Close up..

I think it's okay for 77mm thread. B+W is way more expensive. Hitech and Lee Big Stopper are heartbreaks. I don't know, but I am hoping I can find 100 bucks or something.

Nice one, 50mm, must be crazy to frame this.
HAMAGADDD, her chubby cheeks, so cute!!!

Thanks bro... Only brought 50mm out today so no choice

I own a Lee's big stopper, but it was for seven5 system, those smaller ones as I used to use it with my x100. as expensive as they may be, they still have color cast, I think better to go with the cheaper ones.

Now i'm saving up for a 20 2.8D for landscape uses, haha, only lenses with smaller than 72mm filter thread can use that =.=

EDIT: oh yes about what gerald 7 suggests below, if you want to avoid the troublesome focusing issue with a screw on nd1000. you can try using those screw on variable nd filters, those usually varies from 2 to 9 stops

This post has been edited by QiAnG: Nov 19 2013, 11:45 PM

I have the B+W ND1000 circular... for other ND filter its fine to use circular.. not ND1000 because its nearly pitch black. Cant focus, you need to prefocus and precompose before screw in the ND filter. Even at noon. Not really suited for zoom lens.

Dang! That brand is the most expensive I ever surveyed. Must be a real fun to use for sky and water long exposure.

Ya, I read about that. But since it can be used even midday, I will not have any problem to screw and rescrew for focus. Usually I always race against the time before the sun rise up and brighten up the environment. Can't get longer than 2 secs.

Well... 3 years once so yea...

I just cut to halls on main building on Sunday

Nice, maybe can meet up keke.

No landscape anymore for this monsoon season
So I do these stuff.

Rain drops keep falling on my head by NurAzam, on Flickr


RnR by NurAzam, on Flickr


RnR by NurAzam, on Flickr

Plan to go KLIMS again this Sat, feel like not enough..

I love your photos man, they always have feel
Especially shot 3!
Wonderful action + bokeh!

Thanks bro, just simple method. Yours are more pro method.

I hope I can do like this dude with all his DIY stuff. So awesome macros.


This post has been edited by copperwire93: Nov 20 2013, 04:51 PM

He's my motivation for macro work, hehe, learnt this reverse lens method after watching his vid.

Truly inspirational video Too bad he doesn't make anymore macro videos

As Cookies strikes this pose, the entire crowd was rushing in. Very "efficient"! by CY Pixels, on Flickr

Amoi cantik

A Scarlet Pygmy (Nannophya pygmaea), one of the smallest and cutest dragonflies of the world at less than 2cm!
So lucky to find this "mini-dragonfly"


Nannophya pygmaea ♂ by PF T.J., on Flickr

Love the bokeh... Bokehlicious

Thanks man~
Its actually a stream of flowing water at the back, that's why there are bokeh balls hehe~
But that stream is full of water plants, so not so nice when become blurred

Want to ask, I do have a circular variable ND filter but fixed to 52mm diameter.

I remembered I used it before to get long exposure. I was on Aperture Priority, Daylight WB and at f/22, ISO100. The camera suggested for certain shutter for proper exposures.

But I still get dark picture, not pitch black but underexposed. How come ya? What I went wrong and what is colour cast too?

Um, not really sure about your 1st question, what I usually do is expose the camera without filter, lets say at ISO 100, F11 aperture priority, I get 1/500, then I'll set to manual, with same aperture and iso, then reduce my shutter speed down 10 stops if i'm using 10 stop filter..

about color cast, do you notice the wb of your shots were not correct when you're using the nd8 from cokin? that's color cast, stronger nd filters have a more obvious color cast. like your picture turns totally blue after the long exposure.

hope this helps

Thanks, that explained something. So, the camera cannot estimate the proper exposure time properly then, because I didn't used it in manual mode.

That colour cast can be recovered by white balance fixing, right? And how much exposure for a stop?
I don't read much about this.

I'm thinking to get Fotga ND2-ND400 (8 stops) anyone has a personal experience on it? It's much cheaper.

This post has been edited by copperwire93: Nov 21 2013, 12:34 AM