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One of my favorite parts of the wedding is when the behind the scenes where people get ready for the event. You can feel the atmosphere building up and generally people going through a range of emotions. I love this one from Lijing and Debra’s wedding.
I love traveling. But I love my home too. Every homecoming from a trip always evoke a feeling of anticipation and sense of belonging. I look forward to doing up the laundry, cleaning up the house, replying emails (not all, but most) and just the feeling of coming back into the arms of someone familiar. Feeling energized and inspired after the trip, so let the work begin:)
Here’s a shot I really like from Benny and Ginny’s wedding.
It’s been almost a week of scrappy internet access on the island of Ambon. The microwave signals were severely hampered by cloudy skies and rainy weather in the evenings. On our very last day, the skies cleared up and with that, we witnessed a moon rise from the water horizon. It was a pretty awesome sight. That was when I realized the skies are really clear and the tide was incredibly low. I decided that I should take the land pictures that I have been waiting for all week. This huge tree trunk was washed down from the hills, down the river and somehow ended up on the beach of the resort. It had since became a favorite photography spot for visitors.
This week had been pretty awesome with great dives, great company and life pretty much unplugged. But like all awesome holidays, it comes with some unexpected and ‘memorable’ experiences as well. Got seasick once, puked like mad. Housing flooded twice (thankfully I surfaced before things got really bad and found out the culprit was a faulty dome port). Jellyfish stings (oh, those things are really beautiful… and as with beautiful things, keep a distance). Camera shutter kind of died, so I had to wait about 10-15 seconds between shots for the error message to clear. It’s a real pain but I learned to slow down and pick my shot instead of spraying. On some dives, at depths below 15m, some of the buttons on the camera refused to work for some reason. So it was like shooting manual on film because the playback button and focus button didn’t work. Despite all these, it was still an awesome trip.
For more images of the trip, you can follow me (feldberyl) on instragram.
This is my 3rd post on Milky Way seen from Singapore. Two days after my first attempt, I went back to the same location again to get a more accurate framing of milky way. I did some research online and made sure I read the constellation correctly as they are the only indicators of where I will be shooting. It was an extremely clear night except we were half way into full moon phase but surprisingly that did not cause too much problems. This time round I spent more time reading the stars (literally) and aligning my shot. This is the final shot after applying some trial and error photoshop magic. Taken with a single exposure. Pretty pleased with the result and probably will make a print when I’m back from my trip.
Well, I caught part of it:D
After a good morning’s sleep, I spent some time working on the images I took last night and managed to pull out the details of the milky way. I managed to capture the tail of Scorpius but I think I just caught the brightest bit of the Milky way at the edge there. Now that I understand a little more about the constellation, the next shoot should yield better results. So it’s proven, it is definitely possible to shoot the Milky Way in light polluted Singapore. The place I was at was not exactly super dark either. Many thanks to the photographers who did this before me that inspired my late night search for… milk:)
About this image, it was shot in a single exposure with 3 frames stitched together for a wider angle.
I have been seeing people posting shots of the Milky Way taken in Singapore. As incredible as it sounds, it has been done and I want to give it a try. Well, I made my attempt after a long day of editing behind the computer. The result shows a very faint trace of the Milky Way on the left hand edge of the branches where Elliot and ET is heading. That’s where Scorpio is and is probably the brightest part of it. Even then, I couldn’t quite make it out without applying some really heavy handed editing which I omitted from this version. I guess I was off with my positioning this time round. Nonetheless, I had a good time standing under the stars. Will try again tomorrow if the skies are clear.
You know the gatecrash is going to be awesome when the groomsmen arrive all blown up.
I love grey walls, especially when paired with white. With great light coming through the windows, I can’t ask for a better setting.
