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Nature Singapore

Pigeons’ Bath

A communal activity these pigeons seem to enjoy early in the morning… It does look rather fancy how they each took turns, two at a go, in a pretty civilized queue to rinse their feathers in water at a pond.   Picture taken with the Nikon D800 and Zeiss Makro-Planar 100mm f/2 ZF lens.

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Flora Nature Singapore

Purple Blossom

It’s annoying to be caught in the rain while photographing outdoors. But as I review my shots taken after that terrible downpour on that faithful day, I can’t help but admire the glittery raindrops that roll off the petals of the orchids. The raindrops just make the flowers come alive, probably serving as a lifesaver […]

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Flora Macro Nature Singapore

Ginger Flower

I wasn’t expecting to see ginger flowers blooming in the National Orchid Garden. Most people just walk past them, without bothering a second look. When you think of gingers, you usually think of the brownish dirt-covered rhizome root. In today’s modern times, not many of us get the chance to see the entire plant itself, […]

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Macro Nature

Scarlet Skimmer

The Scarlet Skimmer, also known as crimson darter (sounds pretty superhero-y to me), is a species of dragonfly native to Southeast Asia. I saw plenty of these during my visits to the Singapore Botanic Garden… But not so often do I see one perched from a leaf right next to me. Picture taken with the […]

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Nature Thoughts Travels

Is the shot worth risking life over?

So I was just casually surfing the net, checking out non-serious news on my day off from work. Dealing with world news, albeit in picture format, makes me reluctant to surf anything but casual quirky reads. I was going about reading Jezebel, a blog known for its feminist content, when I chanced upon an entry on a […]

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Nature Travels

Into the Blue

There’s nothing more therapeutic than spending some quiet time by the sea… Waters look pristine and pretty shallow, possibly due to low tide. Picture taken in the middle of Mid-Sea Road (海中道路) showing Kinbu Bay (金武湾) on Okinawa island.

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Nature Singapore

When turtles meet

I was at the Singapore Botanic Garden, photographing specifically orchids, as I usually do. I wasn’t expecting myself to shoot anything apart from flowers so I coupled my D800 with my macro lens along with my X-Pro1 (for anything else). On my way out of the garden, I caught sight of a kid feeding bread […]

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Nature Travels

Crossing Ma Oya

The majestic Asian elephant crosses the Ma Oya river during morning bath time. The waters of the river are rather rough though, but the elephants take it in the stride like a walk in the park.

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Nature Travels

Elephant Trio

I wonder what sort of relationship these three elephants share… I was at the Pinnewela Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka looking at the elephants taking their morning bath by the Ma Oya river. I was here a long time ago, when I was a kid. The memories back there were hazy… But now that I’m […]

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Concrete Jungle Flora Singapore

Water Lily

A 40,000 square feet water lily pond surrounds the perimeter of the ArtScience Museum, which not so coincidentally resembles a flower of a water lily. Many people were snapping the lilies, which were at full blossom. The good thing was that most of them were pretty out of reach. I can totally imagine people pulling […]

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Nature

The Garden Lion

This looks like something right out of Narnia. Anyway it was pretty dark when I got to the Cloud Forest section of Gardens by the Bay. When I got to the back of the man-made waterfall, it was around close to 7.30pm. I took this at a shutter speed of 1/13 on my new monopod, […]

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Flora Macro Nature

Blushing Brides

These flowers are known as blushing brides (serruria floribunda). The stems look rather thorny while the flowers remind me of dandelions. I do wonder if this plant is a desert native.

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Singapore Singapore Icons

Supergrove

Metal trees in a park. I think only Singapore would be audacious enough to erect fake trees in a nature park. Visitors pay S$5 to get up to the walkway (By a lift! Singaporeans don’t walk up the stairs, unlike hardy New Yorkers having to climb approximately 15 flight of stairs to reach the top […]

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Flora Macro Singapore

Stripped Daisy

Daisies seem to be one of the staple flowers on display at the Flower Dome of the Gardens By the Bay. Nonetheless they don’t take up the prime spot, just a common fixture among the shrubbery.

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Nature

Flight of the little sparrow

The sparrows in North America are far from tiny. In fact, everything there is larger than life. With that being said, I must say I was lucky to have captured this shot. It’s all a matter of timing. I just happen to chance upon this sparrow when HL was busy handling payment for our entry […]

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Flora Nature

Desert Blooms

Cacti always surprise me with their attractive flowers. The Jardin botanique de Montréal has a sizable collection of cacti in its greenhouse. It’s an attraction worth visiting. Not voted the number one attraction in Montréal on TripAdvisor for no reason…

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Nature

Butterfly Pollination

Up close and personal! It’s really a rare opportunity for me to witness a butterfly extracting nectar from a flower. I use to think it’s hard to attain these shots. But it was relatively easy for me as most of the butterflies there were keeping still and extracting nectar.

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Macro Nature

Orchidee Macchiate

I’ll be back to posting photos of orchids. I went down to Botanic Garden yesterday to shoot orchids. It wasn’t the best day to shoot orchids as the weather was terribly hot. Can you believe my glasses fogged up from the heat?  Anyway all these are new materials for my secret project. Which has been […]

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Nature Singapore

Plantain Squirrel

The last time I spotted a plantain squirrel, I wasn’t fast enough to get my camera out and ready to shoot. It’s the same this time… But the squirrel was quite curious about me as I was so determined to capture a shot of it. I tried my best to walk as discreetly as possible […]

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Flora Macro Nature Singapore

Gray Matters

I thought the gray background reminded me of x-ray… Nothing to do with the gray matter in my brain, or of the orchid. 😉

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