National Day

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Originally uploaded by ton2fig.

Today is Singapore National Day, my first holiday here. There are some "national day" events happening at the, where else but the National Stadium. There are national day sales here and there and also national day TV specials.

Have I said "National Day" enough?

Last night was part two of Singapore Fireworks Festival, featuring the Singapore Team. Lots of people gathered around The Merlion and The Esplanade to watch the fireworks display in Marina Bay. Unfortunately, we picked the wrong spot to watch and scrambled for position only after the fireworks started. Nonetheless, I managed to capture some interesting pictures, with people's heads as foreground. The display lasted for about twelve minutes. Bought a tripod yesterday and set the camera on the fireworks setting. There are a couple of interesting snaps, including a "star effect" shown here. I caught them by chance, as I set a one-second delay in shooting so as not to nudge the camera when taking a shot.

This is the star effect, or whatever it's called:


So check the rest of the snaps in here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ton2fig/sets/72157594229349844/