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Location: Home

Equipped with: Canon 350D + Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

Date: 24 Dec 2009

"Ah, there are many things you can shoot around the house."

Drooooplets!

Not my first time experimenting with water droplets. Hope there will be more opportunities to do this kind of photography. I also cloned out some distractions but didn't think I did a good job.

Location: Kitchen, Home

Equipped with: Canon 350D + Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II+Nissin Speedlite Di622

Date: 23 Dec 2009

"Just try, try, try!"

A Picture Tells A Thousand Words...

This one just says... happyness.

I just got to commemorate this moment, the happiest day of 2009. I think my hand was trembling, not from the fact that I was holding the magic stick on one hand and camera on the other, but I was too ecstatic.

Location: Home

Equipped: Canon 350D + Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

Date: 5 Nov 2009

"A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words. - Ansel Adams " 

Red Ant Loves Fingers

My cute little nephew, Red Ant.

Location: Brother's house in Bangkok, Thailand

Equipped with: Canon 350D + Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

Date: 14 Dec 2009

 "Photograph the light not the land."

Random

Please don't mind the white dust specks on the foreground. I'm too lazy to wipe the coffee table. The blue tinge was from the TV.

Location: Home

Equipped with: Canon 350D + Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

Date: 21 Dec 2009

"Chance favors the prepared mind. - Ansel Adams"

In Light

I purposely blew this one out and I really like the end result. It was supposed to give a "heavenly" feeling, or like in heaven.

Location: Iluma Bugis

Equipped with: Canon 350D + Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

Date: 31 Oct 2009

"Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art. - Ansel Adams" 

Layout

 

 

 

 

 

I feel that it's more powerful to present my photos in a layout. Looks more professional, haha. I had cropped these photos to suit the layout. It's amazing how flexible they appeared in the end.

Location: Singapore Botanical Gardens

Equipped with: Canon 350D + Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II (my own, finally!)

Date: 11 Oct 2009

"You cannot depend on your eyes if your imagination is out of focus - Mark Twain" 

Experimenting With PS Part 3

Original photo.

 

Overlay effect.

 

Orton effect.

 

BG filter.

 

Antique effect.

 

Lomo effect.

I like the Lomo effect best. Next time can re-PS some photos to the Lomo effect.

"It can be a trap of the photographer to think that his or her best pictures were the ones that were hardest to get. – Timothy Allen" 

Cotton Bud Babies

Bored. Really bored. Meet the cotton bud babies.

Location: Home

Equipped with: Canon 350D + Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro

Date: 22 Aug 2009

"Too free, too little time."

Sentosa Flowers 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Location: Sentosa

Equipped with: Canon 350D + Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro

Date: 29 Jan 2009

"I always thought good photos were like good jokes. If you have to explain it, it just isn’t that good. - Anonymous" 

Cambodia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A lot of framing.

Location: Siem Reap, Cambodia

Equipped with: Canon 350D + kit lens (EF-S18 to 55mm f/3.5 - f/5.6 II)

Date: 13 Oct to 20 Oct 2008

"You’ve got to push yourself harder. You’ve got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You’ve got to take the tools you have and probe deeper. – William Albert Allard" 

Sentosa Flowers 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I didn't realize that I didn't go to Sentosa Flowers 2007.

Location: Sentosa

Equipped with: Equiped with: Canon 350D + Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro

Date: 13 Feb 2008

"If I saw something in my viewfinder that looked familiar to me, I would do something to shake it up. – Garry Winogrand"