My travel essentials... what are yours?

Travel essentials!

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Happy Star Wars Day!

Happy #MayTheFourth! It’s #StarWarsDay!!!#MayThe4thBeWithYou always. pic.twitter.com/c5ZHqvOkcz

— IZ Reloaded (@izreloaded) May 4, 2018

Apple's "THREE MINUTES": A 3-Minute Recut

I did this 3-minute recut of Apple's Chinese New Year short film "THREE MINUTES". What if you only have 3 minutes for a reunion? What if you only have 3 minutes to tell this story?

Testing the Metabones Speed Booster Ultra on Panasonic MFT cameras

The Metabones Speedbooster Ultra allows the use of Canon EF lenses on Panasonic Lumix Micro Four Thirds bodies such as the GH5, G85, G9 and GH4. It increases maximum aperture by 1 stop and makes lens 0.71x wider. I tested the Metabones Ultra on my Panasonic bodies (video here) and found that it works pretty well with the Canon EF lenses including the monster zoom lens Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM.

This combo (Metabones + Canon 100-400) was used to shoot the recent total lunar eclipse with the Pansonic GH5 and G85.

These two babies shot the Super Blue Blood Moon last night. #camera #cameraporn #cameragear #gear #Canon #Panasonic #superbluebloodmoon #totallunareclipse #eclipse #photography #cameraporn #photographer #videographer #moon #astrophotography #metabones

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Watch video of the Super Blue Bood Moon here.

The Super Blue Blood Moon in Singapore

Here's a video of the total lunar eclipse of 31 January 2018, also known as the Super Blue Blood, shot by me in Singapore in 4K and some photos below.

The Super Blue Blood Moon. Total lunar eclipse of 31 Jan 2018 taken in Singapore.

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Portrait of the Super Blue Blood Moon taken before totality through the Canon EF 100-400mm IS II USM lens. #totallunareclipse #lunareclipse #superbluebloodmoon #superbluebloodmoon2018 #eclipse #singapore #astrophotography #astro #earthpix #space #universetoday #moon #closeup #space #astronomy #Canon

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Gear is ready to shoot tonight's total lunar eclipse!

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Super Blue Blood Moon Total Lunar Eclipse Time

Tonight's (31 January 2018) Super Blue Blood Moon Total Eclipse Singapore Timings:

Partial Lunar Eclipse begins: 19:48:27hr
Total Lunar Eclipse begins: 20:51:47hr
Maximum Eclipse: 21:29:51hr
Total Lunar Eclipse ends: 22:07:51hr
Partial Eclipse ends: 23:11:11hr

This eclipse is visible to anyone in North America and across the Pacific Ocean to Australia and eastern Asia including Singapore. To see a map, detailed timings and diagram of the eclipse by NASA, click here (PDF).

This will be the first of two total lunar eclipses that can be viewed from Singapore in 2018. The next one will be on 27 July 2018.

My photo of Heartbeat Bedok is featured

The photo I took of Heartbeat@Bedok is now featured on its official Facebook page. Follow me on Instagram for more photos.

Finally, Pokemon Go Level 38!

I've just reached Level 38 on Pokemon Go and here are some of my new Pokemon.

Milotic and Wailord, both evolved from Feebas and Walmer.

Aggron evolved from Lairon. It is the final form of Aron. Slaking evolved from Vigoroth. It is the final form of Slakoth.

Blakizen evolved from Combusken. It is the final form of Torchic. Exploud evolved from Loudred. It is the final form of Whismur.

And finally, here are my various forms of Unown caught during all my travels.

Singapore Airlines A380 take off from Shanghai Pudong Airport

Taking off on Singapore Airlines A380 from Shanghai Pudong Airport and enjoying a beautiful sunset from high up in the sky. Link to video.

Thanks for the 8888 subscribers on YouTube!

Thanks for the 8,888 subscribers on YouTube! Subscribe here: https://t.co/Nd45arBOco and https://t.co/YaOQhoWvg3 pic.twitter.com/oxwXd0isr5

— IZ Reloaded (@izreloaded) January 23, 2018

Climbing Mount Song in Henan Province, China

Climbing Mount Song (link to video), home to the legendary Shaolin Temple, in Henan Province, China, to reach the summit where the Dharma Statue stands. Dharma also known as Bodhidharma was a Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China. According to Chinese legend, he began the physical training of the monks of Shaolin Monastery that led to the creation of Shaolin kungfu.

Clip taken from my documentary debut film, Kung Fu Journey. Watch the full film here.