The Moon, the Red-Ring and the Clouds

One morning, I was looking out of the window and I noticed the moon was still shining brightly in the sky. There were some clouds and a red-ring circling the moon. I wanted to photograph the phenomenon so I quickly went back into my room to grab my Canon 40D and the 100-400 zoom.

I took a few shots but was rather disappointed with the results! No matter how much I compensate, I just couldn’t get a proper exposure of all the three elements. I would either get a properly exposed moon without the red-ring and the clouds, or I get an over-exposed moon with the red-ring and the clouds.

Finally I decide to capture a properly exposed moon and a properly exposed red-ring and clouds picture then merge the two using Photoshop. Here’s the photo after PS.


Moment later, when the sun rises higher in the sky, the moon disappeared but the clouds formation became very interesting. The clouds were very thick and white and the sky is very blue. It is very interesting to see how the sky changes within a short period of time!

Insect Macro Photography

Recently I got interested in macro-photography after reading some interesting articles on the Internet about the insects’ world. It seems that we could remove the entire animal from a jungle and there will be no harm to the jungle but if we were to remove all the insects from the same jungle, the whole ecology will collapse! This goes to show how important insects are to our jungle. There are million species of insects in our world and many have yet to be identified.

The Lower Pierce Reserviour is again a favorite haunt for me to photograph little insects as it is just walking distance from my house. Last Friday I went and took my first series of insect pictures but due to my laziness for not bringing my tripod and proper strobes, most of my pictures turned out to be disastrous! I have learnt my lesson and will be better equipped on my next trip.

Here are some "so so" photos to share. Hopefully with my new macro-setup I could take some better pictures on my future trips.

Classic Portraitures

Last Friday my company held an award presentation event at the Museum and as usual I was assigned the task of a photographer.

The event went very well and I have taken lots of photographs on the event but the photos I like most were those of my colleagues. This is an important annual event for my company and all my colleagues were dressed up in their best suits and dresses. The museum also provides a good environment for my colleagues' portraitures.

I have converted the photographs to black and white and added a classic white border and black frame around each picture to create a sense of classic portraiture.