AQUAMARINE PROMISE RING

Hi my photo fanatic buddies! It's already been 5 days I left my Flickr to rust. Now, I'm back for more "polishing" :D . So, here's an additional night landscape photo from Singapore. I felt like my this were the lasts of my Singapore photos, although I'm still confident that there's must be more that I can still process. Oh well, I'll get on to that later. Don't worry. =)

Me and my family had dinner with my uncle's family at one of the Japanese restaurant in Vivo City, which is near Harbour Front. After our tasty dinner, my uncle walked us to Harbour Front just outside and let us enjoy the view of the lighted Sentosa. It was such a fascinating moment for me to be able to come back and see Sentosa Island after my last vacation here 6 years ago =') . This time, I brought my flash-mounted DSLR to capture the moment.

I placed my camera on one of the concrete poles since I don't have a tripod with me. Then, placed my lens cap beneath the lens body. I had to wrapped the straps around my hand because if I make any unwanted mistakes, my entire gears would dropped into the water and I wouldn't be able to retrieve it. I have gears worth USD$2000 on the line here! Slowly, I adjusted the manual focus ring to achieve the sharpest quality, then pushed the zoom ring a little bit further outward. Using the live view feature, I can precisely look at what I'm doing towards the settings. Once all was set, I gave it a shutter. I did a couple more shots with different variations within the settings so that I can choose the best ones. =)

Next day, I returned home. Put the picture up my PC and neutralize the warm temperature due to the lightings in the picture. Then, I slightly darken the picture and the shadows to enhance the expression. At first, I uploaded into my hard drive, there was no sharp edges at any part of the picture until I uploaded it here I can see it. Darn! What is going here?! ='(

It was my last night in Singapore. Therefore, I think this is my last night shot of the entire vacation =( Despite that awful fact, I still gave my last efforts for a good night photography and I did it so well. I'm proud of myself. Don't worry folks, I will try to post more Singapore photos as soon as possible. In the meantime, enjoy the night landscape. ^_^

Any thoughts you want to put out? Don't feel shy and tell me about it. =)

Positive comments, suggestions and recommendations are sincere and always truly appreciated. ^_^

Picture by: Aad Born
Camera: Asahi Pentax Spotmatic II

Site of the ambush in the Rung Sat (forest of assasins)
The "Rung Sat Special zone" was once a dense mangrove covered swamp along the main shipping channels into Saigon.
Because of the excellent cover afforded by the mangroves swamp, hostile forces operated with near impunity.
In 1965 alone, aerial spray crews delivered over 77.000 gallons of defoliant.
One of the most successful defoliation projects ever.
From june 1969 to february 1970 US army, airforce and navy units conducted unrelenting counter-offensive operations and established security for merchant ships on the vital Long Tau shipping channel to Saigon.

Still, april 14th 1970, VC or NVA forces did ambush and attack the "Arca".
A sunken ship could effectively block the main supply route into Saigon.
VC or NVA units tried this over and over again.