Morning Flyer by myautofocuslife

Morning Flyer

Still trying to mix it up for August, so we take a little break from the flowers. Here's a landscape shot. Taken with my macro lens, of course. XD

The Singapore Flyer, called an observation wheel by some and a ferris wheel by most, is the tallest in the world at 165 m (541 ft). (For now. Once the High Roller in Las Vegas is completed, it won't be the tallest.) There are 28 air-conditioned capsules that accommodate 28 passengers in each one. It takes 30 minutes to complete one rotation.

I took this shot early in the morning, from Gardens by the Bay. The day was cloudy, grey and flat, so I processed it to add some colour. 8P

What a great way to mix it up! Love your composition and color tones!
August 14th, 2012  
you take fantastic landscapes and skyline, my friend. it doesn't looked processed at all. it just looks fantabulous!
August 14th, 2012  
great shot, love the colours and composition :-]
August 14th, 2012  
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August 14th, 2012  
Love the golden tones & the pattern of the horizon. You have such a great eye!
August 14th, 2012  
Ira
Wonderful!
August 14th, 2012  
It is gorgeous, I think it is safe to say beachradish likes it:0)
August 14th, 2012  
Awesome light! What a beautiful sky. Love the composition too
August 14th, 2012  
great shot to mix it up a bit. i know what you mean about the break --- and then i think about the big layer of snow we'll have in the winter and i keep posting the flower pics ... lol
August 14th, 2012  
Great landscape shot. Singapore is such a pretty place!!!
August 14th, 2012  
Great landscape shot, love the colours!
August 14th, 2012  
amazing !
August 14th, 2012  
Instant FAV ~ stunning shot
August 14th, 2012  
Fav-tastic shot.
August 14th, 2012  
noice shot
August 14th, 2012  
Wow. That is incredible. I wouldn't mind taking a spin.
August 14th, 2012  
Gorgeous colour : )
August 14th, 2012  
Great capture with awesome colors.
August 14th, 2012  
Lovely shot, great comp!
August 14th, 2012  
This is so cool! Makes me want to ride it! Love how you framed your shot.
August 14th, 2012  
What a great shot, I love the tones and the POV.
August 14th, 2012  
Love it! Fav! :)
August 14th, 2012  
Looks a lot different than when I was there in 1966, fabulous capture Livia lovely golden glow...Fav
August 14th, 2012  
btw - would be good for the weekly theme (tag theme-golden)!
August 14th, 2012  
Tag for the theme of the week? This would certainly fit the description of "golden". Lovely shot! (And you know, I am SO sorry and embarrassed - I didn't realize I hadn't followed you back yet! A thousand apologies, your project is definitely worth following!)
August 14th, 2012  
Beautifully composed - impressive subject. Great capture.
August 14th, 2012  
Tia
Ooooo like the colours in this!
August 14th, 2012  
A great view . love the composition , the great light and the view on the houses. But , no money will be enough to get me in that wheel ,O no.
Thank you for you nice comment and the fav on my collage. I`ll do some more flower pic , you`ve ask it so nicely I can`t refuse
August 14th, 2012  
Great shot! Love the colors in the sky and your composition. That is one ginormous ferris wheel!
August 14th, 2012  
Love how you processed it and composed it. How cool! A fav...I'm such a sucker for ferris wheel and carnival ride shots!
August 14th, 2012  
Great shot Livia, It makes a nice change from your macro shots. I love this one fav for me!
August 14th, 2012  
Beautiful
August 14th, 2012  
Lovely...I rode past this wheel on a day tour in 2008
August 14th, 2012  
Really, really lovely! The composition is perfect.
August 14th, 2012  
A lovely shot, Livia. You really do such beautiful work.
August 14th, 2012  
great shot! nice composition and lovely golden colour
August 14th, 2012  
I love your POV, Livia and also the tones.
August 14th, 2012  
look how big !!!!!!!!!!!!!! wonderful capture
will have to goggle Las Vegas Ferris Wheel
August 14th, 2012  
Your composition is fantastic!
August 14th, 2012  
Beautiful. I love the soft yellows and as Colleen said the composition is wonderful!
August 14th, 2012  
fav! beautiful shot! very classic looking, almost old time
August 14th, 2012  
Awesome capture Livia, these wheels seem to be everywhere.
August 14th, 2012  
Beautiful composition giving us a feel for the enormity of the Big Wheel! The colours are awesome so subtle!
August 14th, 2012  
Lovely colors and tones! great composition as well :D
August 14th, 2012  
Wonderfully captured Livia, and those tones your chose for your processing work really well here!
August 14th, 2012  
Beautiful composition and that light is awesome
August 14th, 2012  
Great landscape shot! Love the composition and colors!
August 14th, 2012  
Wow! it makes the 'village' nearby look like toy town!
August 14th, 2012  
love the composition! this is so pretty!
August 15th, 2012  
I love the composition.
August 15th, 2012  
Beautiful!
August 15th, 2012  
Love the colour and the minimalist composition.
August 15th, 2012  
Livia...you're amazing! This shot is beautiful. I totally love your composition and processing. That building in the background is quite extravagant...what is it please? I've never heard of a Ferris Wheel so big before. Wow. Fav.
August 15th, 2012  
Love this angle.
August 15th, 2012  
This is a beautiful shot of the skyline. The ferris wheel is awesome!
August 15th, 2012  
Only you could take a fabulous landscape shot with a macro lens! Beautiful and wow...air conditioned and a 30 minute ride around!!! Would love to give it a whirl!
August 15th, 2012  
Love it, really terrific! fav :)
August 15th, 2012  
Nice composition!
August 15th, 2012  
Impressive composition and post-processing really works here!
August 15th, 2012  
this is really spectacular! fav!
August 15th, 2012  
Well composed shot and so interesting. You made it feel like it was taken at the golden sunrise and not a flat gray day..
August 15th, 2012  
beautiful shot...hv u taken a ride?
August 15th, 2012  
@lillibet @lynnb Those buildings with the red roofs in the background are actually high-rise residential blocks, part of a private condominium estate. They are probably very, very expensive to own and live in.

@tooki I've taken a ride on the Flyer. I have no particular love for being in extremely high places (ski lifts are the worst for me) but I must say the view from up there was incredible. 8)
August 15th, 2012  
Instant fav!
August 15th, 2012  
Great shot Livia!! Love the processing!! Fav! Im Back!! :)
August 15th, 2012  
WOW, what a nice shot instant FAV for me!
August 15th, 2012  
Wonderful tones
August 15th, 2012  
love the framing and tones Livia
August 15th, 2012  
this is just lovely to see
i like the information too.
are you visiting or do you live there.
August 15th, 2012  
@glendq I live in Singapore. Was born and raised here. 8)
August 15th, 2012  
That thing looks huge! Awesome processing and composition! Fav!
August 15th, 2012  
Wow, amazing shot!
August 15th, 2012  
Great shot, Livia. Love the composition; that wheel on the left is a wonderful touch.
August 15th, 2012  
Great composition Livia! Very beautiful! =)
August 15th, 2012  
Love the yellow tones. Nice!!
August 15th, 2012  
Mel
wonderful composition and colours, great!
August 15th, 2012  
Gorgeous landscape and composition. Great colours.
August 15th, 2012  
Loving your mix it up month. Such nice tones in this shot
August 15th, 2012  
Cool processing and I love the composition!
August 15th, 2012  
Love the composition with the silhouette of the ferris wheel. The soft pastel colours in the sky are just wonderful.
August 15th, 2012  
Cool composition! Lovely light too :)
August 15th, 2012  
Instant fav.......fabulous composition and tones in this perfect landscape shot. I love the observation wheel that I will probably forever call a ferris wheel ;-) Would love to ride on it!
August 15th, 2012  
We get a sense of scale by the buildings in the background! Great comp and colours.
August 15th, 2012  
Fantastic. I take everything with my macro lens to, much to my husband's frustration !!
August 15th, 2012  
By the look of all these comments it is obvious that I am one of a number of admirers ! Great capture...Fav for sure :)
August 15th, 2012  
instant fav. The composition and tones are wonderful. You did a great job adding the colour in the processing. It looks really natural. Love the big empty sky next to the ferris wheel.
August 15th, 2012  
Wow this is superb
August 15th, 2012  
Beautiful shot Livia, lovely composition and you did a great job with the colour =)
August 15th, 2012  
WOW - love this - had to be an instant FAV
August 15th, 2012  
great shot nice composition
August 15th, 2012  
Beautiful light and composition. Looks quite serene.
August 15th, 2012  
The golden tones make it so summery.
August 15th, 2012  
That is so beautiful!
August 15th, 2012  
And what an amazing landscape you took with a macro! I love your tag. The composition is perfect! fav!
August 15th, 2012  
Awesome composition - just gorgeous!
August 15th, 2012  
For 0.00001secs I thought you were in London; the beautiful orange Sunset glow brought me back to my senses -______-. Fantastic landscape!!! Fav
August 15th, 2012  
So. Very. Cool. Fave
August 15th, 2012  
very nice compliments!
August 15th, 2012  
Wow! Incredible tones!
August 15th, 2012  
How do you manage to get such a crisp image with a macro? Stunning. Fav xx
August 15th, 2012  
a fav! It's a beautiful shot. I've always been terrified of ferris wheels, I don't think I would even think about getting on that one. :P
August 15th, 2012  
Great composition. The soft colour is quite lovely, nice processing.
August 15th, 2012  
Love the composition and tones!
August 15th, 2012  
Fabulous capture
August 16th, 2012  
Love your composition here, and wonderful tones.
August 16th, 2012  
Love how you've placed ferris wheel, with only partial view, well done!
August 16th, 2012  
August 16th, 2012  
The foggy air and the light makes that ferris wheel seem gigantic 'beside' that townscape. Very cool effect. ;-)
August 16th, 2012  
Beautiful shot, love the colours.
August 16th, 2012  
Beauitful landscape shot :)
August 16th, 2012  
A great, big, early-in-the-morning, warm-hued and warmly composed "THANK YOU!" to everyone for your support! I find landscape shots intimidating (shooting tiny things seems much less difficult to me than shooting big things) so I don't make them often. This shot was just there, I saw it like this instantly, so I made it. Thank you so much for taking the time to write a comment. I read all of them, and I find in them a great source of motivation and encouragement. Again, thank you.
August 16th, 2012  
Pretty
August 16th, 2012  
Great shot. Love the composition and colours here. Well done.
August 16th, 2012  
love this...fantastic composition and colour tones!!
August 16th, 2012  
Pam
The tones are lovely! The composition is perfect! That ferris wheel is amazing!!!
August 16th, 2012  
Love the lighting and composition!
August 16th, 2012  
Truly beautiful and a Fav. Love the tones and your composition
August 16th, 2012  
Lovely soft color tones and the pov is awesome! Your processing is right on because it seems like "real" lighting. Twenty plus people in one of those cars seems a little crowded. I'd feel a bit overwhelmed ... still would love to see the view from inside and try to capture a photo or two.
August 17th, 2012  
FAV! This is perfect!
August 17th, 2012  
Like the composition and soft tones.
August 17th, 2012  
@karenann The capsules are big, so even with 20+ people in one, it won't feel uncomfortably crowded, there is room for you to walk around and enjoy different views. There are seats for those who prefer to sit, too. And I think the Flyer has a special program for those who wish to dine in a capsule all by themselves. (Say, newlyweds, couples or small families celebrating a special occasion. Advance booking and higher fees apply.) I believe there have been wedding ceremonies conducted on the Flyer. 8)
August 17th, 2012  
So you've been in one, Livia? How about the two of us reserve a capsule (a bite to eat) and grab our camras. Fun. No?!! :)
August 17th, 2012  
That sounds a little bit awesome! Nice scene and processing Livia :)
August 17th, 2012  
What an amazing shot Livia! Fav
August 17th, 2012  
@karenann Fun! We should go to the gardens together, we'd have so much fun shooting flowers and stuff! 8D
August 17th, 2012  
Beautiful - a wonderful fairy tale mood.
August 17th, 2012  
Love the composition and tones of this! Wonderful!
August 17th, 2012  
Amazing composition, pov, lighting. Love the color too. Gonna be trying for a ferris wheel capture tonight, first time trying. Wish me luck. Fav by the way.
August 17th, 2012  
Congrats on T20! Great lighting!
August 17th, 2012  
wonderful colours and composition in this - Congratulations on Top 20
August 17th, 2012  
Wonderful composition!
August 17th, 2012  
Another one in the top 20. You lucky girl! Congrats!
August 17th, 2012  
Rob
Congrats on top 20!
August 17th, 2012  
I'm not going to read all the comments before mine because many other people have probably all said the same... Well done on making it look like a pic taken at either end of the day. It's great to see you with your head out of the foliage.
August 18th, 2012  
how come I miss this one... love it. Fav here too.
August 19th, 2012  
Such a gorgeous shot, Livia. I love your processing. FAV
August 19th, 2012  
Beautiful shot - those colours are lovely and the composition is spot on. I'm enjoying this mix up for August (but hope to see a wee jumping spider again soon!)
August 19th, 2012  
Instant fav... this is a totally wonderful shot ♥
August 20th, 2012  
Stunning!
August 27th, 2012  
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