Ya, over exposure but not bad too....

welcome bro

I'm still learning.. Thanks for your comment bro.. Btw what software r u using to make the colour "richer"?

Well I don't have UniFi so I'd take forever to record such a video LOL. However it is probably best explained at a TT session. Still it is good you explore it yourself!

I have UniFi and i can tell u, it makes no diff when uploading a huge file LOL....

Still enjoying my Nex 5N with 50mm, though my busy life has finally taken its toll.

Anyone bought SEL50 recently?
How much you get? Where can get the street price RM900 for the lens?

The background bokeh is as what you wanted, so keep the aperture as it is. Reduce ISO to a smaller number, alternatively increase your shutter speed. maybe can do abit of sharpening in PP.

This post has been edited by nlik: Jul 16 2012, 07:59 AM

thanks nlik for your comment... from my exif, the ISO is just set at 100 only...
perhaps shutter speed is the only thing i hv to set it up...
i'm in a windy situation when i taking this photo... will upload more photos soon..

may i ask one question? usually when i take photos of flower, i tried to macro those inner part of the flower
but for some flower like orchid or hibiscuit which the inner part is deep inside.. it looks dark when i snap, the outside part looks ok... is flash needed in this situation?

hi all ,

Just got my NEX 5ND twin lense last week. I notice that the 16mm lens has no image stabiliser right? I see many of my shot were blurr.
I wonder how to get a good shot using this 16mm lens? sorry i just a newbie, advise are welcome.
Thanks. By the way when is the next TT?

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Added on July 16, 2012, 9:35 ammy first shot hee no PP.



This post has been edited by spiceboy: Jul 16 2012, 09:35 AM

i'm so lucky..
got Nex f3 yesterday from lucky draw dinner my company..

the grip so perfect..
flash is superb..

but already got my a35.
f3 now open for sale:)

my nex 5 is giving me a lot trouble now
1) Stuck in focusing mode, cannot press any buttons at all
2) Unable to detect lens suddenly, have to restart the camera
3) unable to connect to my PC using USB

sigh... it's not even 2 years...

Try underexpose and then dragged clarity slider in LightRoom or Camera Raw to the right.

This post has been edited by samsungfreak: Jul 16 2012, 05:35 PM

free software:
PhotoScape


another pic:



This post has been edited by mls_gamer: Jul 16 2012, 05:56 PM

hi NEX user. I want to get a NEX F3 or 5N soon. I am new here. Did both NEX can custom the control key like ISO selection as DSLR?. The Sony Center young guy told me it's can't.

Don't know about the F3 but you can assign ISO to 1 of the 3 custom keys. However there are drawbacks to each.

The RIGHT KEY usually we will assigned "shoot mode" to select P/Tv/Av/M mode so it is gone

The C key (middle button) can contain up to 5 shortcuts such as White Balance, ISO, etc. If you put ISO here, you need to press C key and than use arrow to select the item before you can adjust the setting. Slower but better than looking for it in menu.

The B key (the lowest button beside the screen) can be assigned to 1 function. There is one problem, say if you put ISO here, you cannot have "flexible spot" as your focus mode because that will override the button with the focus area selection feature. This is a bit silly because most of us will use touchscreen to select focus point. But the good news is I figure out you can just use "center" as focus mode and if you need another point, you can touch the screen. You can maintain the button for ISO. However your focus point will be reset to center easily with doing something such as entering the menu.

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Nex 5 has similar feature as long as you update the firmware.

This post has been edited by samsungfreak: Jul 16 2012, 06:09 PM

thanks samsungfreak... will try it out...
but i guess will only do once i receive my MBP...
i'm not dare to burden my recent laptop with those software... hahaha

Oh windy . If not windy and the flowers are totally still, I have an other idea to use 2 exposures. First exposure is to fully blur the background flowers, so you set the widest aperture. The next exposure you set maybe F8 to get the sharpest single flower subject. After that in Gimp/photoshop/whatever that can cut and paste the sharp flower on top of the blurrer background.

Can also layer both pictures, 1st exposure blur background on top of the 2nd sharp flower exposure. Then slowly eraser/smart delete the blur 1st exposure flower until the sharp flower layer below can be seen. Or can do some blending la. Have fun .

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As for the macro of the flowers (i don't have any true macro lenses), maybe an external flash or flashlight/reflector can be placed at an angle below the flower, then you take a shot at it from the top? Just an idea, maybe I'll try it out when i'm feeling bored and not running around.

Anyone else here used a ring flash before and would it help in this situation??







Flowers.. Aaah..give them during graduations, courting, when friends r sick... they're not just for pictures u know!!


This post has been edited by nlik: Jul 17 2012, 12:02 AM

Wow the flower pic snap by you not bad.. But I think it has been processed by Lightroom ad right?

If use external to shoot on the flower, every single setting must have recalculate.. The blending skill sounds workable I do prefer something more natural indeed.. Or my photo edit skill really isn't that good.. Haha.. Still hv lot to learn..

Bro nlik, may I know what lens u equipped with your nex? I mean your list of gadget...

I didn't buy lightroom lar. I use GIMP 2.8 and irfanview. For Raw Sony Image Data Converter 4

Prepare to be disappointed. I'm only using 1st gen NEX-5 + free TR-37 tripod | 1855kitlens + nikkor 35mm f1.8 | a sub RM500 external flash which so far has been collecting dust rather than light. So there's nothing exotic about what I use and others here have much higher grade tools . On the other hand, limitations often make us experiment more and try harder.

This post has been edited by nlik: Jul 17 2012, 12:32 AM

hi all.
can i know how to attach picture in this forum?
thanks

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1403940