Beginners Outing(Part 22)-Jurong East/Chinese Garden on the 14 August(Photos thread)

[SHLEW]

Wonderful symetry! I love it! :heart:

Thanks Ghaz1. Come to think of it, the cloudless sky at that point in time was also good, but a blue cloudless sky would be a Godsend!!
Cheers.
LEW

 

[SHLEW]

Everyone's photos look very good,
mine's too normal =.=
I don't know how to post the photo some more..haha

Thanks to cleonbus for the outing,
and thanks to GilbertGoh for the guidance,
I learned something along the way

Hi peenguin90,
Don't look at other people's photos and start to degrade yours. You should treat your photos as your masterpieces. Some pictures may look lousy initially but with help from photoshop, especially the cropping tool, they may turn out to be quite beautiful. All professional photographers do PP! It was reported that for every photo that appear in the National Geographic magazine, 5,000 photos are rejected.
Do post a few of your photos here and let the seniors and experienced photographers point out the flaws and mistakes, then you will learn.
Cheers.
LEW

 

[peenguin90]

Hi peenguin90,
Don't look at other people's photos and start to degrade yours. You should treat your photos as your masterpieces. Some pictures may look lousy initially but with help from photoshop, especially the cropping tool, they may turn out to be quite beautiful. All professional photographers do PP! It was reported that for every photo that appear in the National Geographic magazine, 5,000 photos are rejected.
Do post a few of your photos here and let the seniors and experienced photographers point out the flaws and mistakes, then you will learn.
Cheers.
LEW

Thanks SHLEW
still have to learn to do a proper PP..
btw, can you teach me how to post pictures here in the thread?
I have been looking for thread that taught how to post pictures, but can't seem to find one..

 

[cleonbus]

Thanks SHLEW
still have to learn to do a proper PP..
btw, can you teach me how to post pictures here in the thread?
I have been looking for thread that taught how to post pictures, but can't seem to find one..

NM has a guide on how to post pictures here.Do a search...

 

[SHLEW]

Thanks SHLEW
still have to learn to do a proper PP..
btw, can you teach me how to post pictures here in the thread?
I have been looking for thread that taught how to post pictures, but can't seem to find one..

Hi peenguin90,
Read up here on posting photos:

http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=94574

Cheers.
LEW

 

[dingaroo]

Thanks Cleonbus for the outing.
I am trying to learn my composition today.
Seems like MGohzxc & Ongoinglearner's photos are really sharp. :bigeyes:
Really nice photos guys. :thumbsup:

Here are mine, C&Cs are welcome...

Both of these two have potential. Try to enlarge the pictures, too small to view on large screens.

Because you are shooting at the sky, you should lock the exposure on the statue instead of the sky, as it drowns out the details of the statue, or use HDR. Another option is to take 2 different shots, 1 with sky details, another with statue details, and them blend them together in Photoshop.

The second one has no real subject but for composition, it's nearly there.

 

[dingaroo]

#6 [Special] - Garden Landscape.

If you had a wide angle lens, you could include more of the foreground rock.

Also, do read up on Hyperfocal Distance, which you could have employed for this scenario.

Cheers!

 

[MGohzxc]

If you had a wide angle lens, you could include more of the foreground rock.

Also, do read up on Hyperfocal Distance, which you could have employed for this scenario.

Cheers!

Hello Dingaroo,
Thanks for your comments. For this outing, I was using a tele photo lens. Just trying to take some tight shots. Yes, I have try to do hyperfocal with a wide angle lens before but did not get it right yet. It is not easy for me. Still learning. Btw maybe you also can help to comment on my Sunset thread "Lower Pierce sunset by young sun chaser.
Thank you again.,
Cheers.

 

[Ghaz1]

Thanks Ghaz1. Come to think of it, the cloudless sky at that point in time was also good, but a blue cloudless sky would be a Godsend!!
Cheers.
LEW

Oh for that perhaps you would need the help of a polariser.

 

[toshio217]

#5

veera4u, i like all your pics. The one above has a nice pp touch to it :thumbsup:
The lotus is also very nice. Hope to see more of your nature shots

 

[peenguin90]

Thanks to SHLEW for the link,
I will try to post my photo now,

Comments and critiques are welcomed

 

[SHLEW]

Thanks to SHLEW for the link,
I will try to post my photo now,
Comments and critiques are welcomed

Hi peenguin90,
Hey, your pictures are not as bad as you make them out to be! Especially # 2, I like the composition. :thumbsup:
Few points to share with you after learning in CS:
1. Number your photos so that members can refer to them when doing C&C.
2. Straighten your buildings (taught by DD123). Photo #01 & #03 building and pagoda slightly slant. Photo #02 Pagoda quite slant. Yes, I totally agree that slant buildings and horizons don't look nice in photos.
Cheers - keep shooting and posting. Good to know that you burn midnight oil!!
LEW

 

[Ongoinglearner]

Everyone's photos look very good,
mine's too normal =.=
I don't know how to post the photo some more..haha

Thanks to cleonbus for the outing,
and thanks to GilbertGoh for the guidance,
I learned something along the way

Peenguin, just be prepared to accept critics and you will be able to push yourself over that barrier. We are learning so nothing to be shy of. I'm learning so I'll accept whatever advise/critics given, it's the way to improve I think.

 

[peenguin90]

Hi peenguin90,
Hey, your pictures are not as bad as you make them out to be! Especially # 2, I like the composition. :thumbsup:
Few points to share with you after learning in CS:
1. Number your photos so that members can refer to them when doing C&C.
2. Straighten your buildings (taught by DD123). Photo #01 & #03 building and pagoda slightly slant. Photo #02 Pagoda quite slant. Yes, I totally agree that slant buildings and horizons don't look nice in photos.
Cheers - keep shooting and posting. Good to know that you burn midnight oil!!
LEW

Thanks so much SHLEW
I'll take note of the numbering and straightening
haha, yeah, because I'm trying to figure out how to post picture in big size,
after trying this and that, finally got it..thanks again, looking forward for the next opportunity to go outing with you guys..

Peenguin, just be prepared to accept critics and you will be able to push yourself over that barrier. We are learning so nothing to be shy of. I'm learning so I'll accept whatever advise/critics given, it's the way to improve I think.

Hi Ongoinglearner, thanks for the advice, I agree with your statement

 

[veera4u]

Thanks to SHLEW for the link,
I will try to post my photo now,

Comments and critiques are welcomed

good composition...:thumbsup:

 

[veera4u]

veera4u, i like all your pics. The one above has a nice pp touch to it :thumbsup:
The lotus is also very nice. Hope to see more of your nature shots

thanks man...I'll be working towards it...

 

[veera4u]

Hi Veera,
For a while I thought I went into the wrong thread such as macro outing!! Ha-ha
#2 Good shot. The head in focus with nice greenish/greyish bokeh background.:thumbsup:
#10 Good composition. The lotus leaf shielding the lotus flower. Its a pity the leaf is not fresh green.
Cheers.
LEW

Hi SHLEW, thanks for your comments...really appreciated...ya ya, more of macro & nature shots...just took the opportunity to capture as much shots as possible given the scenario...hehe
btw, l see that u're not joining us for the Bt Timah outing but would appreciate if you could make it man...
Appreciate all your landscape shots :thumbsup: and makes me ponder upon though....

 

[SHLEW]

Hi SHLEW, thanks for your comments...really appreciated...ya ya, more of macro & nature shots...just took the opportunity to capture as much shots as possible given the scenario...hehe
btw, l see that u're not joining us for the Bt Timah outing but would appreciate if you could make it man...
Appreciate all your landscape shots :thumbsup: and makes me ponder upon though....

Ahh, :bigeyes: after 3 Land-escapes in succession, going back to Macro on 28Aug to do justice to my expensive macro lens and also to try out my new self fabricated flash unit. Will not be joining you in Tin Hill. Catch up with you some other time.
Happy shooting and cheers.
LEW

 

[peenguin90]

good composition...:thumbsup:

Thanks veera
I really like your photo also,
especially no. 1 :thumbsup:

 

[MGohzxc]

Hi All,
first and foremost, big thanks goes out to cleonbus for organizing the event. Had a good chat with SHLEW and big thanks to GilbertGoh for sharing his expertise with birding...looking forward to the Bukit Timah Event now...till then, here's the shots i took as follows,

Comments & Critics Appreciated

#5

Hi Veera,
Nice meeting you during the outing. You pictures are amazing.