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.
This is Olympus OM-D together with the Pana-Leica DG Summilux 25mm f1.4 prime lens with no additives, colouring or sweetener. Meaning; no filters or post-adjustments. Pure O.O.C. (out-of-camera) goodness with only resizing and letter-boxing applied for Instagram display.
The junction of Jalan Sultan Ismail and Jalan Bukit Bintang (Starry Hill Road, now informally Jalan Urut Kaki) is the closest thing Kuala Lumpur has to Piccadilly Circus (London), Times Square (New York City) or Shibuya (Tokyo Metropolis).
7:27 pm, ISO 1600, f1.4, 1/320 sec
The world’s former tallest buildings, the Petronas Twin Towers were partially shrouded by clouds last night. I tuned the camera’s white balance towards blue and it ended up looking like a scene from the fictional and stylised Gotham City.
A bright prime lens allows an impromptu night shot like this without a tripod. Of course, the Olympus OM-D’s 5-axis image stabilisation was working its magic too. The PanaLeica Summilux lens is extremely sharp even wide open at f1.4.
