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Friday, January 31st, 2014
It’s the first day of the Lunar New Year. Happy New Year to all the people from cultures that celebrate this traditional festival! And to all Chinese around the world, Happy Chinese New Year!
Auspicious red horse bringing good tidings as the Year of the Horse arrives in Chinatown in Singapore. Taken with Samsung GALAXY Note 3 phablet camera. Cropped and captions added in Photoshop CC.
It’s customary for Chinese to give out Ang Pows during the Lunar New Year.
These are red paper envelopes containing money that’s given to relatives and children.
“车水马龙” – 正好形容本地牛”车水”迎接”马”年新春的盛景(包括这些灯”笼”及马路上的交通长”龙”)。上星期与家人一同闲逛牛车水,到处人山人海,车水马龙,洋溢着迎春的气氛。这枚照片, 利用 Samsung GALAXY Note 3 手机手持拍摄。
It being the new year, you’re supposed to use crispy new notes in these red packets.
“今天是大年初一，在此恭祝大家：新年快乐，万事如意，身体健康，龙马精神！” – 科技点心（微薄）
I had to go on a little round-the-island this year to exchange for new notes, because I found that – unlike some past years – the ATM machines were dispensing old notes.
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Tags:Chinatown, Chinese New Year, Galaxy, holidays, Lunar New Year, Note 3, photography, photos, potd, Samsung, Singapore
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Sunday, October 20th, 2013
Photo of the Day: This is probably what a hunted mouse last sees before it realises that it is being hunted by this cat.
This adult brindle was the ugliest of the litter of cats that roamed the bushes near an HDB estate. But long after the cuteness of the other cats and kittens has worn off, I find myself coming back to look at this cat – it’s so full of personality! Photo taken with a Nikon D7100 with AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
Crouched low and inching forward, I really wouldn’t want to be a mouse staring this feline in the eyes.
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Tags:animals, cats, D7100, kittens, NIKKOR, Nikon, photography, photos, potd, Singapore
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Tuesday, October 15th, 2013
Here’s wishing all Muslim friends: “Selamat Hari Raya Haji”!
Masjid Sultan, or Sultan Mosque, in the Kampong Glam district of Singapore. Shot handheld at f/1.8, 1/100 sec, ISO800. Photo taken with a Sony Cyber-shot RX100 II compact camera. Photo credit: John Tan.
It’s Hari Raya Haji. The festival is also known as Eid al-Adha in Arabic, which means Feast/Festival of the Sacrifice.
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Tags:festival, greetings, Haji, Hari Raya, Islam, mosque, Muslims, night, photography, photos, potd
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Sunday, October 6th, 2013
Photo of the Day: This kitty had just woken up from its afternoon nap and has rolled over on its back to invite others to play with it.
Kitty says, “Come play with me!” Photo taken with a Samsung NX2000 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera with a 20-50mm lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
This was one of four kittens in a brood that I’d discovered at a void deck under an HDB block.
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Tags:animals, cats, kittens, NX2000, photography, photos, potd, Samsung, Singapore
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Saturday, October 5th, 2013
Photo of the Day: I was walking to Fullerton Bay Hotel for the launch of the BlackBerry Z30 on Thursday evening when this majestic cumulonimbus cloud caught my eye.
It was towering menacingly over the Marina Bay Sands and was the only thing I’ve come across that was capable of counterbalancing the imposing hotel buildings.
Giant Calvus Cumulonimbus cloud versus Marina Bay Sands. Which will blink first? Photo taken with a Samsung NX2000 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera with a 20-50mm lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
It was getting dark and I grabbed a quick snapshot with the Samsung NX2000 that I had with me.
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Tags:cloud, Marina Bay Sands, MBS, NX2000, photography, photos, potd, Samsung, Singapore, sunset
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Thursday, October 3rd, 2013
Photo of the Day: Discovered this brood of four kittens over the weekend, kept by this group of retirees in an HDB void deck. I’ll be sharing snapshots I took over the next few POTD postings.
Not quite as cute as the Puss in Boots in Shrek, but what beady eyes. Just enjoying the sharpness and shallow depth of field of the lens. Photo taken with a Nikon D7100 with AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
Apart from the four kittens, the place was also a haunt for grown-up cats in the neighbourhood.
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Tags:animals, cats, NIKKOR, Nikon, photography, photos, potd, Singapore
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Friday, September 20th, 2013
More than 2,500 F1 fans joined S. Iswaran, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for Trade and Industry in the Pit Lane Walk at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.
Some 2,500 F1 fans thronged the pit lanes at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. Every which way I looked, there was somebody taking a selfie. Photo taken with a Samsung NX2000 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera with a 20-50mm lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
For the first time in the six short years of Singapore Grand Prix history, members of the public were invited onto the Marina Bay Street Circuit a day before the Circuit Park’s official opening.
Race officials/volunteers taking stock of the pit lane walk. Photo taken with a Nikon D7100 with AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
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Tags:F1, Formula 1, NIKKOR, Nikon, NX2000, photography, photos, potd, racing, Samsung, selfie, Singapore, sports
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Saturday, September 14th, 2013
I was just trying out the Nikon D7100 for the first time when Cliff dashed out the open garden door thinking it was time for his before-bedtime walk. So I snapped a few shots of him as the test subject.
That’s Cliff just outside the garden door, waiting for his walk. It was already pretty dim since the garden lights weren’t switched on. Both photos taken with a Nikon D7100 with AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
At first, he was all eager and sitting upright.
After a while, when he realised that the walk was not going to be due for another 10 minutes, he resigned himself to a more relaxing posture.
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Tags:NIKKOR, Nikon, pets, photography, photos, potd, Singapore
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Friday, September 13th, 2013
Snapped this photo of the Sports Hub and a lone runner just before the skies opened up and inundated the pitch.
Work-in-progress for the Sports Hub. But more poignantly, it’s also work-in-progress for the runner. In fact, any sports pursuit is in a state of work-in-progress all the time – at any point in time, the sportsman/sportswoman is constantly striving to improve and better the previous achievement, instead of resting on his/her laurels. Photo taken with a Nikon D5200 with NIKKOR 18-55mm kit lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
The Sports Hub is currently being built on the 35 hectare site of the former National Stadium.
It is slated for completion in April 2014 – that’s roughly eight months from now.
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Tags:architecture, NIKKOR, Nikon, photography, photos, potd, Singapore, sports
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Saturday, September 7th, 2013
Photo of the Day: You know those burner barrels that taoists and the Chinese use in housing estates to burn incense papers when they pray?
How do these barrels mysteriously appear at the beginning of the hungry ghost festival (or other major pray dates) and then disappear at the end?
Mystery solved! I was having dinner in the evening when I spotted these two workers rounding up these burner barrels. I had the D5200 with me so I snatched a quick snapshot as they went by into the dusk. Photo taken with a Nikon D5200 with NIKKOR 18-55mm kit lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
These burning barrels were refurbished from oil barrels and are offered to offer a less messy alternative to burning incense paper in the open – where the ashes fly and spread everywhere when the wind blows.
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Tags:Buddhism, NIKKOR, Nikon, photography, photos, potd, religious, Singapore, Taoism
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