Newbies Outing (part 10) - June 6 Sunday, Marina Barrage

[musichelle]

And a bit more.

Appreciate your comments and advise on improvement.
Thanks again.

 

[Jacobs]

And a bit more.

Appreciate your comments and advise on improvement.
Thanks again.

Bro dd, did you see the real big star at the sky then I had mention previous post..

 

[LimTH]

Firstly i would like to thank Brother Ding for allowing me to join the McDonalds poisoning session & also the Marina Barrage outing. Meinah and me really enjoyed ourselves & learned a lot, now she's bugging me for a DSLR.

Bro Draken, you made me look good, thanks

Here u goes ppls.... The GROUP Photo .... pardon me for the noob shot

Bro Solitude, Great Job

4th set, snap shot of the group...

Yeap, that's my watch forum friend, Mr Dietmar from Germany. He's poisoned and will join our outings soon...

 

[Preilx]

AAHH D: sadded i cant go >< nice photos by everyone Hope to join you guys next time!:sticktong

 

[daredevil123]

Bro dd, did you see the real big star at the sky then I had mention previous post..

Yes, I know it is real. I was just fooling around with you... LOL.

BTW musichellee, very nice pictures. Well done! You can be senior already. Another graduate.

 

[daredevil123]

BTW bro numnumball and ZCA, I finally got to post some pics from my bintan trip. You already saw one...

http://darthbertz.blogspot.com/2010/06/sun-sand-and-sea.html

Sorry for the shameless self promotion and OT.

 

[GRbenji]

According to my friend, diving is awesome there. It can include diving, but for those of use who are not diving, we will split up and do different things...

Keen if have diving.

Going there and back plus activities will be more than a day, is the boat a live-onboard?

 

[Numnumball]

BTW bro numnumball and ZCA, I finally got to post some pics from my bintan trip. You already saw one...

http://darthbertz.blogspot.com/2010/06/sun-sand-and-sea.html

Sorry for the shameless self promotion and OT.

Sneak peek earlier from my office.. looking good..:lovegrin: Will go through them "thoruoughly" after work at home... Upz for u bro..

 

[daredevil123]

Keen if have diving.

Going there and back plus activities will be more than a day, is the boat a live-onboard?

I think we will be putting up at the guesthouses on stilts there.

 

[icefox23]

In pictures when you are using wide angle with camera tilted upwards, buildings will look as if they are leaning towards the center of the frame at both ends. And there is no clear horizon for your to guage. The best way, is to look for vertical in/near the center of the frame as a guide.

Taking one of icefox23's picture as a guide, This is how I gauge if your pic is tilted.
(icefox23, hope you don't mind I used your pic as an example. If you need me to take it down, let me know and I will).

I have written on how to gauge for a level horizon in difficult situations when using wide angles. You can read it here: http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showpost.php?p=6107189&postcount=40

no problem Bro. DD123...you can use my photo as an example for the newbies as well as me to learn..:thumbsup:

 

[dingaroo]

Hello all. First off, thanks to dingaroo for organizing the shoot. And apologies me and my friends were late.

C&C are very welcome. I am a newbie on this, and would appreciate all comments so I can improve.

Thanks again!

As a newbie, the first image is very good.

The second picture just have to watch out for the horizon, as it's tilted to the left.

On the whole, the images you've captured are quite good. Can't read the images' EXIF data, but looks like you have covered the basics.

Cheers!

 

[Ghaz1]

Sorry i'm late. I've been busy with my Street Series.

Daylight Landscape

Twilight Landscape

NOTE:
Love the film-like grain in this one.

Nightime Landscape

Kite Flyer

 

[songws]

#6

Blue sky .. oh blue sky! How I wish I was like the sky flying high!

Didn't exactly know whether Jacobs was capturing songws as his model, but decided to frame them when I was capturing the blue sky with the kites. No, they are specks of dirt or dust on my sensor ... hehehee, they are kites.

Nice catch, Ding... Didn't know that I can be a model! :bsmilie:

 

[dingaroo]

Nice catch, Ding... Didn't know that I can be a model! :bsmilie:

Sometimes we forget that there is a person behind the lens, so once in awhile, good to capture the person behind the camera

My honor to be your cameraman!

 

[dingaroo]

Firstly i would like to thank Brother Ding for allowing me to join the McDonalds poisoning session & also the Marina Barrage outing. Meinah and me really enjoyed ourselves & learned a lot, now she's bugging me for a DSLR.

Glad you could join us! Also, most importantly, you both enjoyed yourselves

Thanks for coming!

 

[pokiemon]

good stuff! keep it coming.

 

[Ghaz1]

The Wall

Darkness Abound

The Eye in the Sky

 

[ENDorphins]

Seems like it's the common problem found with most panoramas, not taken at the lens' nodal point. To achieve that, you need the appropriate gear for that. Here's more information on nodal point. You can also google 'nodal point for more information'.

The seniors might have a better solution to your problem. Gurus?

Cheers!

Bro, to do panaroma shots nicely, it is recommended to do it with a panaroma bracket, so you can rotate using the nodal point as the center of rotation. Also, you need manual exposure to lock the exposure in place and shoot with discipline at fixed angles. Warning, those brackets ain't cheap!

But I thought your 3 shot pana turned out very nicely though.

I think you did very well! Maybe you could try ptgui? It's a pretty good panorama programme.

Did research on nodal points, seems like a whole load of science and techniques revolving around this subject! Even found a tabulated data at this url http://wiki.panotools.org/Entrance_Pupil_Database for a wide range camera bodies and lenses. Using the appropriate values with a pano-bracket, but yes daredevil123, those prices are prohibitive!

ptgui did appear first amongst the google results for stitching software, perhaps I should try it out soon with my shots. In the meantime, I'll be looking at any available plugins that would do the stitch on the photoshop platform. Then again, my cs2 is really ancient, lol.

Last but not least, I didn't lock exposure at all, which explains the inconsistencies in the sequence shots. Many thanks for all the advice given, shall work on it!

Something to share...

One of my friend told me that, it would be better to use 35mm or 50mm to shot the photos for panoramic to minimize the distortion problem.

I think it would be good also to shot with camera in upright orientation or portrait so that you will have maximum high of view.

Just my 2 cents.

Interesting, and the first concern that popped up on my mind was the field of view. With a relatively narrower field of view (did i get this term right), I'll reduce the distortion that's inherent in UWA setups. The trade-off is definitely on the number of overlapping frames needed to cover the intended area of capture. What I can pull off with just 6 shots on 12mm, may translate into at least 30 on a 50mm! If I even attempted with the 70-200 like dingaroo mentioned, a newbie like me would probably be stuck on the barrage roof till sunrise...

Furthermore the G20 ballhead azimuth markings are in 15-degrees intervals, makes it really hard to control the panning for evenly spaced shots. Nevertheless, thanks for raising this point up!


Really enjoy looking at the pics taken by the rest of you present that evening, like musichelle's pic of that adorable baby. Keep them coming! And yes, fantastic group photograph by SolitudE!!

 

[winkoo88]

Wow... all are professional, all have great photo...

Me...:cry: Don't have great photo, all lousy photo... Nevermind will shoot more to improve.

Before i put up my photo, would like to thanks dingaroo for organize this outing. of cos must thanks dd123 for your sharing.

1st time taking landscape photo, still very confuse about the setting. C&C welcome...Thank you.

#1 - Candid 1

#2 - Candid 2

 

[winkoo88]

#3

#4 - Crane

#5 - Flyer

#6