Red Tree @ Jalan Bukitan. Canon G9 Shutter speed 1/30 @ F3.5 ISO 100
I usually have a positive outlook in whatever happens at work(and lately lots of upsetting things had been happening) but I felt more than a tinge of disappointment to learn that one of our projects in which I had a major design input and had put my heart and soul in; would in most likelihood not go through. This is not the first time but it still hurts, every time.
It was a most beautiful wooded site on undulating grounds and the proposal was for guarded and gated community of sensitively designed townhouses that would sit gently on and hug the existing contours disturbing the terrains and the existing mature trees as little as possible. It had been more than 14 months in the dreaming.
With thoughts of this project weighing heavy on my mind the entire day, I impulsively made a detour on the way home from work to seek comfort and dream in my mind’s eyes on what could have been. I pulled my car on the empty path and as the low remaining light of the day broke through in certain places illuminating the trees in their luxurious warmth and colours, my spirits was lifted as I fumbled with the manual exposure on my newly acquired and unfamiliar Canon G9, managing to capture a few shots before the lights faded completely away. Take a look, trees don’t lie.
Sunset trees @ Jalan Bukitan. 29 July 2008. Shutter speed 1/30 @ F3.5 ISO 80
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