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Night Near The Museum

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Last night, I was driving towards the royal town of Sri Menanti when heavy rain, thunder and lightning hit the valley. It was as if Mother Nature was saying; fireworks are lame. She put up a spectacular show, shooting multiple bolts in a 360 degree pattern. The pitch dark sky was beautifully lit with the simultaneous strikes.

I quickly set up a tripod under a bus stop at the turning to the palace and museum. The bolts were mainly of the random intracloud (cloud-to-cloud) type and thus were unpredictable in its direction. Needing something to juxtapose, I decided to hand hold the camera and walked into the rain. As a result, I got this shot that not only captured the burst but pin-pointed the location too.

Warning: Outdoor lightning photography is very dangerous. Before attempting, read up and understand the risks and safety measures to adopt.

Olympus OM-D, ISO 4000, f3.5, 1/40 sec.

Night Near The Museum

There Must Be An Angel Playing With Your Heart

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Once upon a time, a long long time ago, in an enchanted forest, there lived an angel with a big heart. In this modern version, the leaves are LEDs, the forest is i-City and the heart drawn by my assistant and model, Carmen.

This shot was done with her drawing the heart with a pair of LED lights held in each hand. We tried the LED light from two Samsung phones and it worked just as well. It should also work with torch-lights, glow sticks and sparklers.

The tricky part was figuring out the optimum time and speed to draw. Another challenge was in lighting up her face without too much ghosting since the FL-50R flash was fired in slow shutter sync. Light Painting is an established photography genre and art form. Hope to bring you more such pictures and share with you the techniques.

Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f11, 1 sec.

There Must Be An Angel Playing With Your Heart

Women Power

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It is nice to see a night market stall operated solely by women, selling and replacing covers of various smartphones. The replacement of the phone covers and cases is not as easy as one would imagine.

While waiting, this lady customer with the tattoo, told me she got her ink done for RM450 at Sunway. I think tattoo artists should also set up stalls at the night markets. At the same venue, I saw a hairdresser with her own air-conditioned trailer.

Olympus OM-D, ISO 1000, f5, 1/30 sec.

The Girl With The Tattoo