Haha! Yeah
I mean that, if I have a macro lens, I can at least broaden up my activities if the weather turned out bad for my usual landscape photography.

Especially when I am too busy in the campus, I can shoot lotsa random stuff like my watch.

Look at all those switches! All I know is M/A and VR, but what about other two?

Also, lol at the nose, future body should have special hollow for nose

There's a little ballon called "feedback" below the picture at the left side if I remember, click on that and choose revert.

Stuck in the study for upcoming exam, so I looked for old RAWs, failed shots and try to develop a bit.


Crows by NurAzam, on Flickr

Also, selling my Sigma now. Anyone interested can refer to my sig.

Wow! That requires a lot of patience. Good job! I am too looking to get a macro lens, not until I am able to sell my unused Sigma superzoom, can't afford to take care on too many lenses. Right now, Tamron SP90mm got my eyes. I think it's better than investing on extension tubes and raynox 250 like most of my friends suggest.

But a question tho, what is 1:1, 1:2, on those macro lenses? Which one best at magnifying?

This post has been edited by copperwire93: Oct 28 2013, 08:17 PM

Wow! That's a lot things to know before entering macro photography especially with those reversing lens, ext tubes, and macro filter approach. Also I've seen this weird stuff known as flash ring for macro.

Hahaha! Okay2. Thanks for the heads up.

Guess I should just shoot normally when I get the macro lens and learn more afterwards.
Also, why is it 90mm tamron is cheaper than 60mm macro? Just want to know, I guess I'll get 90mm anyway because a lot of people using it, perhaps I can get 2nd hand one.

So square, I heard the body will made out of metal? Must be real solid. But look more compact that way. Easier to carry around.

Sold my Sigma, can get Tamron macro now.... and a drybox perhaps.

Anyone tried Cokin P series filter set before? I want to buy it for landscape purpose.
Lee Big Stopper and Hitech 100 are wow, wow, wow expensive!

What do you think of this picture, guys? Went for a landscape, took a lot pictures.
Only this one is decent enough for me.
Others are failed compositions, out of focus etc. Sometimes it's just too tiring. Haha!

I think getting that landscape filter set would be good now. Not relying on AF too much would be a good idea too. It beeped, but when I get to see the pics on PC, most are out of focus. The lighting was too extreme I guess.

Jelapang Padi Besut by NurAzam, on Flickr

EDIT: BBcode fixed. Noob!

This post has been edited by copperwire93: Oct 31 2013, 09:44 PM

Thanks. The grass are a little bit soft so I sharpen a bit, pixel peeper might see some noises.

Did that, but the light is extremely blaring that looking at the LCD screen won't help. I guess a loupe would be a help then.

Ya, I think the sun is the failed part too. I took 3 exposure HDR, the underexpose captured the sun well, but when I merge those picture together... it's not working...
Gonna get Cokin Landscape set soon.

Thanks for the comments and critiques, guys!

Can kot. Hehe!

I think he was like me when I got to try 1000D, it's like "Whooaaa!! Blur background! I did it! I did it!"

This, another photo I managed to develop from the fail compo. The left tree was cut in half into the frame.

Senja nan merah by NurAzam, on Flickr

This post has been edited by copperwire93: Nov 1 2013, 12:15 PM

That's actually a little bit fail too. The natural one is sooooo extremely bright. I didn't use any filter, should use gradual nd filter for that. Hence, I combine 3 photos with different exposures with the hope of getting that starry-looking sun. But it failed.

But all is not lost I supposed.

Post-processing. It's a digital kind of ND filter, while some people get their filter and put them in front of the glass for instant effect, I have to do it in the computer.

You can get a blue hue gradual filter to make the bluish sky. Put another gradual nd filter to get starry sun. I will get Cokin set for this to get better effect. HDR helps too. Try it.

EDIT: Fail compo is fail composition. The tree is captured in half while I can go back a little and capture the tree nicely.

Check my EXIF, I did it in Lightroom. It may be too hard for beginner, but it's really easier than Photoshop. You can try Photoscape too. Much user friendly.

This post has been edited by copperwire93: Nov 1 2013, 12:28 PM

Another spam.

God's blissful evening by NurAzam, on Flickr

Thanks! Still learning. I think composition is the first priority of good photos. These are some that can be 'rescued', I did took a lot of pictures, most I marked as failed.

Continuous shooting or continuous focus? If the former as in you want to lock the focus on one focus point and then burst shoot then, I reckon every Nikon system is all the same, so it would be AF-S (Single servo). There should be a dedicated trigger near the lens for D90 if I remember correctly.

Oh yeah, it's on the body, not on the lens.

This post has been edited by copperwire93: Nov 1 2013, 07:43 PM

Weekend spam:

Sunset in the paddy field. by NurAzam, on Flickr


The Hobbiton by NurAzam, on Flickr

Done! Need to buy 1TB external hard drive now.

Thanks! I have the habit of creating Lightroom presets when I'm bored and stuck at study desk.

Thanks man, waiting for your landscape shots too. Been a long time.