This is another version of an image of a terrace rice field that I captured in Bali during my first visit there in 1980. The main elements of the picture are the composition, lines and the colours. The slide won the FIAP Gold Medal of the Photo Travel Section of the 43rd Mississippi Valley International Salon held in 1990.
The golden hours of the early morning has provided me with great potential of capturing the mood of early dawn. I love the dramatic lighting conditions that have cast a golden sparkle on the Victoria Building in Hong Kong. The print was exhibited at the RPS 150 Anniversary Members’ Exhibition in Bath in May 2003.
I returned to Parang Tritis, Central Java, Indonesia in 1985. At the same beach where I captured “After The Catch”, I found this new image of a villager at work. I utilized the curve of the sand beach and the rim light in the water area to form the basic elements of the image. The decisive moment of the water splashing onto the cow further enhanced the visual impact. This image won a Bronze Medal at the 32nd CPA International Salon, Hong Kong, held in 1991.