Just got my 1st DSLR not long ago
some casual shots during a morning trip to a local chinese village =)
comments welcome












Came across this meaningful midget in a small kopitiam...the shopkeeper actually
prepared several glasses for ease of vision for the old people =)

A kind old man willing to be photographed =)




This post has been edited by kwws: Sep 14 2008, 12:27 PM

i like your shots, has meaning and well composed i guess u weren't driving for your 1st shot?

yeah i wasn't the driver =D

Althought some of the picture i doesnt get what you're trying to show but still it's a great pictures which with great pp skills , and two thumbs up for you.

Thaipusam coming soon , going out to shoot ?

yeah i'm still struggling to shoot photos which tells stories though

i wish i could , hah not without any means of transport

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I'd suggest a close up crop for this shot.

was actually trying to portray the background of de shot...anyways thx for the comment!

wah. upgraded to dSLR d? lol. Nice shots dude. Anyway, what kind of images does the 18-55mm IS produced? Is it sharp? Just wanna know how is it like compared to the 18-55mm kit. =.="

hehe, shot was on left side. driver on right side.

anyway.....

i love shot #2, pity a car was there. it would be nice if you waited a bit and snapped again without the car around.

#4 is nice too, would be better if you can walk up ahead a little and snapped without the wires. no motorcyclist also nmind.

OMG! I love ur shots! especially the ol man potrait and the last one.. colors are greatly balanced. still amazingly sharp at 1/30s.. good lens afterall that 18-55IS.. so what else did u do in PS to get that nice look of ur photo?

18-55mm IS is a sharp lens...but it doesnt do well in macro at f5.6 wide open even though at 1:3 magnification
tats the only drawback. set aside small apertures the lens is great overall. got it for 400 bucks from my fren's 40D kit


thx for ur constructive comment...yeah too bad the car was thr...

well i imposed partial desaturation of the picture, add a lil sepia effect, abit of lomo vignetting effect(not tat obvious)...tats all i could remember

nice shot, well doen you seems to be improving a lot, the 20d well deserve for you....hehehhe... i like you 2nd and last shots, especially the last shot nice ps color..keep them coming...

Thaipusam shots taken at dawnbreak.
Reached thr around 5am++


















This post has been edited by kwws: Jan 24 2008, 11:29 PM

More...

Nice pics, but few looks noisy though. High ISO/heavy cropping ey? Haha.

This post has been edited by csrulez: Jan 25 2008, 12:52 AM

din really crop...yeah taken at ISO 1600 and 3200 mostly

nice shots... keep them coming, no daytime shots?

i'm speechless already....
so good!!
hope that i can take photos like u do..

those are great shots, you captured the festive well and 20D is still a dependable camera until today.

Your pics really have MOOD! and you had chose the different timing: Night time! This is something different from a common series. I like your attempts.... and i think you didn't flash rite? Bravo series~~