“You always like to do it the hard way” – I get that a lot from the people around me. I have no idea how the hard way always find its way to me. But I think, rewards are earned, not being handed over. For the record, I don’t seek out the hard way. I [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3.0'
A Road Trip To Valencia
July 26th, 2009 15 Comments
Tags: Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3.0 · Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G · Nikon D700 · Nikon SB-900 · Spain · Spain June 2009 Trip
Into the Mountain Montserrat
July 19th, 2009 9 Comments
If you open the Sunday edition of our local paper The Strait Times, you shall see a write up on Spain with a picture on a location exactly the same as my entry last week. What a coincidence. Ever since I have started writing this Sunday series on our trip to Spain, there are two questions [...]
Tags: Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3.0 · Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G · Nikon D700 · Nikon SB-900 · Spain · Spain June 2009 Trip
Second Day Is All About Gaudí
July 13th, 2009 15 Comments
It is hard to imagine someone who has passed away more than 80 years ago have left behind such a legacy that – to me – so ahead of his or even our time. Gaudí stands as one of the most original architects and his signature design of curvature inspired by nature’s creation can be [...]
Tags: Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3.0 · Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G · Nikon D700 · Nikon SB-900 · Spain · Spain June 2009 Trip
On My Birthday We Visited Medan Ikan Bakar at Malacca (Again)
July 11th, 2009 11 Comments
My observation on age as such: besides the age that you can legally have s … ahem … your own driving licence and the one that grants you lots of discount everywhere you go because you are senior, age is just a number that has little significance. Some achieve more than others at their age; some look [...]
Tags: Malacca · Medan Ikan Bakar · my birthday · Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3.0 · Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G VR · Nikon D700
My Dog and My Family, One Day at a Park
May 24th, 2009 11 Comments
I wonder if any of you remember precisely what you did during the New Year Day, or on that day, what has gone into your mind. I didn’t. As I processed my digital mountain worth of photo backlog, the timestamp of this particular photo collection tells me that on New Year Day, my family took [...]
Tags: hong kong · Hong Kong December 2008 / January 2009 Trip · Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3.0 · Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G VR · Nikon Capture NX2 · Nikon D700 · Nikon SB-900
Photos of Taman Safari Taken During Our Trip to Bandung, Indonesia
May 18th, 2009 14 Comments
I agree with Haruki Murakami: The older we get, the busier we become. Maybe as I acquire wisdom and experience, more opportunities open up; maybe time is taking a chip off my efficiency, slowly but surely. It is a good and a bad problem at the same time. I enjoy writing pieces that are more [...]
Tags: Bandung Dec 2008 Trip · Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3.0 · Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G VR · Nikon Capture NX2 · Nikon D700 · Nikon SB-900
My Early Photography Work on Fraser’s Hill
March 28th, 2009 10 Comments
Of the few highlands in Malaysia, Fraser’s Hill holds a special place in our hearts. It is tranquil, it is serene. November 2008 seems so distant. It was cloudy, rained most of the time. The same month when 2008 Formula 1 reached its finale. And this afternoon, I was glued to my TV watching the 1 hour [...]
Tags: Fraser Hill Nov 2008 Trip · Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3.0 · Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G · Nikon D700 · Nikon SB-900 · ovi
My Sister’s Wedding in Singapore – Thank You For Your Warm Wishes
March 8th, 2009 14 Comments
It is amazing how pressure can propel us to do the seemingly impossible. I woke up this morning barely 8 hours after I shot the last photo of the evening and my parents were already pacing around my living room hinting or rather strongly hinting that they wished to take all the photos I have shot for [...]
Tags: hong kong · Hong Kong December 2008 / January 2009 Trip · my sister's wedding · Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3.0 · Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G · Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G VR · Nikon Capture NX2 · Nikon D700 · Nikon SB-900
For My Parents With Love In The Beautiful Landscape of The Singapore Botanic Gardens
March 8th, 2009 10 Comments
My 74 years old dad said the funniest thing. He told me that these days when he went fishing, along the harbor of Hong Kong, young photographers often take him as their photo subject. And in his tone of reminisce he said, “When I was a young photographer I was doing the same. Now that [...]
Tags: Botanic Gardens · Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3.0 · Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G VR · Nikon Capture NX2 · Nikon D700 · Nikon SB-900
Part One: Nokia Comes With Music – Too Good to be True? – A Media Event
March 3rd, 2009 12 Comments
Imagine this: you buy a phone and it comes with 4 million songs for you to download for free for a year - via your PC or your Nokia phone. And you get to keep all the tracks even after the service period is over. It is not a question if what Nokia is attempting to [...]
Tags: blogger event · Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3.0 · Nikon D700 · nokia · nokia event