It was one morning in early September, 2018. I was at the Chinese and Japanese Gardens with my camera, planning to take some photos. It was rather early then, and I saw this lotus leaf rich in color at a pond, near the pond side. I took a photograph of the leaf with the sunlight from the side, with ISO 200, aperture f/5.6 and shutter 1/250 second.

SONY ILCE-6000 with E 18-135mm | Exposure 1/250 sec @ f/5.6 | Focal Length 135mm | ISO 200
A Lotus Leaf, by Siew Bee Lim

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | September 19
Award Score: 66 (Value 12, Clarity 13, Composition 17, Style 12, Skill 12)
Photo of the Day Award Category: Close-Up Photography
Photograph Location: Singapore

Photographer: Siew Bee Lim (Singapore) Registered
Born in 1965 in Singapore, photography was one of the old hobbies of Siew Bee Lim. Now she would like to learn it formally via Light & Composition platform as she believes it’s not too late. Since primary school she is not good in drawing; she doesn’t have artistic hand that some of her classmates have. Nonetheless, she likes reading since young, and would try to appreciate Chinese paintings. Few years after she started working as a Programmer, she took up photography as a hobby. She attended a short course which included a session in the darkroom. In those days, good photographs were dependent on good darkroom skills. It was unlikely that she spent much time in the darkroom. Hence the hobby didn’t last long then. She believes that the present learning experience has a longer way to go.

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