cityscapes – Helluva Times

The Watchtower In The Vineyard

In The Eye of A Fish

A diagonal fish-eye lens was used in this 2012 shot. Despite using a sturdy tripod, some shake were still visible at 100 percent view. This was probably due to shutter shock which thing the older Panasonic cameras, such as the GX1 used here, were quite prone to. Thankfully, things looked fine at this size.

Moody Travel

Nell had spotted this while we were hurrying downhill to beat an approaching storm. Because of the overcast sky, the original image had lacked contrast and was a little hazy. An orange filter was added in post to provide the mood.

Keong Saik Road

This was captured some nine years ago with a 2004 compact fitted with a “finely crafted” (as a reviewer had once said and I’ve to agree with him) Leica DC Vario-Summicron lens. The image was converted to black and white in post.

A Quiet Merlion Park

From this angle of view, there is always a tall tower block that is rather intrusive. In this image, the tower was placed just out of view behind the Merlion structure leaving the sky around the Merlion less cluttered. In post, the sky was locally darkened although the clouds at the time weren’t as nice as I had hoped for. Colours were also adjusted to a warmer tone.

Jubilee Bridge

Jubilee Bridge in Covid times. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

This bridge was opened the same day the founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew was buried. It was his brainchild, one of his many contributions to this island state that he gave his life … and soul … to build. This image was taken just after Singapore exited the so-called ‘circuit breaker’ lock-down in 2020.

A negative exposure compensation of 1-1/3 stops was used here with local darkening of the sky and foreground in post.