"No matter what it takes..."

"No matter what it takes..."

... no matter how long... or how painful...

He will get down to the street, day after day... and cross the block for his sunset walk....

May the Gods bless him, his courage, his strength and his independence... for he touched my heart the day I passed by him on the street... and I do hope if I ever reach his age, I have that energy too...

Hudson Street,

Somewhere in the West Village,

New York.

Taken with a 3G iPhone.

PS: This week, I've appeared on Time Out New York again... participating of their great project for the PHOTO ISSUE, where I (next to other 82 New York personalities, including celebrities like Drew Barrymore, Tim Gun, Sean Lennon... and Anton!! LOL) photographed "a vision of New York", using a disposable Kodak camera... You may see a small photo of my batch printed on the magazine (Time Out New York, Issue 727, Page 19). And you can see some of my best shots at their website Here , and my tip to whoever wants to begin taking photos Here .

Raining red passion

Raining red passion

1° PLACES in the contests "PAINT THE TOWN WITH RED" in the Everyday is sunday group

1° PLACES in the contest "THE COLOR RED" in the selective colours award

'73 triumph

'73 triumph

G. A.C

G. A.C.

FRONT PAGE en EXPLORE el 11 JUN 2008

Timidin

Timidin

ONE°15 Marina Club, Sentosa (II) :: HDR

ONE°15 Marina Club, Sentosa (II) :: HDR

Life is back to those hectic & tiring days for me. Sorry for being pretty quiet last week... when one is tired, I just want to sleep & everything just goes out the windows :D Anyway hope everyone is surviving well! Here's an ultra wide angle shot..so wide & distorted that i feel like its going to pop your eyes with disgust haha!

View LARGE On Black to feel the blues

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About

ONE°15 Marina Club at Sentosa, Singapore

The Shot

Standard 3 exposure shot (+2..0..-2 EV) taken handheld using Sigma DC HSM 10-20mm lens

Photomatix

- Tonemapped generated HDR using Detail enhancer option

Photoshop

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'curves' to increase the contrast

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'level' to decrease the brightness

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (blues) to adjust the sky

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (yellows) to tone down the harshness

- Used a slight amount of 'unsharp mask' (as always) on the background layer

You

All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are (as always) welcome

Music

David Gray - Last Boat to America

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The Beauty of Destruction

The Beauty of Destruction

I drove 120 miles round trip from where I'm working just to make it to a lake where the water is drastically low, and most of the forrest around it has been clear cut.

Needless to say, I think it was worth the trip. I'm probably going to post a lot of photos from this 30 minute shoot. I just couldn't stop myself.

I haven't done it in a while, but Here is a larger version of this shot only because I want to see it tomorrow at work, to the guys who I saw this spot as we went wizzing by.