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Stefan Laser

My blog and portfolio—a hub for research experience, social media posts, and Fujifilm photography. No cookies. 10kb. Just me navigating global economies, waste, energy, and planetary troubles. RUB Bochum, GER, with some research trips to Hanoi, VN.

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    In the shadows.

    Increasing the shutter speed at night and playing with digital filters. Why not?

    #Vietnam #Pagoda #photography #streetphotography

    This is a dark shot with a bar/cafe glowing in orange lights in the background. Slightly hidden in focus are two persons. But these are mere shadows due to the extrem lighting/blurr. There's also a motorbike hidden in the front. Because Vietnam.
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    Sunday is badminton day.

    Since we will only get sun from March onwards, it’s time to play with shutter speed.

    #Vietnam #Hanoi #streetphotography

    Black and white photograph of a boy playing badminton, just after hitting the ball. Blurredm He's in the middle of a paved playground, with parking cars and motorbikes just behind.
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    The #Taiwan election finishes with a call for stability, in a way.

    “It may be that the DPP managed to retain power because it is still viewed as the party that defends Taiwanese sovereignty, with backlash against its inability to resolve socioeconomic inequality in Taiwan still not managing to oust it from the presidency.” It comes at a cost, as outlined by @brian_hioe@mastodon.online of New Bloom magazine. Kicking out youth progressives.

    newbloommag.net/2024/01/1…

    #China

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    Premium living.

    #ciputra #Hanoi #photography #urbanphotography

    Looking at a high rising residential building through a lite purple gate. Straight lines, grey sky. Some red lights are on the top of the high-rise. But for all the colours you need to know that there's actually colour present. Very subtle. I resisted transforming this to b/w although it's a banger
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    Disturbing news. #Vietnam fires 21-gun salute to welcome the Indonesian President, but more salutes of other kinds may follow. The most important man in the country, General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng, is not doing well. He might have surpassed that state 13 hours ago.

    Twitter speculates. Wikipedia declared him deceased a few hours ago, only to reverse the status.

    Phú Trọng has changed the country drastically in the past 10 years. Let’s see what happens and who’s rising.

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    I’m not sure how to frame this.

    #streetphotography of an inaccessible waste site.

    B/w Photo of an empty frame on the floor. Piles below. A bit of dust. And the frame had a slight and strange glow to it
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    On the fence.

    An animal and its past, or yet another future?

    #streetphotography #photography #vietnam

    Street photo of a rooster (??) standing on its cage, looking at a man sitting at the very corner of the image, eating a pho. It's curbside and there's a white wall with graphity behind. I still can't wrap my head around animal rights in Vietnam. It's a lot of small scale farming, but it can also be quite brutal. So just go vegan anyways
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    South Bronx Unite has published a nice interactive data vis about #airpollution. This is an effective way to inform and mobilise.

    It’s a challenge to mobilise in Hanoi. Is new data helpful in driving policy and implementation? Interestingly, the city government has just stopped all road construction to reduce air pollution during the upcoming Tet Festival. A time for roadside shopping. I even saw police men doing the rounds.

    www.southbronxunite.org/air-pollu…

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    Cleaning lady.

    I’ve had trouble shooting in the dark, but playing with the exposure triangle (+ zoom, histogram!) indeed helps. So this is one of my birthday shots.

    #streetphotography #photography #vietnam

    Cropped photo shot from the curbside focusing on a rusty lamppost with a lady wiping the floor In the background. Sounds strange, but she's behind the window and taking care of the entrance. I think this is where they park their motorbikes, or just sit and chill
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    Uncle Ho is watching you. Dimly

    #photography #streetphotography #vietnam

    B/W photograph of a glass for tips with lots of vietnamese Dong inside. You can see a blurry face of Ho Chi Minh smiling thorugh. On the left is the metally counter of the Ramen place I was sitting in
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    Today, I met folks in a 27 story Hanoi building. This is a bit of b/w #streetphotography to arrive.

    I play with my new gift, a used Fuji X-T30 with the 18-55 kit lens. Not that I understand yet what the metrics imply. But it’s fun and helps me appreciate subjects and texture.

    #photography #vietnam

    A man in a suit carrying a business bag walks quickly out of frame, the way to an underground parking lot in the back A row of parked motorbikes, with chalk notes on the seat. That's how vehicles are marked, although it's more common to write on the dashboard How to click a picture of high concrete and glass building in grey, smoggy conditions? Change perspective, like here, where I look from under an outside bench and through a bush, with the rising building looming in the background. It's not true back and white like the other images, because the air pollution did an ok job at greying out already

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    While working on a comment re: chips in Asia-Pacific, this image from a “semiconductor summit” haunts me.

    Originally from an earlier post. social.tchncs.de/@stefanla…

    #tech #semiconductors #vietnam

    New alt text by ChatGPT. The machine is as baffled as I was. - The setting is a large hall with a stage bathed in a cool, blue light that gives it a futuristic ambiance. A group of individuals, mostly men dressed in business attire, are lined up on stage, with one woman in a white dress standing out, perhaps acting as the event's host or speaker. They are standing in front of a visually striking backdrop that features an elaborate design, possibly evoking the theme of technology or innovation, suggested by patterns that resemble integrated circuits or digital networks. In the foreground, the audience can be seen from behind, suggesting their engagement and attention toward the stage. The event appears to be of a formal and business nature, with a focus on technology or industry, implied by the professional attire of the participants and the technical motif of the stage design. The mood is one of anticipation or culmination, as if a significant announcement or celebration is taking place.
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    Back from the hilly new year’s escape. Harvesting dinosaurs.

    #Vietnam #photography

    Picture of a little kid sitting on a wooden balcony playing with a sticker magazine. Huts on the left, scenic mountains and green rice fields in the back. A lot going on but still a very quiet snapshot.
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