A walk around Singapore (9-13 Oct '11)

Made another trip to Singapore and managed to see some sights I couldn't the last time. This time I only brought a Canon 50mm F1.2L (on long term loan) and Sigma AF 8-16mm F4.5-5.6 DC HSM. I have to say the Canon 50mm is a superb lens. While it isn't the fastest in focusing, the results from f1.2 is simply brilliant. It sucks in more light than a blackhole! Everything in the background also basically melts into a gooey blurry liquid. Bokehlicious!

I also brought my Joby Gorillapod Zoom but was quite disappointed with the performance. Anchored to a rail, it was barely able to handle my Canon 60D + Canon 50mm F1.2, even though it's rated for 5kg. Meh.

Anyway, I really liked how some of these photos turned out. With the help of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, I am able to clean up the noise and sharpen the images quite easily. It also helps in 'popping' the colors. It is now an indispensable tool for me.

Full set of pictures on Flickr

I've yet to find the guts to shoot much of people from in front of them so most of the pictures here are from the back. And some of the composition is still off, but I think I've made a bit of improvement which is always nice.