National Day CR-4 Coverage - 3 Jul 2010

It's been awhile - mainly found myself caught in with 912 photos after last saturday's NDP rehearsal.

It was a day of mixed blessings, as the tickets for a rather premium seat came just two days before. On the day itself, the sky looked bleak and threatening - to the dismay of most photographers. It didn't lend itself any favour of good photo shots, due to poor, undirectional lighting, as you can see in the photos as the day progressed. Anyhow here are some of the photos I decided to upload to flickr:


Some shots before gaining entry to the seats - They were incidentally my favourite shots of the day:


#1. The Lamp-post

#2 The Victorian Gate

#3 The stairway

Some shots during the event:

#3 Overall View of the Padang V3

#5 The Kallang wave w/ Ponchos
#6 The Infantry Contingent?

#7 The Men With Saws

#7 was my favourite of the mobile shots! I felt it caught the spirit or moment of what these men are trying to portray, even if they put it up as a show. All in, many shots were done in 3200 ISO, even some of the firework shots. It was disappointing, but nonetheless a very challenging event to cover. Hopefully, more opportunities like that to come, with a better weather to boot.

Rest of the photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31221849@N06/sets/72157624432998878/with/4771696866/

Please do leave comments if any do catch your eye!

Oh with the internet security coming up as an issue, please note that all photos, as with flickr, are all rights reserved. That means you cannot use it for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without my permission, the photographer and copyright owner.

Gears for comfort

Made a couple of purchases today!

Firstly related to the previous post, I have found my match. The winner is the Think Tank StreetWalker Pro!

Here are some pics:

Full View:

Top Flip:

All my gear stuffed in!

And the other purchases:

Neck Strap to replace the default one:

550D Battery Grip (BG-E8)

So why the grip?

• It enhances grip as the 550D is rather small for a normal guy's hands.
• It allows convenient portrait shoot as there is a 2nd shutter release button
• It adds weight to the relatively light 550D body.
• Heavy lens (in the future) makes the body imbalanced.
• With my 580EX II, it is already top heavy.
• Lastly, increase battery lifetime (strangely enough, the least of the priorities, despite the name, battery grip).