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Good evening fellow night dwellers! Tonight I'm kickstarting this short night photography serial on Dakota Crescent which I would be posting one night photograph of this unique and soon-to-be-gone oldest rental flats estate, on every Saturday night 10:10PM SGT. View the photo after the jump.
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Located off Old Airport Road, Dakota Crescent’s mix of low-rise HDB blocks have been unchanged since they were first built in 1958 and it is one of Singapore’s oldest HDB estates.
Named after a plane model that landed at Kallang Airport in the past, the flats in the estate are fitted with retro-looking grills and doors of yore. Its old-school dove-shaped playground with mosaic tiles are reminiscent of Singapore in the 1950s. Talking about the dove playground, I've had posted a blog in 2012 here.
Before I end this blog, I'd like to declare and clarify that I'm not trying to document Dakota Crescent like any other form of documentary photography whatsoever. Personally I find this place nice and quiet and unique, partly because of its dove playground and its night atmosphere. That's all to it.
Last year in March I visited this part of the neighborhood where I made the top photo of the concrete table and trees next to Block 18, titled 'Heartland Tranquilty'. On my recent visit, I turned my lens on Block 18 and included the trees. As the lighting contrast is huge, I decided to use HDR technique with a little light painting on the foreground tree to make it as natural as possible in 3-dimensional and with layered textures.
I hope you like the night photographs presented here, as much as I love making them and it's always a joy sharing my work with you readers. Thank you for your continuous kind support.
Until next weekend, good night and lights off!
Named after a plane model that landed at Kallang Airport in the past, the flats in the estate are fitted with retro-looking grills and doors of yore. Its old-school dove-shaped playground with mosaic tiles are reminiscent of Singapore in the 1950s. Talking about the dove playground, I've had posted a blog in 2012 here.
Before I end this blog, I'd like to declare and clarify that I'm not trying to document Dakota Crescent like any other form of documentary photography whatsoever. Personally I find this place nice and quiet and unique, partly because of its dove playground and its night atmosphere. That's all to it.
Last year in March I visited this part of the neighborhood where I made the top photo of the concrete table and trees next to Block 18, titled 'Heartland Tranquilty'. On my recent visit, I turned my lens on Block 18 and included the trees. As the lighting contrast is huge, I decided to use HDR technique with a little light painting on the foreground tree to make it as natural as possible in 3-dimensional and with layered textures.
I hope you like the night photographs presented here, as much as I love making them and it's always a joy sharing my work with you readers. Thank you for your continuous kind support.
Until next weekend, good night and lights off!
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