Couple of shots from Singapore last weekend.

This is a nice departure from the traditional waterdrop shot. I like it!

There's nothing phailed about this. Awesome work.

holy. shit.

Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 800

Thanks! That's part of the roof of Orchard Central mall in Singapore. The lights are fluorescent tubes, and the whole bottom surface of the photo is the glass lift enclosure.

Thanks! You should definitely pay a visit there when you get the chance. The place looks like it was designed by a madman, but in a good way.

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Exposure: 0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 42 mm
ISO Speed: 500

This post has been edited by foogray: Jan 1 2010, 01:33 AM

I like it! Interesting composition and subject matter. I would correct the pincushion distortion in photoshop though, it's slightly distracting.


My attempt at shooting water droplets using dark field lighting. There's a bigger version on my flickr page(link through image).


Camera Model: NIKON D90
Flash Used: Yes (Manual, return light not detected)
Focal Length: 90.0mm (35mm equivalent: 135mm)
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture: f/40.0
ISO equiv: 200

This post has been edited by foogray: Jan 22 2010, 12:06 AM

It's a jumping spider, family: salticidae. Probably my favourite spiders to shoot, not just because they're cute(as far as spiders can be considered cute) but because they exhibit curiousity towards the shooter and have a fearless tendency to jump towards the camera lens rather than away from it as one would expect. Please do post the link to Deemac's gallery. I love to see macro work done well.

Here's one I shot of a jumping spider, also with a Tamron SP 90. The trailing strand of silk isn't a 'shop, but I did darken the background a little to try and make it more visible.

Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal Length: 90 mm
ISO Speed: 200
I may have had a little help from my Raynox DCR250 for this one, I can't remember.

^^^
Mizzy: Very cool, especially that second lynx picture.

I have the +4 hoya too, used it a few times before I got my Raynox, and my main issue with it was the hilarious amounts of distortion and chromatic aberration around the edges. Your photos actually look pretty sharp to me, though I see a slight loss of detail due to noise. Since you're already using flash (can tell from the reflection in its eyes) why not drop the ISO to 100 and up the flash power to compensate?

Thanks! I think I got incredibly lucky with this shot. I didn't even realise the silk was there until I had a look at the files on my pc.

Oh wow. I like this. Very mysterious.

This post has been edited by foogray: Jan 31 2010, 05:24 AM

The harsh sunlight makes for a dramatic photo, but some parts of their bodies look to have blown highlights. If you shot in RAW you can use highlight recovery to try and reclaim some detail from the sunlit side of their bodies. Either way, it's a very nice catch.

Think so. You can probably use this as a guide. The screenshots show a recovery slider, so if it's anything like ACR, just drag it to the right until details become visible, then use the exposure slider to brighten the image again.