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In Pictures: Penang through a pinhole

December 11, 2012 By James Clark 1 Comment

In Pictures: Penang through a pinhole

Penang is a place that I return to at least once a year, usually as a visa run from Thailand. I call visa runs to Penang food runs, as one of my main motivations to come here is to eat the food that Penang is famous for. I also love just wandering around the World Heritage-listed streets of Georgetown.

Olympus Art Filter – Pinhole Effect

For this trip I decided to break up my photographic wanderings by using the pinhole setting on my Olympus PEN E-P3. I found the pinhole filter to be an ideal way to blunt the white glare of the midday sun and the darkened edges give of feel of a photograph from old-time Penang. I tried out the setting on food but it wasn’t appropriate so I will be posting on the delights of eating in Penang in all its unfiltered glory another time.

Classic Georgetown

Love Lane: Georgetown - Penang
[Classic Penang shophouses on Love Lane.]

Clock Tower: Georgetown - Penang
[Queen Victoria Memorial Clocktower]

Cemetery: Georgetown - Penang
[Old Protestant Cemetery]

Decaying Buildings: Georgetown - Penang
[Decaying Buildings]

5 Foot Way: Georgetown - Penang
[The space in front of each shophouse in known as a 5 Foot Way.]

Fort Cannon: Georgetown - Penang
[Cannon at Fort Cornwallis]

Religious Buildings and Monuments

Kapitan Keling Mosque: Georgetown - Penang
[Kapitan Keling Mosque]

Temple Candle: Georgetown - Penang
[Sri Mahamariamman Temple entrance]

Assumption Church: Georgetown - Penang
[Assumption Church]

Temple Incense: Georgetown - Penang
[Chinese Temple Incense]

Burmese Buddhist Temple - Penang
[Buddha at the Burmese Buddhist Temple]

Attention To Detail

Part of why I never tire of visiting Penang is the little attention to detail on the buildings. From ornamental windows to the font and signage on shopfronts, this is a photogenic city.

Chinese guardian lions: Georgetown - Penang
[Chinese guardian lions]

Light window: Georgetown - Penang
[Light window]

Bamboo Window Grill: Georgetown - Penang
[Bamboo Window]

Campbell St: Georgetown - Penang
[Campbell St]

Photo Notes

All photos taken on Pinhole mode with an Olympus PEN E-P3

[Photoessay concept inspired by Istanbul Through a Pinhole.]

Filed Under: Travel Photos Tagged With: georgetown, malaysia, penang

About James Clark

James Clark is the founder of Nomadic Notes. He has been a digital nomad since 2003, and Nomadic Notes features trip reports, train travel articles, and where to stay guides. He writes about transport and urban development at Future Southeast Asia. Subscribe to the weekly travel newsletter.

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  1. Regina @ aNomad'sDream says

    December 11, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    Ahh…we absolutely came to love Penang for all the things you mention. First visit was on a necessary visa run, but we found us coming back for more even when we didn’t HAVE to.

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