Dragon’s Roar

As part of the celebrations of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, the longest dragon lantern in the world was unveiled by the Singapore River. I have actually wanted to take pictures of it more than 2 weekends ago but never got down to it partly because I was turned off by the large crowd of people visiting it. I finally found an angle eventually that not only minimised the number of passers-by cluttering the shot, but also allowed the full length of the dragon to be captured. The only disadvantage was there wasn’t much space to set up a tripod; this shot was finally taken handheld.

As The World Goes By


This lady was so caught up with her mobile phone conversation (and copying something down furiously) that it seemed that she was oblivious to the world going past her. This was taken outside the Kuan Inn Temple in Singapore earlier in March this year. I have cropped this to a panaromic shot for a much tighter composition.

Unwavering Spirit

Originally titled “Spirit of the Desert“, this shot (taken at the Pinnacles Desert at Nambung National Park, Western Australia last year) was renamed “Unwavering Spirit” for a competition which I took part in recently. Unfortunately, the judges did not like the shot enough to award it a prize ;p However, it remains still, a favourite of mine in terms of lighting, composition as well as the interesting contrast of lines and patterns.