Peter Kun Frary, Professor of Music • University of Hawaii, Leeward
Peter Kun Frary, Professor of Music • University of Hawaii, Leeward
Mall Leaves • Honolulu, Hawaii
Photo by P. Frary • EOS 5D, EF 50 1.2L USM, ISO 160, F3.5, 1/400
I admit, I went to Ala Moana Shopping Center today to beat the heat. Honolulu was a sweltering steam bath and AC flows outta malls like water. With caffè latte in hand and iPod in ear, I bathed in AC and sheepishly gazed at chicks marching by with shopping bags. Amazingly, Japanese tourist women walk all day in 3 inch heels. Dang they're cute but tough as nails! Anywho, it was entertaining for a while but I soon lost interest. Short of an impromptu lap dance from a shopper, nothing here could hold my interest. Hmm, I had my camera with me. Maybe I should take a few pictures? Ah dunno, malls are not photogenic and I cringed at the thought of touching my camera. But out it came and I snapped gleefully away among a herd of sale-crazed cellphone gripping shoppers.
The midday sun is the worse possible light but somehow it works here due to the backlight and subsequently translucent leaves. So there you have it. Mall leaves with backlight. Bitchin'. Not a good title for a song but the picture plays well.
I must say my EOS 5D and EF 50 1.2L USM are a match made in heaven: creamy smooth bokeh, razor sharp focus and a F1.2 aperture! Hard not to take a good picture.
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