Category: Nature

Nature

Symbiosis

Symbiosis
This will be my last update for this week as I head up to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, tomorrow for my exams on Tuesday…

Another shot from the old archives, this particular one was taken at Sembawang Park in 2003 with my old G3. The sunlight was brilliant then, highlighting the leaves of this weed that was growing along the bark of a tree. I had a little help in preventing the loss of details in the bark: my dad was holding on to a reflector, which help to highlight the bark details nicely.

BTW, as requested by ashwin, my pictures will have accompanying EXIF information from now on 🙂 (I managed to hack together a script that works nicely on PS7 for this purpose after doing some ‘Googling’. If you are interested in getting it, do send me a contact!)

Magenta Lily

Magenta Lily
Six more days till the exams…

I am looking forward to visit the Botanical Gardens some time soon after I finish my exams. This particular picture was taken way back in 2003 when I first started dabbling with RAW with my Powershot G3. The unusual colours are not due to any filters or post-processing (I made a check on the original RAW file just to be absolutely sure!). Rather, an almost overcast day played tricks with the lighting and colour, giving the lily pads a dull grey colour, which was wonderful in making the water lily stand out in the composition.

Family Trees

Family Trees
Some greenery to refresh my tired eyes…

The Kapok trees at the Botanical Gardens in Singapore has always served as great photographic subjects. One of my more recent pictures of these great trees have been selected and will be exhibited at the upcoming Ngee Ann Photographic Exhibition 2006. This particular one was taken way back in 2003 with my old Powershot G3. I like the contrast not only in terms of the lighting, but also the contrast of young against old in the subjects.