Thank you. PSI reached 249 in the night. Unhealthy. I had to set up my M9 in the car, to minimise exposure (not funny) to the soup around. The scattered light by the nearest treetop was nice. Glad you like it - such a simple picture.
The image is not particularly well achieved but significant from a historical standpoint . 102 years later the original concept endures and is still valid.
I first named this shot "Negotiations opened". However, reflecting on it, I decided that this title is misleading, cause there weren't any negotiation. This man, who obviously belongs to a different part of the city, wants to buy an hour of her time, but . . the normal routine of going up to her and ask her price, would imply a certain degradation. So, keeping a safe distance, he instead uses the same elegant "geste" which he would use inviting a woman of his own class for a dance. Price is not an issue, and if she does a good job, she will probably receive a handsome tip. All she has to do is walk to the little hotel close by where she keeps her "office" - he will follow.
Thank you. When I first came to Singapore in 1980, the first thing I did was to walk down Orchard Road. There were only cheap coffee/snack shops along the road, each one indistinguishable from the other. The biggest thing was McDonald, roughly where the photo was taken.
Thank you. Orchard Road is fun, bustling yet not shoulder-to-shoulder jammed. You can walked leisurely. The 2 staircases are from adjacent malls, so there probably were some issues with who-do-what. So, they are different staircases, but reaching the same end. Fun. Glad you like it.
This images demonstrates the ability of the 135mm APO to exceed the Nikon D800e sensor resolution even with marine haze. Perhaps at some point camera sensor technology will catch-up with the optical capacity of this lens. Zoom in to see how this lens resolves fine detail beyond what the sensor can deliver.
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