Full Metal Photographer

Image title: Squabbling Flamingoes

Name: Lip Seng, Tan

Location: Singapore

Website: http://lipsengtan.elcreations.org, http://www.elcreations.org/lipsengtan/photoblog

Equipment: Leicaflex SL with Elmarit-R lenses - 28mm f/2.8, 180mm f/2.8, 60mm f/2.8 Macro, and 90mm f/2 Summicron-R, 250mm f/4 Telyt-R. Leica R8 with Vario-Elmar-R lenses - 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5, 80-200mm f/4.

About your image: This is one of three images of mine that were used by Kodak for promotion as a collector’s-edition Singapore Mass Rapid Transit card in 1995. Flamingoes are very common photographic subjects found in our Jurong Bird Park. However, to freeze the perfect, decisive moment is a real challenge for photographers. I have collected many images of these birds during my past visits to the park. This particular one is still my favourite among them all.

Your favourite subjects: Pictorial, Photo Travel, Candid, Spontaneous moments, Landscape, Nature

How did you start out in photography? I started shooting record shots for social occasions at the age of twelve. During my school days, I started to shoot pictures and participated in international student salons.

Are there any special themes/ideas that you like to convey in your pictures? To freeze action or spontaneous moments and turn them into permanent images of art with strong visual impact. To envisage and capture images with strong sensation of mood and atmosphere.

Do you have any favourite places for taking pictures? In Singapore itself - The Botanical Gardens, Lower Seletar Reservoir, Jurong Bird Park. Elsewhere - Indonesia, Australia, UK, New Zealand, China, USA, Malaysia

Apart from your own photoblog, are there any others/websites that you would like to recommend here? Besides Eng Loy’s photoblog, Kenneth Cheng’s Portfolio.

Who would you like to dedicate this entry to? To my wife, Lai Cheng as well as my children - Eng Kien and Eng Loy