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Singapore Skyline

Jason Benz — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 14:19:02 +0000

This modern-day Stonehenge is Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. It was billed as the worlds most expensive casino property at $8,000,000,000 in 2009. Ambitious? Certainly, The record-breaking 67-metre overhang and 150-metre infinity pool presented some unique challenges, not least construction during the GFC. Extravagant? Definitely, but ask yourself how green our cities would be if every building had a 3-acre park on it’s roof. I wonder if bees ever fly up the 55 stories to visit it’s 650 plants and 250 trees?

If you find yourself on a long-haul layover in Singapore the airport run free city tours. This evening shot is the result of a pause in a Journey from Australia to the UK. I suggest you take a tripod on the later tour so you can get a night shot with all the lights on. This shot from the 6pm tour needed some Photoshop to add some depth to the colours.

Thanks to Don at “The World is Flat” for helping me get onto Changi airports WiFi.

Airport Gold

Jason Benz — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 01:07:38 +0000

I shot these gold bangles in the Dubai International Airport during our stopover between the UK and Australia. We have done this trip a few times now, but it is the first time we have stopped in the United Arab Emirates. We flew on a Boeing 777 for the first leg then switched to an A380. We left on Wednesday morning and arrived in Sydney at about 10pm last night. It is far easier to overcome jet lag this way round. In the past we have left the UK in the evening but then you have to stay awake much longer at both ends of the journey.

Although there was plenty of light, I set the camera to ISO 500. This forced the Canon 5D mark II to reduce the aperture size to f7.1 and so increase the depth of field, but not enough to keep the whole image in focus.

Bangkok Airport

Jason Benz — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:18:06 +0000

Thailand is often the stopover between Australia and the UK. The first time I was here I found exploring Bangkok fascinating. I kept calling the airline to put back my next flight. I ended up staying a few weeks. Unfortunately the last time I landed here I did not get further than the airport where I took this shot.