Wednesday, June 28, 2023

4862. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Purple bougainvillae from Sofitel Sentosa Singapore

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Use TV shutter priority and tripod as there is breeze.
This will help to get sharp image of flowers. This time I used TV 1/2000 sec instead of 1/1000 sec.

28 Jun 2023: 

Bougainvillae in Sofitel Sentosa.  Canon R5, TV, 1/2000 sec, f/4.0, ISO 6400. 28 Jun 2023, 4.45 pmTO BUY PHOTO:    www.shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets

 

 



 


UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/06/4862-purple-bougainvillae-from-sofitel.html

 

 

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PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS:
Use TV and tripod. 1/500 sec shutter speed. Outdoor plantar box.
Canon R5.

TV 1/500 sec is sufficient if the breeze is not too strong.

PHOTO 2 .A mutant bougainvillae has 4 flowers. Normal ones have 3.

14 Aug 2023

Bougainvillae with 4 flowers, T2, Changi Airport, 14 Aug 2023, 2 pmCanon R5, Tripod, TV, 1/500 sec, f/4.5, ISO 125, 105mmTO BUY PHOTO:   shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets   

#kongyuensing
#bougainvillaesingapore
#bougainvillaefourflowers
#singaporeflowers
#shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets

 

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UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/06/4862-purple-bougainvillae-from-sofitel.html

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4861. PHOTORAPHY INDOOR SHOPS. Use Manual.

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Use Manual when you do indoor photography.

24-hour FairPrice Finest supermarket in Woodleigh Mall 26 Jun 2023 5.08 pm.
Focus on “FairPrice Finest (L)”

Canon R5, MANUAL, 1/15 sec, 4/4.5, ISO 125

TO BUY PHOTO: www.shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets

UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/06/4861-photoraphy-indoor-shops-use-manual.html

 



 

 

4860. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Car windscreen photo

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Car windscreen view is the best angle sometimes.

Bidadari Alkaff CourtView HDB BTO   26 Jun 2023   4.19pm   Car windscreen, focus nearest block, use f/11Canon R5, AV, f/11, ISO 200, 1/320 sec

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In this case, the AFTERNOON SUNLIGHT AND the car windscreen view gives a good image of the 6 blocks lined up along Upper Serangoon Road, making this image an attractive one.

UPDATES:

https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/06/4860-photography-tips-car-windscreen.html




Tuesday, June 27, 2023

4859. WILDLIFE SINGAPORE. Poisonous dart frogs

SINGAPORE - 6 MAY 2023:  The
poison dart frog vivarium in Floral Fantasy, Gardens by the Bay showcases brightly-coloured frogs native to South America. They grow to a size of 2 inches and are toxic.

 




 

 The wild frog videos are compliments of videographers posting to pexels.com.





 

4858. FLORA SINGAPORE. The Pinwheel flower in public parks.

 The Pinwheel flower (Tabernaemontana divaricata) is a popular ornamental plant in public parks in Singapore.

It is a fragrant flower at night. It serves as a host plant for the caterpillars of the oleander hawk-moth (Daphnis nerii).

 


 

4857. VIDEO. Pink flowers. Kopsia fruticosa



27 Jun 2023.

Kopsia fruticosa in Lentor Place Playground garden in Singapore on 23 June 2023. It is popular as an ornamental shrub in public parks in Singapore as it has attractive medium-sized pink flowers which turn white when they age. It is an evergreen shrub growing up to 4 m tall. Its leaf blade is narrowly elliptic.

Monday, June 26, 2023

4856. PHOTOGRAPHY OF LOGO ON WALL. Use tripod.

24 Jun 2023, 2.46pm. 

Use tripod.

Logo Changi Airport GroupCanon R5, AV, 1/10 sec, f/11, ISO 200. 
TO BUY PHOTO:   www.shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets

UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/06/4856-photography-of-logo-on-wall.html

 


 

4855. TRAVEL SINGAPORE. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Merlion Park is busy on Sunday 25 Jun 2023. Sunday 21 Jan 2024.

Merlion Park Sunday 25 Jun 2023. Around 10.30 am More tour groups visit the Merlion today as travel borders are open now. No need to wear face masks. Bright and sunny Sunday morning. Many locals who jog or cycle have to slow down as the crowds of tourists taking photos on Jubilee Bridge increase . One Singapore inbound tour guide was very busy too. He is sun-tanned and over 60 years old, working tirelessly. 

Merlion Park, Singapore. 25 Jun 2023, 9.52 am. Sunday

Canon R5, AV, 1/320 sec, f/11, ISO 100.  

 Merlion Park Sunday 25 Jun 2023. Around 10.30 am More tour groups visit the Merlion today as travel borders are open now. No need to wear face masks. Bright and sunny Sunday morning. Many locals who jog or cycle have to slow down as the crowds of tourists taking photos on Jubilee Bridge increase. 

One Singapore inbound tour guide was very busy too. He is sun-tanned and over 60 years old, working tirelessly.

Merlion Park, Singapore. 25 Jun 2023, 9.52 am. Sunday

Canon R5, AV, 1/320 sec, f/11, ISO 100.  

TO BUY PHOTO:  www.shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets


UPDATES AT:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/06/4855-travel-singapore-merlion-park-is.html

 


 

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PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS:  Photograph at 9am to 10am sunlight.
Merlion. Use tripod. Get a sunny day around 9.21am. Focus on eye. No tourists if possible.

Merlion, Sunday, 21 Jan 2024, 9.30am. The sun is on the left.

Canon R5, 24mm, AV, 1/400sec, f/11, IS0 100, tripod
Focus on “eye”.

#merlion
#marinabay
#merlionpark
#singapore

#kongyuensing
#singkongyuen
#shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets

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UPDATES AT:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/06/4855-travel-singapore-merlion-park-is.html

 

 


 

 


4854. PHOTOGRAPHY of Memecylon caeruleum. USE TV mode and tripod.

PHOTOGRAPHY of Memecylon caeruleum.  USE TV mode and tripod. 

Memecylon caeruleum is a shrub or tree species in the Melastomataceae family.

Memecylon caeruleum is a shrub in the Melastomataceae family. Flower petals are white to yellowish green, with blue stamens. Immature egg-shaped fruits are pink, purple to black when mature.

Memecylon  caeruleum, Singapore.  Canon R5, TV, 1/2000 sec, f/4.5, ISO 400.  20 Jun 2023, 9.28 am

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UPDATE:
 https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/06/4854-photography-of-swaying-flowers.html

 

 

 


The Memecylon caeruleum Jack (1820) is a shrub or small evergreen tree, 3-8 m tall, with cylindrical trunk and smooth and brown bark in the young branches, wrinkled and greyish in the older ones. The leaves, on a 3-6 mm long petiole, are opposite, simple, oblong-elliptic with acute, obtuse or retuse apex and entire margin, 8-16 cm long and 3-6 cm broad, coriaceous, of dark green color and shiny above.

Inflorescences, on a 0,5-1 cm long peduncle, axillar, compact, of 1,5-3 cm of diameter, carrying numerous tiny flowers with cupped hypanthium, 3-4 mm long, 4 sepals, 4 ovate petals, long 2-3 mm, red externally, deep blue internally, and 8 stamens, about 2,5 mm long, blue. Obovoid fruits, about 1,5 cm long and of 1 cm of diameter, initially of a pink to red colour, then blackish purple or black when ripe, edible, usually containing only one seed immersed in a juicy purple pulp.

 Attractive species due to the foliage and the tiny intensely colored flowers produced for most of the year, utilizable as isolated specimen, for hedges and borders, as it tolerates pruning well, and in street trees in parks and gardens of tropical and subtropical climate regions .

It requires full sun or a slight shade and fertile soils, well drained, kept almost constantly humid; it tolerates moderately brackish soils and marine aerosols, and can therefore be cultivated near the sea.

 The fruits are locally eaten raw or roasted even if rather bland. The wood, which has good characteristics of resistance, hardness and density, is used in the construction of houses, for furniture, poles, sticks, tools and handicraft articles, it is also excellent as firewood, due to its high calorific value, and for the production of charcoal. No particular uses are known in the context of popular medicine, except in some populations of Malaysia where the roots are utilized in postpartum cures.

 Obovoid fruits, about 1,5 cm long and 1 cm of diameter, initially pinkish, then blackish purple and black when ripe, are edible but of little value

Sunday, June 25, 2023

4853. FLORA SINGAPORE. Large foliage. Yellow Simpoh leaves.

PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Use tripod.

Yellow Simpoh, Simpoh Air (Dillenia suffructicosa) has large yellow flowers and big leaves. Its red fruits split open to show a red 'star'. Native to Singapore. Ornamental shrub in Lentor MRT station. 

 Yellow Simpoh, Simpoh Air (Dillenia suffructicosa) has big leaves.  21 Jun 2023, 9.43 am, Lentor MRT StationCanon R5, AV, f/11, ISO 100, 1/50 sec.

TO BUY PHOTO:   www.shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets

UPDATE AT: https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/06/4853-flora-singapore-large-foliage.html

 



 

Saturday, June 24, 2023

4852. TRAVELS SINGAPORE. "My teeth are original!" said the 73-year-old man.

TRAVELS SINGAPORE.

23 Jun 2023.

This fit and lean 73-year-old man had just returned from a solo tour of towns in Thailand.  He had said hello when he saw me taking photos of the Redhill Close flats using a tripod. He showed me his travel photos. 

The inexpensive and good food made me salivate. The hills he climbed after spotting them from his hotel room. The temples and gods he visited. The clean beds and toilets. The deserted fine beach he swam in.

I wished I was there, if only I could walk briskly and far.

I complimented him on his excellent fitting shiny yellow dentures. "My teeth are real", he everted his upper and lower lips with his hands to the maximum. "These are my original teeth!"

I could see the roots of the front teeth in his thinned gums. Many elderly men looked strange with gaps from lost front teeth. But they could not care less. This man had a full set, albeit shiny yellow instead of white "dentures". I mistook them for dentures.

I learnt my lesson. No more denture compliments from me from now on.  

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The 73-year-old man with the orange sling bag.
HDB blocks, Redhill Close, Singapore, 23 Jun 2023, 9.07 am. Canon R5,  AV, 1/40 sec, f/11, ISO 200

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UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/06/4852-travels-singapore-my-teeth-are.html



23 Jun 2023.

This fit and lean 73-year-old man had just returned from a solo tour of towns in Thailand.  He had said hello when he saw me taking photos of the Redhill Close flats using a tripod. He showed me his travel photos. 

The inexpensive and good food made me salivate. The hills he climbed after spotting them from his hotel room. The temples and gods he visited. The clean beds and toilets. The deserted fine beach he swam in.

I wished I was there, if only I could walk briskly and far.

I complimented him on his excellent fitting shiny yellow dentures. "My teeth are real", he everted his upper and lower lips with his hands to the maximum. "These are my original teeth!"

I could see the roots of the front teeth in his thinned gums. Many elderly men looked strange with gaps from lost front teeth. But they could not care less. This man had a full set, albeit shiny yellow instead of white "dentures". I mistook them for dentures.

I learnt my lesson. No more denture compliments from me from now on.  

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The 73-year-old man with the orange sling bag.
HDB blocks, Redhill Close, Singapore, 23 Jun 2023, 9.07 am. Canon R5,  AV, 1/40 sec, f/11, ISO 200

TO BUY PHOTO:    www.shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets

UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/06/4852-travels-singapore-my-teeth-are.html

 

 

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 I met a man 👨 called Eric

He was my age at 73

“You are lean and trim,” I complimented.

“I am like this because I am a poor man,” he pointed to my paunch.

I didn’t reply

I was taking photos of the demolition of Redhill Close when he approached to ask about my hobby.

He whipped out his mobile phone from his shorts suddenly

and narrated his recent solo tour of towns from Bangkok to the Northern Thailand

His two male buddies had backed out of the tour. So he toured solo.

The Thai food was cheap, tasty and clean - no diarrhoea or stomach aches

He swam in a deserted white sandy and clean beach.

“I saw these hills from my hotel room” he showed me the photos. “I climbed up to the top.”.

I wished I had his strong muscular legs and iron knees.

“The beds are very clean and so are the toilets”, he showed more photos.

The reader must be bored now.

I wasn’t as I am into travel photography.

After some more photos of the gods and temples, I said, “You have good fitting dentures as there are no gaps between the teeth.”

His front teeth were gleaming a shiny yellow although most dentures I saw in the elderly are white and not glossy.

Dentures do come in various hues.

Eric’s eyes shot out fireworks 🔥 as he said, “I still have my original teeth!”

“Look, look!”, he everted his lips very widely as if I was his dentist. “ These are real, very real teeth!”.

I could see the faint outlines of the roots of his incisors under the thinned pink gums.

The moral of my story?

Don’t compliment dentures. It is a risky and sensitive issue!

 

Friday, June 23, 2023

4851. PHOTOGRAPHY OF STRAY CAT. Not easy to get eye contact

PHOTOGRAPHY TIP:
EYE CONTACT makes photo attractive. Not easy to get one.
Shoot more than 3 shots at AV Mode, ISO 100, F/11, 1/30 sec. Focal length 105 mm.

A stray cat is free to roam around Redhill Close Estate, Singapore on 22 Jun 2023, as he has been spayed or neutered. This is evident by his clipped left ear tip. 

TO BUY PHOTO:
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UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/06/4851-photography-of-stray-cat.html

 



 

 

 




Thursday, June 22, 2023

4850. Riddle joke - Why did the chicken cross the road?

"Why did the chicken cross the road?" is a common riddle joke with the answer being, "To get to the other side.

 Do you 'give it up?' Well, then: 'Because it wants to get on the other side!'

 It is commonly seen as an example of anti-humor, in that the curious setup of the joke leads the listener to expect a traditional punchline, but they are instead given a simple statement of fact. 

 

 


 

4849. VIDEOGRAPHY - Premier Pro to create a food video - steamed sea bass

VIDEOGRAPHY - I used Premier Pro and images from pixels.com (except last image) to practise creating a food video - an excellent dish of a steamed sea bass. No narration as I have yet to learn how to do it.  

UPDATE AT:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/06/4849-videography-premier-pro-to-create.html
 


IMAGES ARE AS FOLLOWS:


 
 
 
 



 

 




4848. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS - INDOOR - RESTAURANT.

PHOTOGRAPHY OF INDOOR scenes of a restaurant. Use Manual Mode and stabilise the camera on a support e.g. table top.

19 Jun 2023, 12.35pm  Soi 47 Thai Food, Orchard   Canon R5, Camera on table, Focus on “Soi 47”.  Wednesday lunch  Manual, 1/30 sec, f/8, ISO 320  

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UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/06/4848-photography-indoor-restaurant.html

 



 POSTED TO ITS WEBSITE
SINGAPORE - 21 JUN 2023: Wed. 12.35 pm. SOI 47 Thai Food restaurant, Orchard was full house with office crowd and the senior citizens during the time I was there. I like its Steamed Seabass with Thai Lime Sauce lighted up by a small fire. No fishy smell as I am very particular about fishy smells in food. My compliments to the chef who did this dish.

 

GOOGLE REVIEW

just now
SINGAPORE - 21 JUN 2023: Wed. 12.35 pm. SOI 47 Thai Food restaurant, Orchard was full house with office crowd and the senior citizens during the time I was there. I like its Steamed Seabass with Thai Lime Sauce lighted up by a small fire. No fishy smell as I am very particular about fishy smells in food. My compliments to the chef who did this dish. 5 stars for the Steamed Sea Bass for the food, the fast friendly service of the staff, the decent table size and bright natural light from the windows.




Wednesday, June 21, 2023

4847. NATURE VIDEOS. The Happiness Tree in Singapore.

The Happiness Tree (Garcinia subelliptica) is planted as an ornamental tree on the Lentor Loop roadside, Singapore. It has a compact conical crown, glossy leaves and globular orange fruits. The tree looks impressive when fully grown as it has the narrow width with dense green leaves. It is used as an ornamental tree in Singapore General Hospital and on the roadside. 

This video shows the orange-like fruits in one tree in Lentor Loop, Singapore. It is rare to see the orange fruits in these trees. Hence I took this video to document the oranges. 

UPDATES AT:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/06/4847-nature-videos-happiness-tree-in.html

 




 



Tuesday, June 20, 2023

4846. HEALTH TIPS: Safety in the National Steps Challenge - Fatty liver issues

18 Jun 2023: 

Walking a minimum of 5,000 steps per day is important as I want to reduce my degree of FATTY LIVER. This is one way as there must be a healthy diet and exercise. This video shows me having walked around midnight in Lentor Estate to achieve my target of 10,000 steps daily. 

It is best NOT to do such walking as the area is deserted. There may be bad hats around as the world is no longer safe, even in Singapore.  

UPDATES AT:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/06/4846-health-tips-national-steps.html

 


 

Monday, June 19, 2023

4845. PHOTOGRAPHY OF BIRDS. A sunbird sips nectar from the hibiscus flowers on 19 June 2023.

19 Jun 2023. A bright and sunny morning. I spotted a sunbird amongst the hibiscus flowers.
My Canon R5 lens is 24-105 mm. The bird was far away.
I set TV Mode - the shutter speed at 1/1000, f/4.5 and ISO Auto. Took over 20 shots. The one shot below
is really unexpected but it is excellent image of the sunbird.




4844. VET CASE STUDY. Hamster wart or tumour treatments

Vet Case Study by Dr Sing Kong Yuen, BVMS (Glasgow).
Case 1 - WhatsApp tele-consultation by a hamster owner on 18 Jun 2023.
Case 2 - Case study of a hamster with a back skin wart operated and recovered from the Toa Payoh Vets case files.

A lady owner of a dwarf hamster WhatsApp me an image of her hamster's back wart today 18 June 2023. "Is it a wart or tumour? What treatments are available?".  It was very difficult for her to WhatsApp to me sharp images. "Get close-up image of the growth," I WhatsApp. She tried a few images. "Get a video," I texted. But the video was of no use as the owner could not restrain the owner from moving about.

I asked her to schedule an appointment for consultation at Toa Payoh Vets as my tele-consultation could not determine whether the back growth was a wart or tumour.

I am making an educational video about the treatment of hamster wart or tumour. Basically, surgery is the preferred and only option in the vast majority of cases.

UPDATES AT:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/06/4844-vet-case-study-hamster-wart-or.html