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Studio Photography – Original Vintage Star Wars Figures by Kenner

30 Jul

Original Vintage Star Wars Figures by Kenner
Imperial Gunner (1984) ( left), Darth Vader (1977) (Centre) and Tie Fighter Pilot (1982) ( Right)

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Vintage Star Wars Figures by Kenner

Vintage Star Wars Figures by Kenner

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Studio Photography – Artificial Flower

29 Jul

Photographing flower in a studio can be challenging as the positioning and ratios of lights output plays a critical role in bringing out the colors and texture. Here are some shots taken in a studio with different backdrops.

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Artificial Flower

Artificial Flower

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Studio Photography – Marathon Medals

29 Jul

The following shots were taken in a studio settings making use of light system with reflector. The Marathon Medals were provided by my friend, Khan Peng, who is a Marathon runner for many years. The shots reflects his years of efforts in gathering of these medals in running Singapore Marathon.

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Marathon Medals - Sundown

Marathon Medals

The Achievements - Marathon Medals

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Singapore Night Festival 2010 – The performances

19 Jul

Singapore Night Festival 2010 reveal a surprising insight to our New World 2010!

The main performance for this event is
PARABOLES 2.0
By Compagnie Off (France) – Stamford Green
Six giant satellite dishes spring from the urban ground right in front the National Museum of Singapore. At the core of the satellite dishes, stroboscopic light flashes quietly, signaling activity.

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The Play of lights at Night Festival

The lead actress of PARABOLES 2.0 in action


Puthol performances from Cambodia

PARABOLES 2.0

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Singapore Night Festival 2010

17 Jul

Singapore Night Festival 2010 reveal a surprising insight to our New World 2010!

Dream of the past, be in the present and fantasise the future at Night Festival 2010! Singapore National Museum took its inspiration from the amusement park of the 1960s, a dazzling spectacle of street theatre extravaganza, magical lights and carnivalesque play will retell the story of this era. It involved contemporary art and video installations with an exciting outdoor performance that connects us and the Universe.

The main performance for this event is
PARABOLES 2.0
By Compagnie Off (France) – Stamford Green
Six giant satellite dishes spring from the urban ground right in front the National Museum of Singapore. At the core of the satellite dishes, stroboscopic light flashes quietly, signaling activity.

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PARABOLES 2.0 By Compagnie Off (France)

PARABOLES 2.0 By Compagnie Off (France)

PARABOLES 2.0 Compagnie Off (France)

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S League Singapore Football 7 July 2010

08 Jul

S League Singapore Football on 7 July 2010 started off between Singapore Armed Forces FC vs Woodland Wellington FC. Singapore Armed Forces FC was in white where Woodland Wellington FC was in yellow. Singapore Armed Forces FC played a brilliant game by scoring 4 goals. The results was Singapore Armed Forces FC-4 and Woodland Wellington FC 0.

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Singapore Armed Forces FC Taisuke Akiyoshi (right) tackles Woodlands Wellington FC Nardi Asani during the Singapore S league match at Jalan Besar Stadium on July 7, 2010.

Singapore Armed Forces FC Park Tae Won (right) fights for the ball with Woodlands Wellington FC Sazali Salleh during the Singapore S league match at Jalan Besar Stadium on July 7, 2010.

Singapore Armed Forces FC Park Tae Won (right) and Woodlands Wellington FC Nigel Vanu shared a header during the Singapore S league match at Jalan Besar Stadium on July 7, 2010.

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S League Singapore Football 2 July 2010

05 Jul

S League Singapore Football on 2 July 2010 started off between Albirex Niigata FC (S) vs Beijing Guoan Talent FC. Albirex Niigata FC was in Orange where Beijing Guoan Talent FC was in green. The only goal was scored by Albirex Niigata FC. The results was Albirex Niigata FC 1 and Beijing Guoan Talent FC 0.

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S League Singapore Football - Missed!

S League Singapore Football - The Header

S League Singapore Football - Moments

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S League Singapore Football 30 June 2010

01 Jul

S League Singapore Football on 30 June 2010 started off between Singapore Armed Forces FC and ETOILE FC. ETOILE FC was in white where Singapore Armed Forces FC was in blue. The first goal was scored by ETOILE FC which came very early and Singapore Armed Forces FC followed up with an equalizer. It was a tight game and the results was Singapore Armed Forces FC 2 and ETOILE FC 3.

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S league moments

S league moments

S league dash for the ball

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7th Singapore Gymnastic Open Championships 2010

29 Jun

7th Singapore Gymnastic Open Championships 2010 part 2
The gymnastics consisted of the artistic gymnastics and Men’s events.
Artistic gymnastics typically involves the women’s events of uneven parallel bars, balance beam, floor exercise, trampoline and vault. Men’s events include floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars, trampoline and high bar. The photos reflects the moments captured during the intense competition.

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Fly on Balance Beam

Stretch on Balance Beam

The Parallel Bar by Indonesia

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S League Singapore Football at Jalan Besar Stadium

28 Jun

S League Singapore Football is in progress as the World Cup take stage. These shots shows the match between Singapore Armed Forces FC against Albirex Nigata from Japan. Singapore Armed Forces FC was in white where Albirex Nigata was in orange. The score was Singapore Armed Forces FC 3 and Albirex Nigata 0.

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S League Singapore

Goal!

Missed

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Singapore Art Festival 2009

19 May

The Singapore Art Festival 2009 opened on 15 May and will last till 14 June 2009. The Opening was held at Marina Barrage and the spectacular performances by The Hélios II La Compagnie Malabar (France) catch the highlight of the show with the giant praying mantis. There was a pre show performance by a team of young Drummers. These young Drummers had won the most outstanding award in Drum performances.

Festival Opening Helios II

Festival Opening Helios II

Zingo-Drum Group at Singapore Art Festival

Zingo-Drum Group at Singapore Art Festival

Zingo-Drum Group at Art festival

Zingo-Drum Group at Art festival

Zingo-Drum Group at Art Festival

Zingo-Drum Group at Art Festival

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Hélios II La Compagnie Malabar (France)

21 May

Singapore Art Festival 2009 – The Hélios II La Compagnie Malabar (France)

Out of Chaos comes an inspired surrealist evocation of the mythological tale of the creation of the sun god, Hélios. Strange mythical insects, builders of light and worshippers of the sun, emblazon the dark night in a breathtaking symphony of lights and sounds and conjure up a fantastic spectacle harking back to a time of myth.

Witness as French urban theatre extraordinaires La Compagnie Malabar brings to life the construction of the sun god at its zenith, with a spectacular procession of circus artists, performances, music and dazzling pyrotechnic displays. ALL RIGHTS RESERVE @COPYRIGHT STEVEN TOR. Strictly no usage of my photographs without the permission from Steven Tor the author.

Hélios II La Compagnie Malabar (France)

Hélios II La Compagnie Malabar (France)

Hélios II La Compagnie Malabar

Hélios II La Compagnie Malabar

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Social networking sites ‘keep deleted photos’

22 May

Social networking sites ‘keep deleted photos

LONDON, ENGLAND – User photographs can still be found on many social networking sites including Facebook after people have deleted them, British researchers said Thursday.

The findings by a team from Cambridge University raise questions about the ability of users of the sites to permanently delete potentially embarrassing photographs.

The researchers posted photographs on 16 popular websites and noted the web addresses where the images were stored, before deleting them.

But researchers said that although the images appeared to have gone, they were still able to find them 30 days later on seven sites, including Facebook, by using the direct web addresses.

Special photo-sharing sites, such as Flickr and Google’s Picasa, fared better than Facebook and Microsoft’s Windows Live Spaces removed the photos instantly, the research found.

Joseph Bonneau, an American member of the research team, told AFP: “When you delete a photo, many of the sites don’t actively remove it, they basically just wait for it be overwritten.

“In theory, the photos could take months to disappear.

“It is possible to have them removed right away but it takes more work on their part so it is easier for them just to leave it.

“They have a responsibility to ensure users’ privacy and they are not fulfilling that responsibility.”

A spokesman for Facebook said that while photographs are deleted from the site immediately, they may continue to exist for a short time elsewhere.

“When a user deletes a photograph from Facebook it is removed from our servers immediately,” the spokesman told the BBC.

“However, URLs to photographs may continue to exist on the Content Delivery Network (CDN) after users delete them from Facebook, until they are overwritten.

“Overwriting usually happens after a short period of time.”

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Hélios II La Compagnie Malabar (France)

24 May

Sharing some of the moments taken at the opening of the Singapore Art Festival 2009. Performance of Hélios II
La Compagnie Malabar (France) at the ground level around the Marina Barrage was the main catch of the show where a large praying mantis added much life to the opening.

Hélios II La Compagnie Malabar (France)

Hélios II La Compagnie Malabar (France)

The actors of Hélios II

The actors of Hélios II

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Artist at Victoria Theater

26 May

As part of the Festival of Arts events that is on going now, these 2 artistes put up a splendid work at the foyer of the Victoria Theater.

Spray Art painting

Spray Art painting

The Artist at work

The Artist at work

The artist final touch with a torch.

The artist final touch with a torch.

Teamwork

Teamwork

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The Diamond at Art Festival

06 Jun
Singapore Art Festival

Singapore Art Festival

A performance by The Dream Engine(UK) during the on going Singapore Art Festival. The show took place at the MerlIon of Singapore. Unfurling like a transparent giant orchid, it achieved full bloom at a height of 11 metres.

Art Festival performances

Art Festival performances

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Singapore Art festival Closing 2009

16 Jun

Burst of Fireworks and Crackers

Crackers? is a celebration of the explosive and dangerous beauty of fire and fireworks and an exploration of our attitudes to Risk.

Crackers? combines fireworks, projection, performance and music. Performed ‘in the round’, with the audience surrounded by fire & smoke, spinning wheels and fireworks. A symphony of pyrotechnic sounds fills the air. It’s loud, disorientating and cacophonous, but there are moments of delicate and profound beauty…dancing flames, giant Catherine Wheels and the ‘human sparkler’…

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Art Festival Closing

Fireworks

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Dance Performances at Art House

02 Jul

The Singapore Art House was a place where the Singapore Government used to hold their Parlimentary sessions. It had since been converted into an Art house. The following photos shows the different approach to taking the Dance performances outside the Art House.

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Dancer behind the lights

Indian Dancers

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Little Terns in Urban Singapore

24 Jul

These Little Terns was found to be actively breeding in urban Singapore and it is one of the populated areas.

Little Terns landing

Little Terns landing

Diving

Diving

Courtship of Terns

Courtship of Terns

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Little Grebe

23 Nov

The Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis), is small in size and is 23 to 29 cm in length. It is the smallest  of the grebe family of water birds and is commonly found in open ponds.

These Little Gebe was facing extinction in Singapore when the last patch of their habitat wasdue for destruction. It was lucky that somehow a handful of them make it to survive at a disused Singapore Quarry that was converted into a nature reserve.

Little Grebe

Little Grebe

Little Grebe

Little Grebe

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Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve Landscape

24 Nov

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve was recognized as a site of international importance for migratory birds with Wetlands International presenting the reserve a certificate to mark its formal entry into the East Asian Australasian Shorebird Site Network, which include Australia’s Kakadu National Park, China’s Mai Po and Japan’s Yatsu Tidal Flats.

Sungei Buloh became Singapore’s first ASEAN Heritage Park in 2003. This shot was taken at the Wetland reserve as the storm starts coming in.  Beautiful sight.

Storm coming to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Storm coming to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

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Bang Poo, in Samut Prakarn province, Thailand

25 Nov

Bang Poo, in Samut Prakarn province, Thailand is an area whereby one can find ponds, mudflats, mangroves and wasteland where locals go for sight seeing, morning walk, to release crabs for merit making and to feed the gulls .

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Most people  visit this place for the shorebirds called the Brown Headed Seagull. The months between October and May are the best for birdwatching and it is close to Bangkok where one can make a half day trip by taxi, or make a whole day of it by going to Muang Boran Fish Ponds in the morning and then move on to Bang Poo

Seagull

Seagull


Brown Headed Seagull

Brown Headed Seagull

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Singapore Landscape

27 Nov

No doubt Singapore is a small country and known mostly for its concrete jungle status, it does have its side of tranquality. These shots were taken at the outskirt of this island which reflects a very different perspective of Singapore.

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Sunrise in Singapore

Sunrise in Singapore

Sunrise in Singapore

Sunrise in Singapore

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Crocodile at Singapore Nature Reserve

01 Dec

Have been on the look out for crocodile in our Singapore Nature Reserve for quite sometime hoping to catch them in the wild and to record their nature behaviour.

Finally I managed to find it face to face with me while it was resting and also on the look out for food…I guess.

Crocodile at Singapore Nature Reserve

Crocodile at Singapore Nature Reserve

Crocodile at Singapore Nature Reserve

Crocodile at Singapore Nature Reserve

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Lesser Adjutant

03 Dec

The Lesser Adjutant is a large bird in the stork family.

It is a huge bird, typically 110-120 cm tall and has a 210 cm wingspan. Its upper body and wings are black, but the belly and undertail are white. The head and neck are bare like those of a vulture.
When they fly, they retract their neck in flight like a heron.

The Lesser Adjutant breeds in wetlands in tropical lowland. It builds a stick nest in trees. It often forms small colonies.They can be found at Parit Jawa fishing village in Malaysia West Coast. The use to breed at at residential site instead of at the swamp areas. They were once found in Singapore but it is now totally confined to Malaysia Muar area.

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Lesser Adjutant

Lesser Adjutant

Lesser Adjutant

Lesser Adjutant

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Smooth Otters at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

08 Dec

There are now a family of 5 Smooth Otters who have make Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in Singapore as their home. Recently, I witnessed a pack of wild dogs about 10 of them showing aggressiveness towards these Otters. The Otters were hunting for fish in the water and encountered resistance when they wanted to go on land. Matters was brought forward to the management of Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve as well as the AVA authority to act on this matter so that the Otters can still make this place their home.

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Otters face off with the wild dogs

Otters face off with the wild dogs

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Juvenile White Bellied Sea Eagle

10 Dec

Juvenile White Bellied Sea Eagle thrive in our urban island. A pair managed to successfully breed at our Nature Quarry park and was seen flying high and well.

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Juvenile White Bellied Sea Eagle drying up after a dip

Juvenile White Bellied Sea Eagle drying up after a dip

Juvenile White Bellied Sea Eagle soaring up high

Juvenile White Bellied Sea Eagle soaring up high

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Singapore Chingay Media Preview

19 Feb

Singapore Chingay Media Preview was held at the F1 Pit which is the first time that Chingay event will be held there. The event was hosted by Mr Nah Juay Hng, Group Director (Networks) and Chairman of Chingay Parade 2010. The group from Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan and Bhutan presented their performances.

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The entrance to the Preview

Singapore Chingay Media Preview

The Indonesian group, Sekar Jagad, took the stage at the preivew

Indonesian Performer from Sekar Jagad

Indonesian Performers, Sekar Jagad

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Singapore Chingay Kick Off

20 Feb

The Singapore Chingay 2010 was kicked off last night at the F1 Pit Building site. Consisted of 7000 strong performers, the event is the biggest to be held here since Chingay started in the 1970s. The pictures shows the various faces of Chingay before the event started off.

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Preparation for the show

The faces of Chingay

Beauty of Chingay

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Firecraker Dragon of BinYang

21 Feb

The Singapore Chingay 2010 kicked off with the entrance of the Firecraker Dragon of BinYang. It was presented by Pao Long Troupe from China, GuangXi. The ban of firecraker since 1973 was brought back to live with the loud burst of firecraker as the troupe went down the route of F1 Pit.

It was impressive and definitely a welcome sight as many Chinese Singaporean who live in the early days of the 60s and 70s would have missed the vibrancy of the Lunar New Year due to the strong silence from the absent of the firecraker.

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Enter the Firecraker Dragon of BinYang

Festive mood from the Firecraker Dragon of BinYang

The Firecraker Dragon of BinYang Alive

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Faces of Singapore Chingay 2010

23 Feb

Some candid moments of Chingay 2010. The performer from local troupe and Indonesian troupe.

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The firecraker is next to me!

We are good friends

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The Colours of Chingay

24 Feb

The various performing troupe for Chingay 2010.

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Butterfly Lovers

The Opening of Chingay

Gateway to Heaven

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The Colours of Chingay 2

27 Feb

The followings are some of the moments of Chingay 2010. The opening segment by the stilts walkers, the dragon team and many more.

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Stilts Walker the opening

Enter the dragon

The Yellow River Dancers

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Kek Lok Si Temple, Ayer Itam

28 Feb

Kek Lok Si Temple, in Penang stands tall on a hill in Ayer Itam. It was built in tiers, the beautifully crafted “Pagoda of Ten Thousand Buddhas” took more than 20 years to build and was completed in 1930. A new extension part of the temple is now in progress.

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Kek Lok Si Temple in Penang

Kek Lok Si Temple

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SEKAR JAGAD ( Indonesia )

01 Mar

SEKAR JAGAD ( Indonesia ) presented their performances at Chingay 2010. It was presented by Solo Batik Carnival, Cultures and Tourism Department of Government of Surakarta Indonesia.

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SEKAR JAGAD ( Indonesia )

SEKAR JAGAD ( Indonesia )

SEKAR JAGAD ( Indonesia )

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Last Day of Chinese New Year

04 Mar

The Chinese New Year lasted 15 days and the last day was celebrated in a great way at Thian Hock Keng Temple in Singapore. This is the oldest temple in Singapore and it was built in 1821 by the Chinese community. It is a very important landmark and the temple is only open in the night only 3 times a year.

The 15th day of the Lunar New Year is one of the night that not to be missed. This year, they celebrated with lots of food and performances from the various local performing troupe from schools and clans.

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Thian Hock Keng Temple in Singapore

Lion Dance at Thian Hock Keng Temple

The Young and Restless

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Macro Photography

18 Mar

Started a Nature Macro Photography class at SAFRA Photo Club. The objectives is to give the participants a overview on Nature and Wildlife Photography and to share on the know how on Nature Macro Photography. It was good to share the knowledge with fellow enthusiast in nature and to experience the fun in learning.

World of Insects - Katydid

Lynx backlit

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Baya Weaver Birds

03 Apr

The Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus) is a small bird found in Asia. In Singapore, their breeding seasons takes place in April and one can see their nest along the banks of unused roads. Flocks of these birds are found in grasslandsand they are best known for their hanging retort shaped nests woven from leaves. These nest colonies are usually found on thorny trees or palm fronds and the nests are often built near water or hanging over water where predators cannot reach easily.

Baya Weaver Birds

Home Sweet Home

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Associateship of The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain

19 Apr

The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain offers distinction for photographic works in Associateship and Fellowship.

I approach photography as an art and love action shots. I do not approach photography as a form of scientific or forensic recording. I attained a distinction of Associateship with the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain under the Nature category specialized in Avian Photography. There are three grades of distinction-LRPS, ARPS & FRPS (Licentiate, Associate and Fellow). The Associateship is a more specialized Distinction. It is awarded for a high degree of proficiency and the demonstration of a high technical and visual competence in particular categories.

The Associateship on Nature from The Royal Photographic Society

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Sunset for the day

19 Apr

After a day of shooting in the wild, I came by this patch of deserted land near the northern part of Singapore. As the sunset, the colour of the sky turns into a fire glow below the blue sky.

Sunset in Singapore

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Nature Macro Photography

22 Apr

Nature Macro Photography
My main core interest in Nature Photography is in Avian and mammals where action takes place. However, in this country where such nature spots are very lacking, nature photographers could find more shooting opportunities in going for macro shots. The opportunities here are endless in this country for macro.

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Praying Mantis

Praying Mantis

The trap

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Common Asian Koel

25 Apr

The Common Asian Koel could be heard calling out loudly in the gardens during morning hours. I managed to catch this Koel calling out and infact have a good view of it. What happened next was pretty interesting as the Koel looks like opening its mouth wide while no sound was generated. It took a while before the Koel finally threw out a pellet.

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Common Asian Koel calling out loud

Common Asian Koel throwing out a pellet

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Singapore National Swimming Championship

18 Jun

Singapore National Swimming Championship 2010 was held at the new Singapore Sports School located at Woodland Champion Road. The young swimmers competed by putting up their best performances and lasted for the stretch on the 2nd week of June 2010.
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The final lap

The strong start off

The winner in backstroke

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S League Singapore Football-16 Jun 10

19 Jun

S.LEAGUE Singapore Football match on 16 Jun 10, 1930hrs at Jalan Besar Stadium. Team Balestier Khalsa FC vs Etoile FC. The score was Etoile FC 3 goals and Balestier Khalsa FC 0.
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Some moments of the match

S League

The moments

The perfect back kick

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8th SEAGCON Junior Gymnastic Championship

21 Jun

8th SEAGCON Junior Gymnastic Championship
7th Singapore Gymnastic Open Championships 2010

The Junior Gymnastic Championship was held at Bishan Sports Hall from 10 June 2010 and comprises of the Vault, Parallel Bars, artistic Gym on the Floor and Beam. The juniors put up splendid performances which makes perfect photographic opportunities.

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The perfect spread on the Floor

The perfect Jump on the Floor

The Parallel Bars

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BiodiverCity’ Photo Exhibition Launch 2010

21 Jun

BiodiverCity’ Photo Exhibition Launch 2010 was launched on Saturday 22 May 2010 outside Mandarin Hotel (The Mandarin Gallery) along Orchard Road. The Photographic competition was held in conjunction with the International Year of BioDiversity 2010. The award ceremony was graced by the Minister Mr Mah Bow Tan, Minster for National Development of Singapore. I won the Grand Prize for this competition where there were more then 2200 entries from 725 participants.

My winning shot was taken at Sungei Buloh Nature Reserve in Singapore where a Smooth Otter jumps up for it’s prey. The prey was a flower crab. It was a spontaneous moment that I captured it with my Nikon 600mm telephoto lens. Such moments could hardly come by as Otter normally will dive for their prey and not jump for it. Besides fish are their main diet.

Grand Prize Award winning photograph - Otter Jump for prey

BioDiversity Photo Competition winners with Minister Mr Mah Bow Tan

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7th Singapore Gymnastic Open Championships 2010

22 Jun

7th Singapore Gymnastic Open Championships 2010 just ended.
The gymnastics consisted of the artistic gymnastics and Men’s events.
Artistic gymnastics typically involves the women’s events of uneven parallel bars, balance beam, floor exercise, trampoline and vault. Men’s events include floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars, trampoline and high bar. The photos reflects the moments captured during the intense competition.

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Moments on Floor exercise

Moments on Parallel bars

Moments on Balance beam

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BMX Bike Race

23 Jun

BMX Bike Race took place at the Tampines circuit early June in preparation for the YOG event. It will be the official venue for the YOG on the BMX Bike challenge. The riders are young and they are from various countries.

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BMX Bike Challenge

BMX Bike Challenge

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