thoughtful photography - the blog If Javascript is disabled browser, to place orders please visit the page where I sell my photos, powered by Fotomoto.Tumblr (3.0; @fqwimages)http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/31b4ed9b30d3245419d967baaaa610a8/tumblr_mn69ywrfTJ1r8fcwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://fqwimages.com/floral-swirls/" target="_blank"><strong>Floral Wave, 2013</strong></a>. All Rights Reserved.</p> <p><a href="http://fqwimages.com/floral-swirls/" target="_blank"><em>More here</em>.</a></p>http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/51026665136http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/51026665136Wed, 22 May 2013 07:45:21 +0800floral swirlsartphotographyartists on tumblrfloral wavelink to main<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7fb0620020ac0f826e849c31a82ce994/tumblr_mmzn2zR0rP1r8fcwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://fqwimages.com/floral-swirls/" target="_blank"><strong>Floral Color Space (60), 2013</strong></a>. All Rights Reserved.</p> <p>My <a href="http://fqwimages.com/floral-swirls/" target="_blank">Floral swirls</a> represented as a color grid - Wonder if the dominance of yellow-red-purple hues are true to nature or merely my own bias?</p> <p><em><a href="http://fqwimages.com/floral-swirls/" target="_blank">More here</a></em>.</p>http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/50718093477http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/50718093477Sat, 18 May 2013 17:45:00 +0800link to mainartartists on tumblrcolorsfloral swirlsflora<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/76b9106ec9e4e74fcbb3e20c74835781/tumblr_mmpv54fphl1r8fcwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://fqwimages.com/floral-swirls/" title="Floral Swirls" target="_blank"><strong>Floral Swirl Sunrise</strong>, 2013. All Rights Reserved.</a></p> <p><a href="http://fqwimages.com/floral-swirls/" title="Floral Swirls" target="_blank">More <strong>here</strong>.</a></p> <p>I find that the combination of floral colors and the sensation of energy in the swirls make a rather compelling combination. Will be exploring this technique further for sure.</p>http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/50315166143http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/50315166143Mon, 13 May 2013 11:05:19 +0800floral swirlsartists on tumblrartflowersfloralink to main<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8f917354c4c26c59ce11a8e14d1304b7/tumblr_mij0itWV2C1r8fcwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Balcony, 2013.</strong> All Rights Reserved.</p> <p><a href="http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/tagged/fotomoto" title="fotomoto" target="_blank">Prints available <strong>here</strong>.</a></p>http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/49886800049http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/49886800049Wed, 08 May 2013 06:52:17 +0800fotomotoartArtists on Tumblrphotographysingaporetreebalcony<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b3a94822d14c39a154967dd7e7f14c17/tumblr_mll06uAtDG1r8fcwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Clouds before the rain, 2013</strong>. All Rights Reserved.</p> <p><a href="http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/tagged/fotomoto" title="fotomoto" target="_blank">Prints available <strong>here</strong>.</a></p>http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/49347356027http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/49347356027Wed, 01 May 2013 16:40:35 +0800fotomotocloudssunsetchangi beachsingaporeskyArtists on Tumblrphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7944419f05d68c1851be62ed7ed47947/tumblr_mlwqf4p9wi1r8fcwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Gerbera, Hydrangea, 2013</strong> (Flamingo with open wings). All Rights Reserved.</p>http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/49172263963http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/49172263963Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:30:45 +0800link to mainflamingofloral paintingsartartists on tumblrflowerscolors<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/60919b8ea41d5bd536c1dfa053623b77/tumblr_mlkzvsrWfV1r8fcwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Fly me to the Moon, 2013</strong>. All Rights Reserved.</p> <p><a href="http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/tagged/fotomoto" title="fotomoto" target="_blank">Prints available here.</a></p>http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/48691570809http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/48691570809Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:29:29 +0800fotomotomonoBlack and WhiteairplanechangisingaporemoonaeroplaneartphotographyArtists on Tumblr<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cbf75033a68533f0fb8bfdd126f0d609/tumblr_mlauigRTgt1r8fcwxo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/aca2eec6ec233a1b46ca00636f1a37ff/tumblr_mlauigRTgt1r8fcwxo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7b6945b213aab4ac86bca1815d0856a1/tumblr_mlauigRTgt1r8fcwxo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8027c6cb7d59b79ca0e52ac91c37d8a9/tumblr_mlauigRTgt1r8fcwxo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a64e22080d783924e8b65d834a2cba98/tumblr_mlauigRTgt1r8fcwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1cf3d61365644fcd69fc595d1f563b3d/tumblr_mlauigRTgt1r8fcwxo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ad48a5bd600bd20723bf3083c38d4295/tumblr_mlauigRTgt1r8fcwxo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><span><strong>极乐洞 (Kek Look Tong, or Cavern of Utmost Happiness)</strong>, 2013. All Rights Reserved.</span></p> <p> This is a larger temple (see the chairs in the first image for a sense of scale) within a cave in Ipoh. It is near the <a href="http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/48192999735/sam-poh-tong-2013" title="sam poh tong" target="_blank">Sam Poh Tong</a> which I visited on the same day. The rock formations and stalactites were fascinating.</p>http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/48485671140http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/48485671140Sun, 21 Apr 2013 09:33:09 +0800kek look tongipohmalaysialimestone cavernasiatemplephotographyArchitecturechinese temple<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/04658e5a819678f4eece4dc083f18ba6/tumblr_mlat11rnk51r8fcwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b49988f81d1b5b2258b79c089e5442f3/tumblr_mlat11rnk51r8fcwxo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b6e959f73861f36af57b830d5a7c287b/tumblr_mlat11rnk51r8fcwxo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/76399227b1e48f27e42a97aa43f3f9b0/tumblr_mlat11rnk51r8fcwxo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4197148502e0b2dffc02072bc8eab093/tumblr_mlat11rnk51r8fcwxo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong><span>三宝洞 (</span>Sam Poh Tong, or Cavern of Three Precious), 2013</strong>. All Rights Reserved.</p> <p>Visited <span>三宝洞 as part of </span><span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingming_Festival" title="qingming wiki" target="_blank">清明节 (QingMing Festival)</a><span>, and it is always fascinating to see a temple built within a limestone cave. The interior of the temple is really part of the limestone cave and I find the main door to be reminiscent of many </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuxia#Films" title="Wu Xia" target="_blank"><span>武</span><span>侠</span></a><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuxia#Films" title="Wu Xia" target="_blank"> (Wu Xia)</a> films I have watched</span><span> when young.</span></p> <p><span>Strangely there is a western fountain in the courtyard of the Sam Poh Tong, of all places.</span></p> <p><span>If any of you know what the Three Precious Treasures or </span>三宝 are, please tell me!</p>http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/48192999735http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/48192999735Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:30:39 +0800sam poh tongipohArchitecturetemplechinesechinese templemalaysialimestone cavecavern of three preciousbuddhist temple<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cc0d3b8e834b344eecd654c79d01a584/tumblr_mldy0baSo61r8fcwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Gerbera, Carnation, Hydrangea, Hypericium 2013</strong> (Resting Flamingo). All Rights Reserved.<span><br/></span></p> <p><a href="http://fqwimages.com/2011/10/remix/" target="_blank"><strong>More here</strong></a>.</p>http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/48183818278http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/48183818278Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:00:00 +0800link to mainfloral paintingsflamingocolors<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b208dc469ee2398543e60a925d26ab03/tumblr_ml1mg94nT91r8fcwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://fqwimages.com/2011/10/remix/" title="Floral Portraits" target="_blank"><strong>Untitled, 2013</strong>. </a>All Rights Reserved.</p> <p>Does anyone know the name of this particular flower? I’m thinking it could be Allium, but not sure.</p> <p><a href="http://fqwimages.com/2011/10/remix/" title="Floral Portraits" target="_blank">More <em><strong>here</strong></em>.</a></p>http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/47620640995http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/47620640995Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:20:01 +0800floral portraitslink to mainArtists on Tumblrartphotographyflowersflowercolor<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0ddd0034f50da34a24bc5ca4142813be/tumblr_mkbrm9TgUL1r8fcwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Moon outside the window, 2013</strong>. All Rights Reserved.</p> <p><em>Just reach out and touch the moon</em>.</p> <p><a href="http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/tagged/fotomoto" title="fotomoto" target="_blank">Prints available <strong>here</strong></a>.</p>http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/47231756675http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/47231756675Sat, 06 Apr 2013 08:12:00 +0800artArtists on TumblrphotographysingaporeHDBnight photographylong exposuremoonfull moonfotomoto<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5326e21041ab9da5c82dc8b177c2135d/tumblr_mk4filMKYt1r8fcwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/19184015e1f36e84e2814636962788ed/tumblr_mk4filMKYt1r8fcwxo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6ccd089dbd4012b9e298c68eb2e1a0c4/tumblr_mk4filMKYt1r8fcwxo2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/65156c2c9ea0429e673f97419ed68adf/tumblr_mk4filMKYt1r8fcwxo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bb4fb8af68fef243c3b1e9ac6bfae1b5/tumblr_mk4filMKYt1r8fcwxo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/55e6e277f55b0b08be23e2ca9fb8652a/tumblr_mk4filMKYt1r8fcwxo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a47f9cf9c0c27b3381ff56936b1ff5aa/tumblr_mk4filMKYt1r8fcwxo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/88cd9a9fb0e167e304041c41ed633159/tumblr_mk4filMKYt1r8fcwxo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/27590ff1ce650166f5c627170363d501/tumblr_mk4filMKYt1r8fcwxo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong><a href="http://www.gardensbythebay.com.sg/en/home.html" target="_blank">Gardens By The Bay</a>, 2013 (Part Two)</strong>. All Rights Reserved.</p> <p>I’ll be <a href="http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/tagged/fotomoto" title="fotomoto" target="_blank"><em>selling some of these as prints!</em></a></p> <p>Pretty neat place to visit if you are interested in plants and flowers.</p>http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/46631482351http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/46631482351Sat, 30 Mar 2013 09:35:56 +0800gardens by the baysingaporeflowersartphotographynaturecolors<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9663ed49817253930538c8a36d661d40/tumblr_mjyqfuyU8f1r8fcwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Eustomas, 2013</strong>. All Rights Reserved.</p> <p><a href="http://fqwimages.com/2011/10/remix/" target="_blank">More here.</a></p>http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/46414381588http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/46414381588Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:30:32 +0800link to maineustomasflowersArtists on Tumblrartphotographypurple<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7cc580e056d174d282d199dcfd1e1d81/tumblr_mk4fajs0Zc1r8fcwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2c56558319656c3f19ff1b7092546ac9/tumblr_mk4fajs0Zc1r8fcwxo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/94413a51b0cf3d4d1684cf652122f5da/tumblr_mk4fajs0Zc1r8fcwxo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/da7b2d939c4f45b4c1980d8a70d874ad/tumblr_mk4fajs0Zc1r8fcwxo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/86637ba7fef5b7d32e64026552c62680/tumblr_mk4fajs0Zc1r8fcwxo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5978799813bf629ebdb553e98360922a/tumblr_mk4fajs0Zc1r8fcwxo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3f50f73960d6fcf6678e638a3adfaf59/tumblr_mk4fajs0Zc1r8fcwxo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ef9bc9a28db1726641072af20ec266d9/tumblr_mk4fajs0Zc1r8fcwxo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong><a href="http://www.gardensbythebay.com.sg/en/home.html" target="_blank">Gardens By The Bay</a>, 2013 (Part One).</strong> All Rights Reserved.</p> <p>I’ll be putting up <a href="http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/tagged/fotomoto" title="fotomoto" target="_blank"><em>some prints for sale too</em></a>!</p>http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/46286436344http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/46286436344Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:42:50 +0800gardens by the baysingaporeartflowersflowerleavesphotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d62ba90fdae2cce9318d2037a0d9db67/tumblr_mgskz4tl2o1r8fcwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Hanging out (Gibbon), 2013</strong>. All Rights Reserved.</p> <p><a href="http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/tagged/fotomoto" title="fotomoto" target="_blank">Prints available here.</a></p>http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/46079380064http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/46079380064Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:12:34 +0800fotomotoBlack and Whitemonomonochromegibbonmonkeyhanging outphotographyart<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/990ff2b11407a43c9b22b4cdb3a5a658/tumblr_mjyqcu8ODb1r8fcwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Roses 2013</strong>. All Rights Reserved.</p> <p><a href="http://fqwimages.com/2011/10/remix/" target="_blank">More here.</a></p>http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/45907305292http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/45907305292Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:30:31 +0800rosesfloral portraitslink to mainArtists on Tumblrartphotographyflowersred<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/10b5f2b99983e288014741403c9a8b87/tumblr_mjt7zdwF8E1r8fcwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Upper Seletar Reservoir, 2013.</strong> All Rights Reserved.</p> <p>Prints available <a href="http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/tagged/fotomoto" title="fotomoto" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>.</p>http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/45750466378http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/45750466378Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:04:00 +0800upper seletar reservoirtreephotographylandscapeArtists on Tumblrartcloudsreservoirsingaporefotomoto<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/04039b5a04201b1545af8e118451a4ff/tumblr_mjs2z1q0MV1r8fcwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Where our lives now reside, 2013. All Rights Reserved.</p>http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/45539954128http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/45539954128Sun, 17 Mar 2013 08:08:09 +0800hard diskdigitaliphone<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/85abd952fecb023b2f4c7fc603eefe6d/tumblr_mjrgwd7dt71r8fcwxo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0f4395699a06d0cb8c568e4fc2d73c1d/tumblr_mjrgwd7dt71r8fcwxo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c7033ef62568a66a33a2e938551cc64d/tumblr_mjrgwd7dt71r8fcwxo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/193cbe827cf3238e0774e6ff71d66154/tumblr_mjrgwd7dt71r8fcwxo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ce0e563b4552f5074ca9abf924ca7aae/tumblr_mjrgwd7dt71r8fcwxo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Buddhist Art from Thailand</strong>, as seen in the <a href="http://www.acm.org.sg/exhibitions/eventdetail.asp?eventID=826" target="_blank">Asian Civilisations Museum</a>, Singapore.</p> <p>Pretty fascinating stuff, and the museum is worth a trip if you ever visit Singapore.</p>http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/45505000681http://fqwimages.tumblr.com/post/45505000681Sun, 17 Mar 2013 00:12:30 +0800asian artasian civilisation museumsingaporebuddhismbuddhist artartrelics