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SL Week 26: DOF – Bits Of My Life

January 1, 2016 by cocoaevenings

In response to Sylvain LANDRY, SL-Week 26: DOF. Depth-of-focus (DOF) is a part of photography that marks the limitations of man-made lenses in capturing light or nature. Many people have learned to turn DOF into his/her advantage. Directors often use DOF to dramatize plots in movies and TV serials. Photographers also used DOF to emphasise the focus in a still photo. I see DOF as something I cannot evade. So, I have learned to point my camera at the exact […]

Categories: Musings, Sylvain LANDRY Photography • Tags: 2 min, coffee, flower, lifestyle, musings, photography, Singapore

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Share Your World – 2015 Week #52

January 1, 2016 by cocoaevenings

In response to Cee’s Photography, Share Your World tag. Happy New Year to one and all! Best wishes to everyone. Tell how you are feeling today in the form of a weather report. (For example, partly cloudy, sunny with a chance of shower, etc.) Clear! Sunny in a way, but not hot at all. No clouds. Gentle breeze every now and then. I have more or less made what I needed to in 2015. I could make a pretty good […]

Categories: Cee's Photography, Musings, Share You World • Tags: 2 min, evenings, musings, photography, Singapore, sunset

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Share Your World – 2015 Week #51

December 31, 2015 by cocoaevenings

In response to Cee’s Photography, Share Your World tag. I participated in Share Your World – 2015 Week #51 about three days ago but I saved some questions for a later date. Today, I am going to answer those questions that I had saved from early on. Favorite thing to photograph? Write? Or Cook? My favourite thing to write? I like writing about ideas, discussing how one thing could be better than another, how one is the key solution, how to […]

Categories: Cee's Photography, Musings, Share You World • Tags: 3 min, food, musings, nature, photography, Singapore, Singapore Botanic Gardens

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Travel Theme: Grey – Mudskipper at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore

August 12, 2015 by cocoaevenings

In response to Where’s my backpack? Travel Theme: Grey. Like Ailsa, I am not fond of grey too. But unlike her, I cannot find many photos in grey. I have this shot of a mudskipper, though. This photo is one of only a few grey pictures that I have in my stash of photographs. The mudskipper compelled me to take the image as it swam in a very cute fashion and was very unique. It is a fish that can […]

Categories: Memories, Musings, Travel, Travel Theme • Tags: 30 sec, mudskipper, musings, nature, reserve, Singapore, Sungei Buloh, wetland

Love Letter Leaf

July 25, 2015 by cocoaevenings

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Close Up.” Love Letter Leaf I must be the luckiest person alive. The tree. Not the tree. Probably Nature. Is telling me, “I *heart* you”. That leaf is so beautiful! It is a perfect heart shape. *Spot the leaf mentioned from the photo below before reading on. * * * * * * * * * * * * I need to zoom in on it! Oh, my gorgeous Love Letter […]

Categories: Musings, The Daily Post • Tags: 1 min, leaf, musings, nature, park, photography, reserve, Singapore, Sungei Buloh, wetland

Half and Half: Symbol Edition – Roosters and Ba Gua

July 19, 2015 by cocoaevenings

In response to The Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge: “Half and Half”, and “Symbol”. Half black and half white, the roosters make a pair, reminding me of the Ba Gua symbol. Interesting to note that the white is larger and plumper than the black. This scene struck me for three reasons. First, I have not seen a rooster in real life for the longest time. I used to be able to hear the cock crow at dawn when I was younger, […]

Categories: The Daily Post • Tags: 2 min, Bali, musings, photography

One half each and the relationship will not sour

July 17, 2015 by cocoaevenings

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Half and Half.” The saying goes, “One-half each and the relationship will not sour.” This line is a translation from part of the lyrics in the popular Hokkien (a dialect of Chinese) song, One Half. There is also the version sang by a stage singer, Liu Ling Ling, and the Chinese duet version (my favourite). This saying reflects the belief of sharing that entrenches deeply in my culture. Sharing is a […]

Categories: The Daily Post • Tags: 1 min, musings

Lee’s Sunset – 夕阳无限好，只是近黄昏. 18 gorgeous sunsets to relax your mood

July 7, 2015 by cocoaevenings

So what’s your muse — what subject do you turn to frequently, more inspired each time? Sunsets. My adoration for sunsets likely comes as no surprise to you, my dear reader, for my blog is titled Cocoa Evenings. Since evenings only come around when the sun sets, I have dedicated this blog to sunsets as much as I have to evenings. Sunsets inspire me because they signify the completion of a hard day’s work, and I use it to reflect, to take stock, […]

Categories: The Daily Post • Tags: lifestyle, musings

Ah Cek’s House

July 6, 2015 by cocoaevenings

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Door.” I immediately notice the metal grills that criss cross in front of the folding panel doors. I notice the red cloth with Chinese characters on it and the red pumpkin-shape lanterns with complimentary yellow tassels hanging from beneath. I find myself transported to more than two decades ago when I was barely able to count. *** Then, I would followed my mother on the long pilgrimage to a temple that […]

Categories: The Daily Post • Tags: lifestyle, musings