{"id":23,"date":"2009-02-01T15:34:12","date_gmt":"2009-02-01T07:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanity-asylum.net\/blog\/?p=23"},"modified":"2009-02-01T22:06:22","modified_gmt":"2009-02-01T14:06:22","slug":"just-for-fun-a-first-attempt-at-nature-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanity-asylum.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/01\/just-for-fun-a-first-attempt-at-nature-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Just For Fun &#8211; A First Attempt At Nature Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because my dearie needed some nice photos for his school assignment, we had woken up today at 4.30am, took a cab (which we booked in advance) at 5.30am, and reached Changi Boardwalk at 6.00am.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, there goes my precious beauty sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, he lugged his precious Nikon DSLR there (don&#8217;t ask me what model &#8211; I don&#8217;t know), while I decided to bring my Lumix along just in case there&#8217;s some nice scenaries to take.  I&#8217;ve never been there before, so I don&#8217;t know what to expect, really.<\/p>\n<p>His camera, being a DSLR, is way better than mine, so he was able to take some really nice photos even though it was still totally dark, since he could set the shutter speed and take long exposure shots.  My camera, on the other hand, failed in such an epic way that I&#8217;ve decided to spare you the pain of looking at all those horribly &#8220;black&#8221; photos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sanity-asylum.net\/anything.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>See?  The beauty of DSLR.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sanity-asylum.net\/dark.jpg?resize=512%2C384\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Hur hur.  My camera.  Epic fail.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So, yeah.  We spent like, almost 2 hours there, trying to capture most of the photos while the sun <em>just<\/em> came up, as that was the nicest lighting possible.  After that, Reko decided that the photos he had taken were enough, and we strolled to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.changivillage.com.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\">Changi Village Hotel<\/a> for a nice, sumptious buffet breakfast at their Saltwater Cafe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/arell-chan\/sets\/72157613216341316\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a> are the rest of the photos on my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Flickr<\/a> account.  Please don&#8217;t laugh or cringe at them as this is kinda like my first impromptu attempt at &#8220;Nature&#8221; photography, with just a point-and-shoot digital compact camera.  Enjoy.  :D<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because my dearie needed some nice photos for his school assignment, we had woken up today at 4.30am, took a cab (which we booked in advance) at 5.30am, and reached Changi Boardwalk at 6.00am. Yes, there goes my precious beauty sleep. 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