{"id":19001,"date":"2013-08-07T21:59:28","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T13:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=19001"},"modified":"2018-04-03T15:54:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T07:54:05","slug":"work-in-progress-part-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2013\/08\/07\/work-in-progress-part-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Work-in-Progress \u2013 Part 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the start of the long holiday weekend, though we&#8217;re not exactly very mobile with a 5 week old baby. Ling was quite amused when I packed my camera gear into my Billingham bag after lunch, chuckling &#8220;But you just went by for a visit last Saturday.&#8221; Well, one of the nice things about staying just 10 minutes away from your new home is it&#8217;s not hard to just swing by when you haven&#8217;t got anything else to do and just kay-poh a bit to see how the construction at The Minton is going.<\/p>\n<p>A bit on the equipment outlay this time. The graduated neutral density filter (which I&#8217;ve rarely had the chance to use) and also circular polarizers came for the ride &#8211; though because the photo-visit was in the early afternoon, the CPL really wasn&#8217;t able to visibly tease out cloud layers any clearer than human eyes could. The GND was used sparingly as it introduces pretty artificial-looking blue hues into the picture (below to see what I mean). The E-M5 was the main workhorse with the wide shots, and my old E-PL2 &#8211; still haven&#8217;t sold it away &#8211; for the long shots.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19002\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19002\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-04.jpg\" alt=\"This was a new feature I'd not observed before in earlier visits. It's a small observation post just in front of Block 10 and facing Tranquil World.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-04.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-04-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This was a new feature I&#8217;d not observed before in earlier visits. It&#8217;s a small observation post just in front of Block 10 and facing Tranquil World.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19003\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19003\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19003\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-09.jpg\" alt=\"The main pool looks done, and workers were about scrubbing the pool base too. The dining cabana is also looking the way it should, with the excess flora removed.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-09.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-09-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The main pool looks done, and workers were about scrubbing the pool base too. The dining cabana is also looking the way it should, with the excess flora removed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19004\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19004\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-13.jpg\" alt=\"Lawn patches have been planted on blocks facing Fun World.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-13.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-13-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lawn patches have been planted on blocks facing Fun World.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19005\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19005\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19005\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-22.jpg\" alt=\"Here's what I mean using the GND filter; the condo against National Day decorations. The Facebook group members liked the picture, though I think it looks really odd!\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-22.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-22-270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-22-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here&#8217;s what I mean using the GND filter; the condo against National Day decorations. The Facebook group members liked the picture, though I think it looks really odd!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19006\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19006\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19006\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-33.jpg\" alt=\"The feature wall backdrop has been mounted at the Grand Clubhouse.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-33.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-33-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The feature wall backdrop has been mounted at the Grand Clubhouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19007\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19007\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19007\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-37.jpg\" alt=\"Workers laying and tossing bricks near the main entrance.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-37.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-37-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers laying and tossing bricks near the main entrance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19008\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19008\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-40.jpg\" alt=\"Paving work between the Clubhouse and Retail outlet block.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-40.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-40-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paving work between the Clubhouse and Retail outlet block.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the start of the long holiday weekend, though we&#8217;re not exactly very mobile with a 5 week old baby. Ling was quite amused when I packed my camera gear into my Billingham bag after lunch, chuckling &#8220;But you just<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-read-more\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2013\/08\/07\/work-in-progress-part-26\/\">Read More<span class=\"cleanwp-sr-only\">  Work-in-Progress \u2013 Part 26<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[526,13],"tags":[609,515,532,544,531,508],"class_list":["post-19001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-home","category-photography-cameras","tag-m4-3","tag-minton","tag-12-50mm","tag-olympus-75-300","tag-e-m5","tag-e-pl2","wpcat-526-id","wpcat-13-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-22.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}