Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Singapore GP - F1 cars

24th September, I went for the SingaporeGP Friday practice. I managed to buy a pair of  $38 1-day passes. Actually, I main purpose is the Missy Elliott Concert. I reached to the circuit around 6pm, when the 1st practice session starts.  I managed to squeeze my self in at 3 different locations during the night for the photo-shot. Here are some of my photos of the F1 cars, (it's blur and not perfect,i know but this is the best i can do. :-( 1 thing I like about this track is you can really see the F1 cars up-close, and many sharp bend and slow corners.
For those who are new to F1,  this track aren't actually built for the F1 racing purposes, there are only street roads that jointed together and formed a temporary racing circuit. Concrete barrier with high steel fence are arranged by the side of the track for safety reasons. It give you an impression that the whole city is like a giant prison, cause during the F1 veek, motorist and pedestrian can't move freely around that area. Other countries treat F1 as a sporting event, and opportunities for young generation to involve in the sport, for example Malaysia. However, I feel it's different in Singapore, and F1 is actually a profit making event, and they are actually concerning the profit, trourist arrival rate, hotel occupancy rate than anything else.

Diffrent car at the same spot

The winner's car

 At another location



 Marshals at work
like the effect

Multiple shot - panning shot

Friday, September 10, 2010

发"花"癫 (Singapore Botanic Garden)

September 10, Hari Raya holiday, the weather was great in the morning.The night before,  I charged my battery and packed my camera and other home-made stuff - like the mini reflector (made from cardboard piece wrapped in aluminium foil) and a white card, i even packed mini torch light with me, well just in case i some extra lighting for my subject. I reached the garden around 9:30am  i went to th Singapore Botanic Garden to take some flowers photos. There are many people, many families as well as joggers. Without wasting any second, i took out my cam and started shooting. Well, my theme this time is obvious - Flowers, as many as i can get. There aren't much pretty flowers around the garden, so i decided to pay for the Orchid garden. It quit worth the $ considering most of the flowers in this post were taken in that themed garden, anyway it's a pretty nice garden.