4961. PHOTOGRAPHY SMALL FLOWERS HIGH UP TREE. Use TV. Bright sunlight 9 am

PHOTOGRAPH OF Lagerstroemia floribunda. Flowers are 3 cm across and one-storey high up the tree. I used f/5.0 and TV as there was a breeze. Also, I got the flowers in some 9 am sunlight. Hence the image is bright and clear.

 The tree blooms a few times per year, producing erect terminal panicle-inflorescences up to 50cm in height. Individual flowers (3 cm across) have ribbed scruffy-brown calyxes (fused sepals) and flower buds. Velvety crinkled petals fade from rich mauve to pale pink to creamy-white with age, making tree appear to produce flowers of different colours all over the crown.

 

 Lagerstroemia floribunda is grown as a roadside tree in Singapore as its terminal ornamental flowers change colour from  rich mauve to pale pink to creamy-white with age.

 

Canon R5, TV, handheld, ISO 100, F/5.0, 1/500sec, bright 9 am sunlight.


COMMON NAMES:
Malayan Crape Myrtle, Thai Crape Myrtle, Tropical Crape Myrtle, Late Crepe-Myrtle, Queen's Flower, Kedah Bungor, Bungur, Antri Gajah

#mauveflowers
#lagerstroemiafloribunda
#malayancrapemyrtle
#kongyuensing
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4960. PHOTOGRAPHY - HDB corridor gardens.

 Some hdb corridor gardens are very beautiful as there is a variety of potted flowery plants. Corridor gardens promote bonding with families and friends while growing plants outside the flats. Bring greenery into high-rise building. 

Two laws:
1. HDB by-law states that no person shall erect or install any fixture, structure, object or material on any common property or in any open space within a housing estate.

2. One rule says to maintain a clear passageway with a minimum width of 1.2m clearance.

4959. PHOTOGRAPHY slow flying wild butterfly in Taiwan, Yehliu Geo Park. Use TV, 1/500 sec

PHOTOGRAPHY slow flying wild butterfly in Taiwan, Yehliu Geo Park. Use TV, 1/500 sec, handheld.

Leptotes pirithous (Common zebra blue) Yehliu GeoPark, Taiwan

Canon R5, TV, ISO 125, 105mm, f/4.5, 1/500 sec

 #taiwanbutterfly
#commonzebrablue
#leptotespirithous
#yehliugeopark
#kongyuensing
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Very rare for me to see a butterfly in Taiwan esp. Taipei city in November and on few days of visit. This one posed for me to take a sharp photo. Practise more and you'll find the best settings for each situation of wildlife butterfly photography.
 

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4958. PHOTOGRAPHY OF 3-SPOTTED SHELL CRAB TIPS: Focus on shell spot.

PHOTOGRAPHY OF 3-SPOTTED SHELL CRAB TIPS: Focus on shell spot. 

Take multiple shots. Only 1/8 shots was sharp. Take wider view so that you can crop away the unwanted  dishes and crockery inside the restaurant. There was no space and time to arrange for instagram shots.

Canon R5, AV, ISO 400, 50MM, F/9, 1/30 sec. Yehliu GeoPark, 17.11.2023, 1pm. 

3-spotted shell crab in season. Large weekend crowds will arrive to eat this particular species of crab.

 #taiwancrab
#3-spottedshellcrab
#yehliugeopark
#kongyuensing
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#popularcrabdish

 

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4957. Street photography tips: A beautiful smile for the photographer. Asked permission. Use AV.

STREET PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS:  A beautiful smile. Used AV. Asked permission.

17 Nov 2023, 4pm.  Yehliu GeoPark. Raincoats for sale.
A beautiful sunshine smile for the photographer
Canon R5, AV, 24mm, 1/40 sec, ISO 100, F/11

I bought a green raincoat for $100 Taiwan dollars although I wanted a white one.
The salesgirl had no stock of white ones. They were in their 40s. Wore face masks.
I asked for permission to take their photos and they were most delighted to. 

#raincoatvendorstaiwan
#yehliugeopark
#kongyuensing
#shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets
#beautifulsmile

 

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4956. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Sky Lantern released into the sky, Pingxi, Taiwan on 14 Nov 2023.

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Sky Lantern released in Shifen, Taiwan on 16 Nov 2023

Canon R5, AV, ISO 400, 83mm, f/8, 1/500 sec. Handheld. Take multiple shots.
14 Nov 2023. 2.33pm

Old Miner Towns – Jiufen & Sky Lantern (Shifen) Day Tour

Stroll the old street and enjoy local food such as taro balls in Jiufen and releasing sky lanterns in Shifen.

Let’s Make a Wish – Sky Lantern

Make a wish, write it on the lantern and let it fly. The sky lantern festival has long been used for people to pray for their wishes. During the Lantern Festival, around February and March each year, lanterns cover the entire sky of Pingxi.

#skylanterntaiwan
#shifen
#kongyuensing
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4955. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS. Use TV Mode to get sharp image. An exasperated lady dog walker in Taipei.

 PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS. Street photography. Use TV Mode to get sharp image.
An exasperated lady dog owner.

Canon R5, AV, ISO 250, 45mm, f/4.5, 1/1250 sec

TAIWAN - 15 NOV 2023: 11.52am. The exasperated lady pulled the leash hard as her OLD dog had stopped walking on the crowded sidewalks of Taipei city around lunch-time. No more dog walking for him. Most dog walkers in Taipei are ladies and most dogs are small breeds such as poodles. Walking a larger cross-breed dog is uncommon. 

 

15 Nov 2023, 11.52am. EXASPERATION. The exasperated lady pulled the leash hard as her OLD dog stopped walking on the busy sidewalk of Taipei City. Note similar striped skirts of two ladies.   

#dogownertaipei
#crossbreeddog
#taipeidog
#taiwansidewalks
#kongyuensing
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4954. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Moving subway train. Use TV, tripod

 PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Moving subway train. Use TV, tripod

 

Canon R5,Tripod, TV, ISO 640, 45mm, f/4.5, 1/1600 sec. Taipei subway train

15 Nov 2023, 9.54am.

Image taken from Rm 636, Howard Plaza Hotel, Taipei, sunny morning. Focus on front of train.

#subwaytrain
#zhongxiaofuxingstation
#taipei
#taiwansubway
#kongyuensing
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4953. TRAVEL SINGAPORE. The MRT train station for achieving 5000 steps of walking daily.

 Two short videos of Singapore's latest MRT Train - the TEL line going to Thomson Plaza. Walking 5000 steps per day includes continuing to walk inside the air-conditioned MRT Station, rather than sitting down waiting for the train.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The daily target should be 5000 steps and MVPA of 30 minutes by midnight.

 

 

4952. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Dragonfly perches on plant. Get as close as possible. Use AV and f/5.6

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Dragonfly perches on plant. Get as close as possible. Use AV
 

9 Nov 2023: I was surprised to see 2 dragonflies perched on the leaves of a lime plant and another plant in the evening in Lentor Plain. They are rare owing to anti-mosquito thermal fogging and habitat loss from regular grass cutting and tree trimming. Four days of thermal fogging near the Countryside Park had just been completed.

The surprising thing was that this dragonfly permitted my camera lens to as close as 2 feet away.

Canon R5, AV, 105mm, ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/160. Using f/5.6 will give you a good bokeh background.
No more evening sunlight in this location.

#dragonflysingapore
#goldendragonfly
#kongyuensing
#singaporewildlife

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