After weeks of fevered Deepavali commerce, Little India in Klang takes a needed break. It is also a public holiday today. The letters P, A and R went on leave too, I think. In the background is the stately Masjid India Klang. Deserted back lanes are a good place to explore (with just a camera and kit lens).
Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f11, 1/400 sec.
Despair is when a kid travels all the way to Little India only to find his favourite fireworks stall closed because of the rain. Photographed at 11:30 pm on Wednesday night. I like the rainy, late night atmosphere at the Deepavali bazaar in Klang. Lingering shoppers, half-closed stalls, strewn garbage, drizzle, wet roads and random strangers.
Olympus OM-D and Pana-Leica DG Summilux 25mm lens at ISO 500, f1.4, 1/50 sec.
There are many henna art stalls at the Deepavali Bazaar in Little India Klang. This little girl was waiting for the dye to dry while her mother gets her’s done. When the focus point is off-center, I normally use the 4-way pad to shift the AF square in the viewfinder of the OM-D. For this shot, I used ‘tap focus’ on the LCD screen instead.
Where there is cluttered background, you may want switch to Aperture Priority mode and drop the aperture to a bigger opening (smaller f number). I selected f3.5 on the 12-50mm kit lens. It provided the subtle change of focus starting from the hand to the blurred fluorescent lights. The shallower depth-of-field ‘lifted’ her hand from the background but is still clear enough for the viewver to make out the activity behind.
If you have a camera that can control the aperture, put your finger on it. Use it subtly.
