K O M T A R

Last Saturday, I went on a photo outing with some colleagues at KOMTAR. Our intention was to learn about photographing architecture and looking lead-in lines. For those who don’t know what that is, its short for Kompleks Tunku Abdul Rahman. Just go to Penang and look for this gigantic cigarette sticking out of the ground, thats the one.

Quite easy to find right? Hahahah!

Before we start shooting, we need to warm up first. Luckily there were a load of birdies around to help us.

 

On a serious note, I did learn about hyperfocusing, which is really useful for situations such as this where there’s no time for auto-focus. Fun leh!

Here’s what it actually looks like lah..

A few steps to climb to reach the base of the tower.

All 65-storeys of it.

As we found out, there were a lot of hidden gems around the area. Nicely kept but devoid of people… I’m guessing most people dont even know about it. There were even a few enterprising businesses around.

Dun Wan lah… Hahahah.

A shot of the “Lima batang jalan”, an intersection of 5 roads in front of KOMTAR. The light was still good, not too harsh.

While we were looking down at the traffic, I decided to teach some of the newer folks about panning. Hard to get right, but the results are very syiok. This is the best one that I managed to get.

We also practised some longkang shooting. Hahahahh.

You can see the Trader’s Hotel from here. The big round bola is the KOMTAR Dome, which is an indoor hall for concerts and events.

There was a moat around the Dome to protect from invaders, but it hasn’t been used in a while.

Oklah… last tall shot. The sky was really blue that morning.

Doesn’t that shot remind of a certain male appendage….? Hahahahah.