Back in Seoul

[singingsnapper]

I am being very fortunate with my travels this last few weeks and am getting more and more colour from glorious sunshine and warm temperatures while the UK shivers and is soaked. I arrived in Seoul yesterday after a long flight via Helsinki. After a good night's sleep, I took a wander over to the temple at Gangnam:

Canon 5D mk III EF 24 - 70 L @ f/16 and 30mm, 1/100, ISO 100


Gangnam-Buddha by singingsnapper, on Flickr

We then went out for a few trips and eating great local food out in the blazing sun, and then rounded off the day in a charming garden called The Garden of Morning Calm. There was a Korean gentleman dressed in traditional dress called a Hanbok. He looked very distinguished, and having worn one myself (the maker tried to convince me to have a pink one as pink is a very popular colour in Korea for men) they are comfortable especially on hot days.

Canon 5D mk III EF 24 - 70L at 45mm f/8 1/250 ISO 800


Korean-gent-in-Hanbok by singingsnapper, on Flickr

same camera and lens at 42mm f/8 1/250 ISO 800


Korean-gentleman-in-Hanbok by singingsnapper, on Flickr

There was a pleasant scene as we finished the day by a small pond:

Canon 5D mk III EF 24 - 70L at f/16 and 27mm 1/25 ISO 320


Garden-of-Morning-calm---at-evening! by singingsnapper, on Flickr

[Troy]

How you can post these sorts of pictures with a clean conscience, knowing full well that we are all sat here in this wet, cold misery.

Great shots as always Paul. Your photos always tell the story of where you've been, which is especially nice when it's placed i've never visited.

[singingsnapper]

How you can post these sorts of pictures with a clean conscience, knowing full well that we are all sat here in this wet, cold misery.

Great shots as always Paul. Your photos always tell the story of where you've been, which is especially nice when it's placed i've never visited.

I did acknowledge my good fortune! The weekend is looking good, so the last 3 weekends will have been sunny withe temps between 25 and 34 degrees (I know that's rubbing it in!;) )

[Troy]

Well you'll be happy to know it's miserable as per usual over this way! Awful, awful photography weather!

[ryancapulong]

Well you'll be happy to know it's miserable as per usual over this way! Awful, awful photography weather!

I've been there in London for about 3 months and only a week's sunlight happened while I was there. But I noticed, even in bad day photography weather, it is still nice for night shots.

[singingsnapper]

Another sunny day in Seoul. Got back from a venue about 50km away from Seoul and decided to have a go at a traffic trail shot using my sharpest lens, the 100mmL macro. Combined two 20 second exposures to get a continuous run of traffic trails:

Canon 5D mk III EF 100mm L macro f/16 2 x 20 second exposures


Busy-night-in-Seoul by singingsnapper, on Flickr

[singingsnapper]

yet another sunny day yesterday in Korea. We climbed up to a temple on an island off the west coast of Korea. It was worth the climb of several hundred steps!

Canon 5D mk III Ef 28 - 300L at f/16 and 235mm 1/400 ISO 200


view-from-Korean-temple by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Not as sceneic, but there were some seagulls with character at the ferry embarkation point on the island:

Canon 5D mk III EF 24 - 70 at 52mm and f/11 1/1000 ISO 500


Three-korean-seagulls by singingsnapper, on Flickr

[singingsnapper]

Another night shot from the streets of Seoul, two 15 sec shots combined in Photomatix

canon 5D mk III EF 100mm L macro @ f/20 ISO 50


Seoul-night-bend by singingsnapper, on Flickr

[singingsnapper]

Still in Seoul and one of the venues on this trip is one of the huge department stores they have here in Korea. I took my ultrawide 14mm L lens having a bit of fun with colleagues taking off beat portraits - never flattering but good fun nonetheless. On one shot, I forgot that the lens was on manual focus and took this shot. I think it's quite an interesting abstract, but it could just be rubbish! It was pure luck in many ways to get the original shot and I have played with the levels a little to give it a little more contrast

Canon 5D mk III EF 14mm L II at f/5.6 and 1/100 ISO 1600


abstract-corridor by singingsnapper, on Flickr

[Troy]

With the first light trail shot, i find myself following the trails down to the bollards in the foreground. These are a bit blurry and out of focus, which sort of detracts from the image i think. Just something to think about i guess. Otherwise cracking shots as always, and i quite like the out of focus shot too.

[singingsnapper]

With the first light trail shot, i find myself following the trails down to the bollards in the foreground. These are a bit blurry and out of focus, which sort of detracts from the image i think. Just something to think about i guess. Otherwise cracking shots as always, and i quite like the out of focus shot too.

I get your point there. It was good that the pavement is elevated as this got me above the road. I couldn't get the tripod in a position so that the camera would be safely beyond the barrier.It's a pity the barrier was so high

[singingsnapper]

Got some film developed and scanned at 15mp in Seoul for the princely sum of £4 each film (about $6). These are from a trip to an island about 80km from Seoul except one from Seoul itself

Pentax 645N FA 45 - 85 at 45mm and f/16 1/60 Kodak Ektra 100


what-a-lot-of-statues!-Ektra by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Pentax 645N FA 45-85 at 50mm f/11 1/160 Fuji Reala 100


Buddha-with-ice-cream-Reala by singingsnapper, on Flickr

and the one from the streets of Seoul

Pentax 645N FA 45 - 55 at 45mm 1/160 f/11 Kodak Ektra 100


Looking-down-the-road-in-Gangnam by singingsnapper, on Flickr

[Troy]

Liking the film shots Paul. Not often you see someone using film (well not at my age!), so it's interesting to see the sorts of results that can be had from it. Particularly like the last shot, great composition.

[singingsnapper]

Liking the film shots Paul. Not often you see someone using film (well not at my age!), so it's interesting to see the sorts of results that can be had from it. Particularly like the last shot, great composition.

Thanks Troy. I've taken photos with the canon and the colours are closer to natural. Quality film like Reala and Ektar have a certain character to them. Digital is great and the colour can be very natural but it can't yet truly replicate the effect of different emulsions (I still have to get my head around Velvia 50 as I tend to underexpose it as there is so little range to play with. )

[singingsnapper]

Some Korean birds (kinds of heron I would suspect)

Canon 5D mk III EF 180mm f/3.5L macro at f/8 1/2000 ISO 250


korean-heron by singingsnapper, on Flickr

same camera/lens/settings


white-lorean-heron by singingsnapper, on Flickr