[limwl27] APWP 2015 - Between cityscape and kids


1 Jan 2015 (Thu) - Fountain of Wealth @ Suntec City
Sony A7S on FE 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm / 15s / f8 / ISO100 / ND3.0


First day of the New Year ... Huat ah! Gotta rush this shot as I am handling my daughter at the same time :/
 

2 Jan 2015 (Fri) - Balloon fun
Sony A7S on FE 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm / 1/30 / f4 / ISO250

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Trying to capture a bit of motion with this. The AF-C tracks pretty well but the "Lock on AF" doesn't.
 

3 Jan 2015 (Sat) - Let it snow
Sony A7S on FE 16-35mm f4 @ 35mm / 1/60 / f8 / ISO6400


Kinda disappointed with the "snow" in USS. It's so small and little that you had to be under the "machine" to experience it.
 

5 Jan 2015 (Mon) - Stillness
Sony A7S on FE 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm / 60s / f8 / ISO100 / ND3.0


Attended a late meeting so my wife had to fetch our daughter. On the way back, the sky looks good for a sunset so I decided to take a detour.
 

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1 Jan 2015 (Thu) - Fountain of Wealth @ Suntec City
Sony A7S on FE 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm / 15s / f8 / ISO100 / ND3.0


First day of the New Year ... Huat ah! Gotta rush this shot as I am handling my daughter at the same time :/

Love this :)
 

6 Jan 2015 (Tue) - Rainy sunset
Sony A7S on FE 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm / 1/60 / f8 / ISO400 / CPL


Yellowish sunset after a gloomy rainy afternoon. I forgot to set to M and hyperfocal for this one :/
 

I really enjoyed the different shapes of the HDB blocks you presented here.
 

I really enjoyed the different shapes of the HDB blocks you presented here.

Thanks. I never thought so much about the shapes as I also focus on the point blocks as the subject :p
 

2 Jan 2015 (Fri) - Balloon fun
Sony A7S on FE 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm / 1/30 / f4 / ISO250

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Trying to capture a bit of motion with this. The AF-C tracks pretty well but the "Lock on AF" doesn't.

capturing kids with mirror less is still quite a challenge, did well here with nice expression of the girl, your daughter?
 

capturing kids with mirror less is still quite a challenge, did well here with nice expression of the girl, your daughter?

Yep, the older one. I tried to get some motion blur with this pic to show the speed at which she is jumping :p The balloons didn't blur much though. Overall, the AF-C with A7S is ok. I didn't shoot with a very shallow DOF so that may help too.
 

7 Jan 2015 (Wed) - Evening view from Marina Bay East
Sony A7S on FE 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm / 158s / f11 / ISO100 / ND3.0


I angled up to capture more of the sky but the clouds didn't move much :/ Also, I used a new remote app and screwed up on the timer settings (explains the weird 158s exposure) and had to underexpose by more than 1 stop in PP. Luckily, most of the details is not overblown.
 

8 Jan 2015 (Thu) - Fries and wings
Sony A7S on Mitakon 50mm f0.95 @ 1/80 / f0.95 / ISO5000


Place is pretty dark to use ISO5000 at f0.95!
 

10 Jan 2015 (Sat) - Sharing is caring
Sony A7S on Sony 85mm f2.8 @ 1/80 / f2.8 / ISO2500


Testing the 85mm for a birthday event and it's pretty good. AF is slow but still works ok for snaps. Best thing I like is that is very portable even with the EA4.
 

10 Jan 2015 (Sat) - Birthday party panorama
Sony A7S on FE 24-70mm f4 @ 24mm / 1/80 / f4 / ISO1600(?) / 4 portrait frames


I carefully took 4 frames handheld while trying to avoid moving objects in the overlapping parts. The stitch turns out quite ok.
 

12 Jan 2015 (Mon) - Bishan Park
Sony A7S on FE 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm / 60s / f8 / ISO100 / ND0.9


Leading into the HDB heartlands during a dull sunset ...
 

12 Jan 2015 (Mon) - Bishan Park Night Panorama
Sony A7S on FE 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm / 30s / f8 / ISO100 / 5 portrait frames


Nice view from the point blocks opposite. I tried to use the road to "wrap" around the park but it's too wide even for a full frame 16mm in portrait mode. Maybe I'll try with more frames next time.
 

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13 Jan 2015 (Tue) - Tokyo night scene from Roppongi Hills Mori Tower Sky Deck (re-touchup)
Olympus OMD EM5 on 9-18mm f4-5.6 @ 14mm / 1.6s / f7.1 / ISO400 / 2 landscape frames


Not exactly a shot this year but a re-touchup an old fav of mine. This was taken 2 years back during a trip to Hokkaido and Tokyo. The wind is strong up in the sky deck and no tripods are allowed. I took this with 1.6s while supporting on one of the many railings there. Back then, I only brought the 14-150mm & 9-18mm and shot in JPEG [emoji14]
 

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14 Jan 2015 (Wed) - Clouds in motion
Sony A7S on FE 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm / 14s / f11 / ISO100 / ND3.0 + 4 shots blend in Smooth Reflection App


Nice blue sky, strong winds and moving clouds today. I tried to combine ND3.0 filter to get (15s exposure) with the Smooth Reflection App (4 shots stitch).
 

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