Fortress in the City

5 exposure HDR, processed a little more aggressively for the controversial, HDR-ish look.

Been rather busy with work these days.. No time to shoot beaches… yet. ha.

Soft and delicate…

I’ve never really felt Singapore’s beaches were worth treasuring, as there is nothing much there anyway, given all the land reclamation going on. But when i heard of the oil spill which left the East Coast and Changi beach covered in oily sludge, I suddenly had the urge to visit all the other beaches before they are affected too. They have never meant so much to me before..

Being a major petroleum refinery, Singapore is highly susceptible to oil spills. The beaches are lifeless enough without all the sludge, and all it takes is a couple of oil spills to finish them off.

Pointing and shooting

Shooting with my E72 never fails to surprise.. Being “free-and-easy” encourages me to walk more, and explore more angles. There is no pressure to create good pictures, but when I make a pic i like, the sense of satisfaction is just as strong.

Colour on the E72 is rather poor though.. and lacks the punch and contrast of a proper camera. But with some processing, I doubt anyone would notice it.

The nameless

Been trying hard to find new perspectives from the short mini stretch of “beach” at West Coast Park. It’s naturally a delight to find new spots, though the environment isn’t what i’d call friendly.

Gorilla comes to life

With the addition of a head, the giant monkey is a lot more maneuverable and usable now. Above is the first shot that demonstrates the capability of the new tool. Taken in JB, on a trip that a tripod would be too bulky and unwieldy for me to take along. Click on the see it in action…

SYPA aftermath

This is a rant post. You have been warned.

Change

The blog has been rather dead for a while, just like it’s lifeless author. But it’s all set to change, as holidays are here and I’m itching for shoots again!

This is a rather major facelift for my ageing template. New header, colour schemes, and slight changes in layout. Also added are lytebox plugins to enhance the image viewing experience. Only the previous post (the SYPA submissions) has this enabled though, as i’m lazy to make changes to previous posts. Rest assured that future images will have this feature enabled.

Some parts of the blog are still under construction, especially the pages. So please be patient =)