more sunrise shoots to update.. friday was an unproductive day.. slept half the day away, and slept in the evening after that.. woke up sometime after midnight, studied for abit.. got out of the house at about 5.15.. found out that there wasn't any bus until 5.50, factoring in the time it takes to get there, took a cab to YCK MRT instead.. reached Sembawang at exactly 6am, got something to eat..
Sembawang at 6.17am.. had a bit of time on my hands, so went to a block nearby to take some night (early morning) scenes.. not much traffic around since it a Saturday morning.. took the 6.37am 882 bus to Sembawang park.. quite a short trip, cos the bus skipped all stops since I was the only passenger on board and no one waiting for that bus.. wasn't much to capture.. too cloudy for anything, the sun only peek out of the clouds after 7..
lonesome..
the sky's the limit.. the park is actually quite a nice place for studying.. in the morning at least, shady trees and those stone tables/benches.. read some notes there while waiting for Raidah's reply, I was in the neighbourhood, so asked if she wasnted to have breakfast.. got back to Sun Plaza at 8, waited at mac, read more notes again.. it has been 2 years since we met, back at 05's balloon hat festival i think.. left at 9+, took the MRT back to YCK to change to 76.. luckily it was a double decker bus, not much ppl upstairs, did more reading on the ride to marine parade.. read about Canon's EOS Experience Day so decided to head on down there.. the walk to eastcoast park was long though.. but it was quite worth it.. got to play with their supertele primes (aka the big guns) there.. if you ever watch soccer on TV and seen the sidelines where all the photographers are, you know what I mean..
the $150,000(!) 1200mm f/5.6L lens.. probably the only chance mere mortals like us get to play with this monster of a lens.. incase you're wondering how much "zoom" this thing has.. see the other side of the lagoon? you can capture ppl cycling/running there.. though technically it doesn't have zoom as its a prime lens..
some pics taken by this lens..
the 1D Mk III was also on display there.. it accepted both CF and SD cards, so plugged in mine.. wanted to bring along my 2GB Ultimate card though, but it had some problems.. 10 frames per second is serious crazy.. my 512mb card finished in no time, had to delete some old pics..
what 10 frames per second sounds like.. if you somehow did manage to count exactly how many shots were taken, pls let me know.. hahaa.. could capture the entire squence of a jump, coupled with the incredible AF, hardly any action is missed.. could see why its the professional sport photographer's camera of choice.. also met Timothy there, he was with his dad checking out the cams also, at least he has his own SLR.. started to downpour at about 1.. was stuck inside the tent for sometime before it subsided enough for me to take out my umbrella.. tried more stuff inside, including the full-frame 5D..
my S80 with the monster lens.. took the free shutter shuttle bus back to Bedok.. had lunch at one of the coffee shots, then went to mac to study.. did the maths mock paper.. before long it was 4+, took 25 back to AMK where my dad fetched me.. had dinner at a restaurant near YCK stadium..
Blogger profile name: Jeremy Chan age:19 height: 168 weight: 61 location: Hougang, Singapore currently: serving NS schools: Yamaha Music School (kindergarten), Montfort Junior, Montfort Secondary, Catholic Junior College (PAE), Nanyang Junior College CCA: Band (Clarinet)/ Photographic Society DOB: 14th April star sign: Aries wishlist: to be famous, someone.. quote: The difference between a stepping stone and a stumbling block is how you step on it current gadgets:Canon EOS 40D, Powershot S80, Panasonic LX-3,
