Hi leyley... that picture is taken of a paddy farm .. small one..near the town of Malau, Kedah....this town is 45 minutes from Kulim in Kedah.

i was there for a week ....to chill relax....get my thoughts straight and photograph life

v1rtual: In the dress. Yes that's how you do it! If you feel like you're not used to the look on the left, lower the opacity of the new layer. Some people like the skin tones very pink (like on the left.) If you want you can still increase saturation.

jimlim007: They are gelatine filters, or gels in short. Yes similiar to tanglung material. You must get the orange one though - yellow is not accurate.

Uzumaki NaruTo: Studio Zaloon or Digicolor (but often, out of stock.) I also make pre-cut gel holders; if you want one come for the next TT whenever that is!

leeshock: The pirated battery grip for the A850/A900 is such a downer - it doesn't have all the buttons and the joystick of the VG-C90AM.

haha..sorry got a noob question here...actually SP90 if compared to other portrait lenses (such as 50mmf1.8,f1.4 and so) is it better or does it has any advantages over those??seems like SP90 is pretty rare...

oo...i see..but isnt being sharp a good thing??ya d bokeh is not really as good as those of 50mm....thanks 4 d share =p

Just sold beercan. Got money ma. So got the 50mm f1.8 @ RM300. Next week getting the VG + batt for Rm600. XD

lol..no la..coz i always need to bring my laptop n camera together ma..hehe

anyway..gotta go watch avatar now..see u guys lata..

i mean coz i need to travel btwn malaysia n singapore 2-3 times per month ma..and i usually bring both back..else i go back nothing to do...lol....and yes,,i does kill my shoulders after i carry it for like 2hrs..lol

x_far_x: Yes, the A500 and A380 are out in Malaysia. Gotta go around to ask about the price, though...

MechaHerc: Make sure you're not using AF-C when you're doing this - keep your shutter half-pressed to hold focus.

Uzumaki NaruTo: You've got AF mode confused with Drive mode!

AF-A/AF-S/AF-C/MF/DMF can be used together with Burst Drive mode.

lwliam: You can, to get 3-4 shots, where one will have less blinks than the other. A photographer friend of mine sets his A900 to Burst Low (3 FPS) as the time between 2 shots is just right to reduce blinks and allow the flash to recharge (compared to 5 FPS).

One way to totally avoid 'lazy eyes' is to use manual flash power - the pre-flash is what causes people to close their eyes.

no, i didnt mean cannot use burst, but why use AF-C, from what i interpret from the statement earlier that i replied to.
i do burst too when the group's too big to anticipate blinks. then only PS the eyes over for those who blinked. usually, 2 shots are enough.

uzumaki...

CnC
Bad
-the picture overcontrasted and underexposed..
-a bit too soft focus/OOF
-framing/compo should be using the points of interest (wiki : rule of thirds)

Good
- nice model!!

i suspect spot or center weighter metering was used? maybe if u use multi segmented might produce better results..

questions :
what lens u using bro?
is the photo pped or u using camera settings
come on bro! lets target pro level compo + lighting shot
i use mine as an example.... not there yet but we are all learning no?
here is a link for ya to chek out upon!...SO MUCH to learn from here and almost ALL that ya need to know!

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/03/on-as...ent-cicada.html