Night Street Photo – Under The Chinese Lanterns

RICOH GR2 – f/2.8 1/40 sec. -0.0 EV ISO 1600
DNG post-processed in Photoshop Camera RAW

Night Street Photo – Not All Who Wonder Are Lost

RICOH GR2 – f/2.8 1/8 sec. -0.0 EV ISO 3200
DNG post-processed in Photoshop Camera RAW

Not Quite Night series #71 – When Sodium Vapor Hits 4

Night Street Photo – Fray the Middle to Meet the Ends

RICOH GR2 – f/2.8 1/15 sec. -0.3 EV ISO 1600
DNG post-processed in Photoshop Camera RAW

Not Quite Night series #70 – Se7en Nights of Static (Panorama)

NQN #70 – Se7en Nights of Static

HORIZON PERFEKT | 28mm | settings not recorded | Kodak Portra 800 | Developed and scanned at Triple-D Mini Lab | Further post-processed in Photoshop

Night Street Photo – Cast Against Type

RICOH GR2 – f/2.8 1/25 sec. 0.0 EV ISO 3200
DNG post-processed in Photoshop Camera RAW

Not Quite Night series #69 – The Remains of The Day (Panorama)

NQN #69 – The Remains of The Day

HORIZON PERFEKT | 28mm | settings not recorded | Kodak Portra 800 | Exposed for +2/3 f/stop | Developed and scanned at Triple-D Mini Lab | Further post-processed in Photoshop

Not Quite Night series #68 – When Sodium Vapor Hits 3

Not Quite Night series #67 – When Sodium Vapor Hits 2

Night Street Photo – Untitled

RICOH GR2 – f/2.8 1/15 sec. -0.3 EV ISO 1000
DNG post-processed in Photoshop Camera RAW

Not Quite Night series #66 –On The Flip Side

Night Street Photo – Horton's Orange Horn

RICOH GR2 – f/2.8 1/15 sec. -0.3 EV ISO 1000
DNG post-processed in Photoshop Camera RAW

Not Quite Night series #65 –Mount Emily Road

Night Street Photo – CAUTION

RICOH GR2 – f/2.8 1/15 sec. -0.3 EV ISO 800
DNG post-processed in Photoshop Camera RAW

Not Quite Night series #64 – Ellison Building

Not Quite Night series #63 – In The Shade of Lodging

Night Street Photo – Little Shy Boy

NIKON FM10 | 50mm f/1.8 | Settings Not Recorded

CineStill 800Tungsten | ISO 800 rated at 500 | X-processed and scanned in Triple-D Minilab
Further enhancement in Color Efex Pro 4

Not Quite Night series #62 – Moon Gate

Night Street Photo – Crimson Durian

RICOH GR2 f/2.8 1/100 sec -0.3 EV ISO 800DNG post-processed in Adobe Photoshop withColour Efex Pro 4 (Nik Collection)

Horizon Perfekt on Kodak Portra 400

Tonight in this blog, I'm not trying to do any sort of products review, but more on sharing my shooting experience and photographs using a swing lens panorama camera on Kodak Portra 400.

I bought my Horizon Perfekt point & shoot swing lens camera in 2007 and by far I had made only 18 rolls of film, and yes I have to admit I didn't use the camera too often. Suffice to say night photography with this camera has never came across my mind. Recently I decided to load a roll of Kodak Portra 400 and headed downtown on the second last night of iLight 2018 @ Marina Bay Sands. I have always enjoyed using this swing lens camera and upon completed a roll I sent it to the local photo lab for film processing and scanning, and I welcome you to view the photos.

This Used To Be My Playground serial – Animals Kingdom playground (2018)

It’s been 3 months since the last blog posted on the Aeroplane Playground  I was pretty much pre-occupied with other stuff and finally got the chance to get out at night for this unique playground located in the northern part of Singapore.

Welcome you to take on this uniquely night safari experience.

Night Street Photo –Violet Edge

RICOH GR2 – f/5.6 1/50 sec. -0.3 EV ISO 3200
DNG post-processed in Photoshop Camera RAW

Night Street Photo – Untitled

Not Quite Night series #61 – At The End of Arrival 3

Not Quite Night series #60 – Kampong Lorong Buangkok

This Used To Be My Playground serial – Aeroplane playground (2017) + one more

This is another one of many modern newly designed playground equipments which I came across during my research on the internet. In mid-August I came across the Tank playground equipment located in the west region of Singapore, and in late November, I found this one which is located in the north region. It was great fun making photographs of these two. Make the jump to view my new work.

Playground lit under ambient light

Not Quite Night series #59 – Sunset Way

Not Quite Night series #58 – Sleeping 3RDteen

Not Quite Night series #57 – Moire Fencing

Not Quite Night series #56 – At The End of Arrival 2

Not Quite Night series #55 – Split Head 3

Not Quite Night series #54 – Ghost Tree

Night Street Photo – The Big White Poncho

RICOH GR2 – f/8.0 1/8 sec. -0.3 EV ISO 6400
DNG post-processed in Photoshop Camera RAW and
converted to B&W in Nik Collection - Silver Efex Pro 2

Not Quite Night series #53 – Foliage Head Dress

Not Quite Night series #52 – Macpherson Lodge

Not Quite Night series #51 – Clive Street

Nikon D70s on Tamron 17-35mm – f/3.5 1/25 sec. +0.67EV ISO 1600

This was my first attempt on Not Quite Night with a Nikon D70s on Tamron 17-35mm. Compared to the early NQN photos which were made with Apple iPhone 6 Plus, image quality is definitely a whole lot better, even when shot on hand-held.

This photo could not be made possible during the nautical twilight period due to the heavy traffic flow of vehicles, pedestrians and eating house customers, as well as vehicles parked along the road side. Hence, I made an effort to wake up early and walked all the way from my home to Clive Street in Little India. Yes I literally walked about 3.5km. Upon arrival, I recce around the vicinity to find the best vantage spot and here it is, where I stationed myself and waited for the first light to make this shot on a Sunday dawn.

Well, I did make some shots with my iPhone 6 Plus and here are 2 results in different aspect ratio.

Apple iPhone 6 Plus on Camera+ app. Tilt-shifted in SKRWT and

post-processed in Snapseed

Apple iPhone 6 Plus on Camera+ app in Panorama mode.
Tilt-shifted in SKRWT and post-processed in Snapseed

In a blog I posted last November, in which I wrote about my new compact point-n-shoot camera, RICOH GR II, and since then I have made some good NQN photos which of course I will be posting them one by one here on a weekly basis.

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Night Street Photo – Back in the Alley

Night Street Photo – Alley Junction

Night Street Photo – Back Alley Lounge

Night Street Photo – Quiet Old Street

Night Street Photo – Macpherson Lodge

RICOH GR2 – f/2.8 1/100 sec. -0.3 EV ISO 6400
DNG post-processed in Photoshop Camera RAW

Night Street Photo – Terra-cotta Figure

Night Street Photo – In The Park: a Tribute to Brassai

Two nights ago I was on my way home, walking past this park with many street lamps and I thought it would be interesting to make some experimental shots with my Ricoh GR2 along with a transparent plastic bag as a soft focus filter. I took many shots and results vary. Eventually I got this one and since I shot in DNG format I have more controls in post-production.

After much tweaking, I find the image has this vintage feel that reminiscent of the late photographer, Brassai's night photographs in the 1930s. So I decided to pay a tribute to him. I wasn't trying to copy his work but most importantly I was experimenting for fun. I will keep trying and shoot more with the plastic bag.

Night Street Photo – Night After Sidewalk No. 2

RICOH GR2 – f/2.8 1/15sec. -0.3 EV ISO 110
Color DNG post-processed in Photoshop Camera RAW and
converted to black & white in Silver Efex Pro 2

Night Street Photo – Night After Sidewalk No. 1

RICOH GR II – f/8.0 1/25 sec. -0.3EV ISO 6400
Color DNG post-processed in Photoshop Camera RAW and
converted to black and white in Silver Efex Pro 2

My New RICOH GR II

Yesterday I got my hands on a new toy – RICOH GR II. Yes the most favourite compact point-n-shoot digital camera beloved by many street photographers. The main reason for getting this camera is that I want a small and unobtrusive camera for daily street shootings and to take up the task of shooting for Not Quite Night project.

This camera is so light in weigh and yet feels so solid good on my palm. Its ergonomic design on the hand grip is comfortable and the furnishing is pretty nice too. Before I purchase this camera, I've downloaded the user manual from the internet a couple of weeks earlier and read it through a few times. So when I got it on my hands, I know how to handle.

I felt so excited and after recharging the battery for about 3.5 hours, I made my way out in the streets in the late evening for some low light shootings. Like a beginner with his first camera, I shot almost anything that caught my attention. Well, 99% of the street photos are failures and I'm still learning to master the shooting techniques as I'm used to shoot cameras with viewfinder. I'm still learning to know which features work best for certain lighting condition and to know them at my finger tips as this camera is designed for one hand operation purpose. Every single button is easily within reach of your index finger and thumb.

I can customised the camera settings to my likings and preset them in 6 individual memory slots. In addition, I can assign any one of the presets to the main Memory Dial - MY1, MY2 and MY3 respectively. This is helpful when certain lighting condition calls for that camera setting and I can quickly dial to that setting and start shooting.

After a few hours of shootings, I managed to get that 1% chance of some decent street photos. As I always shoot images in RAW format, the GR2 comes in DNG (aka Digital Negative) format, which Adobe Photoshop supports. After some post-processing in Photoshop Camera RAW, I am really impressed by the results which I would be showing one of them in a new blog later tonight at 10:10PM. I will post the rest one by one, with a little caption, on a weekly basis as usual, starting next weekend.

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