Gay Pride New York 2008

It was pouring so hard that I missed the parade this year, but I did managed to photograph the other events during pride week. Because of the weather, I shot most of these at ISO 800. Although quite grainy when viewed at 1:1, the photographs were fine at screen resolution scaled down.

As in my previous experience, for shooting events with a lot of crowd, zooming all the way into the expression of folks far outweigh the necessity to show the costume and such.

Here are some highlights:

Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2008

Ever since I went to the Coney Island Mermaid Parade in 2007 for the first time, I have been waiting for my second opportunity to photograph this event again. Here are some highlights from today's event.

Related Flickr Sets
+ Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2008
+ Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2007

Hong Kong Flower Show 2008 / SML

The end of my trip in Hong Kong coincided with the annual flower show so I decided to pay a visit, in particular to give my macro lens some use since I carried it half the planet over anyhow.













Related SML Universe
+ SML Flickr Set: Canon 10D
+ SML Flickr Set: Canon EF 100 f/2.8 Macro USM
+ SML Flickr Set: Hong Kong
+ SML Flickr Set: Nature Photography

Hong Kong: Architecture / 2008 / SML

I went to Hong Kong in March, 2008. Here are some of the city's architecture captured during the visit.

View from the peak


Hong Kong International Airport


Hong Kong Hang Seng Bank Headquarters


Four Seasons Hotel


Hong Kong Cultural Center


Related SML Universe
+ SML Flickr Set: Architecture
+ SML Flickr Set: Hong Kong

Brooklyn Botanic Garden / 2007-09-09

I visited the Brooklyn Botanic Garden for the first time last year but never got to process the photographs. Here are some of the highlights from the day. Complete coverage can be browsed on SML Flickr Tags: Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Canon 50mm f/1.4 Tests

First series of images after plugging new Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens onto the camera. Very happy that under room light setting, I am able to shoot at ISO 100, 1/90 seconds at f/1.4.

Review of the lens
After spending most of my time shooting with L lenses, the lack of color vibration is fairly prominent to me. The sharpness difference is also fairly pronounced in detail, but not that you can see it on Flickr anyhow. (most people don't view large)











Related SML Universe
+ SML Flickr Collection: SML Setup
+ SML Flickr Set: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4

SML in Motion

Having more fun with multi-strobes today:









Here's the setup:

Strobist Info
+ Canon ST-E2 on camera for focusing + flash control
+ Canon 10D: Manual: ISO 100 70mm f/4.0 1/2 sec
+ Canon 580EX on light stand with umbrella set to 1/32 power 8 exposure at 10Hz



Related SML Flickr Tags
+ Experiment
+ Multi-strobe

Related SML Universe
+ SML Me
+ SML Photo Blog

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