{"id":6559,"date":"2013-05-02T11:41:36","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T03:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.my\/?p=6559"},"modified":"2013-05-02T11:48:18","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T03:48:18","slug":"the-secret-world-of-vuvuzelas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/the-secret-world-of-vuvuzelas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret World Of Vuvuzelas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hate plastic vuvuzelas. They make the most awful and irritating sounds. I think the China factories must have an overrun from the 2010 World Cup. If your blowing isn&#8217;t noticeable, you can add a compressed air can and mutate it into an air horn. They are now sold at every event, including this election rally in Putrajaya.<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy photography, the elections need not be about banners, politicians or supporters. Find a different angle. In this case, I placed the camera on ground level next to a street stall. The colourful vuvuzelas sprang to life. With a very strong sun behind, they became glow sticks in this seldom-seen view. Like a peek into a surreal, fantasy world.<\/p>\n<p>I upped the saturation a bit and added a diffusion filter. This enhanced the neon effect and soften the very sharp ultrawide lens. Placing a woman&#8217;s stocking over the lens can also produce a similar effect.<\/p>\n<p>Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f11, 1\/800 sec.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/vuvuzela.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6560\" title=\"The Secret World Of Vuvuzelas\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/vuvuzela.jpg\" alt=\"The Secret World Of Vuvuzelas\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/vuvuzela.jpg 1080w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/vuvuzela-113x113.jpg 113w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/vuvuzela-169x169.jpg 169w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/vuvuzela-450x450.jpg 450w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/vuvuzela-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hate plastic vuvuzelas. They make the most awful and irritating sounds. I think the China factories must have an overrun from the 2010 World Cup. If your blowing isn&#8217;t noticeable, you can add a compressed air can and mutate &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/the-secret-world-of-vuvuzelas\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[378,563,25,519,9],"tags":[1452,1451,114,511,1459,247,250,1462,1461],"class_list":["post-6559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-instagram","category-news-commentary","category-omd","category-photography","tag-elections","tag-ge13","tag-olympus","tag-om-d","tag-pru13","tag-putrajaya","tag-street-photography","tag-surreal","tag-vuvuzela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6559"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6569,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6559\/revisions\/6569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}