Hello everybody, so I'm back from my vacation in Melbourne... such a wonderful city of beautiful heritage, gardens and countryside! In the coming weeks, I'll devote my spare time to review, edit, process all the pics taken during my family's enjoyable stay; and try to select my favourites to share with you...
Let me begin with this scene of the Royal Exhibition Building when the sun was just about to rise. This is one of the pics that I couldn't wait to review as soon as I got home! The Larger Version: http://www.pbase.com/hpicckcy/image/111396829
6:16 a.m., The Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton Gardens, Melbourne
I do not regard myself as a photographer. I'm an ordinary man but extraordinarily obsessed with capturing all the memorable scenes that I encounter in my everyday life. It's like an excited traveller craving to record his memorable journey in a memorable way, but in my case, it's the journey of my life ... If I can record my encounters in such a way that they leave an image on the mind of myself and other viewers, it's a tremendous joy and some accomplishment...
In terms of photography, I'm trying to preserve the moments as my eyes see "something" and my heart feels it too. As such, I seldom feel interested in planned, arranged or manipulated photographs...
@Ananda Sim: Thank you for stopping by! We enjoyed the stay very much; I'm already looking forward to the next visit!:-)
@IanSmith: Thank you Ian!!! How nice to be back and hear from you again... Trust everything is fine with you my friend. My son is doing O.K. and really enjoying his stay! BTW, I must thank my wife for finding this "vantage point" for us - it's actually the balcony of the unit we're staying - she's made a great choice of the serviced apartment.:-)
@P J W Miller: Thanks Peter!!! That's the Melbourne Museum, a very interesting architecture, though I have yet to pay a visit.:-)
@ordinaryimages: Thank you Jerry!:-) Yes, I've applied a mild noise reduction on this one - Neat Image (luminance 30%, chrominance 60%).
FUJIFILM FinePix F200EXR
2/5 seconds
F/4.1
ISO 100
14 mm