Category: ARPS

Pictures from my 2003 ARPS Panel.

ARPS #9 – All Lined Up

Taken at the Changi Jetty, Singapore, just before the old jetty was rebuilt. I like the contrast in colours between the boats and the reflection of greenery in the water. The early morning sunlight also helped to add a golden touch to the saturated colours of the shot.

Ruralistic scenes of boats by the sea used to be the subject of the day whenever I visited this area. As it is now, a new modern harbour terminal stands next to the old jetty, and the boats are located slightly farther away, making such shots more difficult to take.

ARPS #8 – Another Gateway Within

Another architectural picture from my ARPS panel…

Another Gateway Within shows an almost abstract view of one of the Gateway Towers reflected in the other. Designed by internationally-acclaimed architect, I.M. Pei, the Gateway Towers overlook Beach Road just outside the city of Singapore. These unusual and high-tech looking towers are shaped geometrically such that from a certain angle, the towers look flat and two-dimensional, with a lack of depth, as if they were merely a flat plates planted vertically into the ground.

Exposure information – Camera: Canon Powershot G3, ISO 50, Shutter: 1/800 sec, Aperture: f/7.1, 35mm effective FL: 140mm, Exposure Mode: Manual

ARPS #7 – Lighted Windows

Another familiar sight for Singaporeans from my ARPS panel…

The windows of the Ministry of Information, Communication and The Arts (MITA) building at Hill Street has fascinated many photographers with their brightly coloured windows. I was lucky to take this shot right before dusk, when the lights were just turned on within the building. Due to switch timer differences perhaps, the group of windows on the left had their lights turned on first, leaving the rest of the windows dark. I thought that the lighted windows provided an interesting distraction from the repetitive patterns of the darker windows.

Answer to the previous ARPS picture: the streaks of light are made by the tourist bumboats travelling by the water-side. The flashes of light are made by tourists taking snapshots with their compact cameras as the boats passed by. Guess I was lucky that they were timed and spaced at such regular intervals!