Melven's Photos

MBS day from the other side

2011-06-06T08:49:00.000-07:00

taken from the same moving bus

MBS in the day from the road

2011-06-06T08:48:00.000-07:00

Tapir at night safari

2011-04-07T07:33:00.001-07:00

UFO

2011-04-07T07:33:00.000-07:00

purple lightning

2011-04-07T01:20:00.000-07:00

"I didn't know lightning had color", mace windu

echo tube

2011-04-07T01:19:00.000-07:00

cat picture

2010-09-26T08:21:00.000-07:00

very small flower

2010-09-26T08:20:00.000-07:00

bridge on st john island

2010-09-26T08:18:00.000-07:00

lanterns

2010-09-20T16:32:00.000-07:00

Cat on St John Island

2010-09-20T00:49:00.000-07:00

Fake tiger

2010-09-09T23:22:00.000-07:00

mbs pool

2010-09-03T17:12:00.000-07:00

view from hotel lift entrance

iguana

2010-09-03T17:06:00.000-07:00

portrait shot at 2.8f, 55mm

another monkey

2010-09-03T17:02:00.000-07:00

taken at the zoo. 300mm Sigma lens

what are you looking at?

2010-09-03T16:59:00.000-07:00

taken at the zoo under a tree

the full moon

2010-08-26T10:07:00.000-07:00

taken with 300mm lens. Cropped for effect of course.

North Lakes - Brisbane

2010-08-09T09:10:00.000-07:00

dug up and old photo while figuring how how to deal with duplicates. taken nearer sunset before my country and western gig.

fireworks, red ball of fire

2010-08-09T08:32:00.000-07:00

otherwise also possibly sea urchin'ish.

hello stranger

2010-07-04T00:52:00.000-07:00

large lizard

2010-06-02T19:00:00.000-07:00

about to be eaten

2010-03-27T22:57:00.000-07:00

Fish tank at restaurant. Subject was less than minimum focusing distance to avoid tank reflection. so blur.

pred's face

2010-03-27T22:53:00.000-07:00

singapore flyer

2010-03-21T05:19:00.000-07:00

another shot of the flyer from the flyer.

swan

2010-03-07T08:43:00.000-08:00

no ducks at botanic gardens

flower shot

2010-03-07T07:31:00.000-08:00

botanic gardens

destroy all humans

2010-03-07T05:46:00.001-08:00

still flight

2010-03-07T04:31:00.000-08:00

viewing the flyer from the flyer

2010-03-07T03:26:00.000-08:00

red dot red

2009-11-25T08:27:00.000-08:00

about town 2

2009-11-25T07:47:00.000-08:00

Double parked for quick shot. TT took this picture so I can't claim any credit for it.

OOOOOooooooooo

2009-11-25T07:41:00.000-08:00

blue sky, green car

2009-11-25T07:22:00.000-08:00

about town 1

2009-11-25T07:17:00.000-08:00

brings back memories?

2009-11-25T07:12:00.000-08:00

I can't remember the day, but I wonder if life used to look something like this before.

red dot not red

2009-11-25T07:08:00.000-08:00

outside the church

2009-11-25T07:03:00.000-08:00

Austin Healey Sprite mk III - St Andrews Cathedral - Singapore

to control

2009-09-21T23:48:00.000-07:00

I didn't realise how much dust was on my mixer until I took this photo. I like the reflection of the words on the Red RCA tape out connector.

Ada Orang

2009-09-21T20:04:00.000-07:00

3 little monkeys sitting on a tree

2009-08-31T04:30:00.000-07:00

aloof lion

2009-08-31T04:24:00.000-07:00

2 of these things

2009-08-31T04:17:00.000-07:00

hazy monkey

2009-08-31T04:16:00.000-07:00

smile for the camera

2009-08-31T04:02:00.000-07:00

mother and kid

2009-08-31T03:52:00.000-07:00

Chicken?

2009-06-28T02:50:00.000-07:00

I can't seem to figure out if this bird is a chicken, but it has dyed blue hair. Punk bird?

Canon 50D, 5o mm

blue jellyfish

2009-06-12T00:57:00.000-07:00

bird catches fish

2009-06-12T00:43:00.000-07:00

super cropped photo as the bird was quite far and i was on a moving speed boat.

Some mountain

2009-06-06T10:15:00.000-07:00

Photo taken from another mountain in some hinterlands near Brisbane

Sand on a beach

2009-06-06T10:12:00.000-07:00

Taken in Australia with the Canon 350D with kit lens

CHIJMES

2009-06-06T10:07:00.000-07:00

Old shot taken with Canon 350D soon after I got the camera i think.

dome roof

2009-06-06T09:59:00.000-07:00

Supposed to be a symetrical shot, but not perfect.

Real Birds

2009-05-31T07:56:00.000-07:00

These 2 can pass off as fake birds. It's inside the big bird cage in the bird park. visitors can walk inside to feed these birds, for the life of me I forgot what these birds are.

Sparrow

2009-05-31T02:54:00.000-07:00

Taken during a walk to the market. Handheld shot at focal lenth 300mm

over exposed

2009-05-27T05:58:00.000-07:00

Discovered an interesting effect if you over expose at f2.8 in sunlight at shutter 1/20, ISO 800 I can deliberately over expose a subject in dark colors against light/white background to get the "close encounters" look.

temple roof

2009-05-23T11:32:00.000-07:00

This photo was taken across the road from ginza plaza, next to the west coast hawker center while walking over the bridge to fetch the car.

2004 vintage

2009-05-10T08:13:00.000-07:00

This was taken in office lighting just before a birthday cake cutting. The bottle of wine says 2004 through the wine glasses.

Wood guitars

2009-05-10T08:01:00.000-07:00

My acoustic and classical guitar next to each other in the living room.

Red Windows

2009-05-10T07:56:00.000-07:00

These style of windows which were quite common when I was a kid. This photo was taken at MICA building.

City Hall MRT

2009-05-10T07:49:00.000-07:00

City Hall MRT Platform to Joo Koon. Shiny metal and glass
I thought it was interesting reflections from the metal walls.

Chopsticks

2009-04-30T19:12:00.000-07:00

Aiyah, Senek War Memorial

Camera: Canon 50D

Sunset in Singapore

2009-04-30T19:11:00.000-07:00

The evening view from my home. it is sort of an angle out of the window to view the sun go down.

Moving taxi

2009-04-30T18:13:00.000-07:00

This was supposed to be homework shot to take a picture of a moving taxi so that the words will remain in focus and the rest will be blur. It is meant to be a really hard shot, but as all skaters will know how to take this type of shots is to skate with the camera to take pictures of your fellow skater. I was in another taxi when I took this photo.

Camera: Canon 50D with 17-55 mm lens

Old tractor

2009-04-27T02:15:00.000-07:00

Margaret River drive, some old tractor area. I can't remember much.
It was a couple of years ago and a really quick drive by shooting.

Camera: Canon 350D

Tree somewhere in Perth

2009-04-27T00:03:00.000-07:00

This photo was taken during our Perth tour. I might have taken this shot in a car park while waiting for something or someone. It does look like I'm in the thick of some nature park, but it's just the Margaret River. Photo taken right after the chocolate company and tractor museum.

Camera: Canon 350D with kit lens

Old Stadium

2009-04-19T11:49:00.000-07:00

The old national stadium which was to be demolished, but guess what, it's still standing. This photo was taken after the closing ceremony. sepia and film grain effect.

Camera: Canon 350D with kit lens

A tree in sunlight

2009-04-19T09:24:00.000-07:00

Photo taken during a weekend drive down the coast. I thought the trees along the coast looked interesting. Going crazy with the saturation effect in picasa to bring out the green.

Camera: Canon 350D with kit lens

Singapore National History Museum

2009-04-19T09:09:00.000-07:00

Taken just before the official opening of the museum. An arch in an arch.

Canon 350D with kit lens

Form and shadows

2009-04-19T08:07:00.000-07:00

Taken during studio session. Used the soft focus filter and b\w filter and warm effect to give the slight sepia feel. The sepia effect killed the black so I didn't use it.

Camera: Canon 50D with 70-300 Sigma lens.

F1 night race

2009-04-17T14:36:00.000-07:00

Not one of the best shots from my series of shots, but its one I managed to get from the rear of the car instead, from flailing my camera in the air while struggling with people around me.The photo is straightened with picasa and removed some of the colour from the enviornment and of course cropped, but I should have kept the aspect ratio.

Camera: 350D with 18-55 mm IS lens

Living in pigeon holes

2009-04-16T09:34:00.000-07:00

Location: Ghim Moh, HDB flats

Technical Details:
350D with Canon 18-55 mm

Note:
Reduced the bland colours and introduced a slight tint
To show how most Singaporeans live
Common sight for Singaporeans

Skyline

2009-04-16T08:57:00.000-07:00

Location: Room in Swishotel, Raffles city

Technical Details:
350D with Canon 50 mm fixed at 1.8 f

Note:
Used a warm effect in picasa to bring out the natural colours
Common sight for tourists

bird of prey

2009-04-16T05:51:00.000-07:00

Location: bird park - bird of prey show

Notes:
Got the bird in flight overhead during the show
As bad as taking photos of F1 cars and using rocket launchers in Quake
It's just best guess, but I really like how it turned out

Technical Details:
350D with 70 - 300 mm Sigma lens

I caught a bee

2009-04-15T10:13:00.000-07:00

Location: Ghim Moh Gardens

Technical Details:
50D with Sigma 70-300 mm

Notes:
Taken about 5 meters from subject.
Hand was shaking and focus gone crazy.
Attempted to focus at flower and hoped the bee flew into focus.
Mind you it's a small focus and a higher zoom.

Painting Light

2009-04-08T23:21:00.000-07:00

Tristan playing with sparkers and he looked a bit worried with 2. The shot was taken by playing with shutter speed at a lower ISO. This was a hand held shot, so I needed to check that I didn't get too much camera shake and still got the painted light.

Camera: 350D, can't remember the lens.

Shells

2009-04-06T21:34:00.000-07:00

I took this in the gold coast outside some public toilet at some beach while waiting for Jody. I thought the ground made an interesting texture so I took a shot. No skill in Program mode. Bright light does wonders.

Camera: 350D with default camera lens

Spot the bird

2009-04-06T21:17:00.000-07:00

Photo taken in New Farm, Brisbane. The trees turn purple during some season I think, I can't remember if there were ever green, because this was the only time I brought my camera and wasn't carrying groceries. Shot taken looking straight up to the sky. I had no real zoom lens and I wanted the picture of the bird.

Camera: Canon 350D with default 18-55 mm lens

real or fake

2009-04-06T21:02:00.000-07:00

The flower is fake. so is the duck in the background. It's also taken indoors. Light is totally natural.

Camera: Canon 350D with 50 mm lens (at 1.8 f I think)

Geylang

2009-04-06T21:00:00.000-07:00

Phased in time

2009-04-06T20:55:00.000-07:00

My bro is great for taking photos of. He was moving in this very low light corridor. I might have been moving as well to keep him in frame.

Camera: 350D with 50mm 1.8f

Mission Impossible

2009-04-06T20:48:00.000-07:00

Everyone will take a picture of a sparkler. It's so pretty and you get this mission impossible type feel to it.

I think it was on Program mode, can't remember any other setting.

My first camera

2009-04-05T10:57:00.000-07:00

This camera which I inherited I will always remember, because it forced me to learn photography via the manual method.

Nikkormat FT

favourite ducky

2009-04-02T10:15:00.000-07:00

I got the brand spanking new Canon 50D camera wet taking this shot, so it's an important shot. Elizabeth in the background whacked her wet cup on my lens while I was taking the shot. I took the shot and quickly dried as much as I could with tissue and dumped the camera in the dry cabinet.

Studio v 2008

2009-03-31T23:10:00.000-07:00

The mess that is my studio. This is no photography engineering at all, but I really like my gear, so there. Hence it warrants an important photo.

Grasshopper

2009-03-31T23:08:00.000-07:00

I prefer photos that make you look for an insect rather than just show you the insect immediately. I think that spoils the fun with looking for bugs. I mean, we go to a garden and we don't immediately expect to find a bug, we go digging in the leaves, which is challenge. So here is a grasshopper shot. I've got a better one, but I think this shot shows the the grasshopper in it's natural habitat.