Helluva Times

Everyday photography with Singapore-based photographer and buddies.

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Flying Away

Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Tulipa ‘Fly Away’ landing at Tulipmania two springs ago.

This was underexposed by a stop to get the colour come out richer.

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Flying Away

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A Bird-like Reginae

Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Strelitzia reginae, commonly known as the Bird-of-Paradise, in the Barbican Centre.

The light was failing fast and so the image was biased 2-1/3 stops darker to get up the shutter speed to at least 1/40 second. Brightening back up in post had inadvertently produced quite a bit of noise.

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A Bird-like Reginae

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A Zoo Visitor

Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

One of a troop of wild Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) passing through the local zoo.

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Times of Life: A New Side Blog

This may be our last post here but upcoming ones will grace a new secondary blog.

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In Memory of A Princess

Dendrobium Memoria Princess Diana blooming beside Burkill Hall in the National Orchid Garden. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

This orchid was named in memory of Princess Diana in 1997.

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Offspring of the Copper Queen

Hybrid out of a cross of Rhynchobrassoleya Copper Queen and Cattleya purpurata in the National Orchid Garden. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

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David and Goliath

A crow, one of two, probably the Large-billed (Corvus macrorhynchos), mobbing a fishing White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) over the Marina Bay. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

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A Juvenile Sniper

A juvenile Red-whiskered Bulbul, together with an adult and others such as the Magpie Robin, Yellow-vented Bulbul and a Sunda PiedFantail, sniping insects in the air around two Plumeria trees in the Gardens by the Bay. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

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Amaryllis ‘Misty’

Amaryllis ‘Misty’ or Hippeastrum ‘Misty’ making a reappearance in the Flower Dome. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

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Yellow Paws

Kangaroo Paw ‘Yellow’ (Anigozanthos flavidus) blooming in the Australian Garden. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

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Time for Tea

Tea Tree, also known as Manuka Myrtle (Leptospermum scoparium), blooming profusely in the Australian Garden. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

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The Joy of A Little Fragrance

Aranda ‘Little Fragrance’ getting ready in a dark corner for the upcoming Orchid Extravaganza floral display. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

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Dancing Queens

Dancing Lady Orchids (Oncidesa Goldiana) dancing in the wind in the botanic gardens. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

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A Down to Earth Archduke

An Archduke (Lexias pardalis dirteana) sipping nutrients off trail seepage in the Bukit Batok Nature Park. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

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An All Summer Bloomer

Pentas lanceolata or Egyptian Starcluster enjoying the hot and humid climate here in the Gardens by the Bay. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

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The Unregistered Papilionanda

A Papilionanda hybrid out of a cross of Papilionanda William Catherine and Papilionanda Alice Motes at the Singapore Garden Festival. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

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Deep Secrets of a Geranium

A closer look into a Pelargonium, probably the ‘Deep Scarlet’, on the side of the Flower Field. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

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Dancing in Candlelight

A Fuchsia Ballerina flower moving in low-velocity stream of cool air on a shady side of the Flower Field. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.