When I reached Raffles Avenue, there were thousands of people walking around and crossing the Helix Bridge in the scorching sun! I think the temperature must be around 34-35 degree because it is really burning hot! It was a cloudless day and the sky is very blue, which is superb from a photography point of view.
There are countless photos opportunities at crowded places. You can take pictures of families enjoying their outing, older folks strolling along on crunches or wheel-chairs, couples walking hand-in-hand and snapping pictures of each other on compact cameras or their mobile phone. As usual, there were enthusiastic kids running ahead of their parents, lazy kids who wanted to be carried and sleeping babies in prams. There were also many foreigners and foreign workers taking the May Day holiday to visit the MBS.
Guess what?! Even Elvis Presley was there in Viva Las Vegas style, but luckily he did not sing “Heartbreak Hotel” otherwise no one would want to stay at the hotels! When I was taking Elvis and his partner, I heard a crowd of man said, “Wow, got Elvis Presley leh!” Strangely though, when I peeked at their camera, all I saw was Elvis’s partner, the Viva Las Vegas lady, being framed. Well, man will be man, who does not like to see beautiful lady.
I heard on the news that during normal weekday, there were long queue of Taxi but no passenger before the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) operation around 4pm. Thereafter, there were long queue of passengers but no Taxi because all the Taxi is not willing to pay the $3 ERP entrance fee to pick up passenger after 4pm. Yesterday was a public holiday, there wasn’t any ERP in Operation, hence there were many Taxi and the passenger queue is moving very fast despite the large crowd of people. The bus stops were also packed, so after taking photos around the Bay Front, I walked all the way back to Funan Digital Mall to take a bus home.
Here are some pictures taken on my Olympus EP-2 and a Panasonic 14-45mm lens.
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