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Life is Pretty Good - Sunday 25th Jun 2006

Yesterday I had a great day out with The Girlfriend at East Coast Park. We spotted this old timer who looks like heâs having a jolly good time under the sun too.

Iâm quite pleased with the quality of the light that day; hence this is one of the few shots in this site which is not radically processed.

Technically, this is the first post shot with my spanking new 70-200L f/4. Ever since Iâve migrated to Canon, I was convinced that my shooting style do not warrant a tele of that range. Instead I simply rented or borrowed one whenever the need arises. Alas the shopping itch finally got to me, so I took the plunge and bought it.

Camera Model: Canon EOS 20D
Aperture: f 4
Focal Length: 200 mm
Exposure: 1/1250 sec
ISO: 100

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Superb capture Imran, the lighting was great it seems. And congrats for the new lens, looking forward to more shots.
Ashish Sidapara @ Monday 26th Jun 2006
Lovely shot. The composition and colors are wonderful. Definitely congrats on that lens...I love mine.
Otto K. @ Monday 26th Jun 2006
Great detail with nicely saturated colours. Good buy, hope to see more (I hope the chair is stong).
Steve @ Monday 26th Jun 2006
Nice capture. The colour saturation is spot on.
Heath @ Monday 26th Jun 2006
Great Composition, great colors, great shot by all meaning. nice one
Ameen @ Monday 26th Jun 2006
haha great shot. i like the way you've framed it and captured the moment.
t @ Monday 26th Jun 2006
Heh ... can't wait to see how he turned out on the holga.
the girlfriend @ Monday 26th Jun 2006
Lovely capture of the lazing man. The lighting is cool and the blue color adds a lot to the pic.
Nice shot. @ Monday 26th Jun 2006
great shot !!
Vidya @ Monday 26th Jun 2006
Great shot !!! Composition and color, everything is perfect !!
David @ Monday 26th Jun 2006
Nice DoF...the color of the sea is very relaxing.
Maran @ Monday 26th Jun 2006
I want one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you know what i want....damn you imran....
Noor Hazmee @ Monday 26th Jun 2006
wow i'm impressed!
nice shot!
smellybeans @ Tuesday 27th Jun 2006
Love the composition and the use of DOF. Excellent shot!
chiara @ Tuesday 27th Jun 2006
oooh. blow me away! i never thought i would need a tele too, but i love them!
barb @ Tuesday 27th Jun 2006
Heh! looks like the perfect day!!
daniel @ Tuesday 27th Jun 2006
Comical Shot. Nice indeed.
Joe NM @ Tuesday 27th Jun 2006
I'm impressed.. gear shot.. keep on going i enjoy visiting ure blog!!
Aligator86 @ Tuesday 27th Jun 2006
That dude is definitely chilling out - great shot.
peter @ Tuesday 27th Jun 2006
Wonderful shot!
Thomas Solberg / Project neXus @ Wednesday 28th Jun 2006
beautiful work on the color : brilliant and hot.
.:CushmoK:. @ Wednesday 28th Jun 2006
Amazing Capture, Logging a comment after so many days
Somitra @ Wednesday 28th Jun 2006
Great Capture Imran! The canon 70-200 is fantastic!
010design-photoblog @ Wednesday 28th Jun 2006
Great colours in this shot - looks like the guy is living a good life!
Craig Wilson @ Wednesday 28th Jun 2006
And after we insinuate that French are some big pretending people!
JuliÃ¥n @ Wednesday 28th Jun 2006
Imran, I am a fan of this shot. Here's a thought though-- The bright yellow of the line in the fishing reel distracts my eye from being able to fix on a single focal point, which is, I imagine, all the hairy detail of the man or perhaps the bottle at his side. Then again, perhaps as a fisherman, my eye is trained to notice such things... Nice work on this site though. What do you do for a living?
Kiliii Yu @ Thursday 29th Jun 2006
Good shot and nap!
moodaholic @ Thursday 29th Jun 2006
Great color and composition, fantastic shot as always!
Justin Gaynor @ Thursday 29th Jun 2006
haha great shot. would be a nice one for my compu-desktop :)
btw. 70-200/4l will be my next lens. anyway its the only L thats affordable..
martin @ Thursday 29th Jun 2006
Just made this my image of the day. Classic shot!
ROB @ Thursday 29th Jun 2006
nice shot. he really seems to enjoy the sun.
shaped @ Thursday 29th Jun 2006
Beautiful shots and colours!
Renato @ Friday 30th Jun 2006
Ha, that's awesome, how cool would it have been if his pole was bending over from a huge fish?!! Great color too.
Brandon Crain @ Friday 30th Jun 2006
impressive colours captured
david kleinert @ Friday 30th Jun 2006
Very nice dept of field and great vibrant colours!!!!!
GeckoZ @ Saturday 1st Jul 2006
Great composition. This is kind of a hilarious pic.
saija @ Sunday 2nd Jul 2006
Awesome depth of field and color saturation. Great work.
Ayash Basu @ Sunday 2nd Jul 2006
great feeling from this photo...very relaxing...
Marius Muscalu @ Sunday 2nd Jul 2006
Hey Imran, I saw your Merlion shot exhibiting at Woodlands library!!! =D
GeckoZ @ Monday 3rd Jul 2006
Awsome colors. And very relaxing.
John @ Wednesday 5th Jul 2006
Fantastic capture. I want make one like this. Congratulations !
Leviatan @ Thursday 6th Jul 2006
like ur Perspective
NICE COLORS!!!
did u try to sit there?
ToughSpoon @ Thursday 6th Jul 2006
great shot! nice capture!
izzy @ Thursday 6th Jul 2006
looks like he's having a pretty good day to me; wouldn't mind some of that right now!
david @ Thursday 6th Jul 2006
very nice captured.. powerful colours
manuel @ Thursday 6th Jul 2006
Fantastic colors, great lighting!
clarence @ Friday 7th Jul 2006
Great shot. The only thing distracts my attention is uneven horizon. Leaning to the left.
Marius Martinaitis @ Friday 7th Jul 2006
Fantastic shot bradder! Did you submit this for the 'Life Is Great' competition?
Imran aka axisofjustice @ Saturday 8th Jul 2006
Fantastic shot bradder! 1
really!
2chemp @ Sunday 9th Jul 2006
this is great !!!! composition, colors, your work is strong !
spencer @ Sunday 9th Jul 2006
Oh man, this is really good stuff!
Kris @ Sunday 9th Jul 2006
Beautiful , Everything in this picture is great , the rocks , the man , the colors , the fising pole , everything.
Kyle @ Monday 10th Jul 2006
Simply georgeous!
Joanna Esch @ Tuesday 11th Jul 2006
Peaceful moment! He is confortable and fishes has no anxiety to be caught. -)
tetsu @ Wednesday 12th Jul 2006
funny photo. nice colours and dof.
photoblog-community @ Friday 14th Jul 2006
Real life photo. perfect perspctive, great colours,...
Jhony @ Saturday 15th Jul 2006
I really like the situation captured, so easy to imagine myself in that chair... and beyond the material and the technical aspects that's also what photography is all about. Bravo!!!
Moncef @ Sunday 16th Jul 2006
Great photo ni imran... nice composition
Rudy? @ Wednesday 19th Jul 2006
Thanks for making me 'smile'...
Ed Little, Jr. @ Friday 21st Jul 2006
Calm n peaceful relaxation,the shot of courage to balance any weight of life.
simon @ Thursday 31st Aug 2006
Calm n peaceful relaxation,the shot of courage to balance any weight of life.
simon @ Thursday 31st Aug 2006
nice capture n editing bro.
Darmansyah B.Abu Hanifah @ Wednesday 27th Sep 2006
nice shot my friend..... love the composition and colour tone....
Feb Sumandar @ Monday 18th Dec 2006
Life is always pretty good, especially if you have a positive attitude (and a slight tendency to take superb pictures...)
Konstantinos Roumeliotis @ Friday 17th Aug 2007
Very nice shot .
Essam Al Hedek @ Monday 7th Jan 2008
cooles bild! nice pic. :)
geli k. @ Tuesday 5th Aug 2008
Fantastic!
Philipp @ Tuesday 3rd Feb 2009