Martin Liew also took me back to Tanglin Village, one of the places we shot last year. This time we were able to get over the fence into the main complex where the largest buildings are. A one time Nutmeg plantation, Tanglin was converted to military barracks in 1860. Over the years it was occupied by the British, the Japanese, the British again, and after 1972, the Singaporean Ministry of Defense until finally abandoning it in the ’90s. The 21st century saw most of the installation go through a phased conversion into an upscale shopping district, but one section of abandoned buildings remain, also slated for conversion into restaurants and shops.
Puke-usai
I don’t usually shoot graffiti, but for geishas vomiting Hokusai waves, I’ll make an exception. This totally dark interior this was lit with a couple of strobe pops. Perspective correction and crop in post too.
Building 73F
A tree grows through one of the bathroom buildings. If left to the jungle, I think most of Singapore would be consumed by it in less than 50 years. Red and green-gelled strobe, and Stinger Streamlight on the ground.
Loewen Jungle
Most of this building was lit with local ambient light, bouncing off the low-hanging clouds, accumulated over the course of this 4-minute exposure, but I did hike in there and do about 8 purple-gelled strobe pops.
Hosed Reel
This back hallway was in total darkness, so I was able to control the lighting here entirely. Natural Stinger on the hose and a purple flash pop on the wall, both from camera right, then I entered the building (from a different doorway) and did several more yellow-gelled pops out the door and into the upper windows.
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