Sunday, July 3, 2022

4137. Photography tip: Lotus flower or water lilies. Good Morning greetings

PHOTOGRAPHY TIP.

To get sharp photos, steady your hands and focus on the centre of the lotus or water lily. 

Jun 2022. Lotus in Seoul Grand Park Zoo's pond. I lean on the top of the railing of the bridge, hand-held the camera and focused on the centre of the lotus below me, in the pond. "Good Morning" fonts are Edwardian Script ITC.

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2.  Mar 2015.

PHOTOGRAPHY TIP.

Mar 2015 photo
To get sharp photos, I sat on the edge of the plantar box of lotuses, hand-held the camera and focused on the centre of the lotus below me, in the water. This lotus was grown from a root placed in the plantar box of water in a veterinary clinic.

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I sat on the edge of the concrete plantar box in a veterinary clinic in Mar 2015.It had lotuses blooming. I focused on the central part of the flower. Good indirect sunlight. Now, it is 2022! The lotus was grown from a lotus root.










Saturday, July 2, 2022

4136. Photos for sale at shutterstock. Photography tips

 PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: I put my DSLR camera zoom lens as close to the window pane of the Incheon Airport Arrival Terminal as close as possible and focus on the Boeing 747's window panes. The sky was overcast. Handheld, "P" Mode Central Focus. I tried to stabilise myself by standing with legs apart. Surprisingly, I got a good shot. Boeing 747 has 2 aisles - a first of the series of jumbo jets.






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PHOTOGRAPHY TIP FOR WATERLILIES PHOTOS: 

I put my DSLR camera zoom lens on top of the railing of a wooden bridge spanning across the Seoul Zoo pond filled with waterlilies and leaves. I focus on the yellow stamen and pistils of the red waterlily. The sky was overcast. Camera supported by bridge railing. "P" Mode, Central Focus onto the yellow stamen and pistils. 

I got a good shot because my camera was stablised on top of the wooden railing. There was NO way I could get a sharp image HANDHELD as the camera will shake slightly when I click the shutter and move my fingers while standing.

Important point to note is that there was no breeze moving the flowers and leaves to cause blurry images. Sunlight shone on the red water lily as the grey clouds parted for a few seconds. That helped me a lot to get this sharpness of image.

I had no time to use Manual and other modes. I find that "P" mode does help me get sharp images most times.









Friday, July 1, 2022

4134. Boeing 747 and 787 to and from Seoul/Singapore - double aisle Boeing. Airbus A330. aircraft

21 Jun 2022 midnight
Going to Seoul

The Boeing 747 is a large, wide-body (two-aisle) airliner with four wing-mounted engines.


29 Jun 2022
Back to Singapore

The 787 was the first next-generation wide body twinjet, and the A380 remains the world's only fully double-decker passenger airliner to date. As such, both aircraft are trailblazers in their own right. However, Airbus designed the A380 for long-range, high-capacity hub-to-hub flights

 

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 GOING TO VIETNAM ON 15 SEP 2022.

 SINGAPORE - 15 SEP 2022: 7 AM. Singapore Airlines Airbus A330 at Gate C15, Terminal 1, Changi Airport to Vietnam, is a wide-body aircraft that can seat 300 passengers (in a two or three-class layout).

 

 



 

 

 

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4133. Blood pressure 120/80 and dragonfruit flower

 1 Jul 2022


Went to my old GP who is an old friend. He is 73. I am 72. I asked for blood pressure measurement.
He tested my BP twice with his medical instrument which you need a stethoscope to listen to the readings. 

He took the measurement twice. 
"Your BP is a bit low," he said. I asked for the readings.  "120/80" which is good news. I had this reading once from him some months ago. Last month, I had "140/80" which he said is the limit of normal for senior citizens. My BP was also over 140 mm at the SNEC.

I was happy with the good news because he said last month, that people of my age do not get 120/80. Only young people. We discussed and he said BP varies but should not be over 140.    



Went to Lentor Street to exercise at 11 am. Very hot. A retiree couple gave me the dragonfruit flowers which, the wife said, bloom only one night and die the next day. She offered me some dragonfruits but I don't eat them.


3 flower images from the kind couple picking up cut grass in a plastic bag for their plants. Migrant worksers (arouond 6)  came to cut and blow the grsss in the playground and they thought I was their supervisor.





 

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

4131. A yellow butterfly in Shan Shwe Oo Resort

 


Grass Yellow butterfly

(TO NARRATE).
Yellow butterflies are commonly seen the whole year round in Singapore. They are the Grass Yellow butterfly and related species. Are yellow butterflies commonly seen the whole year round in Yangon, Myanmar?  


INTRODUCTION. Myanmar is a large country with over 55 million people. The majority of the

population is Buddhist in faith (insert 2 images below). Its tourist attractions (like Inle Lake and its leg paddling fishermen in the image) bring in much revenue and jobs for the people.  


Inle Lake





















Dr Thien Tun Aung (L) and his family went to 
Shan Shwe Oo Resort on Sunday, 26 Jul 2022 at 3 PM. 





Shan Shwe Oo Resort video.



Lots of greenery. A big pond with fishes and lotus flowers


Video 4.












VIDEO 1



A yellow butterfly in the Shan Shwe Oo Resort posed for Dr Tun Thein Aung
of Royal Asia Veterinary Surgery on Sunday, 26 Jun 2022 at 3PM





He took the following 2 videos using his iPhone 13 














Pet dogs are welcome 




Myanmar waitress at Shan Shwe Oo Resort, outside Yangon








Grass Yellow (Eurema sp.) are small butterflies that have lemon-yellow wings with small black spots. They are found in Singapore throughout the year.














4130. Stray cats in Singapore and in a Seoul Zoo in Jun 2022 as seen by Dr Sing Kong Yuen



27 Jun 2022:  SINGAPORE STRAY CAT
Very rare to see one stray cat in the public places in Singapore nowadays. 
They had been culled by town councils or trapped by pest control people over the years.
There is a community that traps, neuter and release (TNR) stray cats over the years, but
the Covid-19 pandemic had stopped many of the members from continuing.









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This stray cat looks healthy and in excellent bodily condition
Probably cared for by zoo administrators as he or she wandered around the 
office building area when I saw the cat during my 24 Jun 2022 visit to
the Seoul Grand Park Zoo





 






 

4129. Unbelievable story - An orange butterfly at Seoul Zoo posed for me

UNBELIEVABLE STORY by Dr Sing Kong Yuen. A Seoul Zoo butterfly posed for photography and video


24 Jun 2022: SEOUL ZOO Around 4 butterflies were seen around a small plot of garden at the entrance to the Seoul Zoo on 24 Jun 2022 during my visit to the Seoul Zoo.


I hoped to photograph one sharp photo of one of the few butterflies fluttering in the small garden. It was as if my wish was answered by Mother Nature? This butterfly posed within 6 feet from me for over 60 seconds. I took this photo. I got to video her too.


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A 20-second video from handphone video of original video

 






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