Pelican In Flight

Lip Seng

In 1986, I was invited as a guest speaker of the Australia Photographic Society Annual Convention, Adelaide, South Australia. I had the opportunity to visit Kangaroo Island during the pre-convention tour. I remembered taking this shot on the island before the actual tour programme started in the morning. As they say: The early bird catches the worm! I used a shutter speed of 1/250 sec with a Telyt 250mm lens on my Leicaflex SL. The image was captured on Kodachrome film.

This image won me another PSA Gold Medal for the Best Slide of the Show during the 26th 35mm International Salon of Photography held in Hong Kong in 1988. This is one of three PSA Gold Medals that I had ever won from the same international salon.

Voyager

Lip Seng

This was one of the images that I captured during the 1981 PSA Convention in Utah. The important elements of this picture are lighting, colours, composition and clarity with fine details which all contribute to give a 3D effect. The touch of human interest enhanced the visual impact, giving a strong story content to the image.

This is another PSA Gold Medal award winner for the Best Slide of the Show (top awarded of 1466 slides from 33 countries), this time from the 23rd Hong Kong 35mm International Salon of Photography, 1985.

Squabbing Flamingoes

Lip Seng

This is one of my three images that were used by Kodak for promotion as a collector’s Singapore Mass Rapid Transit card in 1995. Flamingoes are very common subjects that can be captured in our Jurong Bird Park. However, to freeze the perfect, decisive moment is a real challenge for photographers. I have collected many images of these birds during my past visits to the park. This particular one is still my favourite among them all.