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From left, the Helix Bridge, Marina Bay Sands, the Art Science Museum and Marina Bay at night, Singapore

From left, the Helix Bridge, Marina Bay Sands, the Art Science Museum and Marina Bay at night, Singapore
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Mar, 2018

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Awards

Winner in Colors of the Night Photo Challenge

Peer Award

+12

Absolute Masterpiece

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Top Ranks

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Behind The Lens

Location

In December, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.

Time

Night time.

Lighting

The night sky had high cloud with no moon or stars, providing a clean black backdrop to the city lights.

Equipment

A Nikon D750 with a Nikkor 24-120 fixed F4 lens. This image is a stitch of 2 landscape shots. The zoom setting was 24mm, ISO 1000, F5 and shutter 1/20 sec.

Inspiration

Singapore is a densely populated human-made wonder, but the architecture there is often inspired by nature. In this scene shape and light presented a very compelling photographic subject.

Editing

Adjustments in Camera RAW to bring out the details and texture in the image. Stitching the 2 shots together. Then polishing in Photoshop to optimise clarity and sharpness.

In my camera bag

I love the mountains, so as little as possible - at present a Nikon D750 camera body, a Nikkor 24-120 small zoom and the 55-300 bigger zoom, a spare battery and lightweight tripod. If I'm going for a summit then it's even less - a compact Lumix TZ2200 with mirrorless through the lens digital view finder, full manual operation and RAW file capture - absolutely great when you still want to control your photography but need to keep moving and can't afford to have stuff hanging off you.

Feedback

I shot this image using a bridge railing for support. In theory such a scene demands a tripod, but by dialing up the ISO and using a camera can that deliver high quality images at high ISO settings, I was able to capture this on the fly, essentially handheld.

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Light show

From left, the Helix Bridge, Marina Bay Sands, the Art Science Museum and Marina Bay at night, Singapore

Behind The Lens

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