Beginners Outing(Part 19)-Double Helix Bridge and MBS on the 31 July(Photos thread)

[skylover]

haha! whoeva u are..indeed she is! but hot is good rather than wet (rain) anyway, thanks a lot for the 'snapshot'...we were lookin for people around to take pics for us :cry:

lolx.. thanks.. i like her reaction standing there pose with the bike so cool ... candid shot are more natural and beautiful to me:angel:. hehe..

 

[dawngel]

Here's my photos...
Let me know what you all think..and where I can improve^_^ Thanks!

Photo 1:

Photo 2:

Photo 3:

Photo 4:

 

[dawngel]

Photo 5:

Photo 6:

Photo 7: I kind of like this...but my hand shook abit hence the blurness. Do you think it will be nicer if I crop it as a portrait and cut of the shadows?
Btw left is Iszan, left if the stripped shirt guy ((skylover, I guessed) I am talking abt.

That's all. All comments welcome

 

[dawngel]

lolx.. its me la.. One use Canon and the other one Minolta ?

Yeah I think it you

:bsmilie: I am not teacher.. juz a passer-by n a noobie.. rmb I wasnt in the list.. juz happen to oops.. mystery guest..

anyway, we are all here to learn and share, so no worries.. hope you find today's session useful in helping you develop your photography skills

Yup...I learn alot..Thanks

 

[skylover]

Photo 6:

The building Mandarin Oriental is a bit over exposed. If you are shooting in RAW, you may want to reduce the exposure a bit more or that the building does not look like its going to blend in together with the cloud. The building side is a little overexposed to the sunlight.

Alternativly, your shutter speed might want to increase 1 more stop if you encounter such a problem next time. :devil:

that's what I thought. I'm not an expert but this is a little bit of tips i learn from the other people around here.

Photo 7: I kind of like this...but my hand shook abit hence the blurness. Do you think it will be nicer if I crop it as a portrait and cut of the shadows?
Btw left is Iszan, left if the stripped shirt guy ((skylover, I guessed) I am talking abt.

Increase your shutter speed to like 1/100 secs? it might reduce the blurr. I think you can preserve but maybe include the shadow. But the shadow head is been cut off. Same as above, the wall behind is a bit overexposed.

That's all. All comments welcome

But overall its quite ok. There's more room for improvement as you shoot you. Now you understand how shutter speed and aperture, ISO, Spot and matrix metering works. Practice more then slowly progress into other areas. To me building up the basic foundation is important. Nobody is perfect :angel:

 

[wildcat]

Photo 7: I kind of like this...but my hand shook abit hence the blurness. Do you think it will be nicer if I crop it as a portrait and cut of the shadows?
Btw left is Iszan, left if the stripped shirt guy ((skylover, I guessed) I am talking abt.

That's all. All comments welcome

Hi dawngel. Not sure if my comments is welcomed here, but the blur is NOT due to hand shaking.

 

[skylover]

Hi dawngel. Not sure if my comments is welcomed here, but the blur is NOT due to hand shaking.

Hi wildcat, of course your comments are welcome ^^. I think I know what you meant. Is it the focus point is the stairs/the board at the back instead of the 2 person?

 

[axis90x]

iszan, i find the first few pic in the first page from you abit soft lei :embrass:
or is it my comp problem :embrass:

but your firework pic is not soft

just my 2 cents :bsmilie:

 

[axis90x]

Hi wildcat, of course your comments are welcome ^^. I think I know what you meant. Is it the focus point is the stairs/the board at the back instead of the 2 person?

yea the focus is off :bsmilie:

 

[dawngel]

But overall its quite ok. There's more room for improvement as you shoot you. Now you understand how shutter speed and aperture, ISO, Spot and matrix metering works. Practice more then slowly progress into other areas. To me building up the basic foundation is important. Nobody is perfect :angel:

I didn't shoot raw for this time.
I will take note of the exposure part.

Hi dawngel. Not sure if my comments is welcomed here, but the blur is NOT due to hand shaking.

Hi wildcat, of course your comments are welcome ^^. I think I know what you meant. Is it the focus point is the stairs/the board at the back instead of the 2 person?

wildcat, of course your comments are welcomed All are welcome.
I think you are right. =p such a silly mistake...>_<
I just checked the image properties.
I was using spot metering for that photo (forgot to change back to evaluative after some trials) and my aperture was F3.2, shutter is 1/200 - that might have caused the over-exposure?
oh and the shadow part..yeah I think it will have looked nicer if I composed it such that all of the shadow is captured.

 

[skylover]

yea the focus is off :bsmilie:

Er.. Looking at it again, I realized it seem what wildcat mention is right. Its not about the blurr. The focus point is aiming at the background. I find the grass area quite sharp also.. :think:

 

[skylover]

I didn't shoot raw for this time.
I will take note of the exposure part.

Its ok. If possible take raw so that you can edit.


wildcat, of course your comments are welcomed All are welcome.
I think you are right.
I just checked the image properties.
I was using spot metering for that photo (forgot to change back to evaluative after some trials) and my aperture was F3.2, shutter is 1/200 - that might have caused the over-exposure?

Lolx.. if you use spot metering, then you need to make sure the point at aim at the person. But in this situation, i recommend using matrix better.
maybe increase it to F8 - f16. Shutter speed range about 200 - 400 range. depending on the situation.

 

[wildcat]

Hi wildcat, of course your comments are welcome ^^. I think I know what you meant. Is it the focus point is the stairs/the board at the back instead of the 2 person?

yea the focus is off :bsmilie:

Yes, the telltale sign is the sharper stairs/board at the back, and especially grass instead of the 2 person. Another is that this was shot at full sunlight, even if aperture was set small, the shutter speed would have compensated more than enough, unless it was like, shot from 200mm focal length away, not using VR, and aperture was set really wrong (i.e. very small).

wildcat, of course your comments are welcomed All are welcome.
I think you are right. =p such a silly mistake...>_<
I just checked the image properties.
I was using spot metering for that photo (forgot to change back to evaluative after some trials) and my aperture was F3.2, shutter is 1/200 - that might have caused the over-exposure?

Metering and focusing are two different things. Metering will determine if your picture comes out overexposed/underexposed.

Focusing is divided into a few, like centre focused, or a particular point, or when on auto, the camera will choose it's own focusing points. Even then, you can set it so that it will focus once, or continually focus. Once your autofocus is locked, the camera normally indicates the points it has used for focusing which in my Nikon, it will flash red for a split second.

 

[dawngel]

Er.. Looking at it again, I realized it seem what wildcat mention is right. Its not about the blurr. The focus point is aiming at the background. I find the grass area quite sharp also.. :think:

Yeah, I realized that too after wildcat mention..=p

Lolx.. if you use spot metering, then you need to make sure the point at aim at the person. But in this situation, i recommend using matrix better.
maybe increase it to F8 - f16. Shutter speed range about 200 - 400 range. depending on the situation.

Hmm..I guessed I didn't pay attention to the focus pt and aperture then, as it was a candid..
Will keep that in mind in future.

Yes, the telltale sign is the sharper stairs/board at the back, and especially grass instead of the 2 person. Another is that this was shot at full sunlight, even if aperture was set small, the shutter speed would have compensated more than enough, unless it was like, shot from 200mm focal length away, not using VR, and aperture was set really wrong (i.e. very small).

ok..understand..

Metering and focusing are two different things. Metering will determine if your picture comes out overexposed/underexposed.

Focusing is divided into a few, like centre focused, or a particular point, or when on auto, the camera will choose it's own focusing points. Even then, you can set it so that it will focus once, or continually focus. Once your autofocus is locked, the camera normally indicates the points it has used for focusing which in my Nikon, it will flash red for a split second.

Yup, will take note of these details.
Really need to practice more..=p

 

[cleonbus]

Hi all

Thanks a lot to Cleonbus and others for organising and Thanks a lifetime to the God for giving us a beautiful day...here are my pics. Please comment and advice 'cause I need them as this is be the first time I am posting my pics here...

#1 Towers and bridges

All i can see is a red x in the middle of a small rectangle box...

 

[neetsdeindie]

All i can see is a red x in the middle of a small rectangle box...

Yes dear...still struggling with the hosting issue...

 

[peterpan]

Hi Cleon where your landscape shot
Good shot and nice landscape shot :thumbsup:

 

[MGohzxc]

Hi Cleonbus,
Seems you have a very good outing. So jealous I cannot make it. Will join you the next one..... Jurong East....

 

[cleonbus]

Hi Cleon where your landscape shot
Good shot and nice landscape shot :thumbsup:

Too busy on Sun and will be busy on Mon too.So most likely will post on Tue.But i think i'll be posting those that were taken during the pre-dawn hours cos during the outing was more focused on talking to skylover and dawngel and didn't take much

Hi Cleonbus,
Seems you have a very good outing. So jealous I cannot make it. Will join you the next one..... Jurong East....

Thanks.This Sat there is no NDP rehearsal,you wanna come for the HV outing?

 

[skylover]

Too busy on Sun and will be busy on Mon too.So most likely will post on Tue.But i think i'll be posting those that were taken during the pre-dawn hours cos during the outing was more focused on talking to skylover and dawngel and didn't take much


lolx... y me.. haha.. u learnt sth too... different camera menu name it differently..
So now we know canon and the other brand duno wad.. =X