You are right bro
It has to be pitch dark... not even lights from faraway buildings or highways...
Need to go to outskirts of town to be able to take a great shot of the milky way... and its usually quite dangerous in Malaysia haha, better to go in at least 4 or more. That's why I never had the chance to take shots like these

Went to FRIM to try out macro with gunzerdude thanks to him for lending me a softbox and extension tubes.


This post has been edited by Silverfire: Aug 4 2013, 03:45 PM

Anyone went to CEX 2013?

love tis pic. hope can learn macro from you.

You're quite the fast learner what

Wah, great photo
I love the camouflage feel ~

Rotting at home, so hot T_____T

Wah, what is that spider? LOL
Just read a scientific article saying that macro photographers can actually help with taxonomic work (describing new species of animals/insects) though their photos yo! Since these photographers will have a higher chance of seeing unique organisms through their photoshoots. Keep up the good work guys!

I went, a bit

Nothing special, bunch of photog crowd around taking photos of models. No special promotion also, memory cards and stuff like dry cabinet all can get cheaper at other places.

I'm new to macro too! gunzerdude is my sifu

Thanks! Took quite a few grasshoppers to let me take this shot because I keep scaring them away

This post has been edited by Silverfire: Aug 4 2013, 10:46 PM

I have no idea what that spider is

About the discovering new species stuff, amongst the best in malaysia is Kurt, his blog you can find here

He's an expert on macro as well as identifying species of bugs and other small critters like lizards. Recently he discovered a new species of insect that was featured in a science article somewhere

Myself, I just like to find new insects to add to my existing collection, FRIM is a really nice place, would drag Silverfire back sometime again

Inchworm


And a human sized one

lol

And the result of that ass showing is this, too bad its not entirely in focus

Great link there mate! Thanks for sharing
Actually I am working on DNA technology which can be used to identify new species. The problem is I don't know which ones are new and which ones are "old"
I hope to pick up macro-photography as well in the future. Looks really fun, much easier to find subjects, and benefits my research

Nice shot by the way, I am really scared of worms

gunzerdude hey man, just curious, does that kind of softbox allow proper flash shots on people at night?

This post has been edited by [PF] T.J.: Aug 4 2013, 11:44 PM

A softbox focuses light, might not be a good idea to use it on people unless you bring it really close to them. Try a mini umbrella instead, since your focus is to make the light as soft as possible. A parabolic light-shaper will spread the light out as much as possible.

Here's an example of what that soft-box does

Thanks for the input man, much appreciated
I already have an umbrella haha, just that its hard to use it when its only me

Yeah, an umbrella is more difficult to handle than a softbox outdoors, with the wind and all

But to be honest, your vacation shots using flash is pretty nice already. Even lighting and nice shadow-transitions. Good job mate

umm... I love my smartphone for those random moments!

Sirloin Steak by Pro3363, on Flickr

Is this better?

Thanks bro
Definitely will need a "victim" to hold the umbrella haha, so not easy to use when I'm going out alone XD
Most of the night shots were slightly blurry since I have to shoot with the 24-70 with one hand only a 35mm prime or VR would be of great benefit


Thanks for sharing, the video could use some better or funnier scripts I guess to make it less monotonous
Not sure about iPhones, but Samsung phones have burst modes starting from the S3 right?
And we haven't see how the Lumia 1020 works yet

Yeah, looks delicious!

This post has been edited by [PF] T.J.: Aug 5 2013, 09:34 AM

DSC_1656 by Song laa, on Flickr

Thanks