[night86mare] Dreamscapes: A Photo Daily 2009 II

[wildsoyabean]

22 Sep 09

Crossroads​

Im feeling dizzy

 

[night86mare]

back to your hunting ground... hehehe...

Too bad construction has started around that area ... lucky i got some shots b4 they started work... even punggol beach some parts are already fenced off

the lrt line and the beach still remain among some of my favourite spots in singapore.. other than lower peirce of course.

which part of punggol beach is fenced off, do you know? i have not been there these holidays.. the weather is not nice enough for me to want to make the trip there since sep..

Im feeling dizzy

sayang! ;p

 

[PrimePhotog]

Great shots as usual. Keep up the good work...

 

[billycadiz]

18 Sep 09

Hmmmm​

This one is the cutest of em all!! :bsmilie:

again, good job on this thread....
:thumbsup:

 

[Yapster]

22 Sep 09

Crossroads​

Swee~ :thumbsup:

Love the colours, curve and that streak of light the LRT made!

which part of punggol beach is fenced off, do you know? i have not been there these holidays.. the weather is not nice enough for me to want to make the trip there since sep..

Kaypo a bit, was there about a month back. Not sure if there were any other changes.

The area fenced up are the vegetation area on the right (if you face the sea). The beach is still open.

And the rocks area on the left (your fav) is still open~

 

[night86mare]

Great shots as usual. Keep up the good work...

thanks for dropping by.

This one is the cutest of em all!! :bsmilie:

again, good job on this thread....

ah, yeah, very cute..

i spent quite some time trying to shoot it.. it was like walking around scrounging for food..

thanks for the kind comments.

Swee~

Love the colours, curve and that streak of light the LRT made!



Kaypo a bit, was there about a month back. Not sure if there were any other changes.

The area fenced up are the vegetation area on the right (if you face the sea). The beach is still open.

And the rocks area on the left (your fav) is still open~

thanks for the information. it is entirely open? i heard from someone that the top part to access the beach is blocked, so need to wait for low tide to access the rock area..

thanks for your kind comments.

 

[flowerpot]

thanks for dropping by.

thanks for the information. it is entirely open? i heard from someone that the top part to access the beach is blocked, so need to wait for low tide to access the rock area..

thanks for your kind comments.

the last time (a few months ago) i went its not entirely block, u still can go down to the beach via the "lokang" nearest to the mobile toilet... or via OBS admin building also can climb down,.... the beach is still relatively untouch the last time i went, anyway the place is definitely going through some development... so it will not be the same anymore...

 

[night86mare]

the last time (a few months ago) i went its not entirely block, u still can go down to the beach via the "lokang" nearest to the mobile toilet... or via OBS admin building also can climb down,.... the beach is still relatively untouch the last time i went, anyway the place is definitely going through some development... so it will not be the same anymore...

thanks for the information bro.

it's sad.. i wish they would not touch it

 

[andrewtansj]

22 Sep 09

Crossroads​

cool fisheye shot :thumbsup:

 

[night86mare]

cool fisheye shot :thumbsup:

thanks

 

[LomoPhotographer]

hi limwhow, thanks for dropping by and your kind comments.

i'm not sure if i'm unique, but i do like long exposures and milky, misty water, so that's what i do most of the time. a while back i was obsessed about "being unique", then i realised it wasn't that important, and it was affecting how i photographed, i.e. i was just taking shots with the primary purpose of being different, which is a bit silly if you think about it. especially since it's all be done before. sometimes when we think we have gotten something unique, it isn't that unique at all. so i stopped caring.

for nd4 + nd4 + gnd, that should give you 2 stops + 2 stops + maybe 1 or 2 stops, that's at best 6 stops. an nd400 gives you 8 stops, nd110 (b+w) gives 10 or 11 stops (more like 11 from experience).

i'm afraid i can't really help you with color manipulation, that is something that can be helped with looking at more photos. here are some absolutely fabulous landscape photographers with online galleries that i enjoy looking at now and then.. perhaps looking might help you get an idea of "what palette to use". for my color adjustments i generally use color balance and/or channel mixer. once again, there isn't any "set workflow", i go through general steps but what i had in mind when i shot is what i seek to achieve and i follow that, so the values change fluidly.

anyways, the galleries:

adam burton
ian cameron
lee frost (needs no introduction, i hope)
marc adamus
patrick di fruscia
david clapp

some others that you can google - kah kit yoong and ej peiker (naturescapes).

for the sea, a certain amount of time is needed, that is also fluid, it depends on the waves, how tumultous they are, and how far you are from the water. getting closer means you need a shorter shutter speed to smooth it out. how the appearance would be like would be affected by the amount of motion. sometimes as short as 15 secs is enough, sometimes as long as a minute. it all depends.

for the above shot, i waited until after the sun went down, there was a slight afterglow that you see on the right. the sun location is actually further to the right of the photograph. no nd filters were used here, just a gnd to retain sky detail, and then stop down at lowest possible iso. here the settings are iso100, f/22, 180 seconds in bulb mode.

i hope this helped.

How I wish I can understand this fully!
Same as limwhow, I really would like to take such art one day.

 

[night86mare]

How I wish I can understand this fully!
Same as limwhow, I really would like to take such art one day.

anything specific you don't understand, feel free to start a thread on it, or pm me.

as long as you don't ask blindly and haphazardly, i will try my best to answer the questions.

 

[Yapster]

thanks for the information. it is entirely open? i heard from someone that the top part to access the beach is blocked, so need to wait for low tide to access the rock area..

the last time (a few months ago) i went its not entirely block, u still can go down to the beach via the "lokang" nearest to the mobile toilet... or via OBS admin building also can climb down,.... the beach is still relatively untouch the last time i went, anyway the place is definitely going through some development... so it will not be the same anymore...

thanks for the information bro.

it's sad.. i wish they would not touch it

Yup, as what flowerpot said, can go down by the long kang (which i dunno until you told me in my landscape thread).

Ya...that area was pretty good to do outdoor shoot or maybe nature... Well, just hope they dun touch the rocks.

 

[night86mare]

Yup, as what flowerpot said, can go down by the long kang (which i dunno until you told me in my landscape thread).

Ya...that area was pretty good to do outdoor shoot or maybe nature... Well, just hope they dun touch the rocks.

well, i'm hoping they don't.

but i remember reading something about building a boardwalk there.. the litter increase...

 

[Slash56]

21 Sep 09

Starway​

I like this!!!

give this looking-in-the-sky look!

 

[night86mare]

I like this!!!

give this looking-in-the-sky look!

thanks for dropping by, glad that you like it.

 

[night86mare]

23 Sep 09

Towelhead​

 

[riotvan]

23 Sep 09

Towelhead​

LOL I LIEK VARI MACH

:bsmilie:

 

[night86mare]

LOL I LIEK VARI MACH

:bsmilie:

looks like you? :bsmilie::bsmilie::bsmilie:

 

[dingzyangz]

:bsmilie: gd use of space... nice shot bro. u flew away already?

23 Sep 09

Towelhead​