Wow, seems need a lot of efforts, must've a lot of tries and errors for me then.

Tested Tamron 10-24 today, so far it is just okay. A lot of reviews say that the edges are softer compared to Sigma and Tokina. I don't have those two but from what my eyes see, it's just okay.
Some say the focus is too slow, it surely trying to focus but not that slow. Perhaps it's just right for me, since my Nikkor 35mm also have this focus speed rate when doing landscape.

Also, first time testing out HDR. Surely it looks funny and cacat compared to your guys' HDR photos.


For those who haven't try HDR like me previously and want to try this out. I follow this Serge Remelli guide by using both Lightroom and Photoshop.

EDIT: Hah! Forgot the bbcode for youtube. Thanks Agito666

having halo effect in HDR is like an instant kill to your pictures, proper HDR pictures shouldn't have halo

actually it can be done with just 1 RAW file instead of exposure stacking

Dear Nikon forumer, normally your filter use UV filter and what brand you guys using?
UV filter use universal size use on any brand of camera?

There are many good brands out there bro. Kenko, Hoya and B&W are some of the more well-known (and expensive!) brands available.

For filter size, I don't think there is a universal size bro. It all depends on your lens diameter.

Bro, i think it is better if u shoot only the building & the sky... The wires should not be there

In the photo above, ur sky is too much and ur subject/ building too little... Just my 2 cents... Im also still learning

What about Green.L? 

Tried one of those Green L cpl. Not much a change, only RM50 for 52mm diameter. If you want to get a UV filter (though I really oppose of using it), might as well get a good one.

UV filter that comes with my Tamron makes picture softer and harder to focus. Cheap one I guess, (I think it's from Green L too )

52mm Green L? Those are selling for just 10bucks apiece in digicolor 

A CPL really?
I didn't bought it though because no matter how I rotates the change is subtle.

Bought a second hand Hoya HD at the end. A good one, you can touch the glass but it catches little fingerprints. It stated that it also resistant to scratch, don't want to experiment it.

Tralala~~~ Very nice bro! How can it be done with just one RAW file? Mohon pencerahan bro!

If you are using image stacking to create an HDR image, you will need at least 3 images of different exposure values (one being under-exposed, one normal, and one over-exposed). This can be achieved by setting your camera to shoot three continuous shots using exposure bracketing.

Besides doing that, you can use one RAW file, open it in any photo-editing software, and create three (or more) images by changing its exposure value, manually. Then you can use those images and create an HDR image.

The reason why you wanna use a RAW file to create images with different exposure is that you don't want your image of different exposures to lose details when you bring up or down its exposure.

if single RAW file, you can just straight away use selective editing brush to burn & dodge each part of the image, no need to split to multiple image file

but it can only be done if the camera sensor is capable to capture the dynamic range, and Nikon DSLR is good in that

Erm... You mean using masks?

Great shot there man   

Thought those were birds haha, but looks like dusts bro, oil issue showing up? 

What was your reason for f/29?

To show the dust on the sensor?

Wanted slow shutter...   Is that really dust? Didnt notice it until u guys mentioned it... I thought is rubbish on the water...

not the water they are talking about, is the sky

you dont check your image when you process it?