Arab Street, originally uploaded by Maung Maung aka Mexx.
some photos I took around arab street in singapore.
Showing posts with label Street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Street. Show all posts
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Ang Mo Kio
places of ang mo kio.
nothing really special. but it was the place i used to live for a long period of time. very nostalgic.. and i was just trying to capture some mood.
shot when i was there to meet a good friend.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Little India ..a different singapore
I've been experimenting with street photos lately and posted a few in this blog. But I just realized I haven't post my Little India street photos to this blog. (Thanks Gyit Tu for her interest in the street photos).
Street photography seems to me like the hardest and most under-rated photography. You can expect certain shots but you can hardly plan anything. And most of all, you need to be more intrusive/closer to get a good perspective .. and yet find your way out without much troubles in this crowded little island.
I went to Little India on Sunday a few weeks back with my friends Zaw Zaw and Nay Naing to take some street shots. It's a totally different part of Singapore. Different buildings , different shops and different faces roam the streets of Little India on Sunday.
Most Bangladeshis workers come here to hang out, buy things and meet friend in this area on Sundays. And almost all of them don't mind taking pictures of them.. In fact, some even asked me to take their photo even though they knew that they cant get the picture back.
Is it culture related? Metropolitans are more concerned on the privacy I guess.
Well..
Here are some of the photos I take. As usual, some are good , some are average, But I hope as a whole series of pictures, I try to capture the mood and culture of the Little India on Sunday.
You be the judge If i successfully captured it.
(These photos are best viewed in Slide show mode)
click here for the whole series.
P.S. For the gearheads, I brought 4 lens with my EOS 5D. (EF 20-35mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, EF 35mm f/2, EF 50mm f/1.4, EF 100mm f/2.0). Most are shot with 35/2 but I made some interesting shots with both 100/2 and 20-35mm. Night shots are mostly shot at ISO1600 and some are ISO3200 mostly shot wide open as I love the DOF.
Street photography seems to me like the hardest and most under-rated photography. You can expect certain shots but you can hardly plan anything. And most of all, you need to be more intrusive/closer to get a good perspective .. and yet find your way out without much troubles in this crowded little island.
I went to Little India on Sunday a few weeks back with my friends Zaw Zaw and Nay Naing to take some street shots. It's a totally different part of Singapore. Different buildings , different shops and different faces roam the streets of Little India on Sunday.
Most Bangladeshis workers come here to hang out, buy things and meet friend in this area on Sundays. And almost all of them don't mind taking pictures of them.. In fact, some even asked me to take their photo even though they knew that they cant get the picture back.
Is it culture related? Metropolitans are more concerned on the privacy I guess.
Well..
Here are some of the photos I take. As usual, some are good , some are average, But I hope as a whole series of pictures, I try to capture the mood and culture of the Little India on Sunday.
You be the judge If i successfully captured it.
(These photos are best viewed in Slide show mode)
click here for the whole series.
P.S. For the gearheads, I brought 4 lens with my EOS 5D. (EF 20-35mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, EF 35mm f/2, EF 50mm f/1.4, EF 100mm f/2.0). Most are shot with 35/2 but I made some interesting shots with both 100/2 and 20-35mm. Night shots are mostly shot at ISO1600 and some are ISO3200 mostly shot wide open as I love the DOF.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
against the tide
I was just shooting some street shots and this came out interesting to me..
he looks lonely crossing the street where all the rest are crossing the other way.
and i just noticed that there's a woman trying to run across behind him.
trying to catch him? i dunno. just my imagination :D
i thought of cropping the pic.. but left the headroom untouched to give the airiness ( emptiness) of the scene.
food lovers
singapore has plenty of places to eat, cheap to expensive.
east to west.. all type.. and its all crowded in many places.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Johnny
this probably is not a pure street shot but a candid moment when i catch my friend's smoking. :)
but i like the mood here.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Thursday, August 7, 2008
going home..
shot on the streets near my house..
clementi, singapore..
trying to figure if 100mm lens is possible to use street photography.
it's pretty hard to get focus fast enough in the shallow DOF at 100mm f/2 and it gets worse when the twilight is gone.
even at ISO1600, shutter speed is pretty slow and DOF is too shallow to get snappy candid.. but I enjoyed the lens.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
Where we meet
This is how's it like at Pennisula plaza on sunday.. where all Myanmar from all parts of life in Singapore gather..
cos there's local food restaurants, local goods, service to send money home .. etc..
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