Category: Nature

Nature

ARPS #4 – Autumn’s Peace


Back to features on my ARPS panel…

Autumn’s Peace was taken at the MacRitchie Reservoir in June 2003 (there’s no autumn here in Singapore that’s for sure, contrary to the picture’s title!) during a gloriously sunny day. I chanced across a dried fallen leaf in the shallow edge of the reservoir. What caught my attention was the brightly coloured dragonfly perched upon a twig, which helped to bring life to the picture. (I must admit though, that due to size limitations on the web, the impact of the dragonfly in this web presentation is lost. The original enlarged print was much more impressive.)

This picture went on to win a Highly Commended Award (Photography Section) at the UOB Painting Of The Year Competition in the same year.

Exposure information – Camera: Canon Powershot G3, ISO 50, Shutter: 1/125 sec, Aperture: f/7.1, 35mm effective FL: 88mm, Metering mode: Spot, Exposure Mode: Manual

Victoria Amazonica


The leaves of the Victoria Amazonica has always been interesting photographic subjects. There used to be lots of them to be taken at the Sundial Pond at the Botanical Gardens in Singapore (see this post for an example). With the Sundial Pond now closed for renovation, we found only this small cluster of them in a small enclave off the Ginger Garden. A polarizing filter was used to reduce the reflections in the water and to increase the overall saturation of this shot.

Green With Envy

Another shot from the same outing at the Botanical Gardens last weekend…

The backlit leaves of the palm trees near the Ginger Garden has always attracted me as a place for good, close-up abstract-pattern shots. I like this particular one for the fan-like bright backlit leaf in the background contrasting with the darker green of the foreground one. Can anyone think of a better title for this one? So far my mind has drawn blanks as to what to call this… so Lusciously Green it will remain for now 😛

Update – The photo has been renamed Green With Envy … see the comments on what led to this!