Younger. Fresher.

Originally I was trying to get an interesting angle on the chairs, but I couldn't resist trying to work in the signboard behind, because of the lovely striking yellow. It's a sign advertising a bank - "Younger. Fresher. More Innovative", or something like that.

The chairs were waiting to be arranged for a martial arts presentation at Toa Payoh Central. Amidst the crowds and bustle, there it was, this spot of pure colour!

2.8f

B&W conversion of this colour photo.

Space

Inspired by David Nightingale's amazing shot here.

High Flight

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings ...

- John Magee

Well, for a a brief time anyway. Moments after I took this picture, the kite was caught in the branches of the proverbial kite-eating tree.

Curves Squared

If you look at the area with the dark squares in the foreground, little ghost dots will appear at the intersections of the light coloured lines.

If you focus at a particular intersection, the ghost dot will disappear.

National Gallery

Van Helsing

Van Helsing arrives at the manor just as Dracula ...

Home for the Han

Snake Fighter Redux

Thak is from a village in Northern Thailand where many of the inhabitants make their living from performing with snakes. His usual performance is a stylised fight / dance with a King Cobra. Here he is performing with another kind of snake at the ShowReal Asia 2 award ceremony at Fort Canning Green in Singapore. Thak is performing with another kind of snake probably because they wouldn't let him bring the highly poisonous King Cobra into Singapore. The documentary featuring Thak's village won the best director award.

Thak performed with his 7 year old nephew, who is learning the trade from Thak. Thak's own son is not following in his father's footsteps because he's seen his father get bitten and sent to the hospital a few times. Thak was in fact seriously bitten two weeks after the documentary was completed. He survived the bite because they managed to get him a shot of antivenin in time. The TV crew had donated their supply of antivenin to village after completing the shoot. The villagers would not otherwise have had their own supply.

B&W conversion and re-crop of the previous post.

Snake Fighter