Flour Power

Stumbled upon this frenzied flour-blowing contest in a ghetto corner of Manila. Every one was having so much fun cheering the wheezing contestants; no one noticed the camera or stranger among them.

For me, it was a rare moment to NOT get a Flower Power V-Sign. The hand gesture seems to be an automatic reaction when kids see a camera in The Philippines and many parts of Asia 🙂

The only disturbing thing was that the stern-looking referee was armed with a metal rod. Lol. Curiously, the crowd dissapted as fast as the flour when the winner was determined. I didn’t stick around to find out why…

Flour Power

The Imam’s View

Made it back from the Bentong-Raub road-trip in time to join my Bangladeshi friends for their Eid al-Adha prayers this morning. The community of expatriate workers occupied the entire stretch of Jalan Tun Tan Siew Sin (formerly Cross Street and later Jalan Silang) to pray and listen to sermons. The Islamic Festival of Sacrifice is also known as Hari Raya Haji locally.

For this shot of the Imam’s POV (point-of-view) of the congregation, I needed a very deep depth-of-field. I switched to aperture priority and selected f20 on the 12-60mm lens. It was deep enough to pull in focus from near the Imam’s head to the end of the street.

The Imam's View