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The Sun Knows Its Going Down

Sunset over the Keppel Bay. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

This was taken against the setting sun and the original capture was somewhat hazy and drab. Reds and yellows were then tweaked in post to fix that.

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The Busiest Station

Liverpool Street Station clocking over 80 million entries/exits a year to become Britain’s busiest station last year. Photo credit: Sarah Chua.

This image was converted from the DNG raw and cropped a little in post so that things won’t look too small.

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Brolly Day

A Schefflera actinophylla or umbrella tree opening up in the afternoon heat. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

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It’s No Bronzeback

One of three striped keelbacks finding themselves somehow marooned in the middle of a basin at the foot of a water cuscading feature in the Gardens by the Bay. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Onsite, I had mistakenly thought that they were Common Bronzebacks but realized only when the images were viewed back home on the computer that these were not really as slender. They were eventually found to be Striped Keelbacks.

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A Pseudobulbous Epiphyte

Prosthechea prismatocarpa blooming in a shady section of the Sembcorp Coolhouse. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

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A London Sunrise

A fiery sunrise in the heart of London. Photo credit: Sarah Chua.

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A Plume Of Violet-Blue

A Tillandsia cyanea ‘Pink Quill’ giving off a plume of flowers before giving way to offsets or “pups” to continue the family line. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

This was taken just after a misting session and cropped in closer so that the water droplets might be more conspicuous.

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In Two Minds

A blue peafowl half wondering if it should open its train for the photographer. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Camera was held low and the screen was used to get the shot. There was a little motion blur on the head of the peacock visible at actual size but, thankfully, things seemed fine at this size.

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Newly Discovered, Critically Endangered

Critically endangered Begonia cabanillasii blooming here in the Cloud Forest. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Discovered only in 2017 in Palawan and described in 2020, this was a surprising find in the Cloud Forest here.

This was captured against a shady backdrop with the exposure biased 2 stops darker.

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Tolling Vine

Cathedral Bell Vine blooming once again in the Cloud Forest. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

These were hanging low along the side railings of the Treetop Walk and had to be taken with the help of the articulated screen on the camera.

Another visitor had to go very low with her cellphone. Apparently, the selfie camera has less resolution than the back camera in most cellphones and I supposed that she had wanted the best quality available.

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Blooming Good Time

Azalea in full bloom in the conservatory. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

This was a manually focussed capture as autofocus of the adapted kit wasn’t very consistent. Manual focussing with the camera though was quite pleasant. Focus peaking and the 5.76-million dot electronic viewfinder were both very helpful tools.

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Beside Running Waters

A Purple Heron preening itself in the Kingfisher Wetlands just before the sky opens up. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

To capture the smooth flow of waters, the ISO was extended down to 50 to get a slow 0.3-second shutter. It also helped that the sky had happened to be darkening with an approaching thunderstorm.

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It’s A Sunny Day

Rhododendron macgregoriae blooming in a shady corner of the Cloud Forest. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

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Shouting For Joy

A Red Junglefowl crowing in the undergrowth in the Gardens by the Bay. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

After the first time that it had shouted, it was then just a matter of pre-focussing and waiting for the moment.

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Variegated Japanese Aralia

Fatsia japonica ‘spider’s web’ sprouting in a shady corner of the conservatory. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

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One Of A Kind

One coming out different from the bunch. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

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Wild Daisies

A Tawny Coster keeping Tridax Daisies company in the wild. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Tridax procumbens or Tridax Daisies are treated as widespread weeds here and would regularly be mown away. These temporarily surviving ones were a treat for the butterflies especially the Tawny Coster.

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