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I stumbled upon a Lantern Festival parade at Jalan Foot Massage (the road previously known as Jalan Bukit Bintang). Winding around the street were lantern bearers, lion dance troupes, a marching band and four Shaolin martial arts exponents from China. These guys at the end of the procession intrigued me the most. The lanky guys somersaulted high into the air, magically but somewhat randomly. I tried asking them about their movement with my broken Mandarin and they replied in an even stranger dialect.

Story: Walkaround workaround
A dSLR with external flash that fires and recharges rapidly would have been ideal in this situation. I didn't have either with me then. All I had was a digicam with a relatively slower response and humble built-in flash. There is a workaround I thought to myelf.

I walked alongside them for about 30 minutes, observing their moves and trajectory path. Clicking at the right moment became even more critical as we were soon near the end of the route. I had only a couple of chances left to execute what I visualised. The camera was set to manual focus to minimise shutter lag. I also flipped the image vertically to have a better study of the facial expression caught in that split second.

Picture Location: MyCen KL Map: Grid Square G9

Olympus C8080, ISO 320, f2.4, 1/60 sec with flash
 
1st October 2006
     

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