Waiting in the rain, a photo from Kuala Lumpur, West

Photographer's Note

It is rainy season in Peninsular Malaysia. During this monsoon season, it will rain almost everyday.
I was stucked at KLCC in the evening at about 5:25PM. With the gloomy and low lighting condition, quite hard to shoot any photo.
I saw a line of people lining at the entrance to wait for taxi of their coach for tourists. The lights on top of the ceiling captivated me.

This shot was taken in ISO 200 and handheld. This photo was resize and a portion of a motobike at the bottom right corner was cloned out.
Adjusted lighting and color for this photo.

Don't forget your umbrella when you intend to visit Malaysia. 8-)

Thanks for viewing.

rabani, aloyho, sarju, ChrisJ has marked this note useful

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kclai (2267) 2005-12-08 0:57

Hi Chai
With the glommy weather and low light, you have done an impressive work of capturing such image with good clarity and sharpness.
And using a little slow speed with handhled position, no doubt it have given some bleeding of lights.
And I believe you should cropped the tour coach to reduce the bottom space and allowing the top to have more coverage of the tower, isn't it?
Yeah, it's raining in penang,too. Not that stormy raining but the small continuous rain that will make streets like activites pretty miserable.
Rain rain, go away!!!
Cheers
Eric Lai

rabani (9645) 2005-12-08 1:35

In the rain and handholding a 70-300mm at 1/30s is pretty impressive in my book. Chai, I have respect for photographers who dare the environment, to get what he wants. A good photographer is an all terrain all weather all situation kind of person.
I see you are using the DO lens, first time I see a photo in TE taken by it.

aloyho (6798) 2005-12-08 8:20

Hi Chai,
The shape of the porch and the lights make this shot interesting as the curve is very graceful. It also breaks the busy background and provide a breathing space. I like the reflection of the tail lights on the wet tarmac. Great shot!! All the best.

sarju (5324) 2005-12-08 10:06

Hi Chai
it took me some to understand the architectural details in this photo.
You did a good job in braving the weather elements to get this photo. .... I am also impressed with the clarity of this photo with the slow shutter speed.
good job here ... congrats
regards .... sarju

banyanman (7797) 2005-12-09 10:19

Interesting 'daily life' shot Chai. Good detail for a handheld shot at that speed and nice reflections on the wet ground. One small point - it is slightly tilted (needs adjusting about one degree CW). Cheers . . . David

Kenny10pin (19301) 2005-12-09 19:05

interesting gloomy picture, I like the different kinds of people in the picture, very good take indeed, well done

ChrisJ (171878) 2005-12-14 4:17

Hi chai

Good reflections of the traffic carlights in the wet, pavement. Superb sharpness color lighting & contrast. Congratulations!

ballyna (1689) 2006-01-25 20:04

chai,
nice light here in your compo,the traffic is always heavy when it rains:-)
a good daily life capture,
regards