is BAD

this is BAD
More pictures from my Bangkok trip…

The above was taken at the Hollywood Action show at the Dreamworld theme park. The show itself was pretty boring (partially because everything was in Thai — dialogue, commentary and all!) so I busied myself taking pictures of the display of action and pyrotechnics. Dearest CY came up with the interesting title for this one 🙂 … which leads to several questions: 1) Is the show bad?, 2) Is this what the guy in the SWAT uniform is thinking?, 3) Is the door bad?, or 4) Is this picture badly taken? (I hope not! :P)

Exposure information: Camera – Canon EOS 20D, Lens – Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L, Shutter speed – 1/320 sec, Aperture – f/5, ISO – 200, Exposure mode – Shutter priority, additional processing in CaptureONE LE 3.7.1 and Photoshop 7

Ushering In The Compliments

Ushering In The Compliments
I took a short holiday trip to Bangkok, Thailand last weekend. On this visit, we made a trip to the Dreamworld theme park just 10 minutes away from Don Muang International Airport. The park was really crowded during our visit since it was the Thai monarch’s birthday, which made photography challenging. While waiting for our transport at the end of the day, I caught a glimpse of this park-usher taking a look at the compliments that were left behind by visitors. The brilliant lighting and strong colours attracted me to take this picture.

Exposure information: Camera – Canon EOS 20D, Lens – Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L, Shutter speed – 1/400 sec, Aperture – f/4.0, ISO – 200, Exposure mode – Aperture priority, Flash – Off

By the way, if you missed yesterday’s guestblog entry, do take a look and leave a comment!