Monthly Archives: April 2006

From Bright To Night

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Here comes another random batch of pictures, with the theme of uh… dramatic light.


A solar panel and a windmill at KLPAC! A spiral windmill should be much more efficient, as it is able to take kinetic energy from the wind coming in any direction.


Metal rope for a swing. Yeah, the pictures will be from KLPAC until I say otherwise.


Skybox.


Factory-side.


And I thought this was an abandoned building. Turns out it was an art gallery.


Nearby, the Sentul Koi Centre attracts flying insects.


Mona Lisa smiles to us at Nagas, a high-class mamak opposite the Brickfields Police Station.


As I walked up the road to my home, I saw this creepy green glow.


Since I’ll probably forget to put the answer if I asked “where does the green light come from?” on the previous picture, I might as well put the answer here. Press the button and it changes to red!

Infra-structu-red

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I finally obtained enough exposed film negative to make my infrared lamp. Thanks smashpOp for the accidentally exposed film!


Left: All wrapped up. At least 6-7 layers of film, I think. This is what it looks like to the human eye when turned on. Right: What it looks like to the camera (with flash.)


What it looks like to the eye. No wait, what the eye looks like. Eye bag you.


The 40 Watt lamp allows me to get hotter, brighter infrared shots. This was at 0.6 seconds shutter speed.


At the same time, it’s fun to play with long exposure times. The bluish tinge is infrared.


And more, now in infrared only.


KL Performing Arts Centre, oh how I adore thee and adore taking pictures of thee.


Same goes for thee neighbor, Sentul Park. More coming up soon. Like real soon, because I’ve already post-processed the pictures.

I Heart Rock

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For once, I sat close enough to the stage in Jamasia, Hartamas, to get nice, bright shots at minimal optical zoom, allowing for big apertures, thus better exposure. The occasion? Heart Rock, a charity gig.


Broken Scar started the set with his Emily The Strange Epiphone SG.


Zack of Cosmic Funk Express rips out three thousand notes in a spacey, mind-bending frenzy. You can see the effect on Alex, the drummer.


As for Alda who was standing on the bass drum, well, he just loves beer. His bass had to be retuned halfway, and so Zack unveiled his touch-tapped version of the Doraemon theme song!

We were also treated to Alda’s vocal debut, singing Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ version of Jimi Hendrix – Fire.

Needless to say, we’ll request for Eric Johnson – Cliffs Of Dover next time.


Stonebay‘s grungy vocalist has a pretty guitar.


Naked Breed, featuring Melina of Tempered Mental. Interestingly, Tempered Mental would feature Jack The Shredder of Naked Breed.


Guitarists might recognize this neo-classical and blues shredder from Bentley Music, filling in, in Edge Of Fire. Shaun Ng was also the first ever webdesigner for Xfresh, but that was ages ago.


Daniel of Edge Of Fire, in my opinion, is the only handsome Korean-looking Chinese guy there is.

What’s with you not-exactly-prepubescent girls and your obsession with slanty eyes and long dragged faces? I knew a girl who had good taste (in looks anyway.) Then comes Korean-looking Chinese boy and she’s nuts about him and how he’s so cute. I do not consider a guy who has such a long stoned face and doesn’t smile or even smirk when camwhoring with girlfriend… cute. Do I have to slap some expression into you? Dammit, you got yourself a hot chick, don’t look so sad okayyy.

Note that I say Korean-looking Chinese guy, not Korean guy, because Zack is da shiznit, and is the sensation on YouTube.


Anyway, back to the story. Shaun broke a string. Oh no what do we do? Fear not! The band plays an acoustic cover of Mr. Big – To Be With You.


Polar Attraction, with Jaya Satriani. Even spacier than Cosmic Funk Express.


One Buck Short ends the set. How the heck do you play after a shredder band?

In unrelated news, I got the chance to play with a Canon EOS 350D at a later gig. Yes that’s right, a digital SLR camera! My friend had a Canon 17-85mm, F4-5.6 lens on. That combination was sweet, but the lens had a prohibitive price (and anything with a bigger aperture would cost at least 4 times more), and it wasn’t that bright either, so I kept to ISO1600 at all times. Manual focus was only fun when it was bright enough, plus the viewfinder could be so much bigger. It was only much later that he revealed the Speedlite 430EX he was carrying, but I was lazy to test it out. Besides, flashing isn’t my preferred style.

This is why I would not get a digital SLR – I would not be pleased with it. I already know the limits of what I can afford!

Eh, Do Be Acrobat!

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Forget lion dances for Chinese New Year parties, Chinese acrobats are the true dextrous… acrobats. And yes, these pictures were taken on the 11th of February 2006. 🙁


Left: Women wear many masks. Right: Men speak in tongues, specifically those that sound like birds chirping. Below: Men with many hats like to jump about and exchange dandruff.


Left to right, top to bottom: The boy is well-balanced; he then attempts an Acme-like seesaw launcher, launching metal bowls onto his head; he succeeds; a man saddled with too many footballs; he believes that the glass is upside down, and thus cannot hold water; he then tries to hold a few storeys of cups and a vase; the cleaner lady wants some limelight too, when the acrobat fails and drops the glass cups, smashing all over the floor.


Top left and right: What a flat-headed young lady she will turn out to be. Walking with pots on your head is never easy, much less spinning them, then tossing them so they land on your head and while continuously spinning. Middle: Catch the bricks in midair. He’d play a fine game of Tetris. Bottom: FREE FLOW OF (CRAB) SHARKSFIN SOUP! Too bad I was allergic to crab meat, so yeah, no refilling for me.


“Oompa! Loompa!” sings in my head.