the green ball like allien invading your room

haha... wow.. u got it right.. it's my room.. so observant. haha...

It's actually a present from my gf. a perfume. hehe..i always wanted to take a picture of my own reflection from something but not the mirror la...

coz i saw a pic that really impressed me which is a girl taking a picture of a kettle, and it's was really a shiny one and it reflects the image of the girl taking a pic of the kettle.. the colours was so so nice... hahaha... saw that pic like 5 ~ 7 years ago...

hi..derek...
wanna ask u use 50mm with closed-up filter, right?

plan to get 1 close up filter oso..

so any auto focusing problem if use the close up filter??or u use manual 1??
i'm oso new to this SLR field

thankz..

Yeah.. i used the 50mm with +4close up filter, it has problems(should say it cannot focus far) focusing far. So... i only attach it when i take really close shots of an object. When taking potraits i'll just detach it. as simple as that.

What i did is, i attach the uv filter first, then the Close up filter, so i dun have to detach and reattach everytime.. haha..

Everyone post fireworks... I post merdeka + birthday celebration. haha.... C&C pls. tyty...

Chinese MAT rempit. LOL. First attempt on fill in flash. C & C pls.


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C&C are most welcome...tyty..

This post has been edited by derek87: Sep 1 2007, 12:21 PM

snooker pics - i think the white balance not cun. did u use auto WB or set manually? the colour of the table seemed to be reflecting to subject

This post has been edited by soulfly: Aug 31 2007, 12:05 PM

WB using AWB. but it's kinda hard... coz his hand is under the light, and his face area has very dim light.. so... i think that's why his hand getss overexposure.. if the whole place is bright.. then it wont look reflecting... AM i right si fus?

This post has been edited by derek87: Sep 21 2007, 02:01 PM

that is pool lar... i myself watch a lot of cue action in video and in real life...i see the pros take photo from a straight angle..and if your friends could go lower you can get a very "pro" look of the player...just my opinion...

LOL... shh... coz they are not pros... mind u... the one who knows is shooting. and they dun aim and shoot, once they touch down they shoot.. i was like ... so i just point and shoot.. LOL.... in other words, distracting them to get my photos...

This post has been edited by derek87: Aug 31 2007, 06:35 PM

okok...but do try what i mentioned if got chance...effect different...

yeah will try... but i dun really get what u mean by straight angle. LOL.. any examples?

er...sorry for my poor skills in expressing my thoughts...i mean erm..shoot from front... and must be parallel to the cue..then it shoud look nicer...my 2 sen..

I think the snooker dude 1 picture is overexposed with the highlights overblown on the hand. For the 2nd picture, the image looks rather soft. Perhaps you could increase your F stop a bit and then increase your ISO to compensate for the shutter speed.

I wanna ask in this case.. what can i do if i want to expose the snooker guy's face but the lights are only shining on the table and the hand, and not the face.. and lights at the face area is very dim... thank you

As for the soft pic u mentioned, the highest ISO i will go is only 400.. i will always try not to go over 400 as there will be noise. And i was adviced by a professional photographer not to go over 400 if it's necessary.. haha.. but i will still try alternate ways next time. And yes, all pics are taken with 50mm prime lens.

Better to recompose the image so that the light reflecting off the ball doesn't overexpose when shooting the shot. Perhaps take the shot in a way that the light shines the ball rather than overexpose it directly. If need be then PP needs to be done to try to hide the over exposure.

Also if you really want to get the face in such a low light situation then you would definitely need to use a flash if you don't want to go above ISO400. Just my two cents worth.

Alright thanks for taking time for the advice.. i will try fill in flash next time... but im afraid if i use flash. the ball will be still overexposed due to the flash? will it be? haha...

and also one more thing.. what if im in a snooker competition situation.. im not allowed to use flash... that will be hard.. haha...

This post has been edited by derek87: Sep 1 2007, 10:02 PM

derek87,
before that i am like you.. really scare of noise....
well because of that i get a lot of blur photo.....
with 350D you have... i think is ok to go up to ISO 800.....
but me myself very less go over ISO 800 as the photo will become grainy.....

OH yes... More than ISO800 it's very grainy.. even 800 itselves... i crop a small part and compare to ISO100.. the details has lost around 10%, not that sharp.. (comparing to perfectly handled camera pictures)

Snowmei, teach me a little bit about fill in flash le... I know that u have to use fill in flash when the light source comes from the background rite? What i am doing is, meter the background adjust exposure compensation to 0 then about the flash part.... the motorbike pic i used -1 for the flash... is what im doing correct? and WHAT IF i need to use a very low shutter speed to get Exposure compensation 0 for the background? any other way for this situation?

and one more Q, how to take a pic by using and adjusting the flash so that the skin tone will not look like reflecting? hmmm.....

i very less go over ISO 800...

about the fill in flash... my way is meter background and lock it with AE button... then shoot one shot as testing to adjust the flash compensation... something like yours....

about low shutter speed.. try use 2nd curtain... for me if it requires me using very slow shutter i will just ignore the background

about the last question.. if you using internal flash.. no way you can avoid the harshness .... (forgot that you can use diffuser it will definately help to reduce the harshness)
unless you use external flash gun... you can always tilt the angle of your flash...

er...ok i noob noob but i try answer PART of your question...hehe...if you wanna compensate for the exposure try smaller f number...i think about f10-13 should be alright for motorbike pic... if still cant then try jack up to iso400 coz you said 800 will be very grainy... your last question ar... either get an external flash then use a diffuser or bounce of the flash from the ceiling...hope it helps...