{"id":1718,"date":"2016-08-31T22:20:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T14:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ywo.id.au\/blog\/?p=1718"},"modified":"2025-02-23T21:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T13:33:09","slug":"singapore-flora-and-fauna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/2016\/08\/31\/singapore-flora-and-fauna\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore flora and fauna"},"content":{"rendered":"

I travelled to Singapore recently, and snapped several photographs of (cultivated) flora and (captive) fauna while there. First are some pictures from Gardens by the Bay, inside a large, climate-controlled dome that was significantly cooler than the tropical environment outside.<\/p>\n

\"Waterfall
Waterfall at Gardens by the Bay, July 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The interior of the Cloud Forest dome is dominated by a large waterfall that cascades down a few storeys of various displays, housed in the building behind the waterfall.<\/p>\n

\"White
White flowers at Gardens by the Bay, July 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Leaves
Leaves at Gardens by the Bay, July 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Carved
Carved statue at Gardens by the Bay, July 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There were some carved wooden statues inside, and I don’t know if they are authentic or not. There were many other such pieces adorning the gardens, and most of them were clearly modern artworks.<\/p>\n

\"Pink
Pink flowers at Gardens by the Bay, July 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fern
Fern fronds at Gardens by the Bay, July 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The aptly named Flower Dome is the second dome at Gardens by the Bay, and it houses a magnificent variety of flowering plants from across the world.<\/p>\n

\"Purple
Purple flowers at Gardens by the Bay, July 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The bokeh (visual quality of out-of-focus areas) in the picture above isn’t too bad, considering that I was shooting with a consumer-grade zoom lens, but there is a touch of ‘nervousness’ in some parts of the background above. Look at the topmost leaves of the pale blue-grey plant in the background, if you’re not sure what I’m referring to. You’ll see that the edges are not smoothly blurred; compare that to the leaves of the dark green plant on the left edge of the frame, just above the pale blue-grey plant, and you should be able to see the difference.<\/p>\n

\"Red
Red flowers at Gardens by the Bay, July 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Reproducing red objects is a challenge for most digital cameras, I’ve heard. They tend to ‘blow out’ (oversaturate, in a sense) vibrant red objects, and the countering technique is to lower exposure until the red areas no longer blow out. The picture above probably isn’t too bad in that regard, but I could have underexposed a bit more to preserve more detail in the red petals.<\/p>\n

\"Supertree
Supertree at Gardens by the Bay, July 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are a few artificlal ‘trees’ outside the main structures, and I believe they serve to capture sunlight (for power) and perhaps also water as well.<\/p>\n

A trip to Singapore Zoo was next, including a short boat cruise nearby.<\/p>\n

\"Alligator
Alligator at Singapore Zoo, July 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I managed to get quite close to this young alligator, and also to get a good angle at\u00a0which the intervening safety glass didn’t reflect too badly into the lens.<\/p>\n

\"Red
Red panda at Singapore Zoo, July 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Panda
Panda at Singapore Zoo, July 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Heron
Heron gathering near Singapore Zoo, July 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The tree pictured above stood out from its neighbours due to the number of birds gathered in its branches.<\/p>\n

\"Capybara
Capybara at Singapore Zoo, July 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sentosa
Sentosa Merlion, July 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The merlion is a well-known emblem of Singapore, so while it isn’t a real animal, this is perhaps a fitting way to close out this selection of photographs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I travelled to Singapore recently, and snapped several photographs of (cultivated) flora and (captive) fauna while there. First are some pictures from Gardens by the Bay, inside a large, climate-controlled dome that was significantly cooler than the tropical environment outside. The interior of the Cloud Forest dome is dominated by a large waterfall that cascades… Continue reading Singapore flora and fauna<\/span> →<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[303,324,321,32,320,322,323],"class_list":["post-1718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-birds","tag-flowers","tag-gardens-by-the-bay","tag-landscapes","tag-singapore","tag-singapore-zoo","tag-waterfall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4152,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1718\/revisions\/4152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}