Part 2 Dry Chow Kit

Right after the group photos were taken care of, the group dispersed. Some of them lingered around the starting point figuring out the next target. Some went straight off towards Chow Kit market.

Me and my group hung around for a bit taking in some street scene before heading into the market after 15 minutes or so.

This is Idlan's favourite, mangosteen

Indonesian-style cookies. I can vouch that this is not local.The market were divided into a couple of parts, the outer dry market, and the old area which was the wet market. The wet market had been done up a few times in the past, and nowadays, it wasn't as "wet" as I used to remember it to be. When I was at school, a trip to the Chow Kit wet market would mean getting your slippers wet in the semi-muddy corridors. Not anymore now.

The dry area was dominated by Indonesian vendor. And this was reflected by the products on sale. Amongst the wares I noticed, two stuck into my mind. The dry snacks - which were originally Indonesian and the gold-plating business, located towards the entrance to the wet market.

The Indonesian invasion was certainly a sad development to the traditional market especially since the market was located near Kampung Baru which was staunchingly Malay in their values. They were prickly when it came to the Chinese, but Indonesian? Meh!

More Indonesian-styled titbitsFancy some bling-bling?There is science behind all this. Check out the batteries!This man certainly know his trade. And he promised to give some mean discounts!And onwards we moved towards the wet marketThe gold-plating business was certainly big here. I counted at least ten stores doing plating using electrolysis. Proper secondary school science fare here. And it seemed to work. The vendors had quite a story to tell as well ..... I wonder if the place got robbed from time to time, with all those belongs around .....

We spent a good 20 minutes wondering around here before venturing further in into the belly of Chow Kit. The Wet Market! Here we come!

The write-ups about the walk here.

More Walkies

Just after the ward round last Sunday morning, I set off to Low Yat to get hold of a new cover for my Nexus 7 tablet. The old one was getting rugged and the front film cover needed replacing after almost a year.

It seemed that the Low Yat stopover was not the main highlight but rather the nice weather that afternoon. So, with the new iPhone, I set about getting more snaps.

I thought I was getting the hang of the limitations and was now starting to get better photographs. The nice sunny weather helped as well .....

After the Walk

It turned out to be a nice day weather wise and the wall went on without a hitch. I started my day as planned with an early ward round. I was driving back towards the city by 8.15, and parked at KLCC. Took the LRT and Monorel towards Chiw Kit, and made it to the starting point well before we set off.

Around 60 photographers turned up. There was even a family - Mum, Dad, Daughter and Son - who came. Got to meet friends old and new. Quite a gathering. And the trend now was towards smaller gears and smartphones. Of course there were the D3s and 5D Mark IIs. But there were not as many as before.

Some of them ordered breakfast but it was clear the restaurant couldn't cope with our orders.

As usual, we did the obligatory group photograph at the starting point. The route this year was from Chow Kit Monorel station, setting into the chow Kit wet market, exit on the opposite side and walk towards Maju Junction and Masjid India.

Then we would congregated at the end at Masjid Jamek where we would have lunch.

Tea when I reached homeI ended up eating long the way. How could I resist, there was Restoran Kudu along the way. And the stores along the way .... I was full by the time I reached the destination. That didn't stop me ordering more drinks afterwards.

It was a great day out. I snapped over 300 frames which explained why my battery was almost dead. Took the LRT back to KLCC, and I was home by 4. Tired, I actually took a nap before uploading the photos into the computer. Hmmm .... Post-processing fever coming tonight ......

More entries on the walk here.

Walks of Yesteryears

I thought it would be neat to dial back the years and put the links of the previous Scott Kelby walks I participated in in the past few years. So, here goes ....

It all started for me back in 2009.

I helped organise the 2010 walks, and I was actually busy doing the reccing but did not enjoy the actual day as it was more of making sure that things went according to plan. Oh well! The links are here and here. I also had a slideshow of the snaps here.

I enjoyed the 2011 walk more, and I created a link for the walk.

Looking forward to plenty of snaps tomorrow .....

The links on the 2013 walk here.

Comparison 2

HTC One - 1/50s f2.0 ISO125iPhone 5S - 1/30s f2.2 ISO80There was a major difference between the colour temperature of both snaps. In terms of sharpness, they were both more than acceptable, considering that these were indoors, and both cameras utilised the image stabilisation system to enabe them to keep the shutter speed slow and low ISO. 

The snap on the iPhone (lower) looks much warmer, especially appreciated on the skin tone. But this was at the expense of the generalised orange tinge to the whole frame. I could make skin tone adjustment on Aperture if I wanted, but I thought I'd just leave it at it is to illustrate the point.

The scenes was taken last Sunday at Fahrenheit 88 main lobby. It seemed that one of the local college was holding an exhibition for their arts faculty.