City Competition 5 2017 - all cities! : Entry Number 11

This is a busy, almost messy image, but one that’s very intriguing and deserving of merit. Color harmony is the first in to this image, then the shape and placement of the architectural flower which works well with the square framing. The blur on the left adds another visual lawyer of complexity and interest, and after taking all that in the eye can trace the patterns of the buoys and boats and then back up to the Ferris wheel. And since the image held our attention that much it’s clear it succeeds.

I am glad my photo caught your attention. My name is Jocelyn Kahawai and I live in Cairns, Australia. The 'flower architecture' is the ArtScience museum in Singapore. The architect, Moshie Safadie based his design on the lotus flower. I loved this early morning view with the soft misty light and sense of calm. My camera is the Leica Q (and was very new when I took this shot). It has a 28mm fixed lens and I had it wide open at f1.7. I used Lightroom to process it, really only requiring slight cropping to best frame the image.