Updates here will be a bit slow as I’m now essentially left-handed after surgery to my right (and dominant) hand. It’s no fun typing with just my left hand. I can’t even take pictures indoor at home as I don’t think there are any cameras designed for left-hand use 😛 Anyway, here’s a candid picture I took (before my planned surgery) at a recent Hari Raya Puasa prayer session in my neighbourhood.
The idea for the above shot came from Jem’s water-droplet shots from shutterjunkie… The weather in Singapore has not been photography-conducive of late. Having a little spare time this morning, I decided to experiment with my 100mm macro lens instead. The set-up was simple: a blue plastic basin filled with water placed on a small table in the balcony, using natural light. To make the patterns a little more interesting, I placed a sheet of aluminum foil at the bottom to reflect the incident light. All I had to do then was to do a little pre-focusing and click the remote shutter release. The camera was set to high-speed sequence mode. I think I ran through at least over a 150 shots before I got the effect I wanted — something I’d certainly not have tried if I was using film! 🙂
Another close-up shot of the Scaphochlamys oculata ginger flower from my foray with the new 100mm macro lens… I am not into flower anatomy, but it almost seems in this shot, that the yellow-orange what-do-you-call-those-structures stuff were playing a game of hide-and-seek within the petals of the flower 😛