Marina Bay After Dark

My photography group met at Merlion park for some night shots of beautiful Marina Bay. Geoff and I live very close by and we run here at night and enjoy the beautiful sights. I hope you enjoy the photos.

This is a long exposure shot since it is after sunset with little light. The long exposure allows more light to hit the camera sensor and also makes the water shooting out of the Merlion to look more silky, less like droplets. The Merlion is the Singapore mascot, half fish and half lion. The fish represents Singapore's start as a fishing village, the lion represents Singapore's original name, Singapura, meaning lion city. 

Another viewpoint, standing close to the same spot but looking at the front of the Merlion. Beautiful skyline. It is dark so its hard to see but there are steps leading into the water and people are sitting on the steps enjoying the cool-ish breezes. 

Another angle with more of the skyline. See the tall building on the far left of the photo? That is The Sail condos and our condo is sort of behind those buildings.

I like the way the long exposure makes the water in the bay look. Very soft and dreamy. 

Laser light show twice every night. If you are at the Marina Bay Sands they have a pretty cool show projected onto water that is sprayed up from the bay. For this photo the water in the bay looks more realistic since the exposure wasn't as long.

Me playing around with the zoom. The Merlion made it into the shot.

Happy Friday!!!

Pink Kites and Night Lights

It wasn't a beautiful sunset like I hoped. It rained all morning and afternoon and the clouds stayed into the evening after the rain had stopped so the sunset was pretty boring. However, the city lights at night did not let me down. Here are some shots taken at the Marina Barrage. Enjoy!

This is Marina Barrage. You can walk up to the roof top, there is a nice lawn, have a picnic and fly a kite. Many families come here on the weekend to fly kites.

This is the view standing in front of the Barrage, looking back at the city. They must have sailing lessons here.

Pink kite, lots of families enjoying the evening.

Quite a large space on the roof top lawn.

Spider man kite!

City view, a little hazy but not bad. The fountains at the barrage are off to conserve water. It rained all day but we really needed it. The last few months Singapore has been experiencing an unusual dry spell. 

Hello kitty kite on the lawn of the Marina Barrage.

Boring sunset...wish it was more dramatic.

Night lights :) Love the reflections too! This was taken from the bridge at the Marina Barrage.

I love love love this soft focus. Very dreamy like.

Happy Friday!!!