Downtown Core Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is a sticht of 5 images (CLICK ON for the Large Version) took on a public park in the heart of Singapore.

On the left side of the image there are the skyscrapes of the Downtown Core district.
For a national law skyscrapers in Singapore cannot are higher than 280 meters.

OUB Center, 280 meters, 63 floors
OUB Plaza Two, 162 meters, 38 floors
OUB Plaza One, 280 meters, 66 floors
OCBC Centre, 198 meters, 52 floors
Pickering Operations Complex, 177 meters, 43 floors

On the foreground there is the field of the Singapore Cricket Club, established in the 1852. The Club is the low building with a clock tower and the typical red roofs.

From the middle to the right there are:
The City Hall (was build in the 1929)
The Supreme Court (build in the 30's)

That rectangular field and street cross was the heart of many important political events of that small State.
It was here that Lee Kuan Yew, as Prime Minister, proclaimed self-government for Singapore on 5 June 1959 and
merger with Malaysia on 16 September 1963.
After Separation, the first fully-independent Singapore Government was sworn in at City Hall on 9 August 1965.
It was also here that the British accepted the surrender of the Japanese on 12 September 1945,
formally ending the Japanese Occupation of Singapore

Today the grass filed is a public park and is easy to see rubgy and football matches.

ChrisJ, PixelTerror, andante, ktanska, Emile has marked this note useful

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RGatward (19737) 2006-02-16 3:32

Classic view of the place, looks good in pan ofrmat, and nicely bordered by the tree left.

alainh (35349) 2006-02-16 3:36

Hello Paolo
a very nice panoramique and excelent respect of the perspectives !
a good thing to find some peaces of green !!
have a good day
alain

jinju (14265) 2006-02-16 3:47

Hi Paolo,

awesome view. My favorite city:) I remmeber walking around here and enjoying the wonderful weather and beautiful city. I like the magnificent view, mixing all the styles of Singapore into this. Great stitching.

bantonbuju (48358) 2006-02-16 4:00

oh, big bravissimo paolo!
i love this image a lot, this is an evidence of your skills and felxibility (as far as i remember - this is your first pano shot on te);
great colours, excellent quality;
best wishes, j.

ChrisJ (69618) 2006-02-16 4:08

Ciao Paolo

A superb wideangled panorama, with good pp work, & no visible joins. Bella photo!

PixelTerror (86036) 2006-02-16 4:31

Ciao Paolo,
Que bellissimo il pano !!!
Very well stitched and impressive view, I like how the high buildings rise over the old colonial style ones, I remember similar views from Kuala Lumpur. The colors too are powerful and contrasted, green against red for example.
Buona giornata,
Jean-Yves

andante (7092) 2006-02-16 6:51

WICKED!! No scars whatsoever, beautiful composite and perfectly executed.

BTW, how do we upload panos? I've being looking all over the place.

Great capture, TFS,
Enrique

gigi (2668) 2006-02-16 7:04

hi Paolo
tres beau panorama avec une tres belle lumiere
uno capolavoro !!!
bravo
jean louis

fabio_ts (13672) 2006-02-16 7:34

Uno strano mix di architetture per questa bella "skyline" Paolo, eccellenti i colori ed il dettaglio apprezzabile nella versione larga, complimenti!!

buona giornata,
Fabio.

rbcy1974 (20742) 2006-02-16 7:43

Hi Paolo
Very nicely accomplished panorama, there is no trace left of the former photos, nice uniform and rich colours
well done
regards
Daniel

cessy (13647) 2006-02-16 9:27

woowww... Paolo
very nice capture of the city in panorama
beautiful composition and colors
very well done

xavshot (61947) 2006-02-16 13:40

Bonsoir Paolo
félicitations pour ce remarquable panorama. Belle netteté et la version large est très belle. Très beua travail
Bravo
Xavier

erdna (5348) 2006-02-16 17:01

Very nice picture with a good point of view. When I was in Singapore I did not walk on this park. I just walked on the fringes of this park. TFS.

Andre'

ktanska (16432) 2006-02-17 6:58

Hi Paolo,
Interesting to see football/cricket field so close to the highrise centre. But thats OK if it's open for public when there's no game.
Nice clouds and interesting combination of architecture. I think the stitch is not completely inline, but a bit wavy.
Kari

Emile (19811) 2006-02-17 9:10

Hola Paolo.
Very good picture with nice perspective and sharpness. Good work with the large version, there you can see better details.
Great colours and composition.
Well done, Have a nice weekend.

aloyho (6105) 2006-02-22 0:49

Hi Paolo,
Excellent work with the stiching and a very effective format to show this place. It makes us feel so relax while moving our head slowly from the left to the right while admiring the varieties of architecture from different times. The weather is just great and the lovely clouds helped to make it very attractive. Excellent piece of work!! Best regards.