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Untitled II

2005-11-24T10:03:00.000+08:00

Untitled

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Sky is the limit

2005-11-24T09:56:00.000+08:00

nostalgia

2005-09-27T12:51:00.000+08:00

Life

2005-08-11T18:30:00.000+08:00

Stages of life. Jeriau Waterfall, Malaysia. 7-Aug-2005.

Long and Winding Road

2005-08-10T01:19:00.000+08:00

A long and winding road leading to Fraser's Hill, Malaysia.

Majulah Singapura

2005-07-31T12:30:00.000+08:00

Blurred movement of army exudes a sense of progress captured during Singapore's 40th national day parade rehearsal.

The Land of Smile

2005-07-10T01:19:00.000+08:00

There is no question why Thailand is known as Land of Smile! These pictures are taken at a public school at Wat Phra Kaew, Bangkok. These local children all smiled cheerfully at me when I pointed my camera at them..

the sound of...

2005-06-24T23:44:00.000+08:00

The Childhood Years

2005-05-26T22:51:00.000+08:00

Bonding Moment

2005-05-26T00:05:00.000+08:00

A father and son sharing their angling time together on their fishing boat. Fishermen in Kuantan, state capital of Pahang, Malaysia sometimes spend close to a week on the sea before returning to coast, making family time like this especially prized.

Camouflage

2005-05-16T21:24:00.000+08:00

Lone

2005-05-15T22:49:00.000+08:00

Singapore, Singapore

2005-05-14T01:25:00.000+08:00

This is Singapore's skyline on an evening, as seen from Sheares Bridge. It's the same day where I took this and this picture. As it was a Sunday when this picture was took, the office buildings in the central business district were not as brightly lit as one would expect.

Together with my other panaromic pictures, this picture can be found in my Panaroma Gallery on pbase.

Serendipity

2005-05-10T23:18:00.000+08:00

Took this picture on a Sunday afternoon when having coffee alone. Had a mental picture that this picture will express the tranquility of that moment. Sontag's On Photography seems to be my companion for most of these lazy afternoons.

She wrote, I quote: "Unlike the fine-art objects of pre-democratic eras, photographs don't seem deeply beholden to the intentions of an artist. Rather, they owe their existence to a loose cooperation (quasi-magical, quasi-accidental) between photographer and subject - mediated by an ever simpler and more automated machie, which is tireless, and which even when capricious can produce a result that is interesting and never entirely wrong."

But how often are 'good' pictures results of conscious planning? I will be glad if I can say for sure that half of my good pictures are perfect executions of my visualization than mere luck. Serendipity should never be the compensation for inexperience and incompetence, I reckon!

Perfect Compositions

2005-05-03T21:45:00.000+08:00

I was savoring a quiet moment on Sheares Bridge, watching sunset and reading. Susan Sontag wrote, in her famous photography essays, On Photography:

"Where as painter, according to (Edward) Weston, has always "tried to improve nature by self-imposition," the photographer has "proved that nature offers an endless number of perfect 'compositions,' - order everywhere." "

What is your philosophy in taking (or making) a photograph?

View in a View

2005-05-02T23:22:00.000+08:00

I was waiting for the ‘perfect moment’ of sunset, and then it suddenly strikes me: why don’t I take a picture of my viewfinder. Nothing fancy or technically fantastic, but thought it depicts what I was doing and evinces a somewhat surreal feeling.

One-way Street

2005-04-25T00:19:00.000+08:00

time (tīm). n. a. A nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future.
Such is life.

Forms and Lines

2005-04-20T04:17:00.000+08:00

Cupolas

2005-04-14T22:35:00.000+08:00

Fort Canning Park, also known as the forbidden hill or 'bukit larangan' in the early 18th century in no way exudes the feeling of forbidden. Conversely, its tranquility and placidity makes this place a perfect refuge from the hustle bustle city life of Singapore.

Nature

2005-04-14T18:33:00.000+08:00

MacRithie Reservoir. More here.

Love

2005-04-10T20:23:00.000+08:00

Took this during the wedding ceremony of Charlie and Cass on B&W film. This is a make-shift scan from the print while waiting for my high-res negative scan to be returned next week.

Dawn

2005-04-04T22:49:00.000+08:00

Life's like a roll of sellotape

2005-03-29T21:58:00.000+08:00

Here's my take on the transparent desktop fad (http://www.flickr.com/groups/transparentscreens/pool/)

Faux Infra-Red

2005-03-29T09:48:00.000+08:00

...mouse over to toggle between an actual & faux IR. Read more about it from KenRockwell.com. I find that this technique doesn't work on all images. Personally, I just don't like the idea of doctoring a picture too much. And this is.

The Giants

2004-12-30T02:08:00.000+08:00

The Old Charms

2004-12-21T01:30:00.000+08:00

Merry Glitter!

2004-12-19T20:43:00.000+08:00

Merry Glitter!

M&Merry Christmas

2004-11-16T23:00:00.000+08:00

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"...May the LORD bless his land with the precious dew from heaven above and with the deep waters that lie below; ..." Deuteronomy 33:13

2004-11-13T19:33:00.000+08:00

Looking into the future

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a bug's life

2004-11-09T19:36:00.000+08:00

Merry Starbucks

2004-11-07T23:59:00.000+08:00

Windows of Opportunity

2004-11-06T23:59:00.000+08:00