Walking to dinner

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family, man, people, photography, street, tree, walking, woman

This summer, we were very fortunate to be able to spend 3 weeks holiday with parents from both sides. The kids were extremely happy to have their grandparents all in one place, for a change 🙂

Shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L, shot in AV @ 1/500, f/4, focal length 32mm, ISO 400

 

 

Hotel Adlon

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berlin, building, germany, historical building, hotel, hotel adlon, photography, street, Street Photography

All are shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L

 

 

The transporter

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bicycle, black and white, car, photography, street

Shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L, shot in AV @ 1/4000, f/4, focal length 105mm, ISO 400

 

 

The streets of Istanbul

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istanbul, photography, shop, street

All are shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L

 

 

Waiting in line

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car, flyover, hong kong, hong kong airport, photography, queueing, street, taxi, transportation

Our flight from Sydney to Hong Kong was delayed, causing us to miss our connecting flight to Cebu. We had no other choice but staying for a night in a hotel adjacent to Hong Kong Airport.

From the hotel room I shot this view of rows of taxi, queueing for their turn to pick passengers up from the airport. Some of you must have realized that I love diagonal lines, thus I purposely composed it at this angle, patiently waiting for a taxi passing by on the flyover, et voila!

Shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L, shot in AV @ 1/10, f/4, focal length 35mm, ISO 500

 

 

Three-in-one

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motor taxi, motorbike, panning, photography, public transportation, street, transportation

Two weeks ago, I went out with a photography friend and our mentor. We wanted to basically pick his brain to improve our skills. After stopping at the second or third location, it just crossed our minds that we should learn panning. Great idea, right? Yes it was, except, we were up in the mountain area, during lunch time, and hardly any car nor motorcycle passing by.

Being a local and seasoned photographer, our mentor quickly solved the challenge. He told a motorbike taxi driver (locally known as habal habal) to drive up and down the empty road. So there he went, driving up, and driving down, and driving up, and driving down again, like 10 meter distance each time. I found it sooo hilarious.

Our mentor was busy explaining to us all the tricks, while at the same time shouting instructions to the driver with regards to speed, time to turn, etc. I have to say, it’s hard to stop laughing, seeing him driving up and down, just so that we can get proper shots.

After about 10 minutes, we paid the driver about US$ 1,50, enough for him to buy his lunch. I strongly believe, you can’t just do this in any country, can you? 🙂

Oh, the photo above is NOT of the above mentioned motorbike taxi driver. This motorbike passed by while I was all ready, thus was lucky enough to get this. I am very happy with this 3-people-on-a-bike shot.

Shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L, shot in M @ 1/60, f/22, focal length 60mm, ISO 200

 

 

The more the merrier

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black and white, kids, motorbike, photography, public transportation, street

A mélange of body posture, positioning and above all, balance.

Shot with iPhone 4S

 

 

Falling leaves

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dog, fall, leaves, man, nature, photography, street, walk

Shot with iPhone 4S