07 October 2011

shades of autumn: green

The beautiful blog Bumbles & Light is hosting a photography challenge based around the shades of autumn. Rebecca describes it thus:
Shades of Autumn Photo Challenge – a colorfully inspiring autumn photography challenge aimed at capturing the beautiful shades of autumn.

The Shades of Autumn Photo Challenge will run from October 7th thru November 25th and is open to everyone regardless of skill level, time commitment or camera equipment. Simply share your favorite images inspired by the autumn color of the week each Friday. Then we’ll choose a few of our favorites from the bunch and share them with you on our blogs the following Thursday.

Shades of Autumn Photo Challenge

Although Singaporeans do recognise autumn with cultural celebrations, at only 70-ish miles from the equator there's no traditional northern hemisphere change in the seasons. So I thought this might be an interesting exercise in sharing the shades of a tropical Asian autumn; lush, vibrant and dripping with sweat colour.

So here are some of the greens to be found in Singapore this autumn (and the colours haven't been pimped - the fruit and veg stalls really are eye-wateringly green - and beautifully lit!)

the temple gates

the Boss's favourite, ginseng xiao long bao (soup-filled pork dumplings)

oil barrels (by farrow & ball presumably)

gnarly 'cumbers, Little India

glossy chillies, Little India

a gorgeous shophouse, Blair Road

the view from our apartment

a rogue flower at Haw Par Villa

leaning tower of squash, Little India

grass garlands for Lord Ganesha, Little India

many shades of green, playing with my cheapo new macro filter

fallen frangipani after (another) thunderstorm



25 comments:

  1. These are fantastic shots! I love Singapore's autumn. It reminds me a lot of autumn where I grew up, Hawaii. I love the oil barrels shot and the xiao long bao. They're so yummy! :)
    Thanks for joining Rebecca, Alicia and me in the Shades of Autumn Photo Challenge. I can't wait to see what you come up with for next week's theme, YELLOW. Don't forget to stop by our blogs on Thursday when we share our favorite shots of the week! Have a great day. :)

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  2. Great green shots! I love that last leaf, such lovely color!

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  3. great find of greens! nice capture too...

    here's my entry

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  4. My favourite thing about reading blogs is seeing all the pictures from across the globe. Lovely photos

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  5. Thank you Cedar, Yue and Alittlebitsheepish ;0).

    Kristi, I'll be certain to be there for your roundup on Thursday! Thank you for hosting such a great challenge. Searching for particular colours really helps to focus when out and about with my camera, it's a great idea.

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  6. You know, I've never really considered how different climates experience autumn, to me it is so obviously brown and gold and red and orange, but it's really cool to see that vibrant green instead :)

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  7. I so enjoyed my little tour of Singapore - lovely post! great photos! love the barrels!

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  8. @pinkundine - autumn colours and Singapore are rather a contradiction in terms because all the seasons are much the same (except that it's even wetter than usual just now). But you're spot on, it is incredibly vibrant all year round.

    @Barb - thanks! Lots more of Singaling to come over the next few weeks!

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  9. The shades of green are just beautiful. You have a gifted "eye" for color!

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  10. i love this! great green shots... it reminds me of a series i did on my previous blog when we lived in st. maarten: http://bogoyevac-journey.blogspot.com/2011/02/blue.html

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  11. The view from your apartment is gorgeous. Great set of green shots, chica.

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  12. These are so gorgeous! I love your creative ideas, and aren't those temple gates just the most beautiful shade? Wow.

    I can't wait to see what you come up with for next week's colour, yellow. Thank you for taking part!

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  13. Lovely shots.. nice to see another participant from Singapore.. love the virtual tour of Little India.

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  14. beautiful beautiful photos! they're all familiar sights that i've taken for granted and never noticed!

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  15. Swanski, anushka and alita - thanks for stopping by, I'm glad you like the greens!

    Satakieli, thanks so much for hosting this lovely project, I'm really enjoying the process.

    Dominique and Shu Han - I'm so chuffed to have some real Singaporeans enjoy these pictures! Come back next week for yellow (I wonder if you can guess where I've been snapping for that?)

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  16. Wow! What beautiful colors. I cannot get over the vibrancy. Absolutely stunning.

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  17. Great pictures! They encourage to look with a different eye!

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  18. Awesome green colors! Love that fence shot!

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  19. Such pretty pictures. I especially love the cucumber shot. {Through a Photographer's Eyes}

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  20. Wow! What a fabulous variety. It just kept going and going. Thanks so much for linking up to the Shades of Autumn Challenge! Fabulous work! Can't wait to see more from you!

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  21. DaeneIT, Meyser, Christine, Misty - thanks so much! I'm chuffed to bits with the response to these snaps.

    Alicia - thank you for stopping by - I'm so grateful that clever peeps like you, Rebecca and Kristi inspire me to take more pictures.

    Another sneaky green shot added at the bottom for any new readers!

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  22. Gorgeous photos!! The colors are stunning! I'm a new follower =)

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  23. Hello Dawn! Thanks for joining up - lots more colours to come!

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  24. these pictures inspire me so much! I just love all the interesting shades of green, the food, the foliage, the architecture. Wonderful! Thanks for sharing!

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  25. Your photos are really very beautiful!Nice Shots!

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