We went back to East Coast Park in the afternoon for prawning. After which we had dinner at the hawker centre. Here are some of the pictures we took after dinner while walking about.
Woke up early in the morning at East Coast Park where we were camping to take photos.
Esther is turning eight this year on the 10th of March and she had a party this Saturday where she invited her friends. She had a lot of fun. She invited both her kindergarden and primary school friends over. There were lots of kids and they had lots of fun watching the magic show.
Woke up at 6am today to walk to Chinese Garden to take photos of the sun rise. Well I did manage to catch the sun rise but there was a lack of interesting clouds resulting in a very plain looking sky.
Another attempt at taking photos of the moon using the 75-300. It is really quite difficult to achieve accurate focus even with a tripod as any slight movement results in a major shift in the image due to the extreme focal length. The craters are clearly visible but not as sharp as I would like them ...
The family took the opportunity on Sunday to walk to the coffee shop for breakfast. Along the way, we stopped by the playground where the kids had a good time at the playground.
While Esther had her art class at Fusionopolis, I took the opportunity to walk around and take some photos using the EM1 and the 12-40. I particularly like the wider part of the lens for this.
Had a bit of fun with Perfect Photo Suite 8 and Lightroom to create a more artistic looking image of a shot done at East Coast Park. Here is the final results of the processing. I like the final results as it gave the original image more character, like an old deserted spooky place. The colours are ...
Esther and I built a wooden dinosaur using a kit that Pauline brought. The kit was rather well made and we had a good time making it. The dinosaur has motors and sensors on it so it could respond to commands given using an IR remote. The following is the final dinosaur in all its glory. http://youtu ...
Esther with her sharp eyes spotted a smiley face on the cup handle.