This lady was so caught up with her mobile phone conversation (and copying something down furiously) that it seemed that she was oblivious to the world going past her. This was taken outside the Kuan Inn Temple in Singapore earlier in March this year. I have cropped this to a panaromic shot for a much tighter composition.
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.
I was having dinner under the Esplanade Bridge yesterday evening while out celebrating the Chinese Mooncake Festival. While waiting for dinner to be served, the zig-zag patterns formed by the Bridge, the Merlion Park waterfront and the foreground barrier caught my eye. Mounting my camera on a tripod, I captured a 10-second exposure of the scene. The long exposure gave the water and reflections a milky, dreamy feel. By coincidence, a bumboat lit with lights passed by while I was taking the picture. This created the bright streaks that you see next to the lit waterfront in the distance.