Top 20 Photos of 2013 - #1

We are coming to the end of the Top 20 photos. Here's my still life photography  - a bouquet to a wonderful hop and new friends.
This bouquet was taken while waiting for the host of the Farewell dinner we had at Royal Chulan hotel. This is my first still life photography and I am happy with the outcome.
Thank you Duncan for hosting this Blog Hop. See you again in 2015.

Bouquet at Royal Chulan Hotel



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Top 20 Photos of 2013 - #2

This photo was taken during the Japanese Bon Odori Festival at Shah Alam in June 2013. This festival is held every year to mark the end of the Harvesting period. I took my daughter and her friend to observe the festival and as this was their first time attending, they both had so much fun.
In this photo, both of them were trying their best to follow the Kimono-clad ladies dancing one the dances and most times they fall out of step. Using whatever available lighting, I tried to capture the girls' delighting in their attempt. I tried not to use flash a all.

Bon Odori Festival, Shah Alam



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Top 20 Photos of 2013 - #3

As promised, this is the Twin Towers taken around 7:34 pm from the car park of my office. There is actually discrepancy in time. My camera timer showed 7:34 pm but the Maxis clock tower showed 7:26 pm. Hmm......

Petronas Twin Towers in the evening



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Top 20 Photos of 2013 - #4

Well! The countdown is almost getting closer to the finishing line. It has been an interesting time viewing all the photos in my collection and viewing other blog friends' photos.
This photo is closer to 'home'. I never fail to miss these Giant Towers on my way to office, every time I step out of my office or when I look out of my office window. At one time it was a joke among my friends and I that we never seem to pay much attention to this building compared to the tourists or outsiders. We hardly use this building as a backdrop to our group photos as we thought this was just too common a sight - until we had visitors from other affiliates. In the end, I have hundreds of photos of this famous landmark from different angles of the KLCC Park, as well as at different times of the day.
My next selection is of this landmark taken late evening.

Petronas Twin Towers, KLCC


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Top 20 Photos of 2013 - #5

I a;ways pass by these trees whenever I walked to Suria KLCC. The way the roots intermingle really fascinates me. This is just a portion of the tree, Ficus elastica, or Indian Rubber tree.

Ficus elastica

Top 20 Photos of 2013 - #6

This year is the year of the Horse, according to the Chinese Calendar. I couldn't help but show my all time favourite animal - the horse.
This is a typical morning for the horses to be exercised. While waiting for the students to get ready with their horses for Dressage competition, I would observe the riders exercising the horses. It's kind of awesome to see one rider leading more than one horse at a time.

Exercising the horses


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Top 20 Photos of 2013 - #7

I don't usually do close-up, especially portraits and when I do, the photos never came out good. This clown, however, stood very close to my camera and prompted me to take a shot of him. I wasn't sure if I should but I just did. Looking back, I really like this shot. This was taken at Putrajaya during the Florafest in June.

Unidentified clown



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