Well, since I upgraded my Flickr's account, might as well do something with the pictures there. Snapped all of these using my trusty S3 IS. I know I got problems with:

1. Composition
2. Focus
3. Exposure

Hrmm..wait..that is like problems with everything! Oh well, bash and praise (I doubt it) all you want

My first offering to this gallery are my random shots of flowers in Japan:





















This post has been edited by zio: May 14 2008, 11:18 AM

1st picture will be intresting with super macro right on the pollens..the 2nd picture too!

Saturation of the pictures is not consistent. #3 is well taken. Can do better with composition as all are cropped not with respect to 3:2 or 4:3 ratio.

nice shots, just your photos sizes too erratic. Try to maintain a same size throughout.

if only the 3rd pic is a bit brighter.... the composition rather nice de!
anyway keep up the good work!

Yeah, I have ermm...bad habit of overcropping my stuff. Thanks for the feedback

Let me get super good feedbacks then I'll consider moving to DSLR

This post has been edited by zio: Jul 11 2007, 04:28 PM

More badly cropped pictures, some have been taken at the wrong resolution These are board games that I play:

Marvel Heroes by Fantasy Flight Games




Carribean


Basari


Haste Bock


Memoir 44


Railroad Tycoon


Cleopatra and the Society of Architects

Nice collection of board games. But no RISK? No Monopoly?

i like the flower shots better... the color more vibrant and livelier.

Haha...outgrew those..these are the real games!

True, the flowers did have very nice colours. Probably plan a trip to the local flower park and see what I can snap Now I need to learn how to crop my pictures properly

I like the Haste Bock shot. The rest of the BG shots are kinda cluttered up.

the no 3 picture of flower. what flower is that? do we have it in malaysia, or have to go somewhere to shoot it?

we dont have that here. Those are white sakuras. Took them while I was in Japan.

This post has been edited by R a D ! c 4 L: Jul 13 2007, 12:24 AM

The old (S3 IS) shooting the new (D40)...



The dreaded lens cap shot:


Ooo dials...


This post has been edited by zio: Jul 16 2007, 11:31 AM

hehe zio, trust me once u in dslr, u never look back! Welcome to the hood bro

lol cant afford to look back...parents already saying i better take this seriously

Rather than shooting lens cap with the new camera, tried shooting something that were around my house:

1. Tortoise God! Just walked past my garden and thought the tortoise perched there made a pretty interesting picture. He seems pretty happy with his picture as well...



2. Submitted this for the Lensa Malaysia forum challenge. Theme is Broken. I also tried using manual focusing for this shot.

wah lao zio so fast bought edy
i thought u just asked me about d40 last week?

yalor...he just ask about d40 last week...then this week already got d40 in hand...damn geng

haha yeah but didnt get reply from you after that

Actually I got it on the same day that I asked you. Now have to eat bread for the rest of the year.

lao what whole year...few days only

Whole year leh. Coz now eyeing new lens. Either 55-200 or 18-200 then sell the kit lens.

Ermm..first try at bokeh shot?

bro..the picture is dark..

This post has been edited by VincC454: Jul 19 2007, 12:59 PM

bro...maybe u need to invest in some proper lighting??

yeah its probably too dark. Ermm....dad designed the room so have to live with "lack" of lights atm.

Should have cranked up the ISO a bit higher. Have an ISO400 shot which was brighter but was slightly off focus for that one.

Seriously underexposed.

jus underexposed... nothing to do with lightning... maybe up the EV or meter at some other places which is darker
(if u using spot metering)

bro np EXIF data
hard to analyze and guide u

nvm, fixed here:


Attached thumbnail(s)

haha. henry taiko pp the pic.... lolz

lao nbtd already...
lol

EV sudah naik until +5. Cannot naik anymore. Its probably the wrong ISO. ISO200 is way too low for my room. The ISO400 picture looks like the picture Henry taikor PP for me.

Just that the ISO400 shot I took was OOF so didn't post here. Focused on the body instead of the face.

Thanks Henry taikor!

And thanks everyone for the comment and guidance

omg zio you also join shinchan them into dlsr world!

now i know why you sold all your wow cards LOL!

btw, nice pictures i like the white sakura and others too.

good luck with your photography skills, shinchan and vince will guide you, i think..

p/s: pull vincent and hong into the dlsr world too :keke:

Lol still got my WoW cards. Dont worry. Just a bit too busy to play these days.

Wished I gotten the dslr before I went to Japan. Then can take better white sakura shots

shinchan only can guide...me grandslave only...dunno-anything-about-photography

You one of the established sifus already...especially in taking shots with grass

Anyway, went back ystd to toy with somemore settings, hopefully these are better shots:

Shot taken with Nikon D40 (Aperture f1.8, +5EV, ISO400, Exposure 1/3)

1. Thor!!!!! (again)


2. Avengers Assemble!!!


Shot taken with Nikon D40 (Aperture f1.8, +5EV, ISO400, Exposure 1/8)

3. Rise of the Silver Surfer...


Shot taken with Nikon D40 (Aperture f1.8, +3EV, ISO400, Exposure 1/2)

4. You don't like me when I am angry...


Shot taken with Nikon D40 (Aperture f1.8, +1EV, ISO400, Exposure 1/5)

5. Your friendly neighborhood hero...wonder who is behind him?


Shot taken with Nikon D40 (Aperture f1.8, +1/3EV, ISO400, Exposure 1/5)

6. And the Surfer dude leads the pack

much better now...lol

over used f/1.8!!
DOF too shallow

Ok sifu! Will try some shots (of other stuff of course) with different apperture setting

shoot food also la...since ur blog also got many food...

last time the food king also retired already...hint hint nick with 88 or 77 something one last time...lol

Haven't got anywhere interesting to eat since I got the camera...I sure post about food wan

Your focus skill is great! keep it up

weekends is the best times to go out and explore photographic opportunities... make use of the time..

ahahahaha.... u realy focus on d cuteness of ya heroes ar.... superb.. n makes me wanna collect my own heroes too.. care to share where to get em ar?

Thanks!

Ahh yes. Weekends is filled some voluntary work atm. In August will be making some photog trips around KL

Bought them in Tokyo. Don't think its available here. Regret not getting the second series when I was there

All shots taken with Nikon D40 and a 50mm f/1.8 lens.

1. Char Siew Cheong Fun (1/60, ISO200, f/2.2)


2. Some kind of prawn dumpling (1/60, ISO400, f/2,2)


3. Siu Mai (1/30, ISO200, f/3.2)


4. Har Gao (1/40, ISO200, f/3.2)


5. Egg tarts (1/40, ISO200, f/3.2)

err, white balance a bit out jor...

EDITED: ps see how...

This post has been edited by HenryLow: Jul 25 2007, 05:20 PM


Attached thumbnail(s)

Lao ... reminds me of Grace and Deborah

Lol coz of the reddish hue on the pics?

Hrmm..WB on Auto. Maybe should have set it to Tungsten.

4 & 5 underexpose. it does not brings the product out..

Try adjusting the level.

Isn't this looks better?

---

Added on July 25, 2007, 11:06 pmYou leave too much empty space on the right of your histogram. So the colour looks flat. What I did was just pull the white tab to the left, near the right tail of the histogram, and pull the left tab slightly to the right, pass that "clip" area.



This post has been edited by kelvinyam: Jul 25 2007, 11:07 PM

Recently, my company made a short trip to Carey Island to learn something about palm oil and for a seafood trip. Here are some shots from the outing:

1. Him: This is a palm oil tree Us: Oooooooo


2. Colleague trying her hand at harvesting a palm oil


3. A closer look at it


4. Biji biji kelapa sawit


5. This is what a plantation looks like


6. The flower looked lonely


This post has been edited by zio: Jul 26 2007, 01:49 PM

Soon, after we visited the Heritage Bungalows in the area:

1. Flowers...






2. Candid shots of my colleagues...






3. Houses on a pond


And I leave you with some crabby shots:

Your flowers composition is fine, but the DOF is not shallow enough, so that the background is kinda disturbing. You can improve this by using a longer focal length (zoom longer).

Ahh will try that next time. Thanks

dai ko...hehe...meet you at this thread... your photos...very nice oh...:clap:esp the collection on page two...so cute

This post has been edited by orenzai: Jul 28 2007, 04:01 PM

lol im no dai ko man...but thanks

Hope to see you join the DSLR gang soon

haha.... i really hope so too...too bad my birthday is on 27th of september...and thats 5 days before pmr!!!if its earlier then maybe can cham siong with mum ask as birthday present...haha...anyway..i am sure to get it... and hope to be a part of the photography family

Sharing some of the sushi shots I took at Sakae Sushi:

some look like under
if can increase the DOF will be better
good try

use lower aperture... DOF too shallow

DOF is shallow but the place was kinda dark.

It was either going to be higher ISO (could have gone that way), lower shutter speed (no way with my shaky hands), or bigger aperture (sacrificing DOF).

Will try other combinations the next time

Thanks for the comments.

another way... use flash...
build-in flash will serve u well...

no lar...from what i see people take photos of food de in mags and recipe book, the whole plate of food in on focus...except the background or plate is blurred...so i suggested you lower your aperture...with that you no need worry so much bout lighting and can go higher on shutter speed also...my opinion that is...

Haha food in mags and recipe book has huge amounts of lighting wei...

But I agree that DOF is shallow. Smaller aperture might have given me more depth but as I sight, no light.

@Henry Hrmmm flashhhh....good idea

where were you then?kopi tiam or house?

sushi bar...with those fancy ambient lighting... its a pretty dark place

owh..then wont it be awkward to be flashing around when people are eating

people were already staring at me when I took out the Nikon ahhaha..

if don wan use flash, then buy F1.4 lens...
another cheating way is, don shoot so close... go back crop the pics...
DOF will better compare to u close up to the food

Yeah, I think its time I zoom in and crop later.

F1.4 lens...zzz...you pay?

hehehe... then u zoom in and crop better...
i will pay for my own F1.4 lenses later...

henry you want buy new lens ah ...........
good good next time poison me
wakakaka

wat is DOF? sorry ar... i am still in new photography..

The problem is level. The color is simple too flat. Check your histogram. Do notice that there is a blank spot on the right, that's the reason causing the color to look flat and dark. A simple level adjustment will fix it.



I shall at least look something like this, if not better.



This post has been edited by kelvinyam: Jul 31 2007, 07:49 PM

Depth of Field..means smth like the part being focused..

Nothing better to do, so simply shot pics of my new toy:

1. Glowing in the dark


2. Macbook White


3. The keyboard

ok... the problems still remain... DOF + Underexposure...
Please do check the histogram from Photoshop, do some adjustment will make your pictures better...
happy shooting...

Erm.. DOF problem? For which pic? 2nd pic?

Coz the keyboard pic I was really aiming for that effect. Just wanted to highlight the Apple key.

As for the first pic, err black...glow...not right?

Hrmm I did adjust the histogram. Maybe not enough Thanks Henry...

sorry for didn't mention which picture...

#1 OK, nice...
#2 DOF, the object is the laptop, i assumed...
#3 DOF OK coz i assumed the object is the apple key, but a little bit "not white" enough feel...

just my 2 cents...

edited: typo

This post has been edited by HenryLow: Aug 1 2007, 11:45 AM

Ahh thanks. Yep the laptop was the main focus.

Maybe should have used a different lens for it. 18-55mm would have done better I think.

hmm...a serious toy you have there...i like your last pic...

Long time didn't share anything here, so here goes, my luan luan shot series of Zoo Negara!

1. The entrance


2. Say hello to giraffe


3. The stork..ok..not sure if its a stork


4. Helang! Eagle!


5.Err no idea how to spell this fella's name


6.Parrots!


7. And more parrots!


8.Singa


9. Harimau


10.Buaya

wow looks good woh except no.5 over exposed

Haha yeah lo... quite a few shots i took had overblown white highlights in the background..need to learn better exposure ..or maybe fill flash..

i like the singa!
but why crop the butt la?
i think...landscape mode is better for the singa! =)
nice!

i like th bird pics bro...and the harimau wan also...if can include the butt is better..h.ehee...

Shoot in raw and then with a couple of blending and layering methods, you can fix the overblown highlights in Photoshop.

love number 9.... compo is great..

Hehe thanks man...could have cropped post processing..got to locate the original and see hehe..

Thanks man! Err...ive beeen cropping out a lot of butts recently lol..

Must consider shooting in RAW edi.. but now train train first..dont want to rely too much on post processing..

Thanks

singa and harimau's butt kena chop, dunno how to spell's hair kena chop, buaya's tail also kena chop... dun feel nice to me

but helang and giraffe is nice. i wonder if you've done any curve on giraffe?

ahh 18-200 VR again?