Greeting you at Orchid Garden

The Orchid Garden within the Botanical Garden is a treat for flower lovers as well as those who love to shoot macros of flowers, and of course, just lovers. The place provides many picture perfect 'take your photo here' points and its easy to lose track of time as you flit from one flower to the next.

This panorama is the sight that greets you right after you enter the Orchid Garden. I hadn't carried my tripod, so once again, I cursed my laziness as i settled down to take this hand-held panorama is all its misaligned glory :-(

Lesson learnt: Its better to carry and not use it and curse its weight than to not carry it and wish you had it, both while shooting and when seeing the photos back on your computer :-(

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Looking back at the entrance

The Botanical Garden in Singapore has a great collection of plants, flowering and non-flowering and is a great spot to take the kids to in the evening (as was evident from the large number of families and kids in the area!) Its also a great place for photography and we actually spotted two brides (in complete bridal gear) getting their pictures clicked (with their pro of course). A must visit place.

This pan is of the entrance of the Botanical Garden in Singapore. To the right is the restaurant and some souvenir shops.The originally planned pan was supposed to be wider, but there were some serious alignment issues on the left-hand side, since I shot this hand-held and so that part had to be cropped out of the final version.


 

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Inside the Esplanade

As interesting as the Esplanade looks from the outside, its even more interesting on the inside. This is a panorama of one of the main entrances. I'm not sure if it was part of 'installation art' or a regular feature of the place, but that entire hall was resonating with the sound of water drops. Part of an exercise in Zen meditation I guess?

 Back when I took this set, there were way too many lines in this place and I was pretty certain that getting them to stitch together seamlessly would be a pain so I never ended up processing it when I got back. There's also the shake in one of the photos of this set that I didn't notice on the LCD which makes this photo far from a perfect panorama :-(

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Singapore skyline by night panorama - redux

Here's a new look at an old pan. The first time I tried it, the images didn't stitch together all that well, however, this time around, it was much better. So this week of panoramas kicks off with the previously seen (on ephotography.in) but now improved Singapore skyline by night panorama.

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Esplanade skyline panorama

While this one looks good in the small size, it doesn’t stand up to closer scrutiny :-( Well, panoramas are not really my thing, but when you have a skyline that looks like this, its hard to resist… (check the full size here)

Singapore skyline at night

Well, that’s a tiny looking Merlion there right in front of the Fullerton. I know its tiny in this photo, so use this link to see the photo in its full size avatar…

Esplanade by night

Here’s a first in the series, this set is on the Esplanade in Singapore.

The Night Safari

The Night Safari is a really nice attraction at the Singapore Zoo. Great for viewing, not so great if you don’t have a fast lens and usable high-ISO on your camera. These pics are probably best enjoyed on a black background and in a darkened room.

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Into the Coolhouse

Here’s what the coolhouse looks like, and here are some of its inhabitants…

The flower show continues…

In continuation to yesterday’s post, here are some more orchids and all things botanical from the Singapore Botanical Garden and the Orchid Park.

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Walking around the Singapore Botanical Garden

The botanical gardens is a really nice place to stroll around and as a photographer, you’re not alone. Everyone from a pro taking pictures of a bride to seemingly random people pulling out a big canon with a L series lens (the most common one I saw was the 24-70 2.8 L). If you are into flower and plants, this is a ‘not-to-be-missed’ place to visit. For lovers of orchids, there’s an Orchid park (which you have to pay for entry, the botanical gardens entry is free) is much more scenic to look at and has a higher ‘concentration’ of flowers.

Mist in the Cooler room

The ‘coolest’ place in the Singapore Botanical Gardens, the combination of air conditioning, water spray and a greenhouse makes this room an interesting place to drop by. There greenery all around with the kind of morning dew / rainforest wet look on the foliage. Be careful if you have electronics though because of the fine spray that might be present. (observe the ‘mist’ effect on the far side)