Category: Travel

Taken on vacation trips

About The Curves

New photographic works has been wanting of late because of the drab, gloomy weather that will herald the arrival of the rainy season in Singapore. How I wish the weather can be like that of Sydney, Australia, where it is claimed that over 300 days of the year are brightly sunlit…

I took this picture at a interesting fountain display next to Darling Harbour on my visit to Sydney in September 2003. The interesting patterns of the fountain alone, already made great subject material for photography. Imagine my delight when some children made the fountain their playground for the day! I love the strong contrast between the almost monochromatic colours of the fountain and the bright colours worn by the child, illuminated in brilliant lighting.

Beach Stroll

This photoblog actually started out as a “Featured Photos” page on LiveJournal almost a year ago in December 2003. I decided to migrate it to Blogger recently after Blogger’s features were upgraded after it was bought over by Google. Since the migration, I have been working behind the scenes to migrate the old entries from LiveJournal over to this new format. In the meantime, here’s a picture from the past which I personally like very much and which was featured as one of the very first entries of my old photoblog.

This is one of my recent favourite shots taken at the Busselton jetty in Western Australia. This jetty is the longest jetty in the Southern Hemisphere, extending 2km from the shore into the sea. Brilliant sunshine and weather meant that many people were enjoying themselves by the beach. Even the seagulls were enjoying the sun! Caught this moment of a mother and child strolling by the jetty. I love the shadows cast by the mother and child as well as the running action of the kid, which gave some dynamism to their profiles.

Exposure information: ISO 200, Shutter speed: 1/320 seconds, Aperture: f/18.0, 35mm effective FL: 62mm. Metering mode: Centre Weighted Average.

Unwavering Spirit

Originally titled “Spirit of the Desert“, this shot (taken at the Pinnacles Desert at Nambung National Park, Western Australia last year) was renamed “Unwavering Spirit” for a competition which I took part in recently. Unfortunately, the judges did not like the shot enough to award it a prize ;p However, it remains still, a favourite of mine in terms of lighting, composition as well as the interesting contrast of lines and patterns.