More campers outside my house 31 Oct 2010

Was leaving the house when I saw this critter taking a rest on a large leaf of my potted plant aka "铁树".

It didn't take me long to set up my camera and flash with my DIY diffuser and started snapping.

The results of my DIY diffuser was very satisfactory!

This could arguably be one of the better macro shoots I had taken (with the lighting that I am happy with).

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This one was slightly out of focus as I was starting to warm up

Better focus in this shot

Another shot taken parallel to the focal plane of the insect's body

A failed top view shot with focusing off [ focus was on wings instead of eyes ]

A first satisfactory shot

This shot showed off the compound eye a little bit
as the compound eyes reflected the light from the flash

Another shot I was happy with

Last shot of the night

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Illegal camper outside my house

I discovered an illegal camper outside my house.

Before the camper escaped I quickly took some photos as evidence.
Lucky for me, the illegal overstayer was oblivious to my camera equipment and did not shun me. It was also brave enough to see me in the eye and tell me that its not leaving this place for now.

This is the hairy resident whom is staying illegally outside my house in a pot of curry plant that Auntie Jaey gave us. For 2 nights in a row, it was still in the same pot of plant...

I am staying....

Now look me in the eye, I am not kidding!

This 3rd shot is actually a revised version of the 2nd shot, cropping and rotation with some colour/brightness adjustments and minimal sharpening with Gimp's "unsharp mask". Thanks to criticism and suggesions from Clubsnap's Macro Gods.

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Maxwell Red Dot Museum 16 Oct 2010

It was the Friday night and my weekend begins after midnight...
Years ago, I'd be with friends partying all night, drowning myself in alcohol.

Now I appreciate the time I have to pursue my hobby.

The place : Maxwell Road
The subject : Red Dot Museum
The time : Wee hours

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East Coast Park Fort Road Macro 13 Oct 2010

Went to East Coast Park to try my luck on finding some insects.

I drove along the East Coast Park Service Road and was near the Fort Road exit when I saw a nice spot with accessible undergrowth.

Though I didn't get near many insects, I managed to catch 2 of them.
The second one almost resembles at dead leaf until I blew some air on it and saw it wiggle.

Very well camouflaged

Spider got many eyes! Did you know that?

Well camouflaged slug

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Battery Road 13 Oct 2010

Not really satisfied with these photos..

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Helix Bridge and MBS 10 Oct 2010

This could probably be the closest I could ever get to the casino without actually entering it.
And thus, saving the entire family fortune from being donated to the evil arms of gambling.

The pictures I took serves a reminder to myself that everything outside the casino is beautiful.
From the faces of those gamblers I saw leaving the casino, I doubt they can appreciate the beauty anymore....

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ECP Rochor Exit 06 Oct 2010

It was not easy to reach the Benjamin Sheares Bridge on ECP by foot.

I had to climb 10 flight of stairs , or probably more, because at the 10th flight, I was almost disorientated due to lack of breath..



I used my Canon 10-22mm wide angle and Tamron 17-50mm and my favourite zoom lens Sigma 70-300mm APO.

The following pictures are my perspective view from ECP Rochor exit.

Being at the top of the Benjamin Sheares Bridge along ECP is quite exciting...

Every time a heavy vehicle goes by, the tremors it caused makes me feels like the bridge is fall apart! If you need a cheap thrill, do not head towards Sentosa's Universal Studios. Just have a walk along Benjamin Sheares Bridge.

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Boon Keng, Toa Payoh, Bras Basah Niteshoot 02 Oct 2010

Another late night shoot.

Some close mates are envious of the spare time I have the luxury of owning.
Well, if you restrict the hours of sleep to less than 4 hours each day, you'd probably have the same extra of personal time as me.

In this exercise of chasing the extra time, it'd probably reduce my lifespan due to the irregular sleeping habit so I use it on capturing as much beautiful scenes that my eyes see. A trade off probably.

Most of the pictures below are captured using the Canon EF-S 10-22mm wide angle lens.

This last picture was digitally enhanced with GIMP by using its "unsharp mask" to sharpen the photo..
A bit too excessive, what do you think?

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Kallang Overhead Bridge 27 Sept 2010

Late night shooting with Alex, whom suggested to go to an extremely long overhead bridge at Kallang along the PIE, wanting to take long shutter vehicle lights.

All cars slowed down when they noticed 2 jokers with cameras and tripods on the overhead bridge. [ala COP ON TOP with speed cameras ]

This was where we were.

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Here are some selected pictures..

This picture was merged using GIMP by superimposing several pictures.
"Unsharp mask" was used to sharpen the final image.

The 2 jokers whom many drivers mistook as cops with speed cameras!

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