During my recent visit to Mount Bromo in East Java, Indonesia, I captured this image at the Permai Hotel (opposite Mount Bromo). Actually I was waiting for sunset but the sunlight was not strong enough to penetrate through the thick clouds. Instead, I managed to photograph the fabulous dispersed-lighting effect filtering through the clouds. The silhouette of Mount Batok at the lower left hand corner completed the picture.
Singapore just celebrated her 40th National Day on 9th Aug 2005. During this period, buildings in our city are always well-decorated with national flags. This was an image that I captured in 1996. One of the well-decorated buildings then was the Cockpit Hotel. This picture is of historical value because the Hotel has since been demolished. In its place, high-rise residential building is currently undergoing construction.
(Courtesy of: The National Museum of Singapore Permanent Collection, National Heritage Board, 2008)
While was visiting Paris, France in 2004, Porte St Martin was just nearby the hotel that I was staying at. I captured this image using the soft lighting in the early morning. The image is almost monochromatic but the texture of the Porte was sufficient to enhance the image visually. A small aperture (f/22) was utilized here to achieve the maximum depth of field for the image.