very nice pics man , especially those taken with the 10-22

Yeap, played a little with contrast and saturation to get that vibrant blue. I also used a polarizer to gain more contrast in the sky

Thanks neoro_blitz! Unfortunately, I find it quite hard to use the 10-22 at times because its simply too wide. A lot of unwanted stuff is seen in the capture too

Wow... I simply love the sky!!! It is awesome!

Great Job De_Cruelz!

Hey guys, got some new pics up today!

Been a long hard week for me with 3 assignments due in 2 days and only 5 hours of sleep for 3 days. I felt like I needed a break and so we went up to Hawkesbury where the Scheyville Reserve Park is in Sydney. Got up at 5 am in hopes to get some nice warm sun light but unfortunately it turned out to be the worst day to go out for shooting.

The weather was gloomy and there was a light to moderate drizzle during the whole trip. Naturally the shots I got today were all somewhat boring and mundane due to bad lighting. Here's a few i've processed and I might post a few more later if I think they're good enough. Somehow the colored shots turned out very differently from the original RAW file I took. Anyone got any good workflow tips for processing from RAW to JPG whilst maintaining color integrity?

Anyway as mentioned above, it was a bad day for shooting but I tried salvaging whatever I had and hope you guys will enjoy them

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Here are somemore I just got to process. I was experimenting with different post processing and I was quite happy with the final products. They weren't processed like I normally do for bright sunny pics so I decided to overdo the contrast and saturation for some of these

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#10 - I think this is my favourite picture from the whole trip

wah!top notch quality.I really love your last nd your favourite pic.Good job dude.

Fantastic Equipment!

Awesome pics mate. Keep up with the good work!

Thanks D_Y2k.4^ and torped91!

I was quite dissapointed when I arrived at the park as it way totally deserted and looked very runned down. We were the only people there for a good 3-4km radius. For some reason I think the park isn't visited very often and there's nothing really to see there too. I guess you will need a guide to really bring you around.

Thanks again for looking guys. You make the trip worth it

I experimented with #10 and processed the background to be B&W. Now I can't really decide which I like better



What do you guys think?

All shots here taken with the 50mm f1.8 They were taken awhile back but I didn't have the gallery here so I never posted them. Anyway, here they are and hope you guys enjoy them

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#10 is nice man!

Nice composition...

But background blur not pretty. It is not your fault... Just get a EF50 f1.4 and see the complete background upgrade!

Some prefer to buy the Ziess / Leica 50mm, which I can hardly understand... but I think the Canon EF50 f1.4 is pretty good. Not to mention still enjoy its ultrasonic autofocusing motor.

I think it might be my fault. The amount and shape of the bokeh depends on the settings too sometimes. I'm not so sure bout this but I think in different lighting conditions you get different effects of bokeh too.

All the shots here were taken within 20 minutes before the sun set for the day. I was pretty much in a rush to try out the new lens as I just got it before I took those photos

What can I say except W.O.W !

Pictures that move my soul..great shots....

*sighs*...when can i ever get to this level of expertise?

Thanks ??!!

Practice, practice, practice It doesn't take much to get good shots. Patience, good lighting and proper technique is all required

-applause-

love no 8. the two white furry balls.. lol

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Great stuffs De_Cruelz! I love Sydney! I only spent 3 days there but I really like the place! But when you're on holiday, there's not much time to explore the town and take so many shots. Not to mention that I was using a film camera then.

Looking forward to seeing more shots from you. BTW, I think there's not so much difference in image quality between the 350D and 20D. After looking at your shots, I'm inclined to save the difference and get the 350D with a L-series. Thanks for sharing your images dude!

Thanks for the kind comments Julianne! #8 also happens to be one of my favourite pics

Thanks RAV4! I'd like to take more pics but its exam season now for me

Hopefully i'll get to go around and take more photos before I fly back to KL for the semester break.

At one point I also felt like replacing the 350D with a 20D instead. After giving it some thought I felt that it wasn't worth it as they are very similar except for the bigger buffer and extra AF points. One other thing is the lesser noise in higher ISO's but they don't really apply to me. I then decided that it would be wiser to stick with the 350D and purchase say a 70-200 f2.8 instead

Glad you enjoyed the pics!

EDIT: I actually got quite a few more pics taken at Hawkesbury but I didn't post them as I felt they weren't good enough. Maybe if I have some time i'll post process them and post it up here

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Here's a pic I just snapped this evening during sunset from my balcony. Nothing really fantastic bout this picture but what I found fascinating was that mass of clouds in the center of the picture. Looks like a tornado doesn't it?

Wow Wow.....fantastic. Nice pics... This is the work of pro....
And he has show us the power of DSLR again.....

This post has been edited by wufei: Nov 11 2005, 09:37 AM