"Swan Lake"

[BUZ_BUZ]

Sharing two photos taken quite some times ago.
Taken with Nikon D70s and Hoya R72 filter.


No. 1 - ECO Lake, Singapore Botanic Gardens



No. 2 - Toa Payoh Garden



Comments are welcome, thanks.

[night86mare]

the second is really beautiful. however, i think due to the nature of the scene and tricky exposure, the sky is blown out. i also thought the buildings in the distance did not really add to the picture. a pano style crop worked here, i thought, along with dumping of the blue tones since they looked rather subdued to me.

this is what i saw



but then again, i'm getting too addicted to pano style cropping, so maybe it's a phase. please let me know if you want me to remove the picture. cheers and thanks for sharing such a beautiful shot. the swan really makes it.

[dibyogahari]

Nice infrared pictures ...

[fotoudavid]

Swan Lake, i though u posted something regards the famous studio from the past.

[CT 3833]

hi, 1 and 2 very very nice...!

[BUZ_BUZ]

Originally Posted by night86mare the second is really beautiful. however, i think due to the nature of the scene and tricky exposure, the sky is blown out. i also thought the buildings in the distance did not really add to the picture. a pano style crop worked here, i thought, along with dumping of the blue tones since they looked rather subdued to me. this is what i saw but then again, i'm getting too addicted to pano style cropping, so maybe it's a phase. please let me know if you want me to remove the picture. cheers and thanks for sharing such a beautiful shot. the swan really makes it.

Thanks night86mare for the crop version.
It does bring the attention back to the pond and the swan.

Few reasons that I didn't crop away the distant building :
Firstly the existence of the lamp post make the cropping difficult.
Then I thought the tree branches on top does add some mood to the frame.
Thirdly I want to give some head room to the frame.
But I like your sepia treatment of the picture, very nice.

Originally Posted by dibyogahari Nice infrared pictures ...

Thanks dibyogahari .

Originally Posted by fotoudavid Swan Lake, i though u posted something regards the famous studio from the past.

Hi fotoudavid,
Sorry to mislead u to my thread.
Thanks for yr info too .

Originally Posted by CT 3833 hi, 1 and 2 very very nice...!

Thanks CT 3833, glad that you like them.