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[microcosm]

Hi Microcosm,

Thanks for the comments.

Somehow, already got used the the new cam but still trying to figure out what work best for me regarding the buttons & controls customization.
Tons of options available as compared to E300.

Fortunately, the wedding shoot works fine for me. Luckily, I managed to borrow a FL50 from a friend but still I miss few shots while the flash is recharging, I could not imaging if I use my FL36. However, feedback i got was images are too sharp (using 14-54mm), I told them I should have use the less sharp lens (14-45mm) that I have :bsmilie:.

Cheers..
NatureTTL

Next time shoot wide open. LOL. Guessed you were in the f5.6-8 region? LOL.

 

[wrx_sti_22b]

What is happening here? What is it? Can explain to me? Looks slimy... :sweatsm:

#8 - 1/1.3sec, f11, ISO200

Thanks for viewing and all C&C are welcome.

Cheers..
NatureTTL

 

[NatureTTL]

Next time shoot wide open. LOL. Guessed you were in the f5.6-8 region? LOL.

You are right. Most are taken at f5.6

 

[NatureTTL]

What is happening here? What is it? Can explain to me? Looks slimy... :sweatsm:

It was a worm that circling around the ant. Didn't actually see the worm eating the ant.
The worm left after some shots, probably disturbed by the fill-flash.

 

[microcosm]

You are right. Most are taken at f5.6

Funny how people commented about too sharp though. Most people like it. I think it might be because the flash was too harsh. Diffuser was used or naked flash?

It was a worm that circling around the ant. Didn't actually see the worm eating the ant.
The worm left after some shots, probably disturbed by the fill-flash.

I remember reading somewhere that some caterpillars and worms have a "triad relationship" with ants. What happen here is, the former cannot protect themselves since they are slow and yummy, so they allow the ants to feed off the sugary substance on their bodies and in return the ants protects them... I have seen caterpillars crawling through an army of ants unhurt!

 

[NatureTTL]

Funny how people commented about too sharp though. Most people like it. I think it might be because the flash was too harsh. Diffuser was used or naked flash?

I think I shouldn't have pick up as much details, as what I do for my Macros :bsmilie: . BTW, I use bounce flash & white card (indoor shoot)

I remember reading somewhere that some caterpillars and worms have a "triad relationship" with ants. What happen here is, the former cannot protect themselves since they are slow and yummy, so they allow the ants to feed off the sugary substance on their bodies and in return the ants protects them... I have seen caterpillars crawling through an army of ants unhurt!

This is somethings that interest me. The fascinating world of Nature.
Anyway, for that pic, the ant is already dead.

 

[DiGdUb]

before the storm.

 

[cjtune]

I remember reading somewhere that some caterpillars and worms have a "triad relationship" with ants. What happen here is, the former cannot protect themselves since they are slow and yummy, so they allow the ants to feed off the sugary substance on their bodies and in return the ants protects them... I have seen caterpillars crawling through an army of ants unhurt!

Hmm, that relationship shown in pic #8 is a bit too kinky and disturbing to be this triad relationship.
It's like triad members entering this bakery to ask for protection money and they only leave the premises as meat pies...

 

[spidey89]

didn't know that it was an ant,thought was some sort of cockroach or something with a almost similar looking head,i remmeber reading that aphids and ants work together as well,aphids help to get sugary substance out of plants for ants,and in return,ants protectect them

 

[Kirika]

Ubin Quarry

 

[cjtune]

Normally for landscapes, I find it unusual to leave a very noticeable tilt in the horizon. Just rather unsettling for me...

 

[Kirika]

Hmm yes. A number of people have commented that my horizons are tilted. How do you check to make sure they aren't, especially when the horizons aren't in the pic? (I can't tell when a paper is tilted so I tend to mount my prints tilted, too. haha. Gota carefully measure.)

 

[cjtune]

Hmm yes. A number of people have commented that my horizons are tilted. How do you check to make sure they aren't, especially when the horizons aren't in the pic? (I can't tell when a paper is tilted so I tend to mount my prints tilted, too. haha. Gota carefully measure.)

Well, even for me I'm not perfect and find that I have to rotate a bit and crop a bit for PP, but that last picture of yours is way too obvious already. If not in the viewfinder, surely in LCD review... I would think the so-many AF points' markings in the viewfinder can be used as a visual aid in finding levelness?

 

[dorts]

Actually, horizon should be able to tell. The trees in the background and slanted. But the foreground is ok though. Which means the ground is slanted? LOL.

(I can't tell when paper is tilted too, ruler also. :bsmilie

 

[cjtune]

Actually, horizon should be able to tell. The trees in the background and slanted. But the foreground is ok though. Which means the ground is slanted? LOL.

(I can't tell when paper is tilted too, ruler also. :bsmilie

Sometimes the photographer is disoriented too... you know, hot sun beating down, dehydration, and last night's drinking binge with the guys.

 

[Kirika]

Haha sorry for cluttering the thread with this discussion, but I've come to realize that the horizon is a perceptual thing. dorts is right, actually. The ground is slanted. The area behind the quarry pool is rising ground. I was standing atop some higher ground. I've learned that trees aren't buildings and they do not actually grow straight up, so they're not a perfect gauge either. I guess there are two possible solutions, then. Tilt the entire image to level the imaginary horizon in the distance, and/or crop away the bottom and make the perceptual horizon level. Sometimes aesthetics isn't about absolute correctness.

The issue, then, would be to find a good way to level horizons without sacrificing pixels. =p

Sometimes the photographer is disoriented too... you know, hot sun beating down, dehydration, and last night's drinking binge with the guys.

 

[cjtune]

I don't know how to explain it, but the clouds in the pic also seem to give me a sense that the horizon ought to be a few degrees clockwise.

 

[headfonz]

the water level and reflections on the water is a pretty good guide. since the shoreline of the quarry / lake isn't very different at the far end of the picture, there shouldn't be a height difference in the water level.

hope you don't mind, i adjusted your pic. i'll remove this at your request.

 

[cjtune]

Maybe Kirika has found a "Gravity Hill" in Ubin?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_hill

 

[Kirika]

Naw, headfonz. I'm here to learn, too. Any comments are welcome. Just sharing what I got out of an Ubin outing. haha. Thanks!

Gravity Hill. That's a good one. But in a way that may be true since I really can't see the horizon. More experienced shooters may be able to gauge by the clouds and water level (still trying to work on that) =p