Shanghai Shopping Malls 7

Another one in this series about the hypermodern (and often visually very interesting) shopping malls of Shanghai. This one was taken in the MixC shopping mall.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/40
ISO speed: 125
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

A day at the races

Another example of abstract possibilities that are available if you just look for them. This is a detail shot of some kind of electricity connection device spotted above a street in Shanghai.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal length: 45.2 mm
Exposure time: 1/40
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Shanghai High-rise Buildings Abstract 9

Continuing the series of abstracted Shanghai high-rise buildings. The diagonal composition and the black and white conversion adds to the abstract feeling.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal length: 7.7 mm
Exposure time: 1/40
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Patterns

Back to Shanghai, last November. This pattern on the floor of a shopping mall caught my eye, especially in this point of view. I can probably use it one day for the imaginary albums topic of my art blog.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal length: 6.1 mm
Exposure time: 1/40
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Shanghai High-rise Buildings Abstract 8

Continuing the series of abstracted Shanghai high-rise buildings. The orientation rotation adds to the abstract feeling.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal length: 15.2 mm
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO speed: 320
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Shanghai Shopping Malls 6

Another one in this series about the hypermodern (and often visually very interesting) shopping malls of Shanghai. This one was taken in the Aegean Palace shopping mall.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO speed: 200
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Bubbles

A close-up (flipped) of a ceiling decoration in the IAPM shopping mall in Shanghai, creating an abstract feeling.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal length: 27.8 mm
Exposure time: 1/25
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Shanghai Shopping Malls 5

Another one in this series about the hypermodern (and often visually very interesting) shopping malls of Shanghai. This one was taken in the IAPM shopping mall.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/20
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Lu One mall revisited

Another take on the amazing roof of the Lu One shopping mall, located in the former Lu Wan district of Shanghai.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.6 mm
Exposure time: 1/640
ISO speed: 200
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Torque

A different take on the art installation we saw in the Lu One shopping mall (first shot was posted here). Another example of  using a detail of an existing art piece to create an abstract photograph.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO speed: 100
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Spooky chains

Just another chains shot for my art blog. I took this one at night, a shop window decoration in the centre of Shanghai.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/400
ISO speed: 100
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Happy New Year!

At the start of the Lunar New Year, best wishes for all. May the year of the pig bring you health and happiness. I shot this little sculpture in a garden near Raffles City in Shanghai.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal length: 6.6 mm
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Will it go round in circles?

Back to the location of the first new photograph posted in this blog (link): another take on the roof of a new shopping mall, LuOne.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal length: 5.8 mm
Exposure time: 1/500
ISO speed: 160
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Shanghai High-rise Buildings Abstract 7

Continuing the series of abstracted Shanghai high-rise buildings. As in most cases, the conversion to black and white helped emphasize the inherent line play. The reflections along the dark diagonal add spice with their interactions.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal length: 25.2 mm
Exposure time: 1/320
ISO speed: 100
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Spiral

The spiral stairs of the new Soho building near our Shanghai home. It has featured from a different angle before (here).

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Watch me bleed

Another abstract that I shot in an abandoned factory complex at the Yangshupu Road, which now houses the Shanghai Factory Outlet fashion shopping mall (see for the first one here). Wear and tear at its best.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal length: 7.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Arc

I shot this abstract somewhere in Shanghai, most likely in the centre, not far from where we live. I like the interplay of straight lines and curves.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/7.0
Focal length: 54 mm
Exposure time: 1/320
ISO speed: 125
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Shanghai High-rise Buildings Abstract 6

Continuing the series of abstracted Shanghai high-rise buildings. As in most cases, the conversion to black and white helped emphasize the inherent line play.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal length: 26.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/400
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Pictures at an exhibition

A shot I took at a photography exhibition somewhere in the French concession part of Shanghai. I turned the shot 90 degrees to get a different effect.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO speed: 160
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Clouds

An amazing decorative ceiling light in one of Shanghai's shopping malls. I went for black and white in postprocessing to emphasize the shapes.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0