Outing to Sungei Buloh

The 450D Club had it's outing to Sungi Buloh Wetlands Reserve (SBWR for short) on Sat morning. It was my first time there after more than 5 years, so everything felt unfamiliar.

Although we were forced to return to the Visitor Center and wait when it started raining in the mid-morning, the weather cleared up later, and we had a pretty good time there (Apart from the mosquitos, that is). Also, Joe and Ryu were amazing with their knowledge of insects and birds.

Here are some of my shots from the trip :

#1 - Grasshopper















#2 - Brown Butterfly














#3 - Wasp Butt















#4 - Crab on Leaf






















#5 - Mudskipper













Didn't really get many bird shots, mainly because my lens, at only 200mm, isn't the best for birding. Maybe I'll think about doing what Ryan did (100-400mm FTW)the next time I go to SBWR.

Here's a rather nice one, except that it's really blur and full of noise (heavily cropped too)...

Abandoned places in LCK

Went out with fellow 450D people yesterday to Lim Chu Kang to explore some old abandoned areas. Weather was wet, but at least it stopped raining when we arrived at the location. Some photos from the trip...

#1 - Numbered Past















#2 - Emptiness






















#3 - Towering Gloom






















#4 - Dark Corridors






















#5 - Stairway Mysteries






















Photos taken at the end of Lim Chu Kang will be in the next posting (though there isn't very much).

Sidetrack to Chinatown

After the "Glass/Reflection" themed Tangshooters outing on Sunday, when the whole group of us were on the way to the MRT station, we got sidetracked by the sunset, and headed for one of the HDB blocks facing the CBD. Went up to the 24th floor, then realized that the sunset was in the other direction. Then someone found that the roof access was open, and most of them went up to take a look. I, having a fear of heights, decided not to risk it. Instead, it took pictures of the direction of the CBD instead.

However, lacking tripod and a UWA lens, I didn't come up with anything really interesting. (To see my UWA shots, see my flickr - Chinatown Nights I and II)

I did experiment a bit, and managed this :






















(Not perfect, but I think it looks cool :D)

Glass : Reflections, Refractions, and Other Shiny Things

Went for yet another Tangshooters outing last evening. It was a rather major one, with over thirty people gathering together at Raffles Place. From there, we walked and shot all the way to Tanjong Pagar. I'm sure the people who were around must have wondered about our large group of photographers.

In any case, here's five of my photos which I'll also be posting on Clubsnap :

#1 - Twin Illuisions






















#2 - Visions In Stone






















#3 - Grid of Glass













#4 - Double Vision






















#5 - Warped Distortions






















Overall, it was a tiring, but really fun outing.

(The Chinatown minor-shoot will be posted separately)

And before I end this post, a special mention : Sprintist, the organizer of the outing :)

Of Circles and Trains... Part II

Here are a few more photos from the Circle Line "Open House"...

#1 - Ascend Towards The Light















#2 - Guzheng Gals






















#3 - The Watcher






















#4 - Word of Art

Of Circles and Trains...

Today, the Circle Line had it's "Open House", and I went for it with the Tangshooters. The first thing that I noticed upon arrival at the new entrance - The super long queue that had formed in front of the counter that was for online registered people. It took awhile, but we got in at around 0850 Hrs.

Took quite some photos, but ended up with a metaphorical ton of blurred images. The rest haven't been edited yet, so I'll need another post to do it.

But here's one, just for a "Preview" :














More to come soon.

Oh, one more thing to add about the "Open House" : Free train rides! (Okay, it was only the 5 stations)

DeviantMEET Singapore

I am so behind in posting again, I'll do a quick one before I get totally overwhelmed by the number of entries I will be typing in a few days time to keep things current.

I went for the DeviantMEET that was held yesterday by the DeviantART staff (Spyed and Heidi) on their World Tour. I was rather surprised at the number of people who turned up; it was really impressive. And although the sky remained grey and ominous throughout the time I was there (aprox. 4pm to 7pm), everyone there seemed to be having lots of fun.

Anyway, here's a photo of the four "VIPs" of the event :















(Left to right, going by DevART nicks : Artgerm, Heidi, Spyed, Zemotion)

Unfortunately, the shot was a little dark, so a lot of noise can be seen in the image :(

Okay, I'm done for today.