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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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)