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(Ricoh GRD4) A smile for today! It has recently dawned on me that adults on average smile just a few couples of time each day whereas babies do so by hundreds.  We adults are deprived of happiness and our shoulders laden with heavy responsibilities. There may be not a way to shed any of the latter but we can always smile our way through, can't we? Comrades, arise and smile!

Balloons

(Ricoh GRD4) Tie yourself to a bundle of balloons and fly to the moon! Make your dream come true this weekend!

Musician

(Ricoh GRD4) Often seen in the Mongkok pedestrian precinct, this busker -- probably an Eastern European as suggested by his facial features -- plays his accordion with admirable passion.  With fingers dancing on the keyboard, limbs and hip moving while head rolling up and down to the tune, he is however apparently as empty in spirit as his bucket for people to drop tips. It is sadly not the Chinese culture to dig into their pocket to pay for what the buskers played for them. They would think, well, he just needs audience; Isn't he enjoying himself? Now, what did I try to capture in this image? It is the opinion on this busker from exactly such bystanders in sort of an uninterested fashion, as well as the sense of movement and the music dancing in the air. I could have dragged the shutter speed and used the flash, but the least I wished was to alarm the subject. Did I succeed in what I tried to do? What say you?

Music to His Ears

(Ricoh GRD4) This reminds of the ad for iPod. Definitely one of my fave shots. I had cropped the image to 1:1 aspect but the composition felt too stiff and tight. So I left it to its original aspect.  Enjoy!

March On

  (Ricoh GRD4) Making artistic what are otherwise mundane scenes at the start of a workday.  Enjoy!

Aging

(Ricoh GRD4) We may only see the wrinkles on his face but actually every wrinkle can tell an interesting story.

Message to Delight

(Ricoh GRD4) I recently registered to the customisable slot a cross process mode tinted with yellow hue and a vignette effect in strong contrast, which helps to produce images with a distinctive taste as obvious to today’s shot.