Category: Macro

Singapore will never see a true autumn with our climate. The closest we can probably get is to see some of the flowers that are on display currently at the Flower Dome at the Gardens By The Bay 🙂

The Gardens by the Bay are currently celebrating their fifth anniversary with a spring-themed “Blue Beauties” display. We have been members for the past couple of years, enjoying the regular display changes in the cool-conditioned Flower Domes. Here is a close-up of African lily buds that I caught during our visit there last weekend.

Another shot from the Tulipmania display at the Gardens by the Bay, Singapore… With so many tulips in the display, one of the approach I took to photographing them is to look for patterns in the way the stalks and blooms are arranged. I like the way these tulips were arranged and orientated in both the foreground and background, with a neat progression from left to right, showing the different stages of bloom in the flowers. As in my previous shot, I have also taken inspiration from the van Gogh theme of the display and attempted to make this look like a painting via the use of light and shadow as well as the contrast in focus between near and far.