Yesterday

Two places, again

I went to 2 places again, yesterday. The first was at Punggol Marina where I spent a good 3o minutes on my feet. I brought my EP2 together with my fish eye lens which I bought a day before. 

It was a pleasant walk, although my feet starts to hurt midway, while I was going back to the car. Took some pictures of the marina itself and the boardwalk. 

The boardwalk

Water taxi

Saw lots of boats tied to the piers, but what was most striking is the appearance of the "water taxis". Have not seen them before at the marina. They were brightly painted and I wonder if those are the same "water taxis" that is plying the Singapore River. That is quite a distance to travel between there and the Marina.

Yellow water taxi

Bell

I noticed a bell next to a red box with "fire extinguisher" in white painted over it. I now realised, after many countless time what the bell is for. Its a fire alarm. Its so quaint. I do not think that it is being use to signal an emergency.

Bell with the big, red fire extinguisher box.

Next, Bishan Park

I went to Bishan Park to accompany a friend to test out his newly bought used Nikkor 50mm 1.8. I took that as another opportunity to go for a walk. Which I did. Have never been to the park before I think the park is simply splendid. Big wide pavements and there is a stream that across it lengthwise. One can just simply go down to the stream and play with the water. No fence. 

The other stream.

Took some more pictures but this time, I used my EP2 and with the aid of a FOTGA adapter, which came in the mail during lunch time, I mated the EP2 with a Super-Multi-Coated-Takumar 28mm 3.5. The combo gives very sharp results. However, the use of the adapter results in me being able to focus at infinity and beyond just as the focussing scale hit 1.0m. I guess, with this adapter, one cannot use the lens focussing scale to carry out shots based on scale focussing.

I used the Diorama ART filter on the EP2. 

Bridge

There is bridge too, you can see in the background in the picture above, but I have not managed to reach there yet. Hopefully to reach there the next time I am there. Hopefully bringing my family along. I took some people fishing for the fishes in the pond. Small fish, just for fun, to be kept in their aquarium. They did not use bait but they wrap a shiny, small piece of scotch tape to attract the fish to the hook. And with a sudden jab of the wrist, I saw how they managed to get the fish.. Was not quick enough to take pictures of the fish though as I was more interested in looking for reflections in the water.

Fishing

I guess thats about it. Will write more about my daily walks.

Slim