Street Photo - Blue (Vertical Panorama)

Blue

Apple iPhone6 Plus on Chrome mode • Flash & HDR off • Post in Snapseed 2.0

Street Photo - Baby Ribbon

Baby Ribbon

Apple iPhone 6 Plus on Noir mode • Flash & HDR off • Post in Snapseed • Vignette added in SimplyB&W app

The New Capitol Theater Building

The newly renovated Capitol Theater building is open! Totally a new facelift!

I wrote a blog about my exploration inside the old building during the early stage of renovation. Check it out if you will.

There was an event going on inside the new building at the time of making this pano shot but I was still able to stand by the main entrance and had a glimpse of the interior. Well, nothing special, just well lit with sunlight shining through the ceiling windows but I wonder how it would look like at night. That will be another visit in the near future.

Apple iPhone 6 Plus on Pano mode • Post in Snapseed 2.0

Here's a couple of panorama photographs I made of the old Capitol Theater building with my HORIZON PERFEKT back in 2010, which I have never showed to the public before. I think this is the appropriate time to do so.

HORIZON PERFEKT on ILFORD XP2 • Film developed and negatives were scanned at a local photo lab (not known).

For some old interiors of the theater during my exploration 4 years ago, click here. Pleasant viewing.

Street Photo - Non-Conformists

Non-Conformists

Apple iPhone 6 Plus on Noir mode • Flash & HDR off • Post in Snapseed 2.0

Street Photo - At The Bus-stop

At The Bus-stop

Apple iPhone 6 Plus on Noir mode • Flash & HDR off • Post in Snapseed 2.0

Street Photo - Eco-Office

Eco-Office

Apple iPhone 6 Plus on Noir mode • Flash and HDR off • Post-processed in Snapseed

Travel Photographs - The Big Catch

Took these photographs of an old fisherman in Batu Gajab, Ipoh, Malaysia on one early morning during my trip to Ipoh Malaysia.

Nikon D300 on 18-70mm • f/4.5 1/90 second at ISO 3200 • Spot metering AWB E.V. = 0 • Post-processed and Black & White conversion in Photoshop

Street Photo - On Reading...

On Reading...

Apple iPhone 6 Plus on Noir mode • Flash & HDR off • Post in Snapseed • Vignette added in SimplyB&W app

Snapseed 2.0 Is Out!

Sunset Factory House

I heard about the new release of Google's new Snapseed app i.e. Snapseed 2.0 which is an awesome upgrade from the first version. With great UI, fast rendering time and so much more features to offer that you will get blown away. What's more? IT"S ABSOLUTELY FREE!

So I took the opportunity to take some sunset pictures right after work and this is one of the few shots. All post-processed in Snapseed 2.0

I've always enjoyed using this mobile photo editing app and now I love it ever more. Below are 2 more processed of the same picture in Black & White and 16:9 panorama crop.

And here's another shot I made of a parked excavator, with my iPhone 6 Plus on Chrome mode with HDR on. 

Original

HDR mode

Post-processed on the Original

Post-processed on the HDR

Compare the 2 post-processed photos to the following Original and HDR images respectively, I must say Google has certainly set a new and higher level in mobile editing app to its predecessor. Personally I believe Snapseed 2.0 will definitely be the Number One photo editing app, AGAIN, in the market in 2015 It's my GO-TO app every time I take photos with my mobile phone camera, be it Android or iOS. Yeah my personal favorite!

Coming back to the 2 post-processed photos, I would say both look good but the HDR version has more details and vivid colors. Howsoever, the down side on processing the HDR image on iPhone is that the image pixel size is relatively smaller than the original version. Personally I want large pixel size and in case I want to print it on a A3 size for example, the image can be enlarged without any loss in details.

Before we go, here's a 38-minute video by The Grid on Snapseed 2.0. Check it out.

Street Photo - On Reading...

On Reading...

Apple iPhone 6 Plus on Noir mode • Flash & HDR off • Post in Snapseed • Vignette added in SimplyB&W app

Night Street Photo - Night Shift III

Night Shift III

Nikon D70s on Tamron 17-35mm @ f/2.8, 1/25 second, Matrix Metering at ISO 1600 EV +5.0, Incandescent White Balance. Post-processed in Photoshop.

Night Street Photo - Night Cycling

Night Cycling

Nikon D70s on Tamron 17-35mm @ f/3.5, 1/10 second, Spot Metering at ISO 1600 EV +1.0, Auto White Balance. Post-processed in Photoshop.

Night Street Photo - Wandering Mind II

Wandering Mind II

Nikon FM10 on FujiFilm Superia 1600 • B&W conversion in Photoshop

Night Street Photo - Wandering Mind I

Wandering Mind

Nikon FM10 on FujiFilm Superia 1600 • B&W conversion in Photoshop

Night Street Photo - Negotiation

Nikon D70s on 50mm f/1.8 @ f/2.8, 1/50sec. E.V. +0.7 AWB ISO 1600 Matrix Metering. Mono-conversion in Photoshop.

Night Street Photo - Bubble Girl

Nikon D70s on 50mm f/1.8 @ f/2.8, 1/30sec. E.V. +1.0 AWB ISO 900 Matrix Metering. Mono-conversion in Photoshop.

Night Street Photo - Night Shift II

Nikon D70s on 50mm f/1.8 @ f/3.5, 1/8sec. E.V. +0.7 AWB ISO 200 Matrix Metering. Mono-conversion in Photoshop.

Night Street Photo - Night Shift

Nikon D70s on 50mm f/1.8 @ f/2.8, 1/60sec. E.V.+5.0 AWB ISO 1600 Spot Metering. Mono-conversion in Photoshop.

Night Street Photo - No Entry

Nikon D70s on 50mm f/1.8 @ f/2.8, 1/30sec. E.V.+5.0 AWB ISO 1600 Spot Metering. Mono-conversion in Photoshop.

Street Photo - Habitual Pattern II

Habitual Pattern II

Apply iPhone 6 Plus on Noir mode • Flash & HDR off • Post in Snapseed • Vignette added in SimplyB&W

Night Street Photo - Night Alley

Night Alley

Nikon D70s on 50mm f/1.8 @ f/2.8, 1/30sec. E.V.+5.0 AWB ISO 1600 Spot Metering. Mono-conversion in Photoshop.

Night Street Photo - Pre-Occupied II

Pre-occupied II

Nikon D70s on 50mm f/1.8 @ f/2.8, 1/60sec. E.V. +5.0 AWB ISO 1600 Spot Metering. Mono-conversion in Photoshop.

Street Photo - Old Cinema Tickets Book

Old Cinema Tickets Book

Apple iPhone 6 Plus • Flash Off • HDR Off • Post in Snapseed with additional Vignette efex in SimplyB&W

Street Photo - Pongal Festival

Pongal Festival 2015

It's that time of the year for harvest and the local Indians are celebrating their Pongal Festival. Light decors were set up along the newly constructed Campbell Lane.

The rising hot sun shone its blazing light upon this street and I positioned myself where the green colored vase-shaped lamp blocked the sun, hence created such halo glow.

Apple iPhone 6 Plus • Flash Off • HDR Off • Post-processed in Snapseed.

Night Street Photo - Pre-Occupied

Pre-occupied

Today let's talk about night street photography. The above photograph was posted on my other night photography blog site and I thought it would be good to post it and many other night street photos here.

For night street photography, I walked and took photos just the way I do day time street photography but with many great challenges like low light ambience, focusing issue, etc. I've tried auto-focus and manual focus with different camera settings. There's no fixed settings for every street scenery. Just have to pre-adjust when the situation calls for.

Here's how I got the above night street photograph. I was taking some shots of the Clive Street coffee shop (in the background shown above) when this Indian gentleman came along and stood still right in front of me. He stood there for a few moments, looking at his cell phone and I took a few quick burst shots when suddenly he looked up, paused and turned to his left side. From the look of his eyes in this street photo, his mind seems to be pre-occupied. Soon after he walked away.

So I considered myself pretty lucky. Luck is quite important when doing street photography. This Indian gentleman didn't even bother whether I took his photos or not. I bet he didn't even notice me in the first place as the spot I was standing on was in low light condition and I was wearing black T-shirts. My camera was set to Manual Focus mode and I literally had hard time focusing on him. But in the end I managed to get it.

Nikon D70s on 50mm f/1.8 @ f/2.8, 1/60sec. E.V. +5.0 AWB ISO 1600 Spot Metering. Cropped and mono-conversion in Photoshop.