Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning


August 9, 2007:Singapore National Day

This was a fun evening. With the ANZA group, we had dinner and watched the fireworks from the Cheng Ho. Cheng Ho, we discovered during our adventure to Melaka, played a critical role in the development of Chinese trade via water routes. I took a few videos of the waterfront and then some video segments of the fireworks. Taking photos from a rocking boat is an adventure in itself, and then post processing the images to remove motion artifact is an even more interesting challenge.
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With Craig and Dee Ann, we started from Queenstown MRT about 4:45 thinking the MRT would be the best way to get there. Well when we got to the platform, the MRT was wall-to-wall (literally) people. Three of us managed to fit at one entrance while I ran to another entrance and barely made it. Then changing at Outram and to Harbor Front and ANZA

The Cheng Ho - our dinner table and viewing platform for the evening

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The dining room -

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Part of Harbor Front

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From the top deck of the Cheng Ho

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Looking back at the loading docks

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Our sister Cheng Ho

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Leaving

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A view of Harbor Front as we left

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And a small cable stay bridge (of course). Why of course? Visit Building the Ravenel Bridge to find out

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Above, the Singapore flag was part of an aerial parade

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Another view

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The Cheng Ho

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and more of the flying flag

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The flag over the harbor

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Downtown

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Later

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Now there is not much light and the rocking boat makes for slightly blurred photos

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And Singapore at night

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The videos of the fireworks are above - here are a few frames

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See you next year

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C. Frank Starmer

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