Such bliss

Hey! Haven't been posting here in a while, due to all my school work. There's really a lot. I'm just taking a few minutes off to make this quick post, then it's back to work. This was shot at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.

"Ignorance is bliss,

Just look at him smile.

So happy and at peace,

But he won't wake for a while.

Or ever..."

.............................nice...........................

LUKE

bring me a giant he says.

Hello again, have not been posting because i had to study for my exam, well not really though:P anyways, this was taken in Surfer Paradise in Australia. the picture shows the guy holding to his fishing rod, not his "rod" . HAHA. Woo, i love this place.


LUKE

Fallen flower

Taken at Macritchie Reservoir, this fallen flower is reminiscent of some people in our lives. Simple, but yet so beautiful.

Sometimes the best people in our lives are like this flower: easy to miss. So often, all we need to do is slow down and look around us. Look for the little things that we take for granted, that we walk past without noticing.
Thanks to Luke for his teachings in editing this photo.

D.O.F

Another random photo taken in SBG. BUT it explains what dof soso clearly. Loook at it. . . Fyi, Dof wasn't photoshoped, the colour of the picture is(:

LUKE


Credits to:
Strawberry Umbrella Owner.
Marker's G11.
and my power.

Flies? :O

I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT ARE THEY DOING.
Didn't even know how i spotted it. :P

LUKE.

Chinese bird? Or is it Japanese?

Another post after such a long time. This is again from a visit to Chinese Gardens or Japanese Gardens (I'm not too sure as they are just side by side and I can't differentiate them). 

It's strange how I find so many posts from myself about pictures from Chinese Gardens. I used to think it was boring. Maybe it's because it's the place I go to most often for photography after I learned composition. I seem to have been shooting rather randomly before that.

Water Droplet Flowers.

This was taken in Singapore Botanical Gardens.

LUKE.

Posing Lizardddd.

Look around you, who knows you'll find an animal superstar waiting for you to take a shot of it.
:D

LUKE

SURPRIIIIISE!

It's Mothers' Day today here in Singapore! This is what my brother and I did!

We surprised our mother with breakfast and a gift. Breakfast was bacon, eggs, toast and tomatoes. The gift was the Minnie Mouse behind the plate.

Bird among the tangles

I shot this at a park close by Chinese Garden.

I was standing under a tree with a friend, when I heard a little chirp. I looked up, and among the tangled mess of branches and leaves was this little bird, which was a nice contrast against the confusing, messy branches of the tree. 

A lamppost so Chinese

This photograph was taken in Chinatown in Singapore. 

Despite the post title, I have no idea if there is anything Chinese about this lamppost. It looks different from the other regular lampposts seen in Singapore, and it was in Chinatown, so I believe has some Chinese element in it.

Field sunset

Sunset!

This photo was taken in a field. Silhouetted the plants growing around to give the setting sun more prominence.  

Bokeh.

A bokeh of a shipyard near West Coast Park.
.ekuL

a joy.

This picture was taken in Singapore Botanic Garden. Marker and i were walking around SBG, looking for things to take and we found that the swans were acting a little strangle(seems to be protecting the area the egg was). as we got closer to it, we saw something that looks like an egg. So there was this moment when the swans got distracted for awhile and there was our opportunity to take pictures of it. hmmm, but the egg was gone a week later which was sad.
LUKE

Watch your step!

Make sure you watch where you put your feet when walking in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.

You wouldn't want to step on one of these crocodiles by mistake and upset it! These signs are placed where the crocodiles are most commonly sighted. There are many spread around the area, but this one was at the top of the bridge. The crocodiles here are usually spotted in the water below, so it should be safe. Still, do watch your step, they are known to bask in the middle of the trail sometimes. Oh and by the way, I increased the blacks level in this picture to darken the background and put focus on the sign.

Escalator rush

Not sure where I took this shot, but I remember it was somewhere in the Marina area. Could be Marina Bay. 

This shot was inspired by a similar shot I saw on the internet. It was done by using a slow shutter speed and a tripod on an escalator. I really liked that shot, so I decided to try it. I would have liked the camera to be in the middle of the escalator, but liking convenience, I   did not carry a tripod with me. I had to brace the camera on the rail to reduce camera shake. That's why the shot is at the side of the escalator.

Bridge fungus

This is another one from the Singapore Botanic Gardens.

This fungus was growing on a the bridge on one of the ends of the cool house in the orchid garden. When I saw this, I wondered what would happen if the fungus decomposed the bridge so much that it collapsed. Fortunately, that hasn't happened yet, and I hope it doesn't for a long time.

Behind Those Barriers

Another picture taken in Jurong Bird Park.

Enough said.

=D

LUKE

Screwed up loneliness

This is another photo from my Fort Canning Park album. 

Alone. Forsaken. Abandoned. That must be how this screw feels. Walking around this area (which is in Fort Canning Park, by the way), I found no other screws present. The absence of anything else similar in the area emphasized the loneliness of this screw.

Creepy building

Bored of all those plant and animal pictures? Here's a picture for you if you are!

I snapped this building during a trip with Luke through Fort Canning Park in Singapore. It looks simply like a gateway, but if I'm not wrong, soldiers fought the war for Singapore on the roof of this small building. There is a small gate inside where people can go up to the roof. Anyway, I edited this photo by upping the blacks level to darken the detail on the walls and give them an old, dark look. Luke found this picture creepy, I have no idea why. 

Hibiscus

I know it seems like I keep posting about plants and animals, but that's gonna change soon. This post is gonna be about a plant picture, but there'll be more varieties of shots coming up. 

This hibiscus flower was shot at the Chinese Gardens in Singapore. It could have been shot anywhere else with a hibiscus plant, of course, but it so happened that I snapped this there. 

.Looking through

This picture was taken in Chinatown, probably one of the alley there. hmmm and it is picture is pretty plain picture, i know... but somehow there is this attractiveness to it, to me. By the way this picture is edited alittle. Tell  me what you don't like or like about this picture down below^^ (comment)

LUKE

On the prowl

Seeing Luke's latest post from the Bird Park, I feel obliged to match that with an animal picture of my own. It's a white tiger. Here he is!

This photo was taken in the Singapopre Zoological Gardens, or Singapore Zoo for short. It is, of course, within an enclosure. The zoo is quite a nice place to photograph animals as the animal enclosures do not look too man-made, so with  bit of luck and composition, they may look natural. 

Whatcha Lookin At.

This was taken at Singapore Jurong Bird Park and hmmm this Duck was probably posing for me, haha(: If i'm not wrong this is a female mandarin duck in the picture. Jurong Bird Park would be a real good place for you to take real close shots of birds without really needing a ZOOOOM lens. You can even enter a bird aviary where you can feed the birds, but be careful, a flying bird might take a poop on you :D

LUKE

Huge spider

This large spider resides in the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in Singapore. There are many others like this one, and some are really giants.

If you do visit Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, look out for more spiders like this one, montitor lizards, and possibly even an Estuarine crocodile, which are known to inhabit the area. 

Note: Go to the HistoryGallery if you wish to view enlarged versions of the photographs in the slideshow.

Zephyranthes sp.

This is one of my favorite flowers. It's of the Zephyranthes species, I think. I'm not too sure of the exact scientific name. 

Should be either Zephyranthes grandiflora or rosea, but I can't be sure. Hmmmm... Anyway, there was a small patch of this plant in the Singapore Botanical Gardens. Beautiful flower, it is. Never expected that what's hidden under the soil is a bulb characteristic of plants in the Amaryllidaceae family. 

Note: Go to the HistoryGallery if you wish to view enlarged versions of the photographs in the slideshow.

Hello people!:D

This shall be my first picture that i'll post as it was one of the few pictures i took as a beginner, it is a 22 degree halo taken sometime last year. hmmm i'm not sure with the details about the photo because it was taken with my SLR then... Anyways i'm a starter, so sooo sorry if the pictures didn't turn out that nice, advices from you would be appreciated. Once in awhile i'll use my friend's Dianamini which runs on film/slide, it is pretty cool i'd say... Okay, wait for the pictures to come eh(: 

First Post

Hello world! This is the first post in this blog, so I wanna start it off with a short introduction. I’m Marker, I started this blog with my friend Luke. This blog is a way for us to share our photographs and talk a little about them. If you’re interested, more information about us is located at our contributors’ profile. 

Now, let’s get on to the main point of the blog: Photos. I'll start with this. 

This is a photo of a dragonfly taken at the Singapore Botanical Gardens. It was sitting on the rope that enclosed the area around a statue. This red dragonfly’s color really made it stand out from the other brownish ones buzzing around the plants at the side.

Note: Go to the HistoryGallery if you wish to view enlarged versions of the photographs in the slideshow.