In Its Favourite Restaurant

A Plain Tiger caterpillar finding itself spoilt for choice in its favourite feeding ground. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Hush, You’re Noisy!

A Red-bellied Macaw feeling annoyed by the photographer’s noisy shutter. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

A High Climber

A young cat finding itself on the roof of a coastal hut in the Riau Islands. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

The exposure was biased 2/3 stop brighter for this capture because of the bright sky behind the cat. Despite that, the cat had need to be brightened further in post.

Growth Mindset

A tree growing up to get the sun and fresh air in the Gardens by the Bay. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

The Drinking Buddy

Bush Lilies blooming ever so regularly in the conservatory. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

The Bush Lily was said to be a drinking buddy simply because it could apparently be fertilized with diluted beer. “The elements in beer, especially carbon dioxide, protein, and sugar produced while fermenting grains, will make the plant thrive during blooming season.” – CGTN

No Bananas

Musa lasiocarpa or Golden Lotus Banana looking like lotus flowers in the Gardens by the Bay. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

This plant is apparently closely related to bananas but it won’t produce any bananas.

After having photographed single blooms before, we had been wanting to get at least a couple of them in the same frame. Happily for us though, more have been blooming recently. Although they were quite far apart, this was at least one of the desired views.

A Christmas Surprise

A hotel porter looking somewhat surprised at the huge Christmas present in front of the hotel. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

All The King’s Horses And Men

Christmas decor at a bazaar in the city. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

The Critical Drinker

An Orange Emigrant sampling the nectar of some ixora flowers in a local park. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

Highlights were pulled back in post so that textures on the wing of this butterfly could be more clearly seen.

A Moustached Diner

One of a half dozen Moustached Parakeet snacking in light rain. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

This and its fellows were snacking on the canopy of the tree just in front of our shelter. They provided a nice distraction as we waited out the passing rain.

The exposure for this capture was biased 2 stops brighter to bring out the colours of the bird against the cloudy sky.

Touchdown

A part of an Ikebana arrangement hanging low in the conservatory. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

The original background was a drab green and I thought it didn’t go too well with the heliconia. So in post, that was replaced with the present colour.

Jewels Of The Vineyard

Crabapples blooming in the conservatory. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Can’t imagine that these were bare stems just a few weeks back. Then the fruits came first and followed a bit later by the leaves and flowers.

At ISO 2000, the Olympus produced noise level at a little over 6 at this small image size. This was fixed easily enough in post.