Singapore
Singapore is a vibrant city-state located in Southeast Asia, known for its stunning architecture, diverse culture, and delicious cuisine. It is also a popular destination for photography enthusiasts, with a plethora of picturesque locations to capture. From the iconic Marina Bay Sands to the colorful Haji Lane, Singapore offers a range of stunning backdrops for photographers to explore. The city's lush green spaces, such as the Gardens by the Bay and the Botanic Gardens, provide a tranquil escape from the bustling cityscape.
A view on Singapore's Helix Bridge, Marina Bay Sands and ArtScience Museum. This iconic location is one of the most visited in Singapore. During the blue hour, all the lights start the shine, a perfect combination of ambient and artificial light.
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After a very very very long absence on Flickr, I have decided to start posting again! Hope that there are still people following me here! And I am glad to start with a recent shot from Singapore. It was shot from the Sky Park on top of Marina Bay Sands, during the NPD (National Parade Day) fireworks rehearsal. There are fireworks rehearsal every Saturday, what a great attention for the photographers community! :-) Regarding Flickr, it all started in Singapore 9 years ago when started to post here, and at that time I would have never ever thought that photography would eventually became a full time job!
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4-picture panorama stitched with Hugin, cylindrical projection. Taken from Gardens by the Bay East just after sunset
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The waterfall inside the Flower Dome is 38 metres high. One of the top attractions in Singapore. I blended several shots to obtain the result. 1 long exposure for the waterfall, 1 normal shot to remove the blurry plants and another shot where I had some nice blue parts in the sky.
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A 7 storey pagoda, located in the chinese garden. I was excited to go to this spot, till I arrived. This is not a ancient pagoda, it's a concrete replica. Ok, let's make the best of it, I still can make great shots.
5quid by Ryf Zaini i light Marina Bay Lower broad walk, Marina Bay Sands
Who can resists a colourful 5quid in the heart of the city? I certainly cant! However, capturing this 5quid was no easy task. Due to the confined space, composing the 5quid with the city's skyscrapers as the backdrop without a ultra wide angle lens was a nightmare. (Time to purchase a ultra wide angle lens :)). Making things worst, the 5quid actually changes colour very quickly, hence an increase in ISO to shorten the shutter speed was required. Even with the ISO only at 200, noise in the shadow areas are evident in the image, which is frustrating! Therefore, this shot provided me with adequate number of reasons to have an upgrade on both my lens and camera. (Which I hope to purchase soon)
Comments are appreciated! 1 exp and slight editing in Photoshop!
Close to Clarke Quay, I found this Hotel, Furama City Centre. What an interesting architecture, very photogenic. Whatever angle we stand, those lines and curves dominate the street view.
I was close to the cruise terminal. Just enough time for a few long exposure shots and bracketed shots. I had to pack up everything, the rain started. 2 minutes later, I was soaking wet.
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Mediacorp @ One North, a cutting edge building specialised in video production, broadcasting, interactive digital media labs, digital and post-production, digital media schools, and much more. Very interesting architectural building, I had much fun around it. This shot is a combination of 1 long exposure and 3 sets of 5 bracketed shots. I used a C-POL for each set with a Different angle. I blendend different polarised parts and the LE in 1 shot.
Most of the time I'm not an early person. But for this location I just felt I had to do it. Even the metrostations weren't open yet. I had to be there at 6am to grab the first glimps of light, choosing the best spot, framing and waiting. For this shot I combined a long exposure with 5 bracketed shots.
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A little break in my India series...
An old shot from my trip in Singapore last November, a blue hour photo outing with local flickr buddies Hock How, Jiang, Souvik and Reggie.
6 exposures Digital Blending, shot with my Nikkor Fisheye.
** Singapore Set | Digital Blending Set | Night Photography Set**
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My first photo in 2018, an evening at the Marina Bay in Singapore with the city's symbol; Merlion in the foreground.
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I was standing in the bar Level 57 in Marina Bay Sands. Normally it is difficult to use your tripod there. I went the night before having a few drinks to see where I could place my tripod. That evening was crowded. I asked a nice lady if it was possible to reserve my spot for the day after, nope, bad luck. 10min later she came back to me. Where would you like to be? I showed ther the corner. The day after, I arrived at 18h, I saw they had closed a third of the bar, specially for me. Woohoow, I guess my bad luck turned into a phenomenal luck. I immediately phoned a friend, to come and join me. He was astonished we had that much space.
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Panorama View from Marina Bay Sands - SkyPark Singapore
Sunset View from Marina Bay Sands - SkyPark Singapore
A colorful busy street corner in the heart of Singapore.
Technical info: 7 exposures Digital Blending, and lots of layer masking/light painting to balance all those different light sources.
** Singapore Set | Digital Blending Set | Night Photography Set**
Helix Bridge Singapore
Jewel is a shopping mall between the terminals at Changi Airport. The skytrain for transfers between terminals 2 and 3 goes through it. Taken before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Singapore has many HDB's, it's a form of public housing. There are a large variety of flat types and layouts which cater to various housing budgets. Some of them have a stunning design. HDB Block 65 has been shot many times, I wanted to give it a more graphical look.
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I was amazed by the architecture of this hotel. Many open places and parks are located around it, we can see it from far away. It's a giant building reaching high in the sky. It's called 'Swissotel The Stamford'. It's structure is very cubist and geomotric.
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Marina Bay Sands Marina Bay, Singapore
It is always difficult to capture a city when facing the direction of the sunset all in one exposure. The exposure difference makes it impossible not to use the neutral density graduated filter and with building jutting out all over the place, placement of the filter becomes a problem too. Hence to make the best out of the situation, I placed my neutral density soft graduated filter at an angle and wiggle it about during the exposure . This beautiful sunset and fairly calm water only lasted for less than one minute. I count myself fortunate to be able to witness and capture the moment.
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1 exp shot, LEE 0.6 Graduated Neutral Density filter (Soft), B+W circular polarizer filter (used to achieve a longer shutter speed) and edited in Photoshop!
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One-North is a subzone and business park located in Queenstown, Singapore. It is Known for its media and technology industries. I blended 5 bracketed shots with a long exposure.
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Centennial Tower is a 158m office skyscraper in the central business district of Singapore. I didn't like the sides of the building. But the front was mindblowing. The curved side reflected the light in a very interesting way. To get the best effect, I tried to use the polariser in different angles. Even got security coming out. Hey, what are you doing? It ended with a half hour cool chat. After that, I broke my polariser, while I was putting everything away.
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The Louis Vuitton shop at Marina Bay, again a stunning building.
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While I was preparing my travel through Singapore, I found a few similar shots about the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple. I didn't want to miss this specific location. Just the night before I met 'Quek', which became my best local friend. he showed me where I had to go. Thanks Quek.
Panorama of 6 pictures stitched with Hugin, equirectangular projection
Bay East Garden Marina Bay Singapore
This shot is taken at the Marina East park which can be accessed via Tanjong Rhu View or Marina Barrage by walking across the bridge. It is not advisable to park at the Marina Barrage during the blue hours as it requires you to walk through a construction site and the gate is open to the public only from 7 am to 7 pm. I learnt that the hard way, left stranded after my phootshoot, I had to walk to Tanjong Rhu before hopping into a taxi back to Marina Barrage to retrieve the car. However, a view like this is definitely worth the inconvenience!
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This is shot with my new Canon 5D mark II, great camera but I require more practice to get it perfect. Expect more 'awesome' shots in the future :)
1 exp shot and edited in Photoshop Comments are appreciated!
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Another blue hour upload from my recent trip to Singapore. The Marina Bay Sands is of course a spectacular building, but I found it hard to get a decent shot from a distance across the water. I actually like this up-close-and-personal best.
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A different point of view: Inverted Vertigo
Central Business District and Boat Quay, Singapore. Sunday morning at 7:45am.
5exp HDR. Testing my new wide angle lens (Tamron 11-18mm) with Sony Alpha A100.
Helix Bridge, el puente que simula el ADN humano.
I walked in this area many times. This view on the business district still amazes me. By day or night, I made several shots of it in different light conditions.
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St Andrew's Cathedral and Swissotel Stamford, a perfect marriage. I did spent some time finding the right spot, there was constantly a tree or a pole standing in my way. Too close, too much perspective, too far, too many trees. I just wanted those 2 iconic buildings in my frame.
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One the aspects I loved in Singapore is the great abundance of green growth everywhere in the city, around and on the buildings. Every level of the ParkRoyal Hotel had its vegetation.
Morning blue hour, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore.
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Singapore Flyer Marina Bay Singapore
A slightly less iconic view taken from the Singapore Flyer (the world's largest observatory wheel). The thing that caught my attention as I was composing this image was the roads and the light trails. Being on a moving platform, long shutter speeds were out of the question. After some experimentation, shuttle speed of a second seemed to be the charm.
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1 exp shot and edited in Photoshop. Comments and constructive criticisms are appreciated!
Just before the last light was gone, I tried to make a long exposure of the Malacca Bridge, located at Clarke Quay. It's a very vibrant area, full of pubs. To obtain more details and avoid a blown out bridge I blended the LE shot with a normal shot.
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Gardens by the Bay (East) Tanjong Rhu, Singapore
It has been a long time since I last posted a blue hour cityscape shot. Hence, I decided to revisit one of my all time favourite location, Gardens by the Bay (East). This stretch of nature reserve along the shore of Marina Bay, provides some of the best views of the city. It is also relatively quiet and free of tourist, making it a great spot to jog, cycle or even have a romantic date!
There are four jetties located alongside the Benjamin Sheares bridge, which provides great foreground interest and leading lines. As my regular viewers would know, I have an obsession with jetties. Therefore, photographing these jetties has always been in the back of my mind. I am glad to be able to finally accomplish this task.
1 exp shot, edited in Lightroom. Comments and constructive criticisms are appreciated!
Blue hour was over, but I kept on walking around Marina Bay. It's full of interesting spots to catch.
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Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Singapore!
Most notably Alec Lux, Daniel Cheong, J. Chea, Joao Eduardo Figueiredo, Adelheid Smitt, Romain Pontida, Wallace and Andrey Sulitskiy.