Category: Macro

Featuring the tiny, close up

Gingerly Close

Gingerly Close
It has been a while since I made a trip to our Botanical Gardens in Singapore. The place is chockful of opportunities for macro photography and this was the place I decided to head for when I finally laid my hands on something that I have always been yearning for: a Canon 100mm f2.8 Macro lens 🙂 Dad spotted this flower of the (“mouthfully-long”) Scaphochlamys oculata, a type of ginger native to Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia. We were attracted by the patterns and colours of the flower petals. This is one of the shots that I like (out of a few actually, the rest of which I will post up in due time) 😀

Waiting To Dine

Waiting To Dine
This was taken while we were waiting for dinner to be served at Hard Rock Cafe, Edinburgh. The beads of condensation on my glass of water and the laid-out cutlery formed interesting reflection patterns on the glossy surface of the dining table. The handy G10 came in useful for this particular picture — all I had to do was to lay it on the table with the self-timer set, and shoot… all without having to use a tripod 🙂

Liquid Gold

Liquid Gold
I had my gear all packed for a visit to the new Marina Barrage last weekend for some photography but was disappointed by foul weather. Back home, I decided to try some abstract photography with rain water droplets on a window pane. I initially attempted to recreate this picture that I did a couple of years ago. Ultimately, I was more happy with this particular shot with a different view. The colours presented are as they are: the golden glow came from the street lamps along the expressway outside.