Lip Seng

Vegetation of Cottlesloe Beach

Lip SengFebruary 26, 2004

Mother Nature should be regarded as the greatest artist of them all. The aesthetics of nature has provided endless inspriations for our artists through the ages. I captured this image after taking the “Waves of Cottesloe Beach” (featured just a few days ago) in Western Australia. The lighting was just brilliant, emphasizing the textures for such a natural setting. A polariser was used to achieve an even greater colour saturatuion in the original vivid, blue sky.

The shape of the sandstone on the right reminded me of a tortise climbing up a slope. What is your interpretation?

The Only Bud

Lip SengFebruary 25, 2004

The photographic potential in Singapore Botanical Gardens is endless as I have mentioned in some of my earlier posts. This is another image that I captured during one of my visits last year. I like the colours and natural formation of the leaves nicely framing the one and only gorgeous bud. This is a typical example of a picture that can be found everywhere (if you are able to look out for it!) and not just artifically made/arranged/posed.

Three Sisters

Lip SengFebruary 24, 2004

The lighting ratio increases as the sun sets lower. Such conditions provided me with an opportunity to capture The Three Sisters of Katoomba, Australia, in a different mood. The exposure setting here has to be accurate in order to achieve good details at both ends of the lighting ratio. I like the touch of cloud patterns that enhanced the visual impact of this landscape study.