ARPS #10 – “Excuse Me Please?”


Back to the ARPS series…

“Excuse me?” seems to be what this boatman is telling the captain of the other boat as he tries to manoeuvre his speed boat past the tightly berthed boats at low tide at Changi Jetty, Singapore. These speed boats deliver barrels of fish and seafood to the fishmongers/distributors daily as they await their stock for the day. I like the brilliant/saturated colours as well as the hint of warm morning sunlight that lit the scene.

By the way, if you missed yesterday’s guestblog entry by Gayle Knowles, don’t pussyfoot around anymore 😉 and take a look here! Remember to leave a comment too!

Row, Row, Row Your Boat…

Row, Row , Row Your Boat...
More action from the Singapore River Regatta over the weekend…

Even though the weather may have not been at its best of late during the rainy season in Singapore, it helped at least in making the river waters nice, dark and green. The dark grey-green (enhanced with a polarizing filter) contrasted nicely with the action of the oarsmen as they paddled and rowed their dragon boat in a frenzy to outdo their competitors.

“Are We There Yet?”

"Are We There Yet?"
I wasn’t too hopeful when I headed down to the Singapore River Regetta this afternoon with Dad, Mum and CY in tow after lunch. The skies were looking dark and forbidding and it had rained earlier in the day.

All this feeling of inhibition was let go immediately when I got there, though. Although a few drops of rain did try to break through the cloudy skies, I was soon absorbed taking pictures from a nice vantage point on Elgin Bridge over the Singapore River. All in all, I spent close to 4 hours at the area taking shot after shot of the dragon-boat races taking place then, while putting up with an extremely sarcastic riverside commentator / race starter, who nitpicked non-stop on the participating dragon-boaters. This is one of the favourite shots from the session… More to follow 🙂

Exposure information: Camera – Canon EOS 20D, Lens – Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L, Shutter speed – 1/125 sec, Aperture – f/6.3, ISO – 400, Focal length – 100mm, Exposure mode – Aperture Priority, Flash – Off, Filter – Hoya Circular Polarizer