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[photos] Sekinchan Day Trip 2008

Mar 16, '08 10:16 AM
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A half day trip to Sekinchan - my first; with Lance, Janet and Dennis.

Complete photos at http://oddstuff.smugmug.com (28 photos).

at the river mouth
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bird about to fetch it
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building at the padi field
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reflection of the wooden jetty - few shades of shadows

cloud against clear blue sky

blue ropes with splitted highlights and shadows

worn out jetty

colourful brooms

standing by the kampung road

metallic river
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padi field
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tank by the muddy road to the beach
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janetlls wrote on Mar 16, '08

This is nice, love the bird in flight and the reflection in the water!

lancechee wrote on Mar 16, '08

My favourite (so far) - all you need now is a nice philosophical quote to go with it!

mothu wrote on Mar 16, '08

nice catch..

denniswoo wrote on Mar 16, '08

Wow!

denniswoo wrote on Mar 16, '08

I like the shot of that building.

sheeplovesuxker wrote on Mar 16, '08

WAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kelfoh wrote on Mar 18, '08

The houses on the stilt looks fascinating. Any touch up?

oddstuff wrote on Mar 19, '08

kelfoh said

The houses on the stilt looks fascinating. Any touch up?

Touch ups mainly done on the dynamic range of colours.

dabowphoto wrote on Mar 24, '08

Nice. I'd consider getting rid of the telegraph pole/power lines though. Sky colour looks a bit unnatural - again a matter of taste, but I'd have been tempted to go with a more orange colour wash across the whole image i.e. a warming filter because the sky colour doesn't reflect in the padi field. Crop in to get rid of the muddy area in the foregound.

dabowphoto wrote on Mar 24, '08

Interesting. Like the texture on the drum. I'd go for a more abstract look by removing the trees/leaves on the right, focusing on just the drum and the sky. Sky colour is unnatural.

oddstuff wrote on Mar 24, '08, edited on Mar 24, '08

dabowphoto said

The usual sky is too plain; the middle part (water not the padi) of the crop does reflect the sky. The muddy part of the field is an essential part of the pic, leading to the greener young crop. The poles provide scale of distance. This pic was HDR'ed for effects, so naturalness is not the main aim.

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oddstuff wrote on Mar 24, '08

dabowphoto said

Interesting. Like the texture on the drum. I'd go for a more abstract look by removing the trees/leaves on the right, focusing on just the drum and the sky. Sky colour is unnatural.

Only 3 items in this pic. If I go for minimalism, yes, I'd go without the leaves, and in fact with a smaller portion of drum, but this isn't the case. The sky has been intentionally coloured as such to approach colour abstract, in dull mood, and opposite of realism, just as the leaves. The highlight of this pic is only the drum, standing grand amidst the "dull" objects.

dabowphoto wrote on Mar 24, '08

Ok... interesting thoughts. For the padi field shot, I meant the colour of the sky doesn't reflect in the field, not the sky itself, which is why it looks out of sorts. Scale is already there w/o the poles - which just provide an unecessary distraction IMO. Lost me on the muddy field part - w/o the image would look cleaner and better balanced.

I think we'll beg to disagree on this. Your shots ater all :)

oddstuff wrote on Mar 24, '08

More comments here.

wenghaan wrote on Mar 26, '08

hi i took a series of relection photos as well. someone introduced me to see your site, asking if i know you. since you wrote "day trip to sekinchan", i dont think you are from sekinchan.

however, nice to see you have great shots of the place.

http://www.haanism.com/2008/03/reflection-sekinchan.html

wenghaan wrote on Mar 26, '08