Sony Alpha SLT A33/A55 Photo Thread

[Amitz Klar]

hi folks, need help on workaround of my shot below! struggled to expose the 2 faces on foreground while having that sky. if i manipulate on f-stop it will be the other way around ie. overexposed sky and properly exposed foreground. is this where the nd filters should come in? just read abt nd and graduated nd..btw, i'm not keen on editing in pshop .better take good shots to improve skill.

 

[Ghostfit]

hi folks, need help on workaround of my shot below! struggled to expose the 2 faces on foreground while having that sky. if i manipulate on f-stop it will be the other way around ie. overexposed sky and properly exposed foreground. is this where the nd filters should come in? just read abt nd and graduated nd..btw, i'm not keen on editing in pshop .better take good shots to improve skill.

That was an excellent opportunity to test out your A33's HDR feature !!! ...start from HDR level 3 and go upwards....

...the other way(boring!) is to use fill flash. :bsmilie:

 

[Amitz Klar]

That was an excellent opportunity to test out your A33's HDR feature !!! ...start from HDR level 3 and go upwards....

...the other way(boring!) is to use fill flash. :bsmilie:

oh ok tnx..need to plan out a re-take
anyway, do you have any take on graduated nd filter? i read that it's kind of balance the exposure of top-bottom subjects (vice-versa) thus able to produce a desired outcome. my reference;
http://www.alexwisephotography.net/blog/2007/11/15/why-use-neutral-density-filters/

 

[albertri]

oh ok tnx..need to plan out a re-take
anyway, do you have any take on graduated nd filter? i read that it's kind of balance the exposure of top-bottom subjects (vice-versa) thus able to produce a desired outcome. my reference;
http://www.alexwisephotography.net/blog/2007/11/15/why-use-neutral-density-filters/

I have the ND filter I have not tried the GND yet. GND will help on the situation (similar to your photo posted here). what you can do is expose/meter you shot to your friend's face and place the GND filter onto the horizon it will make your sky more expose rather than over expose.

 

[albertri]

Some Pano shot (not using the sweep pano feature of my A33) this was the old fashion stitching multiple photos with the help of PS ;p (All photo have been resized by phtobucket

Here's the shot of Marina almost sunset

And here's the shot of Marina at night

This one is Clarke Quay (Sorry resize a bit too much in Photobucket)

 

[Amitz Klar]

I have the ND filter I have not tried the GND yet. GND will help on the situation (similar to your photo posted here). what you can do is expose/meter you shot to your friend's face and place the GND filter onto the horizon it will make your sky more expose rather than over expose.

tnx for the tip..right but just found that gnd is not a 1 pc filter my goodness!

 

[Ghostfit]

oh ok tnx..need to plan out a re-take
anyway, do you have any take on graduated nd filter? i read that it's kind of balance the exposure of top-bottom subjects (vice-versa) thus able to produce a desired outcome. my reference;
http://www.alexwisephotography.net/blog/2007/11/15/why-use-neutral-density-filters/

ND filters are great for when you need a slower shutter and/or larger aperture on a bright day, the colored ones are good for special effects.

I got my Tian Ya square filter set recently from ArtWorkFoto ...really bang for the buck ...the owner (and his wife ?) are very nice pple to deal with, they'll answer any questions you may have with a smile.

 

[Amitz Klar]

Some Pano shot (not using the sweep pano feature of my A33) this was the old fashion stitching multiple photos with the help of PS ;p (All photo have been resized by phtobucket

Here's the shot of Marina almost sunset

And here's the shot of Marina at night

This one is Clarke Quay (Sorry resize a bit too much in Photobucket)

nice pics..especially the colors of the last 2. wow! envy your photoshopping eh

 

[Andy Teo]

Taken by my A33 and Tamron 1750 f2.8 (photo taken handheld)

This was converted to black and white and remove the turn off the NR to produce more grains to dramtic effect

Back Alley Lovers

The Chef and his kitchen

The Shortcut??

Like the B/W shots - esp the lovers in the alley:thumbsup:

 

[albertri]

nice pics..especially the colors of the last 2. wow! envy your photoshopping eh

Thanks Bro, I did almost nothing here it's all the camera lols. Just use photoshop to stitch and it's automatic some more hehehe (shhh dont tell anyone) lols

Like the B/W shots - esp the lovers in the alley:thumbsup:

Thnaks Bro Yeah I like the two lovers making out too hehehe

 

[albertri]

tnx for the tip..right but just found that gnd is not a 1 pc filter my goodness!

yes GND is one big square glass with graduated shades... this is more better than the screw in single shade ND filter here you can expose both sky or bioght area and the dark area if you're lazy like me get the screw in ND filter maybe ND4, ND8 and ND10 should be good for now I only have ND4 will get ND10 soon also hehehe

 

[albertri]

ND filters are great for when you need a slower shutter and/or larger aperture on a bright day, the colored ones are good for special effects.

I got my Tian Ya square filter set recently from ArtWorkFoto ...really bang for the buck ...the owner (and his wife ?) are very nice pple to deal with, they'll answer any questions you may have with a smile.

wow i'll try to drop by this shop next time bro

 

[Andy Teo]

My contribution : A55V + 16105 mm

 

[albertri]

My contribution : A55V + 16105 mm

:thumbsup: nice pix bro and 16-105 is a very nice lens:rbounce:

 

[Andy Teo]

:thumbsup: nice pix bro and 16-105 is a very nice lens:rbounce:

Tks Bro, yes - 16105 mm is a good and sharp lens - no doubt about it.

 

[albertri]

Tks Bro, yes - 16105 mm is a good and sharp lens - no doubt about it.

Yesterday had a very nice Golden red sunset manages to take some snap using both 17-50 and beercan 70210

Tammy 17-50

Beercan

Through the Fire Storm

 

[intrance]

Yesterday had a very nice Golden red sunset manages to take some snap using both 17-50 and beercan 70210

Tammy 17-50..

Beercan..

Through the Fire Storm

Love the colors...

PP?

 

[Andy Teo]

Yesterday had a very nice Golden red sunset manages to take some snap using both 17-50 and beercan 70210

Beautiful colors, Bro.. - was aiming to get a beercan myself - seeing yr pics has given me the reason to get it now. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[albertri]

Love the colors...

PP?

Thanks bro I've gotten that impression to most who see ths pics. hehe very little PP done to these pix bro, just convert RAW to JPEG (althought I save raw+jpeg) I just did the following

1. Covert RAW to Jpeg
2. Change the Creative Style to SUNSET
3. Put the NR to Off
The above was done using the Sony supplied RAW file converter

4. lower the saturation 2/3-1 stops
5. Crop
6. Add in the signature
The above using PS and Olympus Master lols

Yesterday had a very nice Golden red sunset manages to take some snap using both 17-50 and beercan 70210

Beautiful colors, Bro.. - was aiming to get a beercan myself - seeing yr pics has given me the reason to get it now. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Yeah bro when I bought the beercan I was only aiming for a telezoom lens that's slightly better than the kit lens. I never knew it would be this great lens I love it now I am looking for another Minolta lens 135mm F2.8

 

[albertri]

Here's the same photos as above OOC (since I save RAW + JPEG) this is the JPEG not processed just resize via Photobucket.