haha..i had no exp with any tripods...so im kinda left with few choices with my budget(700++ for tripod with ballhead)...and after few googles..i decided to go for manfrotto....for ur case...2k for tripod n ballhead...thats quite alot isnt it...gitzo maybe?

i shd leave this question for the tripod pro to answer..

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Added on July 14, 2009, 1:31 amguys..hows my "new" UWA shot??



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This post has been edited by achew: Jul 14 2009, 01:31 AM

achew, cool idea incorporating the GND to expose the moon correctly!

Oh and I'm guessing you're doing panoramas instead of getting an ultra-wide lens.

yea....poor man like me only can do vertorama

ur pix like u created from PS achew...dunno how to define in words...pix is very nice woo...

errr...it is from PS...lol...i did all the PP there

another one from me..but this one was "slightly" manipulated *cough* *cough*



2shots merged with around 50% overlapped...crop off the rest..thats y abit squarish..

he's the king of creative photography.. hahaha..

haha..thats too flattery
i don have a big head to wear such a big crown...the king word is soo exaggerated..put it this way..im trying my best to be creative in my shots

This post has been edited by achew: Jul 14 2009, 03:41 AM

aiyoo .. mahal la bro .. .. i need uwa, macro and tripod .. .. ahhh .. if I can print money ......

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i noe u pp in ps but the pix is like u created it not u took it...very 3D alike...

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This post has been edited by cjlai: Jul 14 2009, 10:57 AM

cjlai:
kinda cool composition bro..but were u on a boat? blur leh...

Putrajaya again!!







C&C please .. ..

taken with a Minolta 50 1.7, is this consider affected by flare? Feels like not sharp enough, and a bit "hazy", anyway to take note in the future?

It does look like there's some flare near the top left corner of the pic and that may have caused the 'haziness'.

What aperture were you using? F1.7? This lens has better sharpness when stopped down to F2 so try using that instead. I usually use F2 or F2.2 and seldom use it wide open.

Also I can hardly see where your focus point is. This perhaps could be due to the narrow DOF coupled with some subject movement when the pic is taken. This will cause the picture to be not sharp.

Seng_Kiat, I like the colors, but the mids are too dark (even on my horribly bright office LCD.) The blue is nice and rich, bring it out!

kinkikids: When shooting at a bright aperture, try to stand where everybody is on the focus plane (meaning, in a row, in front of you.) Also, you can reduce flare with just using your left hand (hold it above the lens like a roof.)

shootkk & albnok: thanks for the comments. btw is i used a sony 1.8, since it's a D lens, it wont hav flare issue? same as sony 1.4?

off cos blur la.... coz i'm sitting in a bumpy speed boat while taking this photo

good guess tho

haha but u managed to frame it though

shadows are all over the place and they look distracting. you might want to reconsider the lighting placement so that you props will not cast shadow on your model's body. personally i think the safest way is that, if you happen to have 3 flashes, just use one as main light from the front high, and two for rim lights at the back. don't forget to add flags to your rim light so that they wont cast flare into your lens.

if you just have 2 flashes, do a cross lighting: one main, one kick from behind model... that is if you have black/very dark background.