PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: iPhone 15
Pro Max photo of Khoo Teck Puat Hospital at dusk.
iPhone 15 Pro Max photography. A steady hand against a tree
trunk to get a sharper image. 6.8mm, 1/50sec, f/1.8, ISO 320.
iPhone does the settings to create a reasonably good image.
Dusk
over Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. 12 Apr 2024, 7.15pm. Photoshop is used
to enhance the sky and lights.
Use sunlight and shadows. Rarely do I encounter such a good photo
situation where the afternoon sun rays at 2.36pm shines onto the pack
of cigarettes to create a shadow which looked like part of the
cigarette brand logo. The pack was placed on a red pink bench in a
public park I was visiting.
Cigarette brand smoked by a
Beijing man. 6 Mar 2024. 2.36pm. Beijing. China
TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY. Save your photos twice in two hard disks and keep them in a shaded place.
Shinosaka Animal Clinic connects with Nature.
Plants and flowers outside a vet clinic in Japan boost mental wellness.
3 Jun 2006.�Nikon 5000. 13.6mm, 1/160 sec, f/4, ISO 100.
Good morning from Tokyo in 2006. I took this photo and the vet welcome me to visit his clinic. Plants and flowers connect pet owners with Nature. A Nikon 5000 camera was the budget camera for travels.
PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Photograph from inside a car. Banner. Selamat hari raya aidilfitri on 10 April 2024
SINGAPORE - 10 APR 2024: A pretty Yio Chu Kang neighbourhood
banner with greetings to Malay-Muslim friends on `10 April - “Selamat
Hari Raya” which translates in English to “have a happy
celebration.”
Canon R5, AV, 24mm, 1/80sec, f/11, ISO 100 Handheld, shot photo
from inside the car.
PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: The National Library Building signboard. Better
angle from inside the car.
7 Apr 2024: The National Library Building and the Lee Kong Chian
Reference Library comprises two blocks.
I visited the new
re-opened Central Public Libary at the basement of the building. It
is much well curated and spacious inviting visitors especially
kids.
Photography Tip: Take the signboard from inside a car
as it is difficult to get a good angle.
Photo from inside the
car. Canon R5, AV, 24mm, 1/60sec, f/16, ISO 100. 7 Apr
2024. 4pm
NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY HDB FLATS at 8pm. Use
Manual mode and tripod.
Bishan Park bridge. 6 Apr 2024, 8pm. Use Manual Mode, Tripod.
Canon R5, 24mm, 1 sec, f/4, ISO 200. In this image, I focused on the bright corridor lights of Blk 410 Sin Ming Ave. A tripod is necessary to get sharper photos. Take multiple shots.
5813. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Midnight photography of airplane in
Changi Airport. Use AV and auto shutterspeed.
29 Feb 2024. 11.27pm. Changi Airport. Air China to Beijing after
midnight. Then catch a plane to Xi’an. Cheaper?
Hand-hold
your camera nearer to the window pane of the Departure Lounge. Try to
avoid reflections of passengers inside the lounge. I cropped
photo and used Photoshop to remove the indoor reflections of lighting
and people. I used AV and set shutter speed to AUTO. You can see, it
took 1.3 sec to snap this photo. Your hand must be steady.
If your elderly parent can walk, just do it! Take him or her to see a small part of the world!
6 Apr 2024 WhatsApp
Good morning Michelle. Bring your mum to Yunnan on your own private tour so that there is no need to catch up with the able-bodied packaged tourists. She can walk or climb at her own pace. Maybe she sight sees 20 % of packaged tour, but she will be most comfortable and happy.
Although Anthony gave examples of the retired nurse with severe cervical spondylosis being able to complete her tour in India, he didn’t mention the patience of the others waiting for her to catch up at the vehicle transporting all to another destination.
The whole coach waited for me as I walked the long distance back to the coach in Xi’an on a visit to Hua Palace. That was a day tour arranged in Xi’an. In short, your mum can still travel in 2024, “just do it”!
If your elderly parent can walk, just do it! Take him or her to see a small part of the world!
PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Zoom lens 55 - 200mm can be useful.
Good afternoon from the Pleated Inkcaps which are non-poisonous wild mushrooms regarded as inedible. Looking like miniature parasols, they lived for 2 days in my house garden on 30 Jun 2018.
PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: A leg wart in a
dwarf hamster. Vet case study in 2018 using Canon 40D.
In 1
Jul 2018, my photography skills were poor as I did not take time out
to research and practise more. I just used the "P" Mode as
advised by a friend and shot photos as in this image.
I used
Photoshop DODGE AND BURN to highlight the wart and the eye.
Wart has bite wounds. Right Hind Leg. Pet hamster tries to remove
the wart by biting it.
VET CASE STUDY ON 1 JULY 2018. Video on electro-surgery.
A 1-year-old male pet hamster tries to bite the leg wart away, but it grows bigger instead. The owner was worried. What to do? The solution is to excise or cut off the tumour in the veterinary surgery. I used electro-surgery which removed the wart with no bleeding. However, there was slight bleeding later. I used potassium permanganate to stop the bleeding.
The hamster lived to an old age without recurrence of the leg wart.
Electrosurgery is a
term used to describe multiple modalities that use electricity to
cause thermal destruction of tissue through dehydration, coagulation,
or vaporization. The two types of electrosurgery most commonly used
are high-frequency electrosurgery and electrocautery.
High-frequency
electrosurgery refers to four different methods: electrocoagulation,
electrodesiccation, electrofulguration, and electrosection. These
methods involve high-frequency alternating current, which is
converted to heat by resistance as it passes through the tissue
What is electrosurgery
used for?
Electrosurgery is a
technique often used in dermatologic surgery to provide
superficial or deep coagulation or cutting of the skin. The skin has
poor conducting properties for the electrical flow of energy.
Therefore, this energy builds up and is converted into heat.
Does electrosurgery
hurt?
Electrosurgery cuts
extremely rapidly when compared to a diode laser. When on the
proper setting, hemostasis is almost immediate. Assuming the
electrode is cleaned frequently while operating, the cutting
consistency, speed, and depth of cuts are very good. After cutting,
the wound is nearly painless.
How does electrosurgery
induce tissue effect in surgery?
During electrosurgery,
the back and forth movements of the high-frequency alternating
current make the cellular ions oscillate to create frictional heat.
Thus, electrical energy is converted to mechanical then to thermal
energy intracellularly. Such generated heat produces the thermal
tissue effects.
Surprisingly, the Papakeh restaurant signs came out sharp. It is a
Taiwan Chinese restaurant at 18 Ann Siang Road. Many tourists
and youngsters are found in this location.
PHOTOGRAPHY
TIPS: Asoka Tree at 8.30am. Set TV Mode, AUTO ISO.
Asoka Tree. Yishun Pond Park. 27 Mar 2024. 8.28am
Canon R5, TV, 105mm, 1/1250sec, f/4.5, ISO 8000. The ISO is set to
AUTO.
I used TV Mode as there is a gentle breeze swaying the leaves. I
focus on the shaded flowers in the centre of the tree shape, hence
the AUTO ISO changes to ISO 8000. The high ISO usually causes a
grainy image, but this image looks ok. Best is to get low ISO at
around ISO
500.
Canon R5,
TV, 24mm, 1/1250sec, f/4.5, ISO 800. The ISO is set to AUTO. I
used TV Mode as there is a gentle breeze swaying the leaves.
I
focus on the bright flowers in the centre of the tree shape, hence
the AUTO ISO changes to ISO 800. Best is to get low ISO at around ISO
500 to get less grainy
image.
