Pho Nhom & Thi Si En Herbe: 1/20/13

my entries for catching the light

Dear BiTwin, fellow PNEHs, painters, poets, Mai Quang and Forum friends,

"Well, my eyes are full of stars
But I just can't reach 'em... oh, how high they are
I gotta believe what I'm thinking can come true
But in a modern world that can be so hard to do"
( from Rise to the sun by Alabama Shakes)I wish I could catch the light from the stars to submit as entry, but I had to settle for what I was able to do.
So here are my entries. The first one was a photo of a little portion of the gigantic Swarovski chandelier at the lobby of Top of the Rock. The picture was taken this Wednesday when I went to Rockefeller Center to check out Jacques Torres's chocolate shop.
The second one was a piece of ice I picked up from the ground of my garden and placed on the leaves to catch the light for the photo shoot. It kept falling on the ground and chipping away to finally become a heart shape (morale of the story for me: often things do happen for a reason, and what seemed not to work out at first, did turn out to be better in the end:-))
The third photo was also taken on the same Wednesday, on my way back to the office.

And finally, as a substitute for the light from the stars, a beautiful song by Alabama Shakes which I heard for the first time yesterday when my son gave me a ride and so I learned something new from him :-).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNxWyVAtBiU

Have a nice weekend everyone
from an icy Be^n bo*\ So^ng :-)
EmCi

Catching the light

Dear MC, BT and friends

Catching some light

Tuan

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Showing Movements

Hi all,

Action photography is always one of my strong interest, and thus my
success rate of "freezing movement" is not too bad so far. On the
other hand, "showing movements" of fast moving subjects is always
challenging. The technique I usually used is "panning": pan your
camera along the same direction with your subject & matching the speed
of your subject. This technique is quite challenging & tough to master
(it's very easy for your main subject is not in focus due to the slow
shutter speed), but we always get rewarded when our attempts are
successful.

Here are some pictures employing this technique. The first 2 captured
in Vietnam, circa 2010 & the birds were captured in 2012.

Tri'

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MOVEMENT - more from Caro

MOVEMENT

Hi MC, BT & friends

Hmm... capturing motion is too advanced for my beginner photography level... but here are some shots of tango dancing taken in Buenos Aires... there are many milongas (kind of discos where you dance the tango) all over the city, and the first photo was shot in a public park in the evening, love watching these mix & match couples swaying away... the other photos are from other Tango dancers in the street and in cafes... indeed lots of sensual and studied movements...

If you are interested to see more of our trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Iguazu, here's the link...

Click to play

Cheers

Caro

my entries for MOVEMENTS

Dear BiTwin, fellow PNEHs, painters, poets, G Quang and Forum friends,

Love all the entries for MOVEMENTS by other PNEHs. Here are my late entries for movements :-)
MC

My Entries for Movement

Dear PNEH friends,

Thank you for all your movement :-)

Caro: Your tortoises are fabulous

TNS: Great catching of the bird and the tennis girl :-)

Lan: Those kids are having too much fun

Tuan: My Favorite is the fire dance in Hawai

Tri': all beautiful, you are a pro.

Let's see:

1. Catch those birds, those waves and that boat (ouf)

2. Catch that girl

3. Catch that boy

4. Catch that water

5. Catch those waves

6. Bird Dance

Have a fun weekend everyone,

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My entries for Movements

Volley

Kung Fu Kick

Surfing in the USA

Fly away

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more MOVEMENT

Thanks MC

Here is an add'l entry for MOVEMENT, don't laugh, it's my poor effort to try to capture movement with my camera and picked a supposedly slow moving subject i.e. tortoises, but even they are too fast for my camera : ))

Cheers

Caro