Mt Faber

Last Saturday, I was down at Vivo City to attend a Portrait Photography Talk by Straits Times Mr. Alan Lim. The talk was organised by Samsung and the main purpose of the talk was to promote Samsung new compact digital camera. As predicted, there wasn’t much pointers I could pick up from the talk itself but it is interesting to learn how other photographers approach their subject.

I brought along my new Canon 5D MKII with a 24-105mm lens because I planned to climb up Mt. Faber after the talk to photograph some spectacular sunsets. As luck has it, there was a heavy downfall during the talk and the weather wasn’t looking promising to have a good sunset. Nonetheless, I climbed the staircase up to Mt. Faber after taking some pictures around Vivo City.

Just as I reached the top of the hill, there was a break in the dark cloud and the sunrays began streaming through the dark cloud casting a silvery-gold reflection on the water surface. The scene is very spectacular and I felt happy that I made the climb. Even though, the sunset was rather disappointing because the sun was shaded by some dark clouds in the horizon, I’m happy that I managed to capture some shots that I love.

Here are some pictures from Mt. Faber to share with all of you.

Happy Valentine!

Today is February 14th, 2009. I wish all my friends and relatives a Happy Valentine Day!

Two Kingfishers in Bishan Park

Last Wednesday, I went back to Lower Pierce Reserviour hoping to find the White Bellied Sea Eagles I photographed some weeks back but to my disappointment it was no where to be found!

As I walked back to Bishan Park, I stopped by the drain area where a resident White Throated Kingfisher used to perch on the railing hoping to take some pictures of the kingfisher.

I waited for around 10 minutes and the kingfisher appears. I was delighted to see the kingfisher again and it is the first time I saw it with a catch! As I started taking photos a second kingfisher appears and perched side by side the other.

Wow, I was so happy that the kingfisher has found a mate or probably the later is its off-spring because I saw it passing the catch to the later!

Following are some pictures of the two kingfishers and some captions I added.