I always enjoy taking macro photos and have started running macro photography course. My students are happy to produce art pieces like with their macro lenses. Here are a few of my works: Flower Hearthis post
It has been a long tradition that lion troupes go around performing “plucking green” at famous Keong Saik Street on the last day of the Chinese New Year. The grand finale “qing” ended almost at 930pm. Discussing how to tackle the Qing which include quite a few cans of beer/stout. The lion dancers are expected [...]
Mandalay From Kalaw I would move on to Mandalay, where I have the most interesting encounter with a trishaw driver, Mr Win Tin. Mr Win Tin offered to drive me around Mandalay. I told him I would get him to give me a ride down to U Bein Bridge in the afternoon if he was [...]
I have been using the LX3 for the past 3 weeks and pretty happy with its performance. Its small form factor allow me to have it on me all the time during my recent trip to Japan. I experimented with the various mode like the iA, Scene, Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority. I found the [...]
Singapore Botanic Gardens(SBG) is always a good place for budding photographers. Today I would like to share a photograph of the Bandstand. Extract from the SBGwebsite : “A bandstand was erected in the early 1860s as a focal point of the original landscape design of Singapore Botanic Gardens. The present octagonal structure was built in [...]
Visiting parks in Singapore been a regular activity for me after I took up photography. Despite visiting them regularly I do not find a lack of subjects to shoot. Places like Pulau Ubin, Labrador Parks and Singapore Botanic Gardens are worth visiting often, especially in terms of economic crisis. Go there , breathe in deep [...]
The Museum of Islamic Ar in Doha, Qatar is designed by IM Pei open to the public recently. It is located along the Al Corniche, next to Doha Port. I only had the chance to look at it from the outside as it is open to the public from 10am to 5pm. It look beautiful [...]
Depsite recent media reports that the number of Taoists has declined, folk Taoism events can still be seen often in the heartlands. Often, the event is to celebrate one of the Taoist deity birthday. One of the key highlights is know as ‘Yew kheng’ or a street procession. The procession is like a mini street [...]