Beautiful Bali

Taken: Sep 25-28th, 2009.
Location: Bali, Indonesia.
Pictures taken with Nikon D90, Tamron 17-50mm/2.8.
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We went on our long overdue honeymoon in Bali. It is a beautiful, romantic and magical place. Blue seas, coral reefs, mountains, village life and amazing cultures are all collected in one small island. We were sun-burnt and tired but we totally enjoyed ourselves. Here are some pictures I took of Beautiful Bali.

#1 - Morning prayer offering to the sea.

#2 - Pura Taman Ayun at Mengwi, Bali.

#3 - Gods at the gate guarding Pura Taman Ayun.

#4 - View of terraced rice fields with Mount Agung in the backdrop.

#5 - Pura Ulun Danu Bratan

#6 - Figurines at Pura Ulun Danu Bratan

#7 - Sunset at Tanah Lot.

#8 - Uluwatu cliffs.

#9 - Ancient temple at Uluwatu.

#10 - Strange trees at Uluwatu.

#11 - Uluwatu sunset.

#12 - Sacred sunset at Tanah Lot.

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MacRitchie Sunset

Weather has been real crappy the last week, with all the haze and rain. No landscape photos to show for. Here is one I took a week ago, and only recently processed.

Taken: Sep 12th, 2009.

Location: MacRitchie Reservoir, Singapore.
Pictures taken with Nikon D90, Tamron 17-50mm/2.8, Cokin P series GND4 + ND8.
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Zoolander

Taken: Sep 16th, 2009.
Pictures taken with Nikon D90, AFS 55-200VR, AFD 24-120.
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Headed out to the zoo a couple of days back. Thought it would be interesting as my wife has never been there and the last time I had was almost 30 years ago. I have to say I am very impressed with how the Singapore Zoo is being run. Planned on spending just the morning there. In the end, we stayed till the end of the day. Here are some of the interesting sights we managed to catch.

#1 - Bengal White Tiger.

#2 - Sleepy head Sloth discovered napping in a tree.

#3 - Otter on guard duty.

#4 - Malaysian Elephant.

#5 - Iguana getting some sun.

#6 - Big nose Proboscis monkey.

#7 - See you later, Alligator.

#8 - Black Crowned Crane (Balearica pavonina).

#9 - Ostrich going "err?"

#10 - Sadness in those eyes.

#11 - I'll do whatever you want, just gimme that darn fish!

Moonlight, trees and the city

Taken: Sep 5th, 2009.
Pictures taken with Nikon D90, Tamron 17-50/2.8.
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Went out on a early morning shoot at Lower Pierce reservoir. It was drizzling for quite a bit of time. I managed only one good shot when the rain stopped. We went joy riding after breakfast and went to explore some new places. Found some interesting sites but we will need to return to get better pictures.

In the evening I went to Esplanade with my wife and shot the cityscape at sunset. The following are the landscape pictures. I will post the potraits at a later date.

#1 - Moonlit reflections @ Lower Pierce reservoir.

#2 - Trees @ Pulau Punggol Timor.

#3 - The City. Shot from Esplanade.

#4 - Singapore cityscape @ night.