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

[daredevil123]

Brother..u had forgot something for me..:sweatsm:

Sorry bro. I am getting old... missed it again and again.

Here are the apps to calculate DoF and hyperfocus distance:

For Nokia (Symbian S60 based) phones:
http://www.dof.ehost.pl/kmk_DoF/index.html

For iPhones/iPod touch:
http://www.dofmaster.com/iphone.html

 

[songws]

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

Excellent shot, bro! Love it!

 

[icefox23]

3rd sets bros...

c&c are welcome..

10.its a bird, its a plane, noooo, its spider man?

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[songws]

I like ur #4 Kites Shoot !

Thanks bro...

 

[daredevil123]

Bro, you make it sound so simple, but I catch no ball lor... Hope to learn these from you someday... Do you think this is possible?

One of these days we need to set up a PP sharing session. Need to ask someone to help with getting a place, with a LCD projector, so we can hook up a laptop and we can all share our workflow.

 

[icefox23]

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

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4.

 

[daredevil123]

songws, You also have to take note of your horizon. #5, 6, 7, 8 are all tilted to the right. #2 is not as obvious but if you look at the vertical poles, you can see you are a little tilted to the right as well.

Guys, tilted horizons are one of the things you have to always watch out for. Because even if you did not get a level horizon in the viewfinder, you can always fix it in PP. A tilted horizon can easily throw a viewer off balance when viewing a landscape photo. In landscape, unless you have a very very strong reason to do so, don't tilt the horizon on purpose.

 

[icefox23]

1st Row
Draken413o , SolitudE aka Jimmy

2nd Row
________, Fedodedo, Mr. & Mrs.Kenny, _______, ________ , Joshua Tan , Dingaroo, ahkok

3rd Row
_______, _______, Boyette, Noddle, wuminlee, ENDorphins, nataru, _______, Jacobs

That's all I can remember..:embrass:
Please feel free to fill-in the rest people name if you know he/she..

1st Row
Draken413o , SolitudE aka Jimmy

2nd Row
________, Fedodedo, Mr. & Mrs.Kenny, _______, icefox23, Joshua Tan , Dingaroo, ahkok

3rd Row
_______, _______, Boyette, Noddle, wuminlee, ENDorphins, nataru, _______, Jacobs

 

[daredevil123]

Aiyo ....

Wow Mr and MRs Scubagolfer! Well done! I can certainly see improvement in both your shots. Way to go! Good exposure control, great sharpness, great focus. Nice...

Mr scubagolfer, you can try a wider view. The tight view you chose can also work, but you need to give more room to the top of the flyer. And with your choice of framing, the floats on the lower left edge of the frame can get very distracting.

Mrs scubagolfer, very nicely done. Well done. Now the next step is to understand how to correct for perspective distortion. If you notice how buildings in both sides of your pictures tend to lean towards the center? I will try to locate a good link that teaches you how to correct these. I know night86mare did a tutorial on this on CS. I have to dig it out.

 

[daredevil123]

And Draken bro, what can I say, great pics bro. You always do awesome strobist shots. Totally rad bro!

 

[ZerocoolAstra]

hi bros...just want to share my shots in marina barrage CS outing...
special tnks to master dingaroo for sharing his knowledge in photography with the newbies....
and tnks to master DD123 as well....your a very good spokesman!!!!

comments are very well accepted......

All your 4 photos have noticeable tilt.
The horizon is not horizontal.

Aside from that, do watch out for your exposure levels...
- If you are intending to have a photo with silhouettes, make sure that you compose such that you don't get a big black mess. The silhouettes should be easily identifiable...

- If not intending for silhouettes, make sure that the subject is properly exposed. Might have to do some form of layer blending to overcome the dynamic range limitation.

 

[SolitudE]

hmmm... just happen if someone interested to know the setting for the group shot.

Taken with Nikon D300 with 17-55mm f/2.8
shot at 17mm f/5.6
ISO - 500
Shutterspeed - 1 seconds

Total 3 flashes used - 2x SB900 1x SB600
Trigger Via Nikon CLS

left and right flashes at manual 1/4 power
Center as fill flash full power with gary fong lightsphere

 

[songws]

One of these days we need to set up a PP sharing session. Need to ask someone to help with getting a place, with a LCD projector, so we can hook up a laptop and we can all share our workflow.

Look forward to that day and hope to catch a slot for myself if it ever happen... :bsmilie:

 

[ZerocoolAstra]

One of these days we need to set up a PP sharing session. Need to ask someone to help with getting a place, with a LCD projector, so we can hook up a laptop and we can all share our workflow.

My mum runs a cafe at Parkview Square (near Bugis Junction).
No projector, but there is an LCD tv 37". I guess that's enough?

 

[icefox23]

icefox23,

so far all your landscape shots are good in terms of sharpness, exposure and technique. One thing I noticed you need to take care of - you really have to watch out for your horizon. I think all your pictures are tilted to the left.

The key is to try to get it level in the viewfinder. The best way is to look at the verticals in the picture. Everything in the picture is tilted in the same direction. What I always do is to actually do a wider framing than what I have in mind. So I leave room for distortion correction, or rotating the picture to make the horizon level. So when I crop, I can still get the composition I want.

BTW, I am no master la. I screw up a lot also, when shooting... like that example I shared with you all... shooting at ISO 1600 at bright noon daylight.

tnks Bro DD123, for ur comments..and ur advices are noted...:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[songws]

songws, You also have to take note of your horizon. #5, 6, 7, 8 are all tilted to the right. #2 is not as obvious but if you look at the vertical poles, you can see you are a little tilted to the right as well.

Guys, tilted horizons are one of the things you have to always watch out for. Because even if you did not get a level horizon in the viewfinder, you can always fix it in PP. A tilted horizon can easily throw a viewer off balance when viewing a landscape photo. In landscape, unless you have a very very strong reason to do so, don't tilt the horizon on purpose.

Bro, I can't see the horizon tilt that you are referring to on #5,6,7 and 8... Can you enlighten? :dunno:

 

[ZerocoolAstra]

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

3.

Who's the ang moh?
Part of the group?
Or a curious onlooker?

 

[icefox23]

All your 4 photos have noticeable tilt.
The horizon is not horizontal.

Aside from that, do watch out for your exposure levels...
- If you are intending to have a photo with silhouettes, make sure that you compose such that you don't get a big black mess. The silhouettes should be easily identifiable...

- If not intending for silhouettes, make sure that the subject is properly exposed. Might have to do some form of layer blending to overcome the dynamic range limitation.

tnks zerocool for ur comments & advice,,really need to do some homework..hehehe

 

[icefox23]

Who's the ang moh?
Part of the group?
Or a curious onlooker?

i think he's a friend with the guy in red shirt...forgot his name..

 

[ZerocoolAstra]

Bro, I can't see the horizon tilt that you are referring to on #5,6,7 and 8... Can you enlighten? :dunno:

You can see that in your #7, the buildings are not vertical (which implies that the horizon is not horizontal)... see the reflection of the Millenia Tower? The reflection should be exactly below the actual building.

Also if you look at Plaza Hotel (the one with the green light on top of the building), the top of the building is closer to the side of the frame than the base of the building.

#7 - Singapore Flyer

btw the image also looks rather soft. Not sure if due to over-aggressive reduction in quality when saving for web.
I know that Flickr isn't so cruel to soften the images, like Facebook or Multiply do.