Salu 24Apr2005

[siaoon]

Finally finish processing the lot..
Ok, heres my try at this new site...

#1: Spaceship, the Cuttlefish

- UPed the shadow of this pic, used healing brush to remove the backscatter on the cuttlefish.
- Delibrately leave the rest of the backscatters in place.. thinking of using them to create a star-filled space.. does it work for u? or u prefer to have a clean black background?

#2: Underwater Ballerina

- A butt shot of this bullockii. Seems like its going on POINTE.. a ballet term to describe the dancer going on tiptoe... hmm.. how to make a butt shot look nice huh? think most ppl will be attracted to the front shot rite?

#3: Frontal Shot of Emma

- Does the placement looks funny to u?

#4: Cropped off Gongornian shrimp

- Couldnt move away enuff to fill up the whole shrimp in frame.. does this still works for you?

 

[siaoon]

ok.. tried to do different strobe placement.. top down.. side.. frontal..

all doesnt come out nice for such a big subject..
(*yes.. i know.. my strobe is not powerful enuff... )

so if u were me.. with such limitation, how will you compose and take the pic?

TOP-DOWN strobe placement

-- created an unsightly shadow cast on the ground i feel.. and the eyes area abit dark loh..

 

[lovells19]

the stars looks good! just add STARWARS the attack of the cuttlefish haha :bsmilie:

 

[lovells19]

so if u were me.. with such limitation, how will you compose and take the pic?

just the eye?

 

[kthan]

i like Billy's and Ivy's shot of teh Gongonian shrimp more. but i love your bollockii shot.

 

[siaoon]

this is spotted by our dear beivied.. got a hard time to recognise it.. thght its juz a little twig hanging onto a boulder..

COMMENTS pls!! ;p juz shoot me with yr machine guns.. ;p

 

[siaoon]

i like Billy's and Ivy's shot of teh Gongonian shrimp more. but i love your bollockii shot.

yes.. i agreed.. love the perpective view of the shrimp rather than the flat composition of mine...

oh.. may i know how does the bullockii pic appeal to u...??

 

[DTan]

#1: Spaceship, the Cuttlefish

good stuff. got a nice moment i think but i find the backside a bit distracting. dunno if cropping it would make it better. also the colours don't seem to pop

#2: Underwater Ballerina

nice pointe. i appreciate the humour.

 

[ScoobaKev]

this is spotted by our dear beivied.. got a hard time to recognise it.. thght its juz a little twig hanging onto a boulder..

COMMENTS pls!! ;p juz shoot me with yr machine guns.. ;p

Haven't seen this Pipefish before. A good spot by your beloved buddy! I think the head shot really brings out the subject...otherwise, ppl might mistake it for a twig *like you did earlier*.

 

[mantaray]

this is spotted by our dear beivied.. got a hard time to recognise it.. thght its juz a little twig hanging onto a boulder..

COMMENTS pls!! ;p juz shoot me with yr machine guns.. ;p

Your 1st pic very nice. Shows the pipefish very nicely. But your 3rd one, is it a bit OOF?

 

[siaoon]

good stuff. got a nice moment i think but i find the backside a bit distracting. dunno if cropping it would make it better. also the colours don't seem to pop

nice pointe. i appreciate the humour.

oh.. u mean the backside of the cuttlefish? u prefer to crop it off.. making it like a landscape closeup? hmm icic.. hmm colour doesnt pop huh.. maybe i didnt add up the constrast.. hee..

hoho.. but its the truth that most ppl prefer to look at the front than the butt mah.. hEE..

Thanks for your valuable comments.

 

[siaoon]

Haven't seen this Pipefish before. A good spot by your beloved buddy! I think the head shot really brings out the subject...otherwise, ppl might mistake it for a twig *like you did earlier*.

yes.. 1st time seeing such a "thorny" kind of pipefish. Got tenacles protructing out from the eyes, head and the body...

someone says its may be a Micrognathus brocki, Brock's pipefish.

Tried hard on the head shot.. but guess really hard to get a gd focus on it eyes.. and the placement.. wish i could go lower to get a eye level shot of it..

yes, mantaray.. its going a bit OOF.. the focus is more on the part after the eye.. pity.. pity..

 

[ScoobaKev]

It's ok. You can always go back there, ask ivy to look for it again, and shoot somemore.

 

[kthan]

yes.. i agreed.. love the perpective view of the shrimp rather than the flat composition of mine...

oh.. may i know how does the bullockii pic appeal to u...??

there is suggestion of motion...

 

[siaoon]

oh icic... thanks..