Bintan Panoramic Postcard

Bintan, small Indonesian island a stonethrow from Singapore (1 hour ferry) is a good beach getaway if you dont want to step into a plan. Unofrtunately its completely "controlled" by tourists from Singapore, so the prices are fully adapted and NOT indonesian standard. Anyway we had a good relaxing 2 days. I didnt bring any serious cam, but the my V705 friend, which I played with when it got too booring. Some postcard style stuff.

Bintan, Indonesia

Gigapan Chinese Garden

The GIGAPAN version of the panoramic shootout (the highres contestant only).

Shootout Canon 1Ds vs Kodak V705

Yep, it is not a fair competition ! Not even a help for you to decide on which camera you gonna buy (besides the fact that both cameras are not available anymore). But for the fun of comparing.

Canon 1Ds: one image 11MP, pano sample image (org) 2.4393x 3.968 ( part of a 23 image pano)
Kodak V705: one image 5PM, pano sample image (org) 6.196x1.696 (3 shot pano mode)

V705

Canon 1Ds

V705

Canon 1Ds

Canon 1Ds

V705

Singapore Chinese Garden Panorama

Some postcard panoramas from my early morning walk around Chinese Garden. This is really my panoramic playground and sandbox. During the week I am alone with some workers cleaning the walkways and cutting the lawn and the security guard lady at the entrance who knows my name by now as "regular". The place only gets "crowded" during saturdays and sundays. One of the sleepy tourist attraction in Singapore and I love it for that. Hope that there is no masterplan to put it under a roof and install an aircondition.

Company Car

The first panoramaXL truck ! The logo is not printed yet (and its rather boring placed like that). I am playing around with some ideas to place a panoramic view onto the truck. I love photoshop. Will upload some ideas soon..

Avertising Budget

Put some money aside from various jobs as a small advertising budget running ads in lifestyle and design related magazines. If you want to explore this field I advise dont spend too much and also dont raise your expectations too high regarding feedback. You dont need to hire a fulltime secretary to be able to handle all the incoming calls and emails because of the ad !

New Terminal 3 of Singapore Changi Airport

The new and shiny terminal 3 of Changi Airport. A mixture of shopping-center and airport though. The continous competition with Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and new Bangkok airport. A nice place with some beautiful architectural features.
Cant notice the seams because of the cluttery design. I love this camera !

Happy New Year 2008

A new panoramic year starts. Hope you continue to enjoy the journey. Any resolutions ? Not really, make more panoramas and prints. Spend more time outside. To have a good start today I was loitering around Bukit Batok Park and West Coast Park.

Singapore drawing board

This is on eof the most fascinating places in Singapore for me. Punggol. Most of the cities dump houses, condos, shopping centre somewehere in the green and afterwards start thinking about transportation. Here is different, first one create streets and a full flavor MRT/LRT with complete stations (only coke vending machine is missing), then start constructing houses. Thats like legoland ! Very attractive to return and do some more serious panoramic work. Soon...
Here some preview..

Singapore's rather unknown places

Being in Singapore for five years I really enjoy still finding places that are soo Orchard Road style, but rather unknown or hidden ! Having a car makes it easier to explore this places that dont have access by MRT. Today driving around Sembawang and Punggol. See by yourself, the Bottle Tree Village (link) you wouldnt expect in Singapore, right ? A great place to go for lunch or dinner !

Bottle Tree Village

Punggol

Just black and white

As with 99% of all other digi cams offering a bw mode (besides color,sepia,whatthehack.. mode) the bw mode of the V705 is poor. So I continue to shoot in color and rather convert in the diglab at home. Just some very simple 2 bw pans.

Weather (before-after)

Is there a direct relation between public holiday and bad weather ? One day later, I happened to be nearby again and found this. Seems the Kodak V705 render the colors (sunny condition) very strong. Almost upset, because would have been lovely conditions for a serious panorama with the big panocam.

day before

Rainy Days in Singapore

What to do on a rainy day (one of many currently) ? No point setting up equipment, or start one of many tests of my current projects, so I ended up having a nice walk in the nearby Chinese Garden and creating some panos with one hand and holding the umbrella with the other hand. And how to spice up soggy weather pictures ? Cross-Process them ! My favorite style (for a while).

Daily Dose of V705 (Lavender and Geylang)

A walkabout in the streets of Singapore. Lucky there are still places less than perfect in this city, some corners with dirt, dust and reality. V705 playtime !

Daily Dose of V705 (2)

I love to bring this small camera-cum-panorama-toy along. Yesterday's sunday afternoon outing to Pulau Ubin (Singapore island). But ..
a) a bit of light falls on the screen and its impossible to aim for the panorama segments to match.
b) if you dont have an object in the overlap to help you aiming, you are lost as well.
Its great to play, but not a source for 3x1m prints.