The full moon rising behind the Skybridge of the Petronas Twin Towers this evening.
The world’s highest double-decked observatory and emergency evacuation bridge is at levels 41 and 42 of the 452m (1483 ft) skyscrapers. Each of the cylindrical pair of legs measures 51m (167 ft) in length.
Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f8, 1/3 sec.
Near dusk just now, the sun sets behind the dome of the Gombak Mosque. At dawn later, fasting begins for Muslims observing the month of Ramadan.
As a non-Muslim, I look forward to joining my Muslim friends for ‘breaking of fast’ meals on some of the evenings ahead. I try to fast on those days to make it more meaningful. Not always successful but I try. There will be many bazaars selling all kinds of food and I hope to share some of these images with you.
Photography Notes: The sun is so powerful that even with an 8-stop ND filter attached and at 1/4000th sec, it was barely enough to reign in its intensity. I was using a mirrorless camera with an electronic viewfinder. Never look at it directly or through the optical viewfinder of a d/slr. It can damage your eyes permanently.
Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f16, 1/4000 sec.
I was standing there looking at this strange Chinese temple with a cave on top of it. Wondering how I should photograph it when, out of nowhere, a boy came running and punching a basketball into the air. One of those lucky days.
Since it was a bright sunny day, I mounted an optical polarising filter earlier to deepen the already very bluish sky. When converted to back and white, the day sky appeared like night. Surreal but nice.
Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f11, 1/500 sec.
