Atbara House - 1898

That's the name of the former French Embassy and the year it was built, which I managed to take a photo of many months back when I went there one of the Sundays.

Seeing those pictures in Flickr, I now have further inspiration to relive those pics by processing them into my neater, yet more professional photoframe.

The festive season may be around the corner, but I am still captivated by these abandoned places around the country. Take for example, Neo Tiew estate, which had been abandoned since 1989 or so, with it's ungazetted area, makes welcome a huge temptation. Question is how to get in and get out without being stopped by military personnel, no doubt it's now used for military training.

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Planned additions

Ok, the following are my planned additions to my D300S:
AFS 35mm F/1.4G $2130 (SLRR 12/10)
AF-S VR II 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED $3030 (cash) iPhoot 18/01/11
AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G ED $2580 (TK 07/10)

That would be a hefty pricetag for me but I'm looking in the long run...to cover for all distances.

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Nikkor Trinity

Just learnt from Hwa Seng about switching to his new Trinity lens, the pics of his old Trinity are all purely Nikkor, the most expensive lens that are compatible with Nikon dSLRs - straight from their own manufacturers. I have a 50% inventory of that as my prime lens is a Nikkor build; colourwise, there are some significant differences so I already had in mind to bring dearie for a portrait shot one of these days.
I had done up most of the pics taken for CNY 2011, just to capture more pics from more places where the festive season can be felt. Chinatown, is one good place but I have to take time off my work to allow myself ample time to capture all the "ingredients" to add to my collection.

Man, I'm still not done with Hari Raya 2010 which had been store in my harddrive for quite a while; those were still taken under my old shooter, A500, which had served me well, now dearie's companion as it does not have the weightiness challenge.

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Festivals - Chinese New Year 2011

My CNY 2011 collection had been done up pretty quickly ever since I took time to collect those pics over the weekend.  There are still a few more places where I should capture the shots; Chinatown, Tampines Mall, Singapore River and the rest will be places I can find.

Just wondering how I can get a definite sharp pic in manual mode especially for those shots which involve heavy movement of subject, without flash?  That was what I had been known for: Flashless shooter - producing images in premium quality without the usage of flash.

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Discovery of old Mitre Hotel's location

It's finally found.

Location of the place is at 145 Killiney Road 239565, which I can't see anything from the map yet.  Will need to set foot on the place to see how it is now.

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Chartis YEP 2010@Zirca

Armed with SB-800 on my D300S, it was the perfect armament for my first event shoot at Zirca, the year end party held by my ex employer.  Being a non-employee with them now, I had to await for entrance after 10pm.

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Shutter Trail - the continuation

The morning had been occupied with photo editing as I have changed my watermark to something more complicated, chaotic, which represents the true nature of myself.

Will be revising all the photoworks that I will be uploading in Facebook and Flickr, as most of them are oversized, resulting in my watermark being too tiny to be seen.

Dearie had rested well, and could tell from her morning voice that she's still sleepy and like to plaster herself more to her comfy bed in the airconditioned room; something which I've been deprived for the past 5 years or so, ever since the dinosaur unit broke down in my room.

The sun out there is sunny, definitely a good day to go out for shoots since I'm already on track on the Shutter Trail.

Let me finish the as much as I can before getting ready for the weekend outdoor shots.

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