Category: Nightscene

Glowing bright and beautiful in the darkness of night

Reflections By The Bay

The last time I took night scene pictures at the Stadium Waterfront at Kallang was almost one and a half years ago when I visited the place for dinner. On my way there for dinner last night (hoping actually to capture a firework display in town which ended photographically disappointing anyway), I was amazed at how the very still waters of the Kallang River reflected beautiful, brilliant and colourful patterns. The waning daylight of dusk provided a nice, deep blue sky for the colourful scene.

Exposure information: Camera – Canon EOS 300D Digital, Lens – Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6, ISO 200, Shutter speed – 15 seconds, Aperture – f/13.0, Exposure program – Manual, White balance – Custom (adjusted via CaptureONE DSLR Rebel software).

万家灯火

This was taken from Mount Faber in Singapore yesterday evening — I wanted very much to repeat some night scene photography that I took with my G3 more than a year ago (this time, with my 300D and better lenses). Alas, the growth of shrubs and trees has been so rapid that they now obstruct the view I managed to get last year. However, I did manage to capture something new this time around.

As usual, the concrete jungle of buildings provided the setting for the shot. Taking this right at dusk, the buildings provided nice lit patterns for the shot. I like the layered effect created by the varying distances of the buildings in the shot, with the bottom left block of flats providing a strong visual anchor for the overall scene. The title of the shot is in Chinese and means literally “Lamplights of ten thousand families”.

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.