Hey guys...

Been trying out the D40X for a while now and I like the colors and sharpness of the pictures.... here are a few samples taken in Thailand (no post-editing, kit lens) :











Thanks guys... appreciate any comments and feedback.

This post has been edited by darthbaboon: Jun 5 2008, 11:58 AM

nice pics there

#3 should compose the pot more to the left
so can reveal more of the room


huh all pics changed~~~~~~~~

This post has been edited by shinchan^^: Feb 28 2008, 08:57 AM

first of all bro...
ur nick caught my attention...
and yeah...ur pics are nice...
i like the jellyfish! =)

Argggh I messed up the postings....

here are the first ones in case someone saw them before the mixup...














Thanks again!

Nice pics

Where in Thailand is this? Err not the hotel, that underwater world thing..and the zoo?

Thanks for the feedback so far... here's another picture I missed... taken from the top of the water surface.



The place is at Siam Paragorn Bangkok Shopping Mall - Siam Ocean World

This post has been edited by darthbaboon: Feb 28 2008, 11:02 AM

for the fish pics... using CP-L filter would enhance the pics more, no reflections

But fish tank already dark dark... use CP-L lagi dark.... maybe can consider something call D3?

i like this photo...yellow on top of blue/green, outstanding yet blend well into it

New photos....



#1 - Best Burger I ever had....



#2 - Chocolate Cake - Tastes as good as it looks!

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Added on April 22, 2008, 10:36 amFlower Carpet...



#3 - Purple flower whose name eludes me



#4 - Loads of purple, white flowers.

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Added on April 22, 2008, 10:42 amMore....



#5 - Disney World Hollywood Studios Stunt Show



#6 - Rocket Garden @ Kennedy Space Center



#7 - Miami Beach



#8 - Key West Sunset

Comments and feedback appreciated! Do the photos need postprocessing?

This post has been edited by darthbaboon: Apr 22 2008, 05:12 PM

somehow, i really like ur food pictures and the last pic.. good2! im so hunting for burger ramly after this...

Thanks for the comment... was a very delicious and satisfying meal too... one of the best I've had!

Here's more photos for comments and feedback :



#9 - USS Wisconsin BB-64 Battleship



#10 - Wisconsin Lifering



#11 - Empire State Building



#12 - Brooklyn Bridge



#13 - Spring flowers with moon in background





Cheers!

This post has been edited by darthbaboon: Apr 22 2008, 05:25 PM

Your composition is good. I like the way you play with your angles. The last pic has something creeping in at the left hand side. Cropping that out would be better

What lens do you use for the latest series photo , TS ?
All photo has sharp color and nice composition

And I love some wide angle ( dont know wheter wide or not) photo too. Like #7


This post has been edited by 168257061: Apr 22 2008, 08:06 PM

you make d40/x users proud

the pic of the yatch maybe you cacn let it a bit more to the left...should look better

Thank you for your kind comments. I am still using the kit lens that came with the camera... thinking of getting a 18-200mm walkabout lens sometime in the future simply due to the reason that on trips you rarely (if not never) have the chance to carry your tripod, sit at one spot for hours and hope for the one shot that changes your life. ;p

#7 was taken with 28mm focal length.
#13 I hadn't noticed the little intruder on the left hand side so yeah I'll forcefully remove em.. thanks for noticing. ;p

Here's the cropped version :




#8 Not really sure what you mean... physically move myself to the left while taking the shot or cropping the left side of the photo a little?

Again, appreciate your comments.

This post has been edited by darthbaboon: Apr 23 2008, 09:00 AM

Nice, I like that picture a lot (13). Blue skiessss ahhh.. so calming

Is that a faint sign of the moon?

let the yatch sail more to the left...

Yes it is... unfortunately the moon wasn't that big that day.


Oh hehe... can't do much about it now. ;p


Anyways here are a couple more pictures I took :



#14 - Another sunset photo at the Keys



#15 - What it looks like before you go over the Niagara Falls



#16 - Mr. Lincoln & his Art Museum


Cheers!

ah..this sunset is very nice

Just curious, how does one get a nice little photo thumbnail beside one's post in the main topic listings? ;p

Get the thumbnail version of your photo. Edit your first post, you will see a slot for thumbnail URL.

Thanks!!!

On a side note... I do love to take photos of FOOD!!!

chicken chop?
but on newspaper

to absorb the oil maybe...

thats very unhealthy

Haha... it's a shrimp burger!! The paper you see is actually specially printed for the restaurant... and it tastes really good!! I'd say the best foods in the world are usually the unhealthy ones.

lol...yeah..like those mamak stal..see the flies everywhere but more people than big big restaurants

great shot...really like no.8 ....

should learn some rules of third~ hehehhe~

One of the few occasions when I wished I had more than 55mm in my hands...

i like this,..nice

Just a couple of random shots for now....

#1 - Star Destroyer



#2 - Baby Cot with a nice stiched giraffe



Cheers!!

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Added on May 26, 2008, 11:29 pmThree new photos from Singapore Esplanade during the night... unfortunately without tripod so I had to do it the traditional way... support arm against any pillar/pole and hold the breath for really really long....

#3 - Singapore Skyline at night



#4 - Esplanade View



#5 - Fullerton Hotel



C&C appreciated!

This post has been edited by darthbaboon: May 27 2008, 12:28 AM

Cannot judge all this photo as a professional photographer

to me, this all is very very nice already

keep up the good work

Good night shots, handheld somemore. Well done

Thank you!! Hope to upload more photos before the end of this trip.


Appreciate your comments especially coming from you all sifu with lots of experience. Hope to experiment with more styles and learn from you guys.

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Added on May 27, 2008, 9:15 pmWith F1 Fever gripping the Lion City, who could resist bringing the F2006 for display....

#6 - Bridgestone - The ONLY F1 tyre now....



#7 - S.F.



#8 - Too many martinis and this view might be the last you see...



This post has been edited by darthbaboon: May 27 2008, 09:15 PM

Singapore Airport

Nice compo for the pics

Thank you....

Here's the photoset from Thailand - Bangkok/Pattaya. I'm trying to explore new techniques including closeups, portraits and unique perspectives.

#9 - Dragon Carving



#10 - Trunk-less Bonsai



#11 - BEST Coconuts in the world - Thai Roasted Coconuts




Thanks for all your feedback.... more photos to be posted soon!

This post has been edited by darthbaboon: Jun 15 2008, 01:00 AM

wow... the singapore series is just simply nice to me...
#7 is my favourite

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7 maybe can move forward a lil bit to reduce that tire foreground?
8 try moving backwards a lil and include the 2 wheels and setting your camera a lil bit lower to use up all the space avail imo nia lar
10 the subject has the same color and the foreground. thus it does not stand out

Appreciate your comments. I really enjoyed the product of the nightshots too... especially with 5s not moving/breathing.


Thanks for your comments. For #7, I purposely included foreground blur for the tyres. #8 there's a red chain around the car so if I move a little bit backwards it will be visible... and very ugly. Also if I bend down too much might show butt crack to the world like the Mythbuster guy.
#10 was trying some new ideas with focusing.

Appreciate your comments though.

More photos from the Thailand series as below :

#13 - Apples!



#14 - Our national flower... not grown locally



#15 - A Japanese flower



#16 - Pebble formation



#17 - Blue Fountain

The kit lens give such high contrast photo.... really geng leh....
#17 is awesome...it has the certain meaning in there.

all very nice... maye the last one you can try a lower angle so that we can see the height and shape of the fountain

Thanks... some photos I used Nikon's Picture Project software that came with the camera to do some basic editing. Otherwise the shots are mostly as is. I do notice that the bokeh on the kit lens is rather harsh... and made some shots from certain angles very rough to look at.

Cheers mate... I'll keep that in mind the next time I snap a fountain shot.


Now for another set of photos in the Thailand series...

#18 - Teak wood carvings



#19 - Spices for the spa



#20 - Droplets on Rose Petals



#21 - Pebble Landscaping



#22 - Pathway of Tranquility



#23 - Thai Flower

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Added on June 1, 2008, 10:43 pmLast of the Thailand series - Floating Market ala Sepia Style

#24 - Bananas for 10



#25 - Thai Pancake Lady



#26 - All in a day's work

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Added on June 9, 2008, 4:39 pmCouple o shots from Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel @ Night :



This post has been edited by darthbaboon: Jun 9 2008, 04:39 PM