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Single Shot #10

Singapore’s National Gallery was opened officially on 24 Nov 2016. It is dedicated to Southeast Asian modern art.  The National Gallery comprise the old City Hall and the former Supreme Hall. The architects responsible for the restoration are studioMilou Singapore and CPG Consultants.

The Atrium between the two buildings (photo below) shows the patterned glass roof supported by a tree structure. The glass roof provides shade and also allow in natural lights. We can also see the 2 sky bridges which were constructed to linked the galleries between the two buildings.

 Photo Technical Data:

Canon 6D, EF 16 – 35 mm /f4 at 16 mm. 1/200 sec @ f/4.0 ISO 100

 

Single Shot #9

A fire broke out at the Shell oil refinery on Pulau Bukom at 1:15pm on 28 Sep 2011. It lasted 32 hours before it was put out. The affected area was at an open area at the refinery where there were a network of pumps, valves and pipelines carrying gasoline, kerosene and other refined oil products.

The fire is at the centre of the photo. The plume from the stack is not a fire. It is a flare stack which is used to burn waste hydrocarbons.

The photo was taken from Palawan beach at Sentosa Island which is about 6 km away. The time was 7 pm.

Photo Technical Data:

Canon 7D, EF 70 – 300 mm at 300 mm. 1/20 sec @ f/7.1 ISO 400
(effective focal length is 480 mm)

You can read up on the background information on the fire in the Singapore Infopedia website.

Single Shot #8

Battlestar Galatica is a duelling roller coaster located in Universal Studio Theme Park in Sentosa Island, Singapore. One of the coasters is a traditional carriage (Humans) where the passengers are seated. The other an inverted track (Cylons) where the passengers are hung with their feet free. The Cylons will do 5 inversions per run. This is the one you see below.

The ride last an exhilarating 90 seconds along the 1 km track with top speed of  90 km/hr.

Photo Technical Data:

Canon 7D, EF 70 – 300 mm at 214 mm. 1/800 sec @ f/5.0 ISO 800 (Cropped)

 

Single Shot #7

Street cats have interesting behaviours. They can be cautious,  timid, curious. This one is aloof. Looking at me in the eye, he seems to be saying to me, “What are you looking at?”

What’s he saying to you?

Photo Technical Data:

Canon 7D, EF-S 17-55 mm at 55 mm. 1/60 sec @ f/2.8 ISO 200(Cropped)

Single Shot #6

Two holiday makers taking a snapshot to remember their holiday at the Universal Studio. The artificial mist is created at the base of the Universal Studio’s Globe. It was a hot noon shot. The model was trying to keep his eyes open in the glare and the the watery mist.

Photo Technical Data:

Canon 7D, EF 70-300 mm at 170 mm. 1/1000 sec @ f/5.0 ISO 200

Single Shot #5

The image below is a scanned photo of a Swiss Federal Railway (SBB – Schweizerische Bundesbahnen) . The location was the Zurich Hauptbahnhof (Main Railway Station) and the year was 1988. From my research, the train engine is a Swiss Railway RE 420 electric powered locomotive. It is one of the most common locomotive operated by SBB. These locomotives were produced between 1964 and 1985. It’s maximum speed is more than 75 mph. Some of the locomotives are still in service today.

Rail transport is a major mode of transportation in Switzerland and the SBB has an extensive rail network serving the entire country. This particular train operated between Zurich and Kloten Airport.

 

Photo Technical Data:

Nikon FM,  Nikkor 43-86 f/3.5. Scanned from negative.

 

Single Shot #4

The Singapore Parliament house was opened on 6 September, 1999. Construction and design was undertaken by CPG Corp, the corporatised entity of Public Work Departments. The construction cost of the Parliament House was S$115.2 million.

It occupies 2.2 Hectares of land and has a built up are of 19,765 sq metere

This photo was taken on March 2015.

Photo Technical Data:

Canon 6D, EF 24-105mm at 24mm. 1/6 sec @ f/5.6. ISO 1600

 

 

Single Shot #3

There’s no need to travel up to Penang to see the street art there as there are great ones right here in Singapore. The picture shows a portion of a large mural which paintings of South American Indians in Haji Lane.

In 2012, URA red-flagged the graffiti for removal as ‘it does not meet the stipulated pastel shades for conserved shophouses’. After hearing impassioned pleas from the public, URA reconsidered the decision and  said that they appreciates that the artwork characterizes Haji Lane and as such has elucidated that the guidelines for the shophouse facades are not exhaustive, or in other words, one-size-fits-all. Good call.

There are more art pieces along the lane and oh, by the way, you can fing great food in the vicinity.

Photo Technical Data:

Canon 6D, EF 16-35mm at 16 mm. 1/1000 sec @ f/4.5. ISO 200
Processed in LR6 to bring up the color vibrancy.