www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

We took many shots of water lily and I wrote about it the last time:  http://gforce-guru.blogspot.sg/2012/08/photography-water-lily-nymphaea-sp.html This time we hunted for Lotus. By the end of this article, you will know the difference between the two. We set out early at a time for the best natural lighting.  This was the first shot I took as I like it that it looks like Jurassic Park. I was using a  simple Canon IXUS and a Leica V-Lux 3 for all the shots.  These trees are really tall. Food for Diplodocus. This is how a lotus pond look like. A lily pond actually looks better. Ain't pretty at all. Untidy, messy and murky but wait till you see the flowers. Morning dew rolled into balls on these lotus leaves. Pure sky juice from heaven as shadows danced in the light. Shutter bugs galore, the young and the old. The Master (dad) and the pupil (daughter). Quite a few shutter bugs who were there knew my dad so they must be re...

And God said: "Let the water teem with living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky. So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good". Genesis 1: 20-21. I got a bit more serious with photography so you will see improvement in the quality for a picture paints a thousand words. Let David Gates and Bread (roti) entertain you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGfVOdTiUEc Now my daughter is blogging and into photography and I hope you will enjoy her works: http://photovineyard.blogspot.sg/ Now for my first picture on arrival on a sunny morning. Nature is really an oasis for the disturbed mind. Don't get me wrong, yours could be more disturbed than mine. It is just that lots of people do not know. Even normal people or perfectly looking ones can be very disturbed....

Dad can fidget with anything, from cars to cameras and very much a DIY guy. He could fix anything. Mum can cook anything. They taught me honesty,compassion, kindness and generosity without saying a word about them. How? I watched them over the years. I am sure yours too.  My elder sister protected me when I was little. She may have forgotten by now but I never did. She smacked a bigger boy in the neighbourhood who bullied me. You see people will never forget how you make them feel. She now paints as a hobby. She could possibly paint anything but likes and specialized in Chinese paintings. Let me share with you some beauties. She has been training and practising for some years under a Master. More on that next time. Sisters Sunflowers! She exhibited her works not so long ago when she was invited as among Singapore's top 15 emerging artists. A detailed explanation of her works during the exhibit. Another of her works that wa...