Kite Festival 2009

Received an invitation from Olympus Singapore for the photo shoot out at West Coast Park about two weeks ago. Since I have never shoot in this kind of activities, so I sign up for the trip.

We meet at Olympus studio for refreshment and some tips on photography, we set off at 3.00pm by coach to West Coast Park. It was a very hot afternoon, quite challenging to shoot in this kind of harsh condition but if you did, you got a nice blue sky!

This is the 1st photo that I shoot. Long strand of kite with the nice blue sky.

I like this very colourful frame.Another shot around the same area but with man in action.
This is the widest angle that I can get since I don't have a fish eye lens. Just look at the number of kites on the sky!Another try on fish eye effect without fish eye lens.Every body can fly a kite, no problem at all for this boy!
All kinds of shape and form that fly high at West Coast Park this afternoon. Such as this monster/dragon.
Not flying carpet but flying mattress.Merlion, squid,...
Not forgetting shark!Entanglement?
Everyone with a smiling face. A very hot and happy afternoon indeed.
While I was busy shooting, there are stage performance playing traditional Balinese music. I must say that I'm surprise to find out that the performance are by a group of people that the least I will expect them to play. I will upload some of the video once I have converted it.

I'm very happy with today shooting, nice weather, brilliant colour, and nice performance! Thanks Olympus for organising this trip, Act 3 International for organising this event & the sponsor NTUC Income!