Sunday, February 20, 2011

Thien Hou Temple at Night

Chinese New Year is just over. Thien Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur, as usual, was decorated with loads of lanterns during the festival. Last year, I visited the temple during the day. This year, I decided to go there at night. Here are a few night shots taken there…


This is an “out-of-focus” shot. I focused at the far-away lanterns. The nearer ones are rendered out-of-focus…


In this shot, I focused on the statue inside the temple hall…


This is yet another out-of-focus shot. Manual focusing was used to achieve such effect…


16 comments:

  1. wow!! 天后宮 is really a place that i've almost forgotten about.. have not been to that place for over 20 years i think..

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  2. those lanterns are gorgeous, so grand having them lined up as if they are covering the sky.. cool!!

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  3. i still think it would be better to have a subject in the photo and have the background out-of-focus.. the entire shot out-of-focus somehow makes me feel dizzy when looking at it, haha.. :D

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  4. I think we have one in Malacca too. :)

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  5. I was there recently. Beautiful!

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  6. Wow love the 2nd pix so nice. Oh long forgotten place..have not set foot into this temple for many many years. On your last pix I would suspect they are obs. *They* are present at most holy places. tQ.

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  7. ahh pretty lanterns! everyone is always surprised at the fact that i have never been there before

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  8. So festive. Thanks for sharing.

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  9. SK
    Thanks for your comment regarding out-of-focus pictures :)

    tekkaus
    Yeah, many temples have lantern decoration.

    wenn
    Yes, it's beautiful.

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  10. bananaz
    The 2nd pic is too yellowish lah...

    xin
    Then you should go there once.

    happysurfer
    Thanks :)

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  11. Nice pictures of the temple! Never went there at night before but I assume it would be quite packed during festive seasons?

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  12. I also like manual focus shots of light where nothing is in focus. The bokeh is interesting.

    I took similar pictures in Chinatown in S'pore around new year ;-)

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  13. how's thien hou gong compared to other temples, say kek lok si?

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  14. witch
    Visitors parked their cars down the hill on Chap Goh Meh -_-"

    Zhu
    Haha... we have common technique.

    kyh
    Thien Hou Gong is much smaller than Kek Lok Si.

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  15. I've been to Thean Hou just last year for my brother's registration of marriage. Forgot to blog about it! Now you just reminded me! : D

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  16. Another Smart post from you Admin :)

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