Singapore National Day - The Flag Flies by The Sands

D700 70-300mm @ 100 ISO400 f/5 1/250

The land behind the towers where the gardens are being completed was spoiling the balance of colors with some yellow and reddish brown. So I converted the image to black and white while keeping the flag as well as the helicopters lights and signs in their original colors. The result isn't that bad!

Marina Bay Barrage (4)

D700 70-300mm @ 180 ISO200 f/11 0.8 sec tripod

The construction on the roof of the Sands building is just amazing. I liked the passing cloud that had a shape similar to the capping structure of the Sands. The key here was timing. First, the natural light had to be nicely balanced with the building lights, especially with the underbelly lighting of the roof structure. Second, the cloud still had to be in the frame when the light was right...