Janetleeyj
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Love all your fotos especially these type of buildings and city at night. Vry vry beautiful
6. The Twilight City (Bonus Gallery)
= Stefan's Weekly Singapore City/Landscapes II =
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SomeFormOFhuman
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Thanks!!
In fact, the next few series I will be focusing more onto these.#105
Welcome to Sembawang
Welcome to Sembawang
6 Image HDR/DRI increase with no filters used. Sembawang Stateland, Singapore.
Once upon a time, it was beautiful as this: Immensity | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Surprised? Indeed. This is the same Sembawang that I always go all the time to visit that lone tree, and this is what it is now. It pains my soul to see the current state this once beautiful place has been.
Initial plans were to stand on the stream of water so that the composition would be most effective, but I ain't gonna put my tripod and my feet soaked with my "God knows what's in there" dilemma.
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SomeFormOFhuman
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#106
Iron Beast
Iron Beast
6 Image HDR/DRI using GND 0.9 soft for gradient skies. Sembawang Stateland, Singapore.
Once upon a time, it was beautiful as this: Immensity | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Once gave life to a land of beautiful fantasy, solitude now awaits. Matter of time before it's gone. There was 30% left of barricading work to do, so good thing that I managed to get in before it's totally barricaded to the public.
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SomeFormOFhuman
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#107
Spiteful Dawn
Spiteful Dawn
3 Image HDR/DRI using GND 0.9 soft. Sembawang Stateland, Singapore.
Once upon a time, it was beautiful as this: Immensity | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
More photos documented about this particular place, that once proved natural landscape beauty still exists in Singapore.
Now come to think of it, this kind of dawn is really sadistic, because of the sky that turned a hue of pink again despite the overcast sky; such colourful sunrises symbolise a dawn of new hope, but in this case, this is just highly vindictive.
SomeFormOFhuman
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#108
No Longer What It Used To Be
No Longer What It Used To Be
5 Image HDR/DRI 2 image Panorama to relief right side spatial tightness using GND 0.9 soft. Sembawang Stateland, Singapore.
Once upon a time, it was beautiful as this: Immensity | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
An overview shot what the entire place is now. Piles of wood probably harvested from other trees, a polluted stream of water and the iron beast, that plagued the land of forgotten fantasy.
SomeFormOFhuman
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Thanks for your thoughts.
All I can do is take pictures and store them some place, not only in our harddrives but deep in our memories that Singapore once had a land like this, even in 2012.SomeFormOFhuman
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#109
Beyond Realms?
Beyond Realms?
4 Image HDR/DRI using GND 0.9 soft. Sembawang Stateland, Singapore.
Once upon a time, it was beautiful as this: Immensity | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
After the track was widened by the construction, more routes were discovered that leads into the inner part of the stateland. There were so much more to be explored, but time ran out as soon workmen came to the site - had to get out of the area.
Judging on what I see from this angle, there is a more heavenly part of Sembawang yet to be explored. So much mist on the horizon, so much trees rarely seen in Singapore. So much hidden beauty, so much untold fantasies waiting to be photographed... But time was against all.
This made me reflect deeper that the lone tree and Sembawang Stateland as seen is more than meets the eye.
This is as much as I could document in these photos for all to witness and know; there are much more hidden treasures yet explored as originally thought in Sembawang and in Singapore. More than any other.
Will there ever be this chance again?
#109
Beyond Realms?
4 Image HDR/DRI using GND 0.9 soft. Sembawang Stateland, Singapore.
Once upon a time, it was beautiful as this: Immensity | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
After the track was widened by the construction, more routes were discovered that leads into the inner part of the stateland. There were so much more to be explored, but time ran out as soon workmen came to the site - had to get out of the area.
Judging on what I see from this angle, there is a more heavenly part of Sembawang yet to be explored. So much mist on the horizon, so much trees rarely seen in Singapore. So much hidden beauty, so much untold fantasies waiting to be photographed... But time was against all.
This made me reflect deeper that the lone tree and Sembawang Stateland as seen is more than meets the eye.
This is as much as I could document in these photos for all to witness and know; there are much more hidden treasures yet explored as originally thought in Sembawang and in Singapore. More than any other.
Will there ever be this chance again?
I'm not sure what you did during your NS stint, but scenes like this are dime a dozen in SAF training areas in Lim Chu Kang & Marsiling. Its just that normally I'm carrying a rifle instead of a camera! No offence intended but I'm just trying to make a point that forested areas devoid of development are not that rare in Singapore actually, it's just that very few people go to these places (due to the lack of urbanisation).
If you enjoy such scenery so much maybe you can take up trail running and/or mountain biking. There's lots more underexplored wilderness in the dairy farm/bukit timah area, with nice trails running thru them too!
SomeFormOFhuman
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Hahaha!!
I agree man!! Forgot about the NS part. YES, how can I miss that. :bsmilie: And I'm wearing LBV and field pack instead of camera bag. LOLOL.Don't worry man, it's all cool.
Come to to think of it, I actually have an adventurous spirit at heart and I used to do trail and hiking but not anymore due to a torn tendon I had sometime back.
I guess the only trail running I did was in MacRitchie. You can tell I never really travel the around but only in SG. :bsmilie: Thanks for dropping by man.SomeFormOFhuman
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#110
Last Goodbye
Last Goodbye
3 Image HDR/DRI using GND 0.9 soft. Sembawang Stateland, Singapore.
Last shot from this enchanting place before its closed permanently (Or at least, presumably because of the hoarding that took place around the entire perimeter of the site). Take a last look at that tree with its fallen branches, the mini-ponds, the mist that surrounds the environment, and we've made this as the last goodbye.
Goodbye ol' friend. You're the tree that landed me a place in SYPA - Immensity | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
#108
No Longer What It Used To Be
5 Image HDR/DRI 2 image Panorama to relief right side spatial tightness using GND 0.9 soft. Sembawang Stateland, Singapore.
Once upon a time, it was beautiful as this: Immensity | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
An overview shot what the entire place is now. Piles of wood probably harvested from other trees, a polluted stream of water and the iron beast, that plagued the land of forgotten fantasy.
It is indeed saddening to see the tree accompanied by the constructions... urbanization.
SomeFormOFhuman
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Thanks for your thoughts, Dylan. I was on the train heading home from camp. (ORD LO!!!!) Looked to the left, saw the site was in a complete mess. And today the horrific happened - The tree was gone, perhaps cut down already. I looked closer as the train passed by and all I saw was a stump of the tree.
One more time, here's an encore shot of the tree taken last year:
RIP, dear friend.
I looked closer as the train passed by and all I saw was a stump of the tree.One more time, here's an encore shot of the tree taken last year:
RIP, dear friend.
SomeFormOFhuman
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#109
The Way Back Home
The Way Back Home
3 Image HDR/DRI using GND 0.9 soft. Upper Thompson Road, Singapore.
Original plans were to head down to Lower Peirce Reservoir to shoot a sunset but this lonesome estate with a large land has caught my eye every time when I pass that place. Decided to investigate instead and this is what I got.
YuccaTheFlower
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SomeFormOFhuman said:
This Is really good! Great sense of feeling. Anyway congrats on your ORD too! Can't wait for mine..
SomeFormOFhuman
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Hey Yucca, thanks for the compliment.
Don't worry la, everyone serves 2 years, or 1 year 10. SomeFormOFhuman
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#110
Welcome To The Show
Welcome To The Show
3 Image HDR/DRI B&W using GND 0.9 soft. Sembawang Stateland, Singapore.
Visited the other side of the stateland, hopefully this place won't suffer the same fate as the other side of the stateland along Canberra Link. Took this quite sometime back last week. Just that I didn't have the ample time to post-process the shots.
Welcome to the show, says the trees. Soon you'll learn, only to realise our presence is only temporary, as only time can take us away.
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SomeFormOFhuman
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#111
Light Edge
Light Edge
3 Image HDR/DRI using GND 0.9 soft. Sembawang Stateland, Singapore.
The 2nd installment series of the stateland shoot. It's even more mesmerizing when the sun shines through the mist, it gets better, I wish all days are like this here.
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SomeFormOFhuman
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#112
Inspire The Light
Inspire The Light
3 Image HDR/DRI using GND 0.9 soft. Sembawang Stateland, Singapore.
3rd POV from this enchanting place. My sandals were dirty as hell by that time. Wonderful how the mist wraps around the trees, bathed in the warm glow of the sunlight.
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