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[le petit prince]

Ah Girl ah! be careful my lens,this is what i told her inside my car this evening.
Hey! see took this shot! not bad right?:bsmilie:

Totally cute!

And hey, she holds the DSLR properly.. much better than some grown-ups who hold them in.. totally weird ways.

 

[le petit prince]

#1
Beach at St Lucia , South Africa

Like!

Got to love that kind of light...

 

[le petit prince]

Lovely family

More of your kids, please

 

[Gengh]

Hi maverickh..

Paiseh.. :embrass:.. I've yet to own a Pentax camera.. but the K-7 is about to change all this..

Reason why I commented about your pic is because I'm trying to find a suitable lens to start with. Some info online says that firing on-board flash at 16mm when using 16-50 / 16-45 does cast shadow even without hood.

I think I might go for the 16-45 or maybe start with kit lens..

Nice pics all round! :thumbsup:

I think we can safely assume that all the wide angle zooms will face this problem. Even if they don't the built-in flash won't be able to illuminate the FOV evenly. So don't let that limit your lens choice!

 

[nik34]

Satay...Saaaatay..;p

K20D / FA31

 

[hjbyeo]

Satay...Saaaatay..;p

K20D / FA31

My FA 31mm is also used for food shots ... and it's a very capable 1 at doing that! ... you are making me really hungry at this hour!

 

[nik34]

My FA 31mm is also used for food shots ... and it's a very capable 1 at doing that! ... you are making me really hungry at this hour!

Hehe!some beer to go along..;p

 

[Simplytimo]

KL Gold Man

 

[Fenzi]

 

[fengwei]

More of your kids, please

Yeah, should do that. I should post more photos I guess ...

 

[fengwei]

Hehe!some beer to go along..;p

Hey Lawrence, I think we can make even better friends Along w/ Ben, and maybe some other beer buddies :bsmilie:

 

[fengwei]

Shot some flies a couple of weeks ago at the SGB:

 

[fengwei]

The last one made to the Monthly Photo Contest at Pentaxforums:
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/voting-forum/62249-contest-33-voting.html

You guys might wanna take a look there

Cheers!

 

[nik34]

Hey Lawrence, I think we can make even better friends Along w/ Ben, and maybe some other beer buddies :bsmilie:

Ya! can this coming outing at east coast park,i need some beer to get artistic motion
blur panning shot...Heeeeha!:bsmilie:

 

[nik34]

The last one made to the Monthly Photo Contest at Pentaxforums:
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/voting-forum/62249-contest-33-voting.html

You guys might wanna take a look there

Cheers!

Solid..:thumbsup:

 

[le petit prince]

You guys might wanna take a look there

Cheers!

Great work there, FW!

Stunning macros.. to die for type.

Will look through all 60+ pixs later. More partial to flowers myself

 

[pinholecam]

 

[darrrrrrrrrr]

fw, those are great macro shots. could you share some tips on how to take such photos? if a flash wasn't used then did you increase ISO or use a tripod?

 

[fengwei]

Ya! can this coming outing at east coast park,i need some beer to get artistic motion
blur panning shot...Heeeeha!:bsmilie:

Hey, that'd be cool. Don't know if Emjay would bring some beers for us though ;p

 

[fengwei]

Solid..:thumbsup:

Thanks...

Great work there, FW!

Stunning macros.. to die for type.

Will look through all 60+ pixs later. More partial to flowers myself

Thanks Alvan. Don't forget to vote

fw, those are great macro shots. could you share some tips on how to take such photos? if a flash wasn't used then did you increase ISO or use a tripod?

Thanks Darren.

Yes, I used 540 flash on body. Normally I'd point the flash at the same level as the flies (or other small bugs) so to avoid shadows under or behind their bodies. Aperture set to F8 to F11, sometimes even F16. Get as close as I can, and make sure the first shot is right on, otherwise the flash would scare the bugs away

My tricks to shoot small bugs are:

1. focus to the right point
2. expose properly, avoid under or over exposed pics as much as you can
3. avoid or minimum shadows
4. enough DOF (smaller aperture)
5. for small bugs, get as close as possible (set the lens to minimum focus distance, move the camera back and forth to focus)
6. try to get it right on the first shot
7. no tripod, but monopod might help
8. be ready to sweat

Here are couple more: