One time and I went there to tag along with a friend from Cebu who was visiting, and twice I went there to take long exposure shots of The Gardens. I never got things done during my first visit. Despite the fact that I went there by myself with nobody in control of my time but me, sometimes I still cannot get over how bad this habit of mine is, (eternally late). I promised myself to be there by 2pm but my lazy ass got there at five... thirty. So naturally, the sunset shots I wanted to take were no longer possible as I had to find the spot I wanted.
I made up for the shots I missed during my second visit. This time, I found the place to setup my tripod to get the angle I had in mind, that is, the Garden domes, the Supertrees, the Marina Bay Sands and the Singapore Flyer in one frame, with a body of water in the foreground.
Before I got to Bay East, I had to pass through Satay by the Bay and Marina Barrage. That was actually an area I saw then for the first time. At Marina Barrage, there were quite a number of people flying kites, which kind of surprised me (in a good way). It was nice to see that people still fly kites today seeing almost everyone is into gadgets and all. It was a great place to take pictures, but I was late for my sunset shot so I had to just walk past, hurriedly, almost running actually.
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Sunset , I heart you forever! |
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I arrived at Bay East a bit late for sunset. I was lugging around my camera and opening my tripod while walking. Along the way, I already found a few other people taking photos with all their gear set up already at the perfect spots.
I wanted some photos for my Instagram so I also took snaps with the 4s.
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This time, I tried shooting RAW. I seldom shoot RAW because I never felt that I needed to. I'm really pretty much satisfied with jpegs. This was processed using Lightroom 5 using a computer running Windows, never been a fan but it will suffice. I did wish the foreground had been smoother and had appeared more mirror-like but I guess maybe you need filters and other accessories for that.
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Singapore skyline, sunset in single frame |
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six-frame panorama, photo merged in Photoshop |
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Evening shot, seven frames |
I also went back to the Supertree Grove just to take panorama frames of the trees. No more light show when I got there. I think you might already know why.
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ten-frame panorama, Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 |
Oh my goodness! The last four photos are incredible.
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