When we mention Manchester, the first thing that strikes many local football fans’ mind would be that of the Manchester United football team. I have visited Manchester many times partly because of my elder son, Eng Kien, who pursued his medical degree at the University of Manchester from 1992 to 1997. I went back to Manchester again in 2003. Visiting the Lowrey area, I was greatly impressed with the brand new architectural additions over there. I captured this image simply because of the good geometrical designs and colour contrast of the setting. The usually gloomy UK weather seemed to have disappeared all of a sudden and I was greeted with such a brightly-lit lighting condition.
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.