Category: Nature

Nature

Sapling


While it is time for many photoblogs to be posting their so-called obligatory autumn/falls shot, the weather continues to be cloudy and humid here in Singapore. My recent few attempts at wanting to get out to shoot pictures have been thwarted by poor lighting and weather. Decided to make do by shooting in my own front yard when the sun decided to take a peek through the clouds this evening. I spotted this palm-tree sapling being side-lit yesterday evening by the setting sun but did not get a chance to shoot it. Today, I was armed with camera, tripod, cable-release and black card so that I could capture this shot when the lighting was just right!

As an aside, there was some discussion among the folks at the RPS Digital Imaging Group that black is “out of fashion” as a background colour for such shots. I still like black best and beg to differ from that opinion 😛

ARPS #4 – Autumn’s Peace


Back to features on my ARPS panel…

Autumn’s Peace was taken at the MacRitchie Reservoir in June 2003 (there’s no autumn here in Singapore that’s for sure, contrary to the picture’s title!) during a gloriously sunny day. I chanced across a dried fallen leaf in the shallow edge of the reservoir. What caught my attention was the brightly coloured dragonfly perched upon a twig, which helped to bring life to the picture. (I must admit though, that due to size limitations on the web, the impact of the dragonfly in this web presentation is lost. The original enlarged print was much more impressive.)

This picture went on to win a Highly Commended Award (Photography Section) at the UOB Painting Of The Year Competition in the same year.

Exposure information – Camera: Canon Powershot G3, ISO 50, Shutter: 1/125 sec, Aperture: f/7.1, 35mm effective FL: 88mm, Metering mode: Spot, Exposure Mode: Manual

Victoria Amazonica


The leaves of the Victoria Amazonica has always been interesting photographic subjects. There used to be lots of them to be taken at the Sundial Pond at the Botanical Gardens in Singapore (see this post for an example). With the Sundial Pond now closed for renovation, we found only this small cluster of them in a small enclave off the Ginger Garden. A polarizing filter was used to reduce the reflections in the water and to increase the overall saturation of this shot.