the output really nice ..

Freak`

I've been in that abandoned school in TTDI before. Gives me the creeps. My mate and I climbed the other building. Think we went up about 10 floors before I freaked out. Haha.

f***ing excellent shots, as usual.

huh? 10th floor o_O you must be kidding me, there's no 10th floor on that abandoned school man. Unless you're going to the big abandoned building right beside it.

that's where i plan to go with my friend next

thanks man

whoa~~ i can sense the sadness in the cat's face...

n i like #2...

#6 look hungry..

thanks

he is, was having dinner that time then it came close

pity him, so i gave him some char siew and he gobbled it in seconds, must be really hungry

whoaa R a D ! c 4 L . nice pic lho. what lens u use? any filter? or edit using photosop? really nice shot

thanks man, well since post 749, i've been using canon 350D and the kit lens only, i do not have other lens to use.

RAW editing in adobe lightroom and some photoshop when needed

for the black and white series, all of the editing was done in Lightroom, then when I convert them from RAW to jpeg, i used photoshop to add some grain in it.

err...may i know...what is Lightroom? some kind like photoshop? or setting in 350D? . and how to setting raw or JPEG file?

sorry..i'm very new in using my 350D

1st of all, a RAW file is a "digital negative". Everything is "0", except for the exposure(shutter speed and aperture setting) is what you set during u take the shot. Like film. But for film its a different story, there's already a setting inside it, that's why you see certain film produce different quality and style of pictures.

And Adobe Lightroom is a raw editing software. Where you edit the raw files, in Lightroom, you can edit the brightness and contrast of the image without much loss of quality. You can also edit the curves, saturation... almost everything. Because my rule is to get the most out of your shots - I always shoot in RAW. And the best thing here is the setting you made wont affect the original raw file, so once you're done with editing, you convert the image into JPEG while keeping the original raw file. Get it?

There's much debate on RAW vs JPEG going around. But I stand my ground on shooting raw. For using lightroom for editing your raws, its like having your own digital darkroom. Like the old days where people used the darkroom to give special effects on films.

Here's a simple RAW vs JPEG link
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/raw-vs-jpeg/

Read on

Nice shots there man. Really liked the cat pic.

owh really?, hmm nice. thanks for the tip! *run away*

thanks

and...

Ya really.

love your black & whites.great shots man!

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This post has been edited by zadan: Dec 5 2007, 11:43 PM

i like this :



how u did ur pano ? shoot the first photo from the left ? or from the middle ?

thanks

start from the left, then overlap each photo for around 40-50%. Then use CS3 to merge them up.

thanks sifu..

good nite

hey what do u study actually ? im actually just 5 minutes away from ur college haha .. im training now at kota damansara

no problem man


im studying photography lo. 2nd sem only

my college? SEGi a? hehe...

KD is very near to my place

Hey mate,

Just to help you with your statement because the way you describe it, just covers a very small portion of what Adobe Lightroom actually does.

In the case of RAW, don't confuse him with digital negative especially if you do work with *.DNG type files (http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/). Canon RAW and Nikon RAW will have different formats in file types. In the case of the RAW file, not everything is "0" but basically the whole area of tweaking white balance, exposure and different areas of the photo for a RAW file is because the data picked up by the sensor is in its complete uncompressed and editable state (hence the size of RAW files are much larger than JPEG). Basically the full range of data for each pixel is editable to suit the entire outlook of the image.

Adobe Lightroom is somewhat like a more complexed version of what Picassa can do. Lightroom has of course loads more tweaks and features in terms of developing the photo but of course that comes with a price tag. To say that lightroom is just a RAW editor is seriously limiting its full ability and usage.

To fcbarcelona-my
In the area of shooting RAW versus JPEG, it all depends on what you are shooting. From what you can see through Luke's gallery, most of his shots are post processed to quite a certain extent. If you are the type of person who shoots loads of photos, have limited amount of space in your memory card then JPEG might be the way to go.

There has always been a lot of "heated" discussion between photographers who try to get the picture right on camera (they use JPEG) versus those who use Post processing tools (RAW users). Again it depends on your subject and what is it that you are trying to shoot. Some wedding photographers shoot in RAW, some in JPEG. It all depends on personal preference and how you want to work. Basically all these decisions, determines your own style in shooting.