The Facebook group reported a couple of significant improvements to the ongoing construction of The Minton, so I went by again on Saturday noon time for a photo-look-about. The cascading waterfall has indeed been finally completed with its water pumps started a few days ago, and all three pools – the main, 50m lap and heated – have been filled. It still seems though like a lot of additional work is still remaining – a couple of amenities are still undergoing construction and the like – and I’m not sure if we’re going to be getting keys in a few weeks that other residents are hoping for.
Sky was very sunny and weather very hot too, but the circular polarizer worked pretty well this time for several of the wide-angle shots. I brought my two m4/3 cameras again. Oddly, the E-PL2 with the 12-50mm doesn’t work well at all. Lots of pictures taken suffer from an odd loss of sharpness, even when shot at 1/60s shutter speeds and faster.
The Library patio and deck looks done, and just missing interiors and furnishing now.The cascading waterfall really looks lovely. In fact, some of the residents from the opposite HDB blocks were on the balcony admiring the view even.Slow exposure to create milky water currents. This was handheld with a long lens, and the slowest I could manage was 1/10s – this would not had been possible without E-M5’s 5-axis stabilization system.The 50m lap pool has been filled and looks ready for swimming. The changing areas just behind it though still look incomplete.Fun world areas have been surfaced. Wonder if this is the final color, or it will be painted over soon.The main pool has also been filled.The heated pool, quiet and serene at noon.The main gate’s roundabout has been built and just lacking its water feature now.One side of the feature garden well at the Grand Clubhouse has been done up; the other side hopefully soon too.The Minton… is smokin’ hot! But seriously, it was because the Chinese workers had just conducted their Seven Month rites just nearby, hence all the smoke.=)
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