It is not just the low angle, warm sun rays; the green pastures; the morning mists; but the way it all interacted and pieced together.
I put together a few of them road side snaps from various parts of the South Island.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Even the road sides are pretty
Back to my New Zealand story. I am now almost done with all my pictures from the trip. Having a second look back at them, I cannot help but realise - even the pictures that I snapped off the road side are so pretty.
It is not just the low angle, warm sun rays; the green pastures; the morning mists; but the way it all interacted and pieced together.
I put together a few of them road side snaps from various parts of the South Island.
It is not just the low angle, warm sun rays; the green pastures; the morning mists; but the way it all interacted and pieced together.
I put together a few of them road side snaps from various parts of the South Island.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Is this competition worthy?
Recently some friends got excited about a panoramic photography competition: the Epson International Photography Pano Awards. I ran through my entire stock and found out that I have NOTHING of interest to submit! All except this one. Is this interesting enough?
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Arts and Science Museum, MBS
I have the good fortune of visiting the new Arts and Science Museum for free last Friday as part of a department retreat. For a museum with a shape of a lotus, I was a bit surprised it did not get that much fanfare and attention. Perhaps dwarfed by the main attraction of the Marina Bay Sands - the Casino.
Say what you may, but by naming a casino "Integrated Resort" does not even begin to disguise what it really is. And all its attempt to disguise the fact with its peripheral resort-like attractions merely insult the level of intelligence of its population.
Nonetheless, I was glad to be able to visit it for free. The entrance fee would have set me back by SG$27. I thought the National Museum of Singapore did a better job at making history widely available to the public. Seeing as how the building is lotus-shaped, one cannot help but wonder: where are the exhibits housed?
Very little space is left, I should say. There are several event rooms and halls aligned in circles in the basement, levels 2 and 3. Not a usual museum goer nor an art lover, I shall leave my comments about the exhibits. Here are some pictures of the museum.
Say what you may, but by naming a casino "Integrated Resort" does not even begin to disguise what it really is. And all its attempt to disguise the fact with its peripheral resort-like attractions merely insult the level of intelligence of its population.
Nonetheless, I was glad to be able to visit it for free. The entrance fee would have set me back by SG$27. I thought the National Museum of Singapore did a better job at making history widely available to the public. Seeing as how the building is lotus-shaped, one cannot help but wonder: where are the exhibits housed?
Very little space is left, I should say. There are several event rooms and halls aligned in circles in the basement, levels 2 and 3. Not a usual museum goer nor an art lover, I shall leave my comments about the exhibits. Here are some pictures of the museum.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Sunrise in St Clair Beach, Dunedin
Looking back at my previous trips, there have always been incidences I regret not being more invested in the process of taking the pictures I did. This one in particular in St Clair beach, Dunedin.
I love this beach! Fine sand so soft to the touch, my feet never felt so pampered. The gradient of the slope so gradual, it offers such wide area of the sand and the shallow waters (readers who have not been to Singapore's East Coast Park would have to imagine a beach so steep and constantly eroding to understand). Most of all, I really love the wind and the waves coming in from the Southern Ocean.
Above all, the broken pier really made for a great photographic subject. Forming straight lines from the land to the shore, worn by the elements. Looking back at these pictures, I really feel that I could have done better. I was so caught up with trying to get the waves, I stood too far in to capture more of the pillars behind. On the other hand, I was too concerned with the seawater wetting my jeans that I did not venture farther to get more of the crashing waves.
I know I would love to visit Dunedin again. Such a lovely city.
I love this beach! Fine sand so soft to the touch, my feet never felt so pampered. The gradient of the slope so gradual, it offers such wide area of the sand and the shallow waters (readers who have not been to Singapore's East Coast Park would have to imagine a beach so steep and constantly eroding to understand). Most of all, I really love the wind and the waves coming in from the Southern Ocean.
Above all, the broken pier really made for a great photographic subject. Forming straight lines from the land to the shore, worn by the elements. Looking back at these pictures, I really feel that I could have done better. I was so caught up with trying to get the waves, I stood too far in to capture more of the pillars behind. On the other hand, I was too concerned with the seawater wetting my jeans that I did not venture farther to get more of the crashing waves.
I know I would love to visit Dunedin again. Such a lovely city.
Friday, March 4, 2011
A Day in Dunedin
The recent quakes in Christchurch new Zealand is really tragic. I never knew New Zealand was an earth quake zone until late last year. I had the good fortune of visiting this beautiful country back in Autumn of 2009. My wife and I enjoyed the sights New Zealand has to offer.
Sometime after the first quake, I quickly went online to check on my favourite motel to see if they are still in business. Luckily they are. I shall go online to check on them again. Hopefully they survived it.
I am now going through my pictures in New Zealand. They are just too many, I am totally exhausted at day-2 of those pictures. Gosh. Here are some which I found new perspective to them after almost 2 years.
Sometime after the first quake, I quickly went online to check on my favourite motel to see if they are still in business. Luckily they are. I shall go online to check on them again. Hopefully they survived it.
I am now going through my pictures in New Zealand. They are just too many, I am totally exhausted at day-2 of those pictures. Gosh. Here are some which I found new perspective to them after almost 2 years.
Friday, February 25, 2011
My favourite wave patterns
Went with some friends to East Coast Park to re-do the 1st Jan 2011 shoot at the pipe. Had been monitoring the weather for the whole week. The twilight and sunrise moments has been improving over the last few days right up till Friday, it was brilliant. Weather forecast has been mainly showers with thunder in the afternoon.
However, Friday afternoon's rain came late in the evening. But it poured the sky dry and I could see more than 50% clear sky. Onward with the shoot!
Come morning and we got lackluster sky, with distant clouds at a low angle, blocking the orange rays of the sun. Such is the life of a landscape photographer. Since we are already there, I made the most of it - shoot my favourite subject: waves.
The lighting was very even due to the cloudy sky. It was not hard to get sub-1sec shutter. I have learnt through many tries that the best shutter time to get the waves in action is about 1sec. preferably less than 1sec.
Here are some of my favourite waves from this morning.
Not willing to let the poor lighting waste my morning, I took a composite shot, composed of some waves, and a long exposure of the clouds' movement.
Looks like I have to give this location a few more tries in order to get the sky that I want. Till then.
However, Friday afternoon's rain came late in the evening. But it poured the sky dry and I could see more than 50% clear sky. Onward with the shoot!
Come morning and we got lackluster sky, with distant clouds at a low angle, blocking the orange rays of the sun. Such is the life of a landscape photographer. Since we are already there, I made the most of it - shoot my favourite subject: waves.
The lighting was very even due to the cloudy sky. It was not hard to get sub-1sec shutter. I have learnt through many tries that the best shutter time to get the waves in action is about 1sec. preferably less than 1sec.
Here are some of my favourite waves from this morning.
Not willing to let the poor lighting waste my morning, I took a composite shot, composed of some waves, and a long exposure of the clouds' movement.
Looks like I have to give this location a few more tries in order to get the sky that I want. Till then.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Walkabout
I have come to realised that my topic for the blog is following the progress of my library upkeep. Recently I reviewed this batch of pictures taken when I went for a walkabout along Singapore River, ending up in National Museum of Singapore. This was also the time I got hold of my High Dense Neutral Density filter for Long Exposures. I wanted to experiment before my New Zealand trip.
A fellow photographer once wrote to me saying "... photographers secretly love black and white". I did not buy that. Not that I don't like B&W pictures, but I don't exclusively go out to take B&W photos. So it came as a surprise that when I was reviewing this batch of images, I inadvertently processed them in B&W.
Some of these scenes, I had went out specifically to capture them in colours. The multi coloured Alkaff Bridge for instance, I have long wanted a perfect shot of this bridge for its colours are so inviting. I have yet gotten the picture I want of it but that is another story. Yet now, I find myself preferring the B&W version.
Magic happens to the images with the absence of colours. Suddenly, you can see the shapes much clearer. The tonality of the images becomes very apparent. In fact, the picture is defined by it - it is the life of the picture. In the absence of colour, you are not distracted. There is a timeless appeal to daylight pictures in B&W. Here are some for you to decide.
A fellow photographer once wrote to me saying "... photographers secretly love black and white". I did not buy that. Not that I don't like B&W pictures, but I don't exclusively go out to take B&W photos. So it came as a surprise that when I was reviewing this batch of images, I inadvertently processed them in B&W.
Some of these scenes, I had went out specifically to capture them in colours. The multi coloured Alkaff Bridge for instance, I have long wanted a perfect shot of this bridge for its colours are so inviting. I have yet gotten the picture I want of it but that is another story. Yet now, I find myself preferring the B&W version.
Magic happens to the images with the absence of colours. Suddenly, you can see the shapes much clearer. The tonality of the images becomes very apparent. In fact, the picture is defined by it - it is the life of the picture. In the absence of colour, you are not distracted. There is a timeless appeal to daylight pictures in B&W. Here are some for you to decide.
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