Tua Pek Kong (Da Bogong) Temple, Kusu Island

You need to get on a boat to visit Kusu island. There isn't much on the small island. People go there mainly to visit the temple.

The temple is built half over water.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusu_Island

• Nikon D7000, 35mm f1.8
• At 35mm, f2, ISO 1600, 1/15 seconds
• Manual exposure, center-weighted metering, auto white balance
• Picasa: Straighten, crop, auto contrast, fill light, glow

Standard night shot. Aperture wide open, maximum ISO that you can tolerate. Unless you want to use a tripod. Manual exposure and adjust exposure based on the LCD playback.

Sasanaramsi Burmese Buddhist Temple

This is the rear of the temple. The front view is blocked by a gate, and isn't as shiny. In the background are a private condominium on the left, and a HDB flat on the right. 

For a non-rectangular building like this, it's important to get the background right because it will show through more than with a rectangular building. You want a background that isn't too messy or distracting.

The temple's website is:
http://www.bbt.org.sg/

• Nikon D600, 28-300mm f3.5-5.6
• At 135mm, f8, ISO 1600, 1/750 seconds
• Aperture priority, center-weighted metering, auto white balance
• Picasa: Crop, straighten, auto contrast, glow

Technically simple shot. ISO is unecessarily high but ISO 1600 looks so good on the D600 (looks like ISO 400 on the D7000) that I didn't bother to change since I was shooting indoors and had popped out for a few minutes.

 Some editing in Picasa to brighten up the image and make it glow a little.

Wah Sua Keng and Chu Siang Tong Temples

There are two temples located in the same place. The Chu Siang Tong temple is the one with the blue roof, closer to the camera. The Wah Sua Keng temple consists of the two brown-roofed buildings.

Note the two MRT trains at the bottom of the photo. Yishun MRT station is only a few hundred meters to the left.

• Nikon D7000, 35mm f1.8
• At 35mm, f2, ISO 1600, 1/15 seconds
• Manual exposure, center-weighted metering, incandescent white balance
• Picasa: Crop, auto contrast, fill light

Night photography is easier than most people might think and the results are usually pretty.

Just use manual exposure and adjust exposure by looking at the LCD playback. (Auto exposure usually under-exposes night scenes.) Set ISO 1600, maximum aperture and adjust the shutter speed.  

Sriveeramakaliamman Temple, Serangoon Road, Little India

Sriveeramakaliamman temple ( http://www.sriveeramakaliamman.com/ ) is one of the oldest Indian temples in Singapore.

The family look like they are posing for the photo, but they are just waiting for the pedestrian crossing light to turn green.

• Nikon D7000, 35mm f1.8
• At 35mm, f4.8, ISO 100, 1/45 seconds
• Program exposure, center-weighted metering, auto white balance
• Picasa: Auto contrast, crop, straighten

Sri Murugan Hill Temple

This is an Indian Hindu temple along Upper Bukit Timah Road, near the Bukit Panjang LRT station. Their website is http://www.muruganhilltemple.com/

• Nikon D7000, 70-210mm f4-5.6.
• At 145mm, f4.8, 1/1000 seconds, ISO 100.
• Program exposure, center weighted metering, automatic white balance.
• Picasa: Auto contrast, crop.

True Buddha Shi Cheng Temple, Singapore

Wasn't sure what this was. Looks like a Chinese Association building from the outside, but when I peeked in I saw candles. There was a sign in Chinese on top, but I can't read Chinese. Couldn't fit the sign into the photo. I could have pulled back to get it in, but then motorcycles and other junk at the sides would have gotten in too.

Anyway, I later Googled the street address (117) and the road (Sim's Avenue) and found out that it was a temple.

• Nikon D7000, 35mm f1.8
• At f4, 1/1500 seconds, ISO 400
• Auto white balance, center weighted metering, aperture-priority, auto ISO