A Ride Of Its Life

A poodle getting the ride of its life in a local park. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

This was captured with an eleven-year old contrast detection auto-focus camera. Auto-focus wasn’t terrific but good enough for panning moving bikes like this one. Background greens were toned down a bit in post.

Comfy On The Rink

Kids seemingly feeling quite at home on the Digital Light Canvas in the Marina Bay Sands. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Skin tones from the Fujifilm X-S1 were pleasant enough so there was no need for me to tweak the colour. I had kept the shutter speed at 1/320 sec so as not to miss the kids’ action, pushing up the ISO to 320 inadvertently. For the small 2/3-inch sensor, this resulted in obvious noise when viewed at actual size. Since this was for just VGA size presentation, I left the noise alone and kept whatever details there that had been captured.

Super Traffic Controller

The ‘Avenger’ directing tourist traffic in a shopping mall. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

And It Was Night

A dragon lantern in Chinatown. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

This was taken some years back. The ISO was inadvertently set to auto, and so it came up to 3200, generating quite a bit of noise – double digit level. I remember the camera was placed on an electrical power box, so I could’ve used a base ISO instead. Only some of the noise was fixed in post as fine details were already beginning to be impacted.

Photography In The Garden City

One who looked like a naturalist photographing lilies by the bay. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

This gentleman was some 20 metres away and quite engrossed in his task, so I had time to squat down and take the shot at his level.

Tea In The Lions’ Den

Folks taking a tea break with the ‘lions’. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

The parapets on either side were included in the frame to make it look like the folks were really down in a lion’s den.

A Cool Lady

A lady getting a cool respite from the afternoon heat at a popular tourists’ spot. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

This was captured from about 50 metres (about 55 yards) away at the equivalent focal length of 350mm. The lady was standing out from her dark backdrop. 2-1/3 stops of underexposure was used so that highlights might not clip. Mid-tones were then lifted a tad in post.

A Ride Made In Japan

A glimpse of Japan in Singapore. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

The original image was a little on the dark side, as the bike was mostly back-lit and also I had only biased the exposure brighter by just 1/3 stop. In post, shadows and highlights were tweaked to get this final image.

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Urban People

 

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“Urban People” by Swiss Sculptor Kurt Laurenz Metzler standing in front of Ion Orchard. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

There wasn’t any exposure bias at the time of capture. In post, the backdrop had its mid-tones darkened so that the “people” might be isolated better. Colours were left as captured as I’m mostly happy with the output from the Panasonic Lumix LC-1.