Thaipusum

Thaipusum is an interesting colourful event for photographers. I started shooting near midnight. Went home to catch a few hours of sleep before returning again in the morning.
And since I bought the 24mm L MK II on impulse in the late afternoon, I returned a thrid time in the evening to test drive the new lens.

CNY Performance

Many shopping centres are bringing in performance artistes from China to pump up the Chinese New Year mood. Here's one from Raffles City:

Lions!

With the new IR almost completing, we will soon have 3 icons of Singapore in one photo frame.









And with the Chinese New Year fast approaching, there will be more lion dances to catch.

Happy New Year 2010 !!!

Happy new year to all!
Went to the countdown celebration and it was extremely crowded. When I arrived by 10pm, I was already late and was unable to gain access to the merlion and areas by the edge of the bay.
And after the fireworks, it took me almost 2 hours to leave the jam-packed area to catch the crowded MRT home.

Sea Games Photo

Here's some of the photos from the Games. Spent most of the time shooting indoor events. Wished that I had more time to photograph the track and field events.

Laos Trip

Returned from the Sea Games trip in Laos a couple of days ago. It was a short trip but the coverage of the games was very intense. There's hardly any free time to do any travel photography. It was a rare trip whereby I did not get to visit any of the tourist attraction in a country I had visited.

Nonetheless I managed to take some pictures around my hotel on the first and last day morning:

New Toys!!!

There are many negative feedbacks with regard to the new EOS 7D. They are all about focusing issues and the camera producing soft images. But I finally took the plunge and bought the EOS 7D yesterday as I was not too satisfied with the noise from the 50D. Used the 7D together with the new 200mm f2 (bought several weeks ago but have not been using it) for a test drive this morning to shoot the marathon. Put the cam on 8fps, AI servo with AF point expansion and shooting wide open. Focus was fast and accurate. Of course there are many cases of mis-focus but I wouldn't blame it on the camera. The blazing speed of 8fps nearly filled my 8GB card within 30 mins. But as the shooting rate increases, so does the trashing rate.


My initial impression of the 7D is very positive. Together with the 200 f2, it will probably be my workhorse for the coming SEA games in Laos. And I've to seriously consider getting a few pieces of 32GB for the action.