It has been quite a while since I blogged - the last post is from the 24th of April. In yet another, but slightly different, attempt to resume blogging, I decided to revisit the archives from late April and here I present to you "Reflections - Central Business District - Singapore".
The Story:
Shot many moons ago - 22nd April 2012.
This one has a distinct story to it - as it is usual with most of my shots. However, it doesn't involve any adventures of sorts. However, there is a funny part to it though.
I very clearly remember the day that I made this shot. Unlike other Sunday Mornings when I sleep through without noticing daybreak, I had plans to attend a PhotoWalk conducted by the folks at ClubSnap (local discussion forum) who were celebrating their Anniversary. It was a street photography meetup - so I left my 24-105 L at home and packed only my 50mm and the 85mm 1.8 lenes. Also, I left my tripod at home, since I thought it was an overkill to lug around when doing street photography.
So my buddy @Jay Soni and I arrived at the venue that was proposed in the organizers - The Singapore Arts Museum about 10 minutes before the start of the walk (20 minutes late than the reporting time agreed before, but let us skip that part here!). Oddly enough, we didn't find a single photographer at the spot.
After a few minutes of curoiusly questioning passers by and quizzing anyone that remotely appeared to be a photographer, we came to realize the obvious mistake that we had made - We were at the Singapore ArtScience Museum and not the Singapore Arts Museum (SAM). What's even more funny is the fact that both of us came to the wrong spot, right on time!
@Jay left his camera at home because the organizers had promised that they had a few Fuji mirrorless cameras available for tests during the photowalk! So going our own ways was out of luck.
I shot this - a reflection of the CBD skyline on the lotus pool outside the ArtScience Museum - by putting my camera on the edge of the pool. It was so low and so close to the water to get the maximum reflection that one point some water touched the front element and ruined a couple of shots.
Anyway, after a few minutes, we packed up and took a taxi to SAM, albeit with little hope of catching up with the main group only to realize that they had already started the walk. We took to the street ourselves and strolled along the Bugis Area before briefly bumping into some people from the ClubSnap forum. By then, we were hungry and no mood to shoot and hence we parted our ways and headed up for to indulge in a few helpings of some awesome Pongal/Vada and Rava dosas at one of Little India's very many restaurants.
The Shot:
3 exposures, lined up and hand-blended in Photoshop. No tripod, camera rested on the edge of pool. 50mm. f/8. ISO 200. Canon 5D Mark 2.
TL;DR : My friend and I ended up at the wrong place with little and no camera equipment respectively. I happily snapped away for sometime and did one thing that we were meant to that day - eat a heavy brunch!
The Story:
Shot many moons ago - 22nd April 2012.
This one has a distinct story to it - as it is usual with most of my shots. However, it doesn't involve any adventures of sorts. However, there is a funny part to it though.
I very clearly remember the day that I made this shot. Unlike other Sunday Mornings when I sleep through without noticing daybreak, I had plans to attend a PhotoWalk conducted by the folks at ClubSnap (local discussion forum) who were celebrating their Anniversary. It was a street photography meetup - so I left my 24-105 L at home and packed only my 50mm and the 85mm 1.8 lenes. Also, I left my tripod at home, since I thought it was an overkill to lug around when doing street photography.
So my buddy @Jay Soni and I arrived at the venue that was proposed in the organizers - The Singapore Arts Museum about 10 minutes before the start of the walk (20 minutes late than the reporting time agreed before, but let us skip that part here!). Oddly enough, we didn't find a single photographer at the spot.
After a few minutes of curoiusly questioning passers by and quizzing anyone that remotely appeared to be a photographer, we came to realize the obvious mistake that we had made - We were at the Singapore ArtScience Museum and not the Singapore Arts Museum (SAM). What's even more funny is the fact that both of us came to the wrong spot, right on time!
@Jay left his camera at home because the organizers had promised that they had a few Fuji mirrorless cameras available for tests during the photowalk! So going our own ways was out of luck.
I shot this - a reflection of the CBD skyline on the lotus pool outside the ArtScience Museum - by putting my camera on the edge of the pool. It was so low and so close to the water to get the maximum reflection that one point some water touched the front element and ruined a couple of shots.
Anyway, after a few minutes, we packed up and took a taxi to SAM, albeit with little hope of catching up with the main group only to realize that they had already started the walk. We took to the street ourselves and strolled along the Bugis Area before briefly bumping into some people from the ClubSnap forum. By then, we were hungry and no mood to shoot and hence we parted our ways and headed up for to indulge in a few helpings of some awesome Pongal/Vada and Rava dosas at one of Little India's very many restaurants.
The Shot:
3 exposures, lined up and hand-blended in Photoshop. No tripod, camera rested on the edge of pool. 50mm. f/8. ISO 200. Canon 5D Mark 2.
TL;DR : My friend and I ended up at the wrong place with little and no camera equipment respectively. I happily snapped away for sometime and did one thing that we were meant to that day - eat a heavy brunch!
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