I only realised this section of LYN recently (I know, it's late... but well, LYN is so HUGE!) and I think it's really cool to share our photos among forummers. So I'm setting up my lil gallery to share my photos with you guys. Basically I take photos as a hobby and an interest, whenever there's an interesting shot to take, be it a subject, location or experiments, I'd be there with my camera hoping to get a good shot . I admit I'm still an amateur photographer and not as knowledgable as most sifus here, but I'm always learning, so any advice or comments are most welcome. I'm also a backup photographer for my company, so when our official photographer's not available, I get to go as a last choice (they say my lil knowledge on photography is enough, but I still feel like a noob) heehee...

I'm probably one of the dying few people who still use film SLR... Mine's a Nikon F65D and I love it. True, it may be bulky and you can't preview the images you've shot and you are also limited to 36 shots per-roll, but the results are more than worth it. The biggest problem is transferring them to the computer as dust or scratches always get into the photo. Recently I started experimenting with digital cameras, firstly using a 2nd-hand Sony P10, 3rd hand Canon S60 and graduating to a Sony T30. They're consumer cameras but I'm pretty impressed with their results. Too bad they offer little or no options when it comes to adjusting aperture or shutter speed. I try to make my photos interesting despite those limitations (the F65D is still my fav though).

My long-term plan is going digital with a DSLR, but I admit they're still pretty scary to me... Anyways, hope to be part of the photo-taking community here... It's nice to see people sharing the same interest and passion for photography

This post has been edited by raptorclans: Jan 13 2008, 07:25 PM

Miri (16-04-2007)
Visited my best friend in Miri, never thought that the beach would be so pleasant to shoot. Experimented a lil with the digital camera. There's lil overexposure I think...
Taken with Sony T30

A person fishing


Facing the sun


Shadow


Bridge


Crabby


Oil Well

Random Shots
Here are some photos taken here and there. They're a lil older, but just thought I should share as well. I'm sure you'd notice that some suffer from visible dust. Wish I had a solution
Taken with Nikon F65D

Night in Bangsar


Kellie's Castle


Swallowed (this was actually at an abandoned house)


Sunrise (a lil mistake with the focus)


Pangkor Village


Reflection of Civilization (the original photo had a blue sky, but when scanned it vanished!)


Elevator

Photoshoot - Farah
This was taken a couple of years back, it's my 1st assignment as "backup photographer" (I'm such a noob!)... It was a lil interview. Supposed to use my F65D but figured there'd be no way to slot it in for a newspaper that'd be sent to print the next day (it was a last min thingy and film takes time). So digital it was... could've been much better I think~
Taken with Canon S60

Shot 1


Shot 2


This one turned out a lil blur...

Night @ bangsar is my personal favourite Keep 'em coming !

Random Shots II
Here are some more random photos, these are a lil old, I lost the original copies (sad ) and the only thing left are these digital scans. These utilise the (almost) forgotten art of B&W photography...
Taken with Nikon F65D

Butterfly


The Swan and the Fishes


Photographer


Hands


Look Out Below (was an early experiment on fast shutter speed, we threw the chair into the air)


This post has been edited by raptorclans: Dec 17 2007, 08:52 PM

Thanks for the comment... I love that pic too, took a couple of risks to shoot it

Nikon F65D.... very nostalgic looking shots

Gosh nicely taken pics! Thanks for sharing!

Nice picture of the chair on top!

i personally like the crabby pic

how do u put the chair there??

Thanks... perhaps it's because of the monochrome colors...

Thanks

Hee hee... those lil crabbies are so hard to snap as the slightest movement sends them back to their burrows...

Thanks, actually it was a lil experiment with high-speed shutter, my friend threw the chair in the air and I snapped it. Well, my pet sis at the back (in the pic) sure got a shock after that

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Will post a couple of older pics 1st, I'll have to update my current collection soon... (been taking too much digital lately, goin back to film for a while)

Care to introduce Farah to me?

Anyways, I must say u got some skill bro, despite using compacts and film slr Like they always say, it's not the equipment that makes a good shot, its the photographer

Haha... can... she's a really friendly person

Haha dun lar... I shy liao. I'm still improving as I shoot. Photography is a continuous learning process

Random Shots II 1/2
Here are a couple more I've left out. Some are probably not as interesting as I didn't play too much with angles... I like to experiment~
Taken with Nikon F65D

Beetle in Beetle


Before the Dance (I was trying a handheld low-light shot at Zouk... a lil blur because of some careless shake)


This post has been edited by raptorclans: Dec 19 2007, 06:56 PM

I was looking forward to posting new photos from a recent event, but old faithful F65D gave up on me just as I was about to shoot the first subject Will have to wait till it gets serviced before I can continue submitting new stuff... (sad, hopefully it's something minor) Couldn't use the T30 either as it's being serviced too (defect, sent under warranty)

nice bnw of photographer. chair upside down! looks like nailed on the wall. hahas

thanks... she's a close friend of mine (kinda tomboyish back then) and that was one of the few studio shots i took & it's rilly old!... too bad the original photo is gone for good...

lol at the chair... it was luck wif the timing

Throwing some poison here..

D80 price has been bumped down since D300 came out...

or 2nd hand D70s for starters?

Edited : Btw, you can send your negatives to get it digitized instead of scanning the printed one...

This post has been edited by azmihamzah: Dec 23 2007, 11:19 PM

yeah, actually I've only learned bout it... will try that soon

d80 poison laaaaa

This post has been edited by raptorclans: Jan 13 2008, 03:25 PM

KL Street Shoot (30-12-2007)
Went on a street shoot with PMers before the year ended. Haven't gone for one in ages, so it was lotsa fun, here are the color shots~
Taken with Nikon F65D

A Tree


Paintings


Taxi Drivers


Fruits (Somehow really oversaturated)


Tyre Puncture


From inside the Temple


Reading the Newspaper


Steamroller in the Concrete Jungle


C&C are welcome~
Will post B&W ones soon (got quite a lot)

Lovely tone

hi raptor, nice to see you here, finally can see your street shoot photos

thanks

hehe yeah... took ages cos my house comp died...

just want to ask, u scan the pics from the printed media or from the negatives? Just curious...

Oh, it's from printed media... I've never tried scanning from negatives, but I've sent my most recent one, so waiting to see how it turns out

KL Street Shoot (30-12-2007)
Here are the black and white shots from the same shoot...
Taken with Nikon F65D

[Part I]

Chestnuts



No Turn



Coconut Tree (I think)



Signs



Doggie



Spinning



Spinning More



Big and Small



Flower



Jelly



- to be continued...

the b&w is post processed or originally using b&w films? i'm a nikon f60 user.

[Part II]

Mona



Out of the Box



Jalan Petaling



Petaling Street I



Petaling Street II



S&M Building



Taufu-fah



Temple



Armor



Drive-thru



This post has been edited by raptorclans: Jan 17 2008, 01:07 PM

[Part III] (last batch... heehee)

Bangkok Bank



Fruit Stall

Cool~ Nikon F60 user...
It's taken using black and white film (been a while since I last shot in monochrome)

where to buy eh? might do some experimental shots with them.

Getting harder to find nowadays (increasingly rare)...
I got mine from Selangor Photographers at Pertama Complex

night at the bangsar is nice............my favourite