Need somewhere to host my photos. Se7en might as well foot the bill for me on that one. So here goes, my crappy pics. All are unedited, because i'm no photochop person in the first place, but you guys are welcome to help me edit them.

Bon Odori Pictars. Because a Loli is fine too.







This post has been edited by empire23: Jul 8 2008, 10:30 PM


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2nd post fer my penang trip. Because my auntie and uncle's place in Penang is 20 times better than Bel Air.

















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u went to japan just to take photos of lil kids?

the kid in the red yukata looks promising

I expect this to be in Malaysia, not Japan ?
Shah Alam to be exact ?

I'm just guessing, I haven't been to the bon odori

I like the third one, she seems pretty
Nice shots

I guess she is malaysian, got chance ..

Because Jailbait is fine too.

added shots of me penang trip.

And who says the 18-55mm is a piece of stock crap

Anyone know of a simple and easy way to clean a diopter? Mine has tons of dust on it already

Added a few.

3rd last photo in 2nd post. I like that one a lot.

where's the POO?

i like the 2nd last picture of the 3rd pictures post of yours. Makes me reminisce the good ole times. But you should smudge the kitchen with some poo, adds more to its nostalgic value.

Nah, that stuff in my toilet shot, but that didn't make it due to distortion

i still prefer the gal in the red yukata. got anymore shots / jailbaits?

that is Bon Odori lar...

hmm ure light metering is pretty good.

the kids?? handheld shots or tripod??

This post has been edited by cstkl1: Oct 9 2007, 02:17 PM

Hi, just want to know what camera you are using?

Here are some of my 2cents:
1. Most pictures lack sharpness, dont know if its due to re-size problem.
2. White balance and exposure not correct
3. Some pictures lack subjects
4. Color seems dull

This post has been edited by Gundam Wing: Oct 10 2007, 11:16 AM

the kids photos are not bad...
try using other resizing software...
your photos seems to have a great lost in details...
just my opinion...


EDIT: oh btw, please change the "shit" word...there is minors around in this forum

This post has been edited by orenzai: Oct 12 2007, 11:57 AM

It's okay ... I like his attitude. New generation of photogs ... you like means come and see, dun like means get lost

handheld. That's why alot of pics had to be sharpened to the point i lost alot of detail, not all of them lah, but i try to over or underexpose for an exaggerative effect.

Most due to resize issue due to the fact i use MSpaint.

2nd problem is ISO noise, actually most of the scenes are dark and i shot with my 350D kitlense in 5.6.

Technical Limitation FTL.....


NEVAR MSPAINT IS GOD!

I just can't bring myself to resize with anything besides MSPAINT....i've used it since i was a kid....


Anyways here are new pics with better resize tecknologi

Note that these pics are even more horrible and subjectless than the last batch, and sometimes even blurrier due to the fact the 5D is a f***er that weighs nearly a kilo even without a lense. Most are just arty test shots, may or may not appeal to some. Little or no post processing used except for some brightness and contrast tweaks. Just using these shots to get used to the camera.

Since everyone's a pedophile, here's loli goodness, can't get rid of the noise.....need NN action, but no marneyyyyy.

Shot with the old 350D

Here are the 5D shots.









Too lazy to recrop, i'll do it after feedback.

This post has been edited by empire23: Jan 17 2008, 08:51 PM

OMG dude, i study in St John's Institution. Are you an ex-Johannian?

No. I'm from SMK Taman Connaught. I bribed the guard to let me in.....ok i didn't, my neighbour who studies there asked the guard to let me in.

I like the 4th shot (the one shot by 5D)

A lil spooky feel

This post has been edited by goliath: Jan 17 2008, 09:22 PM

I have recently joined the ranks of ausfags, and of course i've brought my shit heavy camera here, which every says is somekind of bazooka.

Like usual i didn't edit the photos, i'm just too inept for that, but i did use Paint.net for resizing (Supersampling) and it should have less detail loss compared to my older photos. I still think MSPAINT rocks. Mind the spots on the pics, i sneezed on the lense and wasn't really bothered to clean all the snot off it. Dem i really mistreat my gear lol.














edited to do the lady's hair more justice. Wondering why she had painted whiskers on lol.


Note : Best Bench i ever slept on. Was too cheap to get a hotel after i landed in Brisbane and since all the cheap places in Roma Street were full, so it was natural i used it. In front of police station somemore leh.

Most of the shots aren't that good because i took them inpromptu, the 70-200 is too heavy to use walkaround style and its focal length is too long, plus its backfocusing so AF isn't accurate anymore until i send it for repair in Brisbane.. Waiting for my Zeiss and mount converter.

This post has been edited by empire23: Mar 16 2008, 08:57 AM

i love the lady pic.. really good bokeh and have that aussie feel.

sad to hear the 70-200mm f2.8L IS backfocusing issue..

btw, u need to do more justice to your 5d and get the 65mm instead. better coverage for the awesome landscapes there.

5D photos very great though...
I like the ducks btw

keep it on empire !!
We want more

Camera that cost almost 10K i dont expect that the picture is nice enough...but too bad only some pic are nice enough (just my though)

SLRs are meant to give you shit pictures until you edit them lol that's the awesome part about shooting RAW (exposure compensationnnnn).

Too bad i'm too f***ing lazy unless it involves women or lolis. Example being the sunset photo could use a bit of dodge and burn, luminosity change, and rape. Generally, put less emphasis on everything else aside from sunset and the clouds.

Before


After


Anyways good camera doesn't mean great shots, if your camera man sucks like me, you're bound to get shit pictures, because SLRs are inherently manual cameras and rely on skill rather than Auto's pot luck of normal cameras.

skill is needed when you hold a camera ,
even Rm1,000 P&S Digital Camera

lol PnS i'm not sure but SLR, surely.

As you go higher up the ladder, you'll find that the pictures actually suck more at stock (yeah, you pay more for crap stock photos), pro SLRs generally assume that the camera man will sit down and edit his pics so they dispense with noise reduction, sharpening and processing.

Now i'll have to find a torx to adjust the body due to focus issues

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Added on April 6, 2008, 4:48 pmPoasting more. Edited this time. Will add pics of the Malaysian Embassy Party in Toowoomba later on (NOTE : IT IS NOT A REAL EMBASSY)

Pictures of the Engineering Block




Toowoomba CBD


Two sets of Schoolgirl pictures, one heavily cropped and another less due to the fact of the girl in back's really ugly look. Was using the tele extender for the first time, so the shots aren't as good as i usually want.




Japanese Garden


Abit screwey due to me messing with the settings, ugly, but decent.






Uniplaza Crt Fish n Chips


This post has been edited by empire23: Apr 6 2008, 04:48 PM

I love this pic. The water is a perfect blue and the ripples are nicely formed. And ducky is like emerging like a submarine out of the water. Nice...

Now, how about some penguins?

I like this 2 pictures.

First the Duck, I like it because of the colours on the ducks feather is reflecting on the same colour of the water.
Then the picture with the title "Uniplaza Crt Fish n Chips", I like the effect of the picture, around corner are dark and blur... While the concentration is more towards to the boy and the refrigerator. *Bright*

This are juz my opinion, correct me if I'm wrong...

yes really nice pic indeed (just posting this for the sake of not being off-topic)

now that she posted in ur thread, u can tell that she fell in love with the "penguin" i drew her.

reference

dude, either yr lens or sensor needs some serious cleaning

still, superb quality as expected from a 5D.

Poasting Sunshine Coast pics, finally cleaned out the sensor of my 5D and i kind of got Sand into my Cam. Had a great deal of fun with members of the MTS (Malaysian Toowoomba Society ; impromptu name), all of us on holiday except for a few guys there doing their doctorates, but they still came anyway (skip research bad Mior....Dr Talal know then you habis)

Yesh, we're a pseudo malaysian society with only 50 percent malaysians, rest from India, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia and even the USA, because we figured out that all these countries are pretty close to Malaysia, thus it's ok. But heck these guys are more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Will post pictures of Ostalia Zoo in my next post. Time to work on eng design work and my energy audit for now

None of me inside, because no one else is qualified to operate dee-ess-elle-are technology. Can you believe you actually need a degree to operate these things?

referring to post #33,

personally like picture #2 and #4

pp'ed ?

Just did the curves for a darker outline because contrast change would ruin the already inherent color of the sunset. Also added the customary +2 Sharpen that is recommended for Canon Full Frames due to the AA filter.

The sunshine coast and it's autumn sun has a glow like no other and as the sun fades you can see a tingle of orange across the horizon. Breathtaking if you ask me.

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Added on April 13, 2008, 1:05 amMore pictures from the land of ostalia.

Some of the pictures was taken before i cleaned my sensor , but here's a new slew of pics showcasing the land of ostalia.



















This post has been edited by empire23: May 9 2008, 10:10 AM

New stuff added in the last post.

This first one will be better if you crop out till to full frame ?

The second one is the best i could say.
Two thumbs up buddy.

yeah. the sky is always bluer there. u make me miss australia. friendly people and all. goddomot fronk.

when will your father send out your 16-35mm f2.8L? would love to see more coverage with it..

get yourself photostich pro software and extend the wide angle provided u have the 190x prob already.

Sold to Sponsor other lenses since knowing my father he'll never get things done until someone starts cursing.

Plan to get the 14mm Superfisheye as a replacement as i keep gravitating towards primes.

Tripod goes out, but not much due to the problem of carrying it rather than the weight as i need both my hands for most actions. Will get a tripod bag later on, but see how lah.

good record of real life

Nice pics. keep up the good work

Reserve post while i upload more pics.

Going to try my hand at Astrophotography tonight.

This post has been edited by empire23: Apr 14 2008, 07:08 PM

wow.. your ballhead can tahan the weight meh?

I use a 3 way 804RC head lah . I always take my time with most shots, so i figured a ball head would be a waste of cash. And not heavy, because i don't use the 70-200 with it's extender for astrography, but it's new kawan, my 50mm 1.2L.

3 way makes Astrophotography hard because the stupid head can only tilt to around 60 degrees. But i just mount it backwards which makes it a tad bit harder, but it does the job.

r u using the extender with the 50mm f1.2L for astrophotography?

Tak bleh muat ler.

The extender can only fit the white lenses.

There's an extension tube for normal lenses but i never bought one.

ok. cant wait to see the updates.. but sayang la no liveview on the 5d. hehe.. i still remember fapping over 20da for its astrophotography-able feature.

Astrophotography tak jalan, stupid moving clouds messed it up. Blargh.

Anyways i present the smelliest animal i've ever come across. My god, it's poop bau mcm setan.

When going into it's area i was like motherrrrr f***errrrrr

Anyways a totally natural un-PPed pic showing the 1.2L's ass kicking nice-ness. Vignetting = Awesome.


This post has been edited by empire23: Apr 15 2008, 07:38 PM

haha.. it feeds on euchalyptus. and sleeps every other time. i once kene marah because i flash at it. dang.. it spoilt my mood at the wildlife park.

nice closure anyway. must be the prime lens right?

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y122/Empire23/298.jpg

IS01600 still abit noise only 5D 5D

Btw , I like your photo.
all photos are improving from the first

I tried poking its ass with an ice cream stick and got scolded. What to do, 21, but still as dumb as a rock. As my indonesian driver once said "syafek, kau ni pergi sekolah semakin lama, semakin bodoh" lol.

Getting the hang of the EOS5D's capabilities, before this i used to follow on as i were using my 350D, and since i discovered the awesome unholy power of manual focus, i feel my shots tighten up. Above all, i now use decent post processing and a pure RAW workflow to take advantage of the 5D's capabilities.

Also; Loli Sniping Skill LVL UP.


This post has been edited by empire23: Apr 20 2008, 01:48 PM

i like this pic. the animal looks very cute

Great work
Keep it on.

What lenses do you have at current ?

70-200 2.8L IS with EF 2x Extender
50mm 1.2L
Leica Summilux 50mm 2.0
Zeiss Planar-T 50mm 1.4

I used to have
16-35 2.8l
24-105 4.0L IS

Anyways here's a few shots to get my eye for color correct. Just old shots, practiced on with nothing artistic in mind.

ahh nice vignetting on the beach shot

Koala! reminds me to find a way to go Australia for a chance to shoot them. Our neighboring zoo ada polar bear but no koala

where's the astlophotoglafi LAH? been waiting...

This post has been edited by dgrebel: Apr 22 2008, 11:27 PM

Smelly Bahggers. Don't waste your money.

People should come to aus to photograp topless women on the beaches or the bush in it's glory, not to mention the islands along the queensland coast, they're effin nice.

Got, but got few issues.

1. I don't know shit about where stars are. I simply aim and bam!
2. Regret Selling wide angle, since i don't know where the good stars are, i need a panorama. 14mm Fishyeye GET.
3. Stupid Canon and their sial low pass with IR and UV high filter. Filters out all the good hydrogen alpha red. Once i get MkIII, this b**** is going under the knife to remove those filters.
4. Focusing. Serious Business.

But here's an attempt from me. Recommended PPing applied. The Tinged red area should be far more red, but teh filters raped it.

like diz ok or not?



This post has been edited by dgrebel: Apr 23 2008, 12:00 PM

Nop. There supposed to be a whole load more of red, but i suppose one cannot edit a picture where the red doesn't exist in the first place due to the sensor filter. Drats.

i phailed. TIOK!

Time to Lansi my Camera rig. (WARNING : LIST MAY CONTAIN STUFF NOT OWNED OR DREAMT ABOUT)

EOS 1Ds Mark III, EOS 5D with BG-E4, 580EX II and Metz Mecablitz 58AF speedlites, 70-200mm 2.8L IS with 2x Extender, 50mm 1.2L, 16-35mm 2.8L II, 24-105mm 4.0L IS, B+W Kaesmann MRC FPRO CPOL and standard filter, Zeiss Planar T 1.4 50mm, Leica Leitz Summicron 50mm 2.0, Zeiss Superachromat 350mm 2.8, Super Ee-S and Ee-C focusing screens, 4x 8gb Sandisk Extreme IV CF cards, ST-E2 Wireless Transmitter for AF Assist.

yang belum beli and yang dah jual pon nak tunjuk ke.. hehehehehe... jeles2.

Posting some new pics. Very busy, got Power Plant test at 4, Have to hand up my Eng Design Drawings too. Some more got to get cooking on my audits.

Only 3 pics. First one is my hand at mono, but no indepth mono editing, i have class in like 1 hour lol.


For some reason i keep recalling the fact that nobody knows the goddamned words to Advance Australia Fair. Thus i hereby poast a pic of the aussie flag, with 2 stars a figure to be part of the Southern Cross.


I don't know why, but i love the scenery outside Z-block (pariah engineering people get the ass end of block designations). Finished my CAD work at 8 last night, so i took a pic when leaving.

No good shots for this week. Too lazy after my barrage of assignments. Also got alot of bills to deal with, which kill mood to snap pics.

But i have one of a cat at my friend's place. Could have framed it better, but was more interested in eating sausages with nandos sauce lol.

no comments here
but I feel the cat emotion is funny....
*The cat sure very angry after you shot it*

Went out to town. Got a few good shots.

This one was actually taken at night under a streetlight at low shutter with MF Zeiss. 1/20th, a bit too blur for my liking.


Smoking Jap is Smoking. Literally.


Smoking isn't good for health, but it sure is artsy!


Taken in Bus




One Added Rubbish Pic

Badly taken with new hand technique where i rest the lense on my elbow. Just for test.

i like the pic of the girl reading newspaper in the bus...

Yeah... Just shoot more young gals... go closer.... clearer...

New Theme babe, Town by Night and Autumn's A coming/









Autumn Pics

3 Pic set since coppers forced me to delete pics.

Of old people, drunks and sly plotters.

hmm.. the new set you are using 50mm F/1.2 L and a 70-200 F/2.8L IS USM and the bird shot with 400mm F/5.6 L ?

damn nice btw , 50mm works so wide on FF ..

400mm achieved with a teleconverter.

Anyways 50mm has become the staple lense which i photograph with.

Here are some shots with my Leica Summicron, known affectionately as "the cron"


Wood identification complete. Yeap, that's wood alright.




As the Aussies say, "lest we forget"



Probably will get more interesting shots when the exams end, took these as i left the lab at 4.30 and and wandered around before i went back home.

the leica perform far away better than L lens eh

the last is I like the most

agree!!! da moment of da picture is artistic!

Higher Education by Night

A short series of pics of the University of Southern Queensland.

Was there from 6 to 9.30 getting some studying done.

Surprising to see the amount of passable pictures i can take on the way to and back from Z-block. Exams finish on the 26th, but what the heck, might as well post a few impromptu pics.

Flowers near R block.




Birdies on a Windmill (yes, Toowoomba mmg ulu lerr)


Smoking, I reiterate, is bloody cool lol.

Birthday ko ke? Happy birthday la Syafiq.

Happy Birthday mate... though the camera seems to be of the wrong model. ;p

happy birthday mayanne23!

Thanks for the birthday wishes. Now here's two more pics. I can't seems to get the dark sensitive film look, but i'm experimenting lol.



taken by housemate, me shooting the moon.

More pics?






Below are pics of people watching a street performance.






And now even more!








This post has been edited by empire23: Jul 2 2008, 09:10 PM

Hurr, even more pics. Sharpness is an OVERRATED value.

One last post lol.

love those pics..nice BW..

This is simple and nice... How come background so clean? Photoshop before?

Anyway, a good picture still a good picture...

Was taken in my uni, just so happened it was around 5 (sun sets here early), and since the courtyard is surrounded by buildings, the light penetrated at this perfect angle which illuminated him only. Just did some curves to get a better contrast effect.

nice BW shots! I like em.

what's with the kid searching her bag and cigar on her mouth?

Which setting? 1Ds mark III setting? Mind telling me where to accecss this?

I only know color profile... Do you use that?

Use in Lightroom. Luminescence curves to tweak the light.

Taking pics out in standard output mono is pointless and ugly, color cameras were never meant to do BW photography. That's a job for T-Max or Delta with a good rangefinder like the M6, Bessa or Ikon. Thus curve tweaking is a must. But for now i'll use what i have until i grow balls to move on to film.

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Added on July 3, 2008, 8:11 pm

One extra pic. Already OOF so i generally blurred it further and tweaked a few things to give the 60s to 70s technicolor look for a feeling of warm fuziness as you can see with the father with sons bonding at Maccas thang. Meant to throw viewer back to days where folks going out with their kids was more common place.

This post has been edited by empire23: Jul 3 2008, 08:11 PM

Emo.

Pictures from my recent road trip

Taken around Fraser Island and Lake McKenzie