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Tuesday, September 8, 2026

6831. Golden hour photography of the sun

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ORIGINAL LARGE IMAGE with lamp post silhouette on the right.

ORIGINAL TWO SMALLER PHOTOSHOPPED IMAGES

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HOW TO SHOOT A GOLDEN SKY PHOTO?

1. How I shot the evening golden hour over Lentor Estate on 4 September 2024 at 6.44pm.

2. I am Dr David Sing, 76. I was driving along Yio Chu Kang Road and saw the golden sky. I focus my Canon R5 onto the street lamp post on the right of my car's windscreen.

3. Exposure. Canon R5, 75-300mm lens. 150mm, 1/1000 sec, f/5.0, ISO 160.

4. Focus on street lamp on right. 6.44pm

5. Check internet.SINGAPORE - 4 SEP 2026: The evening golden hour was roughly from was from 6:08 PM to 7:08 PM (with sunset at 7:08 PM).

6. Photoshop: Two smaller images of orange skies were processed using photoshop.
One large image is the original image from Canon R5, with no photoshop processing.

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9 Sep 2026.

Chatgpt created this video prompt.

Revised 60-second video prompt — 9:16

Title: HOW TO SHOOT A GOLDEN SKY PHOTO?

Format: Vertical 9:16
Duration: Exactly 60 seconds
Style: Photorealistic cinematic photography tutorial
Location: Yio Chu Kang Road / Lentor Estate area, Singapore
Date: 4 September 2026
Time: 6:44 PM
Photographer: Dr David Sing, 76

SCENE 1 — THE MOMENT | 0:00–0:07

Begin with the attached original Canon R5 photograph filling the vertical frame.

Animate it very subtly with a slow push-in while preserving the photograph exactly.

Show the warm orange-pink sky, setting sun, large curved street lamp, elevated structure and dark foreground.

On-screen text:

HOW TO SHOOT A GOLDEN SKY PHOTO?

Narration:

“On 4 September 2026, at 6:44 PM, I saw this beautiful golden sky in Singapore.”

SCENE 2 — SEEING THE SKY | 0:07–0:15

Recreate a cinematic but realistic view from inside a car travelling along Yio Chu Kang Road.

Dr David Sing, 76, sees the golden sky through the windscreen.

Show the street lamp on the right side of the windscreen, matching the visual relationship in the original photograph.

Then show him safely stopped before photographing.

Narration:

“I was driving along Yio Chu Kang Road when the evening light caught my eye.”

SCENE 3 — COMPOSITION | 0:15–0:25

Show Dr David Sing with his Canon EOS R5 and 75–300mm lens.

He composes the scene with the telephoto lens.

Show the street lamp becoming a prominent foreground element, with the glowing sky and sun behind it.

Briefly show the camera viewfinder framing.

On-screen text:

FOCUS: STREET LAMP

Narration:

“I used the street lamp as my foreground subject and focused carefully on it.”

SCENE 4 — CAMERA SETTINGS | 0:25–0:34

Show a clean photographic-settings graphic rather than relying on tiny camera-screen text.

Canon EOS R5
75–300mm lens
150mm
1/1000 sec
f/5.0
ISO 160

Narration:

“My settings were 150 millimetres, one-thousandth of a second, f/5.0 and ISO 160.”

SCENE 5 — THE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH | 0:34–0:43

Display the attached large original photograph.

Preserve its actual composition and natural colours.

Slowly move from the full photograph toward the sun and street lamp.

Then briefly transition to the attached tighter photograph, showing the sun on the right and the industrial structure on the left.

On-screen text:

ORIGINAL CANON R5 IMAGE

NO PHOTOSHOP PROCESSING

Narration:

“The large photograph is the original Canon R5 image, with no Photoshop processing.”

SCENE 6 — TWO PROCESSED IMAGES | 0:43–0:52

Show the two smaller orange-sky photographs as examples of images processed in Photoshop.

Use a clean before/after-style presentation, but do not alter the attached photographs themselves.

Label:

TWO SMALLER IMAGES
PHOTOSHOP PROCESSED

Subtle animation can highlight the richer orange tones.

Narration:

“I processed two smaller images in Photoshop to enhance their orange-sky appearance.”

SCENE 7 — GOLDEN-HOUR TIP | 0:52–1:00

Return to the large original photograph, filling the 9:16 frame with a tasteful crop that retains the sun and curved street lamp.

Add a subtle golden-hour time graphic:

4 SEPTEMBER 2026
6:44 PM
SUNSET ≈ 7:07 PM

Final narration:

“The key is simple: notice the light, choose a strong foreground subject, focus carefully, and capture the moment.”

Final text:

SEE THE LIGHT.
COMPOSE.
CAPTURE THE MOMENT.

Dr David Sing

Important visual instruction for the AI video generator

Use the two attached photographs as the actual photographic references. Do not invent a different sunset scene. Preserve the original sun position, orange-pink sky, street lamp shape, industrial structure and overall composition. The large photograph is explicitly the unprocessed original; the smaller photographs represent Photoshop-processed versions.

Do not generate extra people, buildings or landmarks that are not present in the photographs. Do not exaggerate the sunset colours. Keep the photography documentary-realistic.

Final duration: EXACTLY 60 seconds.

6828. The big aunt

Oppressive heat. 8 Sep 2026:

Drove to Bishan to buy the two water melons and fruits. A variety.
"DOCTOR!"she shouted so loudly, her voice slicing the hot air of the oppressive heat.
Orange Audi. Easy to spot.

I said "Good afternöon". Ï am always here,"she replied Ünless I take care of my nephews and niecces for my young brother. Ï simply love children. They light up my life!"

Do you buy presents for them"?"I asked

Ï cane them"she replied in a loud laugh. No, I don't cane kids. They are so loveable. But my mum used to tied my hands behind my back and caned me, "she bent her body foreward to demonstrate. "Mum had a hard life...Keep sewing with the sewing machine,"she moved an imaginary cloth of a seamstress forward...One day, the needle poked into her finger. So painful."I cried. I couldn''t help her.
I was very naughty as a child!

"Today my grandson Evan charged and beat me,"I said. "He was very angry as I insisted he wear his shoes before going into the car. But he wanted to change when reaching the school!"She laughed. Later two pre-teen girls came to her stall. She held the younger 9 year old high up as a friend!

She is just loud, expressive and jovial!

6829. Cat facial abscess 2.

Create a video, vertical 9:16 with the following script or video prompt.

THE CAT WITH THE LARGE FACIAL ABSCESS — PART 1/2

Date: 4 March 2019

Format: Vertical 9:16

Style: Photorealistic veterinary documentary, cinematic, emotionally engaging, medically credible

Location: Toa Payoh Vets, Singapore; Ang Mo Kio industrial area

Duration: approximately 75–90 seconds

Important visual continuity: Use the uploaded March 2019 photograph as the primary reference for Tom. Tom is a large, fat, male tri-coloured/calico cat, with the distinctive black, orange and white facial markings shown in the reference photograph. Do not change his markings, eye colour, body shape or facial proportions except where the abscess visibly distorts the right side of his face.

SCENE 1 — THE URGENT CALL

0:00–0:08

Early morning in Singapore, 4 March 2019, 10:00 AM.

Exterior of a busy veterinary clinic in Toa Payoh. Cut to a broad-shouldered, neatly dressed 60-year-old Chinese man, Mr Tan, wearing a floral shirt and faded blue jeans, anxiously arriving with his cat.

Narration:

“On 4 March 2019, at 10 AM, Mr Tan urgently brought his 10-year-old-plus cat, Tom, to see me. Tom had developed a huge swelling on the right side of his face.”

SCENE 2 — TOM'S HISTORY

0:08–0:18

Brief cinematic flashbacks of an Ang Mo Kio industrial park: factory units, parked vehicles, concrete walkways and greenery around the industrial buildings.

Tom is shown wandering outdoors around the factory surroundings.

Narration:

“Mr Tan had cared for stray cats for some 20 years. Tom lived in his factory unit with two other cats, but he roamed freely around the industrial park. He had never been seriously ill for more than 10 years.”

On-screen text:

TOM — MALE, NOT NEUTERED

ANG MO KIO INDUSTRIAL PARK

SCENE 3 — THE ENORMOUS SWELLING

0:18–0:30

Close-up using the uploaded March 2019 Tom photograph as the visual reference.

Slow camera push toward Tom's face. Emphasise the enormous right facial swelling, dramatically distorting the cheek and surrounding eye area.

Do not exaggerate the swelling beyond the reference photograph.

Dr David Sing, on camera:

“How long has the swollen face been present in Tom?”

Mr Tan, distressed:

“Three to four days.”

Dr Sing looks astonished.

“Your cat developed this explosive swelling in just three to four days?”

Mr Tan looks at Tom with tears in his eyes.

“Please save Tom.”

SCENE 4 — INTO THE OPERATING ROOM

0:30–0:42

Transition to a clean veterinary operating room.

Show Dr David Sing, a tall, slim, 61-year-old Chinese veterinarian with silver hair and glasses, preparing for the procedure with a veterinary nurse.

Tom lies safely on the operating table under anaesthesia.

Show the anaesthetic mask delivering oxygen and isoflurane after initial injectable anaesthesia.

Narration:

“Tom was anaesthetised for urgent treatment. Because he was an older cat, careful anaesthetic management was essential.”

Avoid displaying drug quantities or turning the scene into a procedural tutorial.

SCENE 5 — THE ABSCESS IS OPENED

0:42–0:55

Close-up of the surgeon's gloved hands.

The nurse removes the anaesthetic mask momentarily while monitoring Tom.

Dr Sing carefully makes an incision into the swollen facial abscess.

Clinical realism: The abscess should appear severe but not excessively graphic.

As the abscess opens, thick dark brownish-red purulent material drains into a kidney dish.

Dr Sing reacts to the powerful odour.

Narration:

“As the abscess was opened, a powerful foul odour was immediately apparent. Thick, infected pus poured from the cavity.”

On-screen text:

SEVERE FACIAL ABSCESS

SCENE 6 — DRAINAGE AND CLEANING

0:55–1:08

Show the veterinary team allowing the infected material to drain.

Then show careful wound irrigation with abundant sterile normal saline.

Close-up of the deep wound being cleaned, but avoid graphic tissue detail.

Narration:

“The infected material was drained, and the deep wound was thoroughly irrigated and cleaned.”

Then show a blood sample being processed in the clinic laboratory.

Narration:

“Blood testing showed markedly increased white blood cells and neutrophils, consistent with a severe bacterial infection.”

SCENE 7 — TOM WAKES

1:08–1:18

Tom is resting quietly in recovery.

His breathing becomes stronger and more regular. His eyes gradually open.

Dr Sing gently examines him.

Narration:

“Fortunately, Tom recovered rapidly from the anaesthetic. Early veterinary intervention had given him a very good chance of recovery.”

SCENE 8 — MR TAN'S RELIEF

1:18–1:28

Mr Tan waits anxiously in the clinic.

Dr Sing walks toward him and reassures him.

Mr Tan's expression changes from fear to relief.

Tom is placed safely into his carrier.

Narration:

“Tom was able to return home the same day with prescribed antibiotics and pain relief.”

ENDING — PART 1/2

1:28–1:35

Freeze briefly on Tom's face from the March 2019 reference photograph.

Fade to black.

Large text:

THE CAT WITH THE LARGE FACIAL ABSCESS

PART 1/2

Smaller text:

4 MARCH 2019 — SINGAPORE

Then:

PART 2/2: TOM'S RECOVERY

Medical accuracy note for the video

The second uploaded photograph can be used in Part 2/2 to show Tom after recovery and provide a strong visual before/after contrast.