Weekly Photo Challenge: Twinkle

This weeks weekly photo challenge from Daily Post is Twinkle

“This week, share with us your photos of twinkling light. You will need to find a light source and a reflective surface in order to capture a twinkle, but those are the only limitations. Your photo could be the sparkle of an ornament, as in the photo I’ve shared. Perhaps it is a crisp catchlight in the eyes of a loved one, or the millions of twinkles in the waves of a body of water as a sunrise’s first rays appear. Maybe you’d like to try your hand at nighttime photography, and capture the sparkle of stars. Where there is light, there will be a twinkle.”

 

Our tiny little Christmas tree in all its glory. The twinkles above the Christmas tree were caused by the Christmas lights reflecting in the UV filter that I had left on the lens.

Location: Singapore
Camera: Nikon D90, AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4G; 1/20, f/1.4, ISO 200
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Signs

This weeks weekly photo challenge from Daily Post is Signs

“For this challenge, share an image of a sign: it can be a sign near your home — a comforting sight after a long journey — a sign that doubles as art, or other types of signs that hold meaning for you.”

 

In New York you can’t look down a street without signs of all kinds exploding in your eyes – a fact of life there that I very much enjoy. In this photograph you can see giant imagery of consumer goods and finance organisations. Below these titans of commercial activity, appearing almost shapeless and insignificant are human beings. Which of the two seems more important to you?

Location: Times Square, New York
Camera: Nikon D800, Sigma 20mm F1.8 EX DG ASP RF; 1/40, f/5.6, ISO 100
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Nighttime

This weeks weekly photo challenge from Daily Post is Nighttime

“Whether it’s a starry sky, a street lamp, or the shadows cast by your cat, share them with us. Your shot can be outdoors or indoors, blurry or crisp, overexposed or ominously dark. As every owl (and night owl) knows, nighttime is when the real action starts.”

 

Taken shortly after full sunset this (above) is the Singapore Central Business District (CBD). I really like how the shining, modern, glass towers contrast with the traditional, heritage of the Fullerton Hotel in front.
 

 

 
Two views of the Shanghai CDB at night from across the river.
 

 

Locations: Singapore; Shanghai, China;
Camera: Olympus E-PM2; Fujifilm X100S
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Letters

This weeks weekly photo challenge from Daily Post is Letters.

“For this week’s challenge, share a photo with letters — no matter the alphabet. As you look through your lens, think about how your image might convey something bigger: a snapshot of how we communicate with one another, even if we don’t speak the same language.”

Location: Times Square, New York
Camera: Nikon D800, Sigma 20mm F1.8 EX DG ASP RF
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Two years ago I visited New York for the first time.  Wow, and I mean wow!  That place blew me away and I would love to visit again in a heartbeat.  The streets, the people, the architecture and the raw energy of the place were all amazing.  You want cross cultural communication?  How about halal hotdogs in Manhattan!

One day I’ll be back baby.

China Town at night

One of my favourite areas of Singapore at night is China Town.  Quite often in the evening the tourist count can decline and if you wander away from the main restaurants and watering holes you can start to find more interesting areas.

This very intense game of checkers was fascinating to watch as these men pitted their intelligence against each other in strained silence

 

 

A typical view of one of the more “local” style Chinese seafood restaurants.

 

Fixed pricing can often be less fixed than you might think.

 

Regular Singaporean foods of roast chicken/pork, chashu pork, tea eggs and tofu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A stunning display for Chinese Year of the Horse stampedes between New Bridge road and Eu Tong Sen street closely followed by a hail of traditional Chinese coins promising prosperity for the coming year.

 

Location: China Town, Singapore
Camera: Fujifilm X100s
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