The Singapore Botanic Gardens is always good for a leisurely outing and new discoveries for photo opportunities. Well, the latter is a little hard to overly indulge in with JacJac around but nothing's impossible.
I cannot decide if this is a flower or fruit but it sure catches the eye!
The tree that is showering its vicinity with cotton wool (actually seeds with large clumps of "wool" attached to help with dispersion)
... and that's got Mr Kaypoh here sniffing around!
An otherwise good shot but for my inexperience behind the 100mm Macro. More practise!
New sheriff with his canine deputy
No hands, less friction!
Then I was shooting some ducks during a routine water break when folks in a nearby pavilion started speaking quickly and softly and pointing excitedly into the bushes.
So, I went over to investigate and found the source of their excitement...
This bugger was easily 1.5 to 2 metres long (not including its tongue, heh) and had apparently just caught a large fish from the lake. It was just retreating into the safety of some bushes to savour its catch, which made it kinda difficult to shoot. I had to creep around slowly to find a good angle with minimum foilage to avoid any unwanted reaction from the lizard (either moving farther away or worse, thinking I am after it's meal and attacking me!).
I have the deepest respect for the folks behind Discovery Channel Wildlife.
Some playtime after the intense action before heading home!
Playtime is always good time!
I cannot decide if this is a flower or fruit but it sure catches the eye!
The tree that is showering its vicinity with cotton wool (actually seeds with large clumps of "wool" attached to help with dispersion)
... and that's got Mr Kaypoh here sniffing around!
An otherwise good shot but for my inexperience behind the 100mm Macro. More practise!
New sheriff with his canine deputy
No hands, less friction!
Then I was shooting some ducks during a routine water break when folks in a nearby pavilion started speaking quickly and softly and pointing excitedly into the bushes.
So, I went over to investigate and found the source of their excitement...
This bugger was easily 1.5 to 2 metres long (not including its tongue, heh) and had apparently just caught a large fish from the lake. It was just retreating into the safety of some bushes to savour its catch, which made it kinda difficult to shoot. I had to creep around slowly to find a good angle with minimum foilage to avoid any unwanted reaction from the lizard (either moving farther away or worse, thinking I am after it's meal and attacking me!).I have the deepest respect for the folks behind Discovery Channel Wildlife.
Some playtime after the intense action before heading home!
Playtime is always good time!
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