Travel Snapshot – The Merlion Statue at Marina Bay, Singapore
Having a short weekend trip to Singapore, I managed to visit the Merlion Park that fronts the Marina Bay. The park is located in front of The Fullerton Hotel. If you do not know where the Marina Bay is, it is an artificial bay formed by land reclamation at the original site of Teluk Ayer Basin. You should also have heard of it if you are a Formula 1 fans like me. It sites the first ever night street circuit of Singapore F1 Grand Prix. It is one of the best night travel destinations for photographers.
At the mouth of the Singapore river that flows into the bay, we have the statue of the country’s symbolic mascot, the Merlion. It is an artist creation of a lion head with a fish body. Lion in Malay means ‘Singa‘ which forms part of the name of the island, Singapore.
I shot it with my favorite Nikkor 35mm F1.8 lens, hand held at 1/30s with ISO800. To capture the star burst effect of a spotlight in the background, I opted for a smaller aperture of F3.5, though I could shoot it with maximum aperture of 1.8 for a cleaner image.
I love this shot. Hope you like it too. 🙂 – Travel Feeder, your ultimate travel photo blog.
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Very sharp image of the Merlion.
- April 21, 2010Yes I like this photo too. What were you doing there besides visiting The Merlion?
- April 22, 2010.-= Che-Cheh´s last blog ..Siem Reap Day 3: Angkor Wat & Ta Prohm (Part 1) =-.
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- April 23, 2010Merlion statue is now at Marina Bay. We were sitting at bay side to admire the beautiful night scenes there which include the Singapore Flyer, F1 circuit, the Esplanade, The Fullerton and shot a lot of photos of course. We went there after dinner and before enjoying ourselves at Clarke Quay… 🙂
A great shot of the Merlion. I have tried shots at the Merlion with my camera phone and it couldn’t get as sharp and crisp shot like yours. One of the spots which I like to show oversea guest about Singapore is the Merlion Park as well as the place around Fullerton Hotel; quite a good place for taking photos.
- April 26, 2010.-= BK´s last blog ..Lessons from … more than a Doctor =-.