nicely done!

One words, talented. how long have you been shooting?

any sites for advice and tips? hehe.....

Nice.

most pictures look underexposed on my monitor. and your last picture looks out of focus due to focusing against a bright source. and what is your main subject in that shot? the rest are just close up of flower shots. sorry to say they look quite plain    nice try though. keep it up!

imo, shooting picture is art. everyone have different taste. that is true if shoot in video everything must be plain so that you have more room to fine tune the color coding, but shoot still in raw, still can adjust the color.

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Added on July 22, 2012, 12:19 ambtw, anyone here using yongnuo flash? good?

so what story do you have to tell for your 6th and 7th picture of the flower?

totally agree with you bro, the picture must be plain and simple. ever lasting to your eyes, and tells a story.

The longer you look at the picture, the nicer it looks, just like girls with true beauty... hehehehe

To be honest, feels like grabbing your picture and put it on my desktop...haha...

My taste will give you a vote bro...

Zstan taste maybe abit different, and shoot a different style?

well if this your style then i have no comments lar. to me its just a snapshot of a flower. 

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Sunset series 2!

This time from atop of the Taipei 101 Tower!

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DSC05347 by zstan, on Flickr

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DSC05348 by zstan, on Flickr

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DSC05352 by zstan, on Flickr

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DSC05354 by zstan, on Flickr

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DSC05355 by zstan, on Flickr

flower closeup shot is not like this shoot geh haha.

Flower must shoot like this http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...63026&hl=flower

well for this series i didnt use any filters at all. just did some post processing in photoshop    Learnt this from Sham Kien Yee's Landscape master class workshop. 

nice collection bro......

mind for some comment?hehe....

Moonwalk, welcome to alpha thread ^^
Nice pics u hv there. Even greater list of masters that you're 'training' under. Mind if i give my 2 cents? Im in no way near 1% of those masters though. But what I see is that you need more effort though if you are to use your pic to deliver a msg that you're trying to convey. Many of the shots do look like snapshots to me. What made them seems nice is merely your 'instagram-ish' editing style. Then again, 2 years is quite short a time in a photography point of view. Most important is that along the road, you learn to appreciate what's a good shot and what's not, not only in others' work, but also your own. Good job though with your enthusiasm with this art. Keep it up. We've got many experienced users here to guide should you hv any questions you hv to ask. Share more pics as well.

of course i know the yongnuo can work in manual, I just try to figuring the price comparison in term manual vs auto flash features see which fit my need.

wow! so many sifu (zack, carl , friedman) meet you. I like zack so much.

moonwalk, my impression on you is that you're someone who are more of a theoretical person rather than a practical one. 3 words, go shoot more. I'm not saying that there's no need at all for post processing. PP is used to enhance a photo, not to salvage an unusable one. The photo has to be noteworthy to begin with, rather than slap bang on a retro look and add some helvetica font to make any pic look wow!

of course i know the yongnuo can work in manual, I just try to figuring the price comparison in term manual vs auto flash features see which fit my need.

wow! so many sifu (zack, carl , friedman) meet you. I like zack so much.

@moonwalk: i am in the scene for close to 3 years already yet i still dare not consider myself pro...
and as a matter of fact, i choose not to copy or follow all the 'masters' style and way.

in photography, you learn technique and apply it in your own creativity. not copy other ppl's style.

just my 2 cents

Hi Moonwalk... i do not think he is shouting at your but just sharing their thoughts...
photography is a art where ppl just shows ppl what message they wanna convey to ppl on those pics...
i scroll thru the photos u post... not bad but... the 1st post is a bit plain, as said by some one also...

but i like this post... pls allow me to give my humble opinion as i'm no master just newbie here...

#2 if you can shot him at other angle maybe you can get nicer view... the truck at the back is a lil obstructing...
#3 if you can chop off the sign on the right is perfect...
#5 frankly it is a lil plain... if you shoot more towards the upwards and to the left so the building is not in the photo i think it would be nice..

if you dont mind, i have some comments.

1. your first photo, is underexposed, not sure its intentionally, or a mistake.  it show neither day or night/dawn, hence it convey a half message, and imcomplete photo.

2. but then, many professional attain ARPS, RPS and/or Saloon certificate by submitting Conceptual Photo for their exam papers. Steve Chong (a local photographer who came out books, Ying Yang, Sigma endorsed photographer) famous landscape photographer (support local photographer please~ ) also uses conceptual photo for his professional cert exam.

3. normally, other photographer will just shoot your 'chinese chest conceptual art photo' (not sure it was conceptual art or u just wanna show 'light painting technique')
its badly executed. seriously bad. there are countless mistake could be found (as exam are using deduction system).
my comments are,
i) try to fix the WB, your cool WB is not really portraying any emotion of 'intelligent in strategy' nor 'war-cry'... it felt sleepy.
ii) you messy arrangement (some chess piece facing backwards sidewards etc, ) show weakness, it show a 'messy' management of a 'commander'... come'on even old man in the park arrange their chess piece nicely before play! and commander also can be refer as you, you did not put any effort to create a photo(or winning the war!).
iii) light painting (i guess its a torchlight), are messy... here large spot, there small spot, making it, well, maybe, perfectly imperfect... or imperfectly perfect. whichever u prefer. it doesnt create any dramatic feel, as the purpose of 'lighting' in conception art.

try putting more thought into a photography before shooting. it is exactly how other photographer like william or kysham will say, its just like a snapshot even my little girl can shoot better.

4) william is a great teacher, because he doesnt beat around the bush to get to the point. he may be harsh, but the harsher, the faster and stronger u grow. you said u dont like people pusing pusing or faking in commets... bear with him. if u meet him in real life, trust me, u cant stop laughing with him from the minute u meet till you say goodbye.

5) u never use Lee, u will Never understand. HDR is ugly to me. it not even 'reality' its a 'digital mumbojumbo crap'. getting the pure 'exposure' from manipulating exposure manually in a single exposure give u true endless satisfaction. and u dont need Lee to get those great photo. Taiwanese, are the PRO with 'black card techniques' with landscape black card cost 20cent only, unlike indonesian where heavily rely on GNDs filters (cokin/lee system), while the orang putih like to use 'digital' HDR(enhance a landscape digitally). but i will agree its personal preference on 'landscape' but digital enhance landscape is always a 'fake/tipu orang' piece of art.

6) i think we have meet before.... maybe not...

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Added on July 23, 2012, 1:02 pmahh, your shogi shot are nice...

moonwalk : did you just translate your post using google translate?i'm having a difficult time comprehending what you're trying to convey in your post... 

moonwalk bring in so much drama into the thread 

moonwalk: it's better to let your picture do the talking rather than brag and bring all your sifu's into the scene for the picture background to show people that your picture are worth something because you learn from the professionals. The picture are taken by you, not your sifu.

you can share your settings, gear and processing for the picture's... rather than explain who teach you how to take that picture.

Let's get one thing clear, NEVER did I ask anyone before to support me. Never did I also ask anyone to follow what I say. I was merely sharing my ideas and it is entirely up to the individual whether to 'try to understand' what I'm saying. In your case, I don't think so you understand any of it at all. Disgrace for someone who is coming from a prestigious university of MMU that you can't even construct a proper English sentence (and yes, THIS is mocking you, you asked for it). Don't even say you're from MMU in public - and yes, I am your SENIOR (not that you care anyway).

I am proud of my own work whether others like it or not, that is the reason I don't hide it, I share it for everyone to have access to it. Show us your work, let everyone judge if what you shoot is what you say it is. Else, learn to listen to what others have to say with an open heart. As for my blogs, I admit that I am not a good website designer. I'm not from IT or FCM (if you're a true MMU student, you'd understand what that means) background. Nevertheless, I am still proud to show it out. Kapish?

moonwalk, hahahha, you have just contradicted yourself by replying to me in your last post, and it's a bloody long one at that too.. so nahh, tl;dr.. stopped at "you are GREAT", why thank you it was just a test from me if you really cared of what I said.. looks like you failed cheers bro.