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Sungei Buloh

January 25, 2009

When I was just starting with photography, I visited Sungei Buloh the first time with my housemate, a photography enthusiast as well.  That was year 2004.  I was only using then a compact digital camera.

Now, after five years, I got the chance to see again the nature park with a new group of shooting buddies from my office.  Each one is geared with a DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera and a set of gadgets including telephoto zoom lenses.

As the trail guide puts into words, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve is “set in 30 hectares of mangroves, mudflats, ponds and secondary forest… (It) is a rare oasis of natural wonders and tranquility, home to unique plants and animals, as well as wintering ground for migratory birds.”

While my shooting buddies delighted on shooting birds and distant living subjects using their telephoto lenses, I only managed to capture some macro shots and landscape scenes.  Well, do what you can with what you’ve got.  Simply, I don’t have telephoto lens haha…

The Reserve is not just a natural habitation.  It is also an abode to discover and find artworks inspired by what can be seen in the Reserve.  At the Visitors Center, photographs of the wetland’s inhabitants can be spotted.  There’s an interesting multihued relief mural and a Nature Gallery.  Art is also displayed in some amusing ways: male and female toilets’ sign are not the usual human figures but of distinct male and female emerald doves; trash bins on some parts of the trails feature hand paintings of the animals.

Inspired by what I’ve witnessed in Reserve, I tried an attempt to come up with a few art pieces.  Sungei Buloh in digital art… through the photographs I’ve taken.

To view more of raw photographs, here’s the link.

http://www.pbase.com/rivillaroman/sungei_buloh

 

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too bad the image wouldn’t show buddy..
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