wow very shoyk la !! can view so many photo !!!!

Should lower your ISO a little

yeah. ISO settings too.

i used ISO 800 last week, so this week also used ISO 800. didn't try ISO 400 though so i don't know if it'll be better.

the thing was that last week i used f5.6 and this week i used f4 and i didn't expect the results to be THAT drastic. as usual, on LCD it looks fine.

but yeah, getting to know the camera better now. it's a learning process. all in all i'm glad to see improvements in the shots.

This post has been edited by goldfries: Apr 23 2007, 01:42 PM

do you use AWB or tungsten?

ok - shots without yellowish tinge = Tungsten WB.

Just read this only ... wahlan ehh dun say you saw me and use the love emoticon-lah, later ppl think we are lovers

Oh yeah the 'taifu' incident ... when that happened I lower my camera, looked up and saw everyone was fcking GLUED to their viewfinders and shooting away, some stood by the side and shying off.

See the difference between perverts and shy guys?

Let me tip you here ...

There are 3 Elements you need to remember for now - The ISO, the Aperture and the Shutter Speed :

1. The ISO setting basically controls how 'sensitive' the sensor/CCD : The higher the number, the stronger its sensitivity is to colour and light (consider it like it's your sex drive, haha!).

2. Shutter Speed, this one abit tricky : The faster the shutter plane closes the less light and colour have a chance to penetrate. By 'penetrate' I know you guys have lotsa ideas already, I will leave it at that for you to remember easier.

3. Aperture setting : Well, the bigger the opening the more light and colour can cum come inside, enough said. The smaller the number the bigger the opening.

The ROT (Rule of Thumb) is : The more light hits the sensor/CCD the brighter the image becomes, if you have a overeposure that means somewhere along the the line you either have too low a shutter speed, too wide an opening or too sensitive an ISO. How you can juggle between this 3 elements would depend on how well you handle your camera, there are no fixed settings for any kind of enviroment.

Hope that helps, happy shooting!:)

This post has been edited by ac98: Apr 28 2007, 02:37 AM

*run for my life...

thank you ac98.

i've been using camera for quite a while and i've always kept those 3 stuff in mind my problem was like what you mentioned - juggling between them, and also the error in misjudgement based on LCD output. <=-- seems to be my problem. darn.

i guess i haven't been snapping often enough to be a better judge, my photo-count for past 2 years i think less than 2k.

what other tips can you give me?

This post has been edited by goldfries: Apr 29 2007, 09:50 PM

damn. my post with KLCC Petronas Twin Tower shots went missing!!!!

must've been a server rollback or something. anyway here are the shots.

Never trust the LCD, do it like you would using film : You cannot see results, the PC's monitor should be your first result reference, hence you need to have a monitor that is very well tuned or else you'll be arguing how others see your pics and how YOU see your pics after post-processing.

KLCC looks funny if u show one tower only

yeah. just have to learn better judgement. camera LCD always look nicer.

my monitor is Dell 2007 WFP nice monitor to view colors. i do graphic design a lot so i need my display unit to be as accurate as possible.

haha. what to do. want to to closer shot of the tower.

oh anyway guys, here's what i got from the moon.

This post has been edited by goldfries: May 28 2007, 04:19 AM

Is this captured with the Tamron 70-300 lens as well?

Btw bro, do you have any idea abt the price range of Tamron Macro lens? heard they are famous for that?

Thanks.
Wama1go

yes sir wama1go, Tamron 70-300mm.

i donno the price of Tamron macro lens. will be looking for them soon. i think. oh wait, after some other things i have to buy. hehe.

NEW SHOTS!!!

most of the shots were done on 50mm prime lens - what to do, just bought the night before then straight bring it into action.......... here we go!!!


this one taken with my 70-300mm at 70mm.


this point onwards are taken with 50mm prime lens.


this one taken with kit lens at 18mm. all other subsequent picture are back to 50mm prime lens.




notice some with yellowish tinge? they were NOT mistakes. after playing with the WB settings i decided to go with the yellowish tinge because that IS what i saw when i was there. thought of capturing as close to reality as possible.

the final 2 shots i set the WB to tungsten because i find it too yellow.

C&C are always welcome. hope you enjoyed the shots btw.

OK - i just had a trip to Awana Genting Highlands.

Here are some shots that I managed to snap, it wasn't a happening place as you all know, so what I did was to go around a bit and snap what I found interesting, or at least make something out of them.

The shots were mainly snapped from either my room, hotel lobby or the pool side. I went there for a break, so don't expect me to go around that much.

now let's start off with some scenery objects.

Mixed weather


Sunrise (with not much sun)


Gloomy skies


Slightly brighter gloomy skies


Sun manage to shine through as it begins to set, brings some light into gloomy scenery

now for some inanimate objects

Lamp in hotel room


Light in hotel room


Lamp holder in hotel room


Decoration at lobby


Lobby lights (those big ones on ceiling)


Rusted rails by the restaurant


Algae growth on rocks in the pond / garden area


Decorations at the lobby

View from the lobby. i composed it to contain some blurred closer objects to frame those plants on the wall along with the shadow.


Some nice greens from nearby lobby area. I donno, I just admire how beautiful those leaves are.




Decorations at the lobby. (yes, i snapped them while sitting on the sofa.)




Scenes from the garden