Festive Weariness
The Chinese Lunar New Year arrives in about 2 weeks. Everywhere you go in Singapore, strains of festive songs can be heard blaring from the numerous neighbourhood stalls set up to cash in on the festivities, selling traditional snacks and goodies, decorative ornaments and symbols of good luck. I found this scene of a bored-looking shopkeeper at a market in Ang Mo Kio this morning. Perhaps the morning shoppers were more keen in doing fresh food marketing today than buying stuff from her!
Exposure information: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Shutter speed – 1/20 sec, Aperture – f/5.6, ISO – 400, Exposure Mode – Aperture priority, Metering – Evaluative. Captured in RAW, converted in CaptureOne 3.6 LE, selective dodging/burning and levels adjustment in Photoshop 7.0.
Fantastic! Looks like you’re having a blast with the new camera.
wow, this is such a well taken photograph. It is nice and sharp [even at 1/20!!] and the exposure is perfect. very nice!
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Benny
http://photo.bwong.net
Thanks for the comments!
Benny, I was lucky that I had Image Stabilization on the lens which was on when I took this shot. And thankfully for that… Believe it or not, I was actually speaking on my mobile phone when I spotted this scene — the shot was taken one-handed since my other hand was still holding on to the phone!
Impressive portrait! Nice work. 🙂