Night Photography

A non-otaku related post. Been experimenting more on night photography and street shots.

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These were taken just over a few hours ago when I was out driving. Ever since I got my driving licence, it have been much easier to do photoshoots now as travelling won’t be much of a problem.

The shots in this posts have been taken over at Lim Chu Kang, the north western side of Singapore.

The grass in the background reminds me of a wallpaper used in Vista…

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These shots were taken using a EOS 400D with a EF-S 18-55mm lens (Standard kit lens). I would have preferred if there was a wide angle lens available. All the nice landscape shots ^^;

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Some radio control tower thing.

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I really like how this shot turned out. The sky looks amazing.

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This feels like a scene from Cosmonaut – Byousoku 5cm where Takaki and Sumida’s walking back home. A little dash of Japan here don’t you think? (Was listening to the Byousoku 5cm OST while driving LOL)

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A bad shot here. That’s my dad in the background on the right.

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And ending this post with a little monochrome. Anyway, this has been a simple showcase of pictures. Moe, otaku-related stuff will be back in the next post ^^;

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Sony NW-E005F 2GB MP3 Player

I just bought this for about 170USD (269SGD).
It’s for my dad actually, as he needed a MP3 Player and Sony was having a nice promotion where you get a free MDR-Q21LP earphones together with a leather case with the purchase of the Sony NW-E005F 2GB MP3 Player.

Features :
- 2GB high capacity storage
- Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery with great Stamina of 30 hours
- High speed battery charge: 3 minutes charging will give you 3 hours playback time
- Transfer up to 90 CD’s onto the internal memory thanks to ATRAC3plus compression technology
- Direct USB plug for ease of use
- Bright and clear 1-line OLED display for easy navigation
- Multiple codec support: ATRAC, MP3 and WMA compatible
- SonicStage 3.4 software for easy music management and transfers of your favourite tracks

Network function
- High speed data transfer YES
- USB connection YES
- Selectable data compression (ATRAC3 / ATRAC3plus) YES
- Data conversion from MP3 / WMA / WAV to ATRAC3 or ATRAC3plus YES
- CDDB automatic music information transferring YES
- Music information editting on PC YES
- Network WALKMAN control on PC YES

Memory
- Embedded flash memory 2GB(2048.0MB)
- MemoryStick MS DUO NO

Data compression
- ATRAC3 66 kbps YES
- ATRAC3 105 kbps YES
- ATRAC3 132 kbps YES
- ATRAC3plus 48 kbps YES
- ATRAC3plus 64 kbps YES
- Atrac3plus 256 kbps YES

Playback & display
- ATRAC3 playback YES
- ATRAC3plus playback YES
- Group function operation YES
- Repeat YES
- Shuffle YES
- Digital sound preset YES
- Digital Mega Bass NO
- AVLS YES
- Hold YES
- MP3 direct playback YES

General data
- Battery life ATRAC3 playback 30.0hours
- Weight 25.0grams

Dimensions
- Width 24.6mm
- Height 79.0mm
- Depth 13.6mm

^ Click Pictures for larger Image
Overall I like the design. It’s about the same size as a thumbdrive which is really cool. Fingerprint marks could be easily seen due to the material used for the case :/

Sick

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I do have to apologize for the lack of updates for the past few days.

Been out the past few days/nights and sleeping rather late. Experiencing mild headaches daily. Currently recovering ^^;

Also, my main PC has been experiencing BSODs (Blue Screen of Deaths) recently. The total number for today was 6 (4 occurred within an hour!) @.@ Running CHKDSK to check for any corrupted files at the moment. Will do memtest86+ once that is done. I really hope that the damage sustained isn’t that great.

Will try to finish do up another post as soon as possible. Laptop doesn’t really have the pictures I use for my posts. Two more tests this coming week as well ORZ

Picture Information:
Artist – Chekoro <Link>

P.S My eyecandy is going overseas next week to study :(

14 Responses to “Night Photography”

  1. - leefe

    It’s lacking tall grasses, otherwise it’d really feel like it’s taken out of Cosmonaut and thrown in RL. And we need a cute girl too. =/

  2. - D_Blade

    I’m sure you’d be good if you were chosen to film horror flicks. Dunno why. ^^

  3. - Adun

    You’re probably better off heading into a more populated area with buildings as it get much more interesting to take photos that way. Remember what I taught you when you came over!

    mmm. much better composition.
    keep up the good work!

    @D_Blade: maybe its because the pictures evoke an eerie atmosphere with the total lack of human lifeforms in most of it. Its sort of like the 28 Days later when one awakes to find that there is no one else around but everything else remains untouched.

    Nice photos windbell i think they would make good pc wallpapers.

  4. - dice

    Lovely shots! The one with your dad has an eerie invisible tower in the background LOL!
    Hey, You should come to the SG river for some shots. The lights here are amazing! Take the stretch from Esplanade all the way down to Zouk if you have the time. If not then start from Central. My advice, start from dusk. It’s gorgeous! Really! I took some dawn shots but have yet to try the dusk-night ones. I’m swear I’ll do so some time soon! :D

  5. - dice

    Lovely shots! The shot with your dad has an eerie invisible tower in the background! LOL. Hey you should really come to the SG river for some shooting next time! The lights here are gorgeous! If you have the time, start from the Esplanade all the way down to Zouk. Otherwise you can start from Central as well. My advice, do it during dusk. It’s beautiful~ I did some dawn shots before. Planning to try the night shots some time. ^_^.

    @leefe: Good suggestion. Now I need to find a hawt girl for it.

    @D_Blade: The shots were taken at a deserted part of Singapore, and the cemetaries nearby as well.

    @Adun: Yeah, I think I should. This one’s an experiment. Hmm.. can you give me a revision on what you taught me? ^^;

    @Tragic comedy: Thanks!

    @Setsuna-san: Guess it has those “What will you do when you’re all alone” feelings.

    Postnote: After looking at the pictures again, I realized that they depict loneliness and solitude… ^^; Off to a more populated place in the future!

  6. - Hiji

    Nice photos. Personally I prefer the empty look, but that’s just me. You need more variety next time. Pic #4 and 5 are especially nice =).

    @dice: Ah! Naughty Spam Monster ate up your comment! I haven’t tried photoshooting at the Singapore River yet. Only tried shooting at the esplanade.

    Your night pictures are great btw. Maybe we could meet up for photoshoot ^^

    @Hiji: Will do that.

    Perhaps some night nature shots would be good? I mean, certain places, especially those close to nature, look completely different at night. Either way, the shots seem pretty good, depicting emptiness and this sense of silence.

    Last 2 years of otaku-ness. Treasure them before you graduate into life.

  7. - gordon

    那些看起来像铁塔的东东到底是什么? O_O

  8. - Hiyuu

    I think there’s plenty of potential in lots of your photos! IMG_3919 is definitely the best of the lot, with a little colour balancing it could be a really nice photo.

    On second thoughts, instead of colour balancing, how about trying to shoot that same scene (angle and all) at different times of the day? Probably and orange-sky-sunset or white-light-and-blue-sky-dawn would give you very nice results! Anyway, yeah I think i just really like the framing and composition of that picture.

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