Helloooo. Long time no seee.

Not at all

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Added on December 9, 2010, 10:43 pmbtw, my friend macwai got a silver 1 today. Guess he will be reporting in soon

This post has been edited by hengguowei: Dec 9 2010, 10:43 PM

Same. My brother went Singapore and only made a few calls and messages and our bill shot to 1.2k

Perhaps the most well know principle of photographic composition is the ‘Rule of Thirds‘.

The “Rule of Thirds” one of the first things that budding digital photographers learn about in classes on photography and rightly so as it is the basis for well balanced and interesting shots.

I will say right up front however that rules are meant to be broken and ignoring this one doesn’t mean your images are necessarily unbalanced or uninteresting. However a wise person once told me that if you intend to break a rule you should always learn it first to make sure your breaking of it is all the more effective!


What is the Rule of Thirds?

The basic principle behind the rule of thirds is to imagine breaking an image down into thirds (both horizontally and vertically) so that you have 9 parts. As follows.


As you’re taking an image you would have done this in your mind through your viewfinder or in the LCD display that you use to frame your shot.

With this grid in mind the ‘rule of thirds’ now identifies four important parts of the image that you should consider placing points of interest in as you frame your image.

Not only this – but it also gives you four ‘lines’ that are also useful positions for elements in your photo.



The theory is that if you place points of interest in the intersections or along the lines that your photo becomes more balanced and will enable a viewer of the image to interact with it more naturally. Studies have shown that when viewing images that people’s eyes usually go to one of the intersection points most naturally rather than the center of the shot – using the rule of thirds works with this natural way of viewing an image rather than working against it.

In addition to the above picture of the bee where the bee’s eye becomes the point of focus here are some of examples:



Another Rule of Thirds Example

In this image I’ve purposely placed the head of my subject on one of the intersecting points – especially his eyes which are a natural point of focus for a portrait. His tie and flower also take up a secondary point of interest.



In this shot I’ve placed the subject along a whole line which means she is considerably off center and therefore creating an additional point of interest. Placing her right in the center of the frame could have resulted in an ‘awkward’ shot.

In a similar way a good technique for landscape shots is to position horizons along one of the horizontal lines also as I’ve done with the following shot (I’ll let you imagine the lines).



Using the Rule of Thirds comes naturally to some photographers but for many of us takes a little time and practice for it to become second nature.

In learning how to use the rule of thirds (and then to break it) the most important questions to be asking of yourself are:

* What are the points of interest in this shot?
* Where am I intentionally placing them?

Once again – remember that breaking the rule can result in some striking shots – so once you’ve learnt it experiment with purposely breaking it to see what you discover.

Lastly – keep the rule of thirds in mind as you edit your photos later on. Post production editing tools today have good tools for cropping and reframing images so that they fit within the rules. Experiment with some of your old shots to see what impact it might have on your photos.

via http://www.digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds Enjoy

This post has been edited by hengguowei: Dec 10 2010, 09:27 AM

I didn't know till today as well
Sifu so geng sure don't need to follow any rule lar.

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Added on December 10, 2010, 3:22 pmIt will bcoz file indexing and searching will take longer time bcoz of the higher capacity.

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Added on December 10, 2010, 3:22 pmAt the moment fastest is Kingston 32GB Class 4

This post has been edited by hengguowei: Dec 10 2010, 03:22 PM

Use a video converter and convert into flv from flv.
I know it's the same format but flv from youtube are a little kacau on phones.

That's a lot of cash from the sale

@Sifu Aspire, I'm not getting 18-200mm cause there's no package that comes with 18-200mm for 550D. And if I take that will become 4.5k+
So, getting 550D with 18-135mm plus 32GB Class 4 perhaps

wow
sifu, not getting 18-200mm coz no package together hence very expensive to buy seperately.

At the moment I want only a walkaround lens.
18-135 is what I'll ask my mum to buy coz it's 1 of the lens kit option for 550D.

My budget told you is 4k but 4k is not enough for 18-200 plus 550D

I think so
I told my mum get 550D + 18-135mm EFS plus 32GB

The one that guy is offering is Class 4 only. Yours is Extreme III?
Okay, I'll keep that in mind and ask for Extreme III. For speed right
But 550D supports SDXC. Now expensive like crazy when it gets cheaper in the future then nice

I prefer higher reso wor

900+ pound eh. That's like 5k plus

Sifu, please advise how I can spend approx 4k optimumly

Okay,
550D with 18-135mm with a free bag and a free tripod confirmed

Memory card, is Ultra II not enough? if it isn't, I'll go for 16gb Extreme III.

Tell that to my mum, she keeps till it's full only delete off the camera
16GB ExtremeIII less than 180? Mind showing me the link please

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Added on December 10, 2010, 11:48 pmMy streamyx this few days okay wor. But I'll be upgrading asap to Unifi.

This post has been edited by hengguowei: Dec 10 2010, 11:48 PM

That means take Class 6 ExtremeIII enough or should I get Class 10 ExtremeIII?

I thought try to reduce the ISO or else noise level will be high?