“Don’t you think we’re drenched enough?”

Finally, a new picture in quite some months!

Given the hot weather here in Singapore, the outdoor fountain at Bugis Junction has always been a welcome place among children for great cooling fun, and especially so this week since it is school vacation time. I have always wanted to take pictures of children enjoying themselves there but have never really gotten the time to go down to do so… till yesterday. This is the first of a series of shots I took.

Exposure information: Canon 20D with Sigma 70-200mm f/4-5.6 APO II Super Macro lens, Aperture – f/8.0, Shutter – 1/60s, ISO – 200, Aperture Priority Mode, Flash – off

摸不着头脑

More pictures from the archives…

In Chinese phonetics, the title of the above reads as “Mo Bu Zhao Tou Nao”. I think this is the second ever picture I have titled in Chinese. Literally it means: “Unable to feel the brain”. Figuratively, this means being unable to grasp the situation, or unable to make head or tail of the on-goings. Caught this at a Hari Raya Haji prayer session at the Yio Chu Kang stadium more than a year ago. Thought that the scene told a humourous story 🙂

Pac Man Level 10

A browse through my old photoblog revealed this picture and a humourous comment by a visitor…

This picture was taken some time ago in December 2003 at the Botanical Gardens in Singapore. The arrangement of the lily pads at the Floral Clock pond seemed almost artificial. The dragonfly (can you see it amongst the lily pads?) added a touch of life to the scene. The pond looks so green because it just looked so although using a circular polarizing filter did help a bit! At that point when I posted the picture, I couldn’t really think of a good title for the shot except for a pathetically weak “9 leaf pads, 3 buds, but one dragonfly”. Someone suggested an amusing but apt “Pac Man Level 10” instead. Dedicated to all the video-game lovers out there 😉