= Stefan's Weekly Singapore City/Landscapes II =

[SomeFormOFhuman]

Woah alot of replies since I last visited Clubsnap. Many thanks for your input guys, well we just have to find what works best for our shoot. Generally if I were to calculate for the Big Stopper it'll still give me the range of 120++ to 200++ seconds. Hence since I always shoot shutter speeds of multiples of 2: 30x2=60, 60x2=120, 120x2=240, 240x2=480 (assuming f10 as my aperture) so on forth. But generally not shoot anything above ~500s as it feels kinda hot after awhile.

Hi Stefan, can you share the filters used and exact placement of them on the horizon for this shot? Thanks!

Thanks for asking. I used ND 0.9 x2 to achieve 6 stops for smoothed water effects; the "x2" ND 0.9s are actually combining my GND 0.9 hard (top darkened part) + ND 0.9 stacked to achieve that. It'll be expensive to buy another similar glass .9 ND filter, so might as well make use of what I have. As long as you're using Lee to stack 2 or more filters should be fine with colour casts.

For the sky I used GND 0.9 soft + exposure blending to show more character of the sky. Can be similarly be achieved by stacking a hard GND over a soft GND but holder slot space and quality an issue if you stack more than 3 filters. Hope this helps.

 

[SomeFormOFhuman]

Taken this evening...

#139

3 Friends of Labrador

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2 Image HDR/DRI using black card technique. Labrador Park, Singapore.

One of the worst things that can happen to a landscapist is not bringing his filters along. I was in a rush and I left the entire filter pouch at my table.... D'oh.

All I had was a square 100X120mm black acrylic sheet I measured and cut to make a lens cover big enough for the 10-22 to be attached to the LEE filter holder without ever disassembling it.

Well that came in handy...

 

[SomeFormOFhuman]

Thank you, konstrain.

The sun has subsided and the orange hues were long gone, leaving just the blue hour. Behind the scenes were taken with my Galaxy S II, about 15 minutes before the actual shot was executed. Was doing some initial test shots before the actual, hence why you see the red light on the 7D. As you can see the tide also rose higher during that 15 minutes time frame.

 

[SomeFormOFhuman]

Thank you alf.

Shine a Light On Distant Rain​

Single RAW 2 Image Panorama to relief right side spatial proportion using GND 0.9 + GND 0.6 soft for higher tonality of the skies. Labrador Park, Singapore.

The tide was crazily high when I was there. Also met some "acquaintances of the law" and had a long brief chat. Ended up here where the view most commonly shot.

Nevermind, will always try to make good use out of the situation. I just love that distant rainfall not too far away.

 

[SomeFormOFhuman]

Thank you, Nitewalk.

#141

Welcome To The Eastern Side

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2 Image HDR/DRI using GND 0.6 soft + GND 0.9 soft for higher tonality of the sky + ND 0.9 for the waves. Changi Coast Walk, Singapore.

Had to use an ND 0.9 filter in order to slow down the shutter and capture the waves. Wish I had ISO 50 on my 7D.

Indeed my first time going to that almost inaccessible place. Many thanks to Edward Tian and LHA gang about this fantastic place to go during this time of the year. It was far, but worth the trip I guess.

For some reason the waves weren't strong enough to create the much more dynamic wave patterns I desired for, but well this is what I got.

 

[SomeFormOFhuman]

#142

Rise of The Day​

3 Image HDR/DRI 2 image panorama to relief left side spatial proportion using GND 0.9 soft + Lee Big Stopper for smoothed cloud and water effects. Changi Coastal Walk, Singapore.

2nd shot of the series. Will try to visit the area again as somehow finding good rock formations that "point" toward the sun and coming up with a meaningful composition is a little tricky in this area....

I just love how the light falls onto the rocks, probably the water that washed upon it that caused this, as though really metallic and shiny.

 

[SomeFormOFhuman]

#143

The Curve​

Single Image RAW, using GND 0.9 soft + ND 0.9 for smoothed water effects. Changi Coastal Walk, Singapore.

Only having to explore more of this area led to my demise. If I had known about this area it would've been much better if the sun was lower and the skies better. The sky was soon covered by a large thin veil of a cloud. Will come back and shoot again.

 

[SomeFormOFhuman]

Thank you, Kiwira.

#144

Till We Meet

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Single Image RAW, using GND 0.9 soft + GND 0.6 hard for higher tonality of the sky + Lee Big Stopper for smoothed water and cloud effects. Changi Coastal Walk, Singapore.

Last one for the trip; that one is one heck of a lone lighthouse I presume - don't seem to have any form of accessibility to it; Seems barricaded. How nice would it be to do some long exposure of that distant lighthouse.

 

[takafan]

Woah alot of replies since I last visited Clubsnap. Many thanks for your input guys, well we just have to find what works best for our shoot. Generally if I were to calculate for the Big Stopper it'll still give me the range of 120++ to 200++ seconds. Hence since I always shoot shutter speeds of multiples of 2: 30x2=60, 60x2=120, 120x2=240, 240x2=480 (assuming f10 as my aperture) so on forth. But generally not shoot anything above ~500s as it feels kinda hot after awhile.



Thanks for asking. I used ND 0.9 x2 to achieve 6 stops for smoothed water effects; the "x2" ND 0.9s are actually combining my GND 0.9 hard (top darkened part) + ND 0.9 stacked to achieve that. It'll be expensive to buy another similar glass .9 ND filter, so might as well make use of what I have. As long as you're using Lee to stack 2 or more filters should be fine with colour casts.

For the sky I used GND 0.9 soft + exposure blending to show more character of the sky. Can be similarly be achieved by stacking a hard GND over a soft GND but holder slot space and quality an issue if you stack more than 3 filters. Hope this helps.

Hi Stefan, thanks for your explaination. I was trying to find out how did you place the piece of filter in the filter holder(like where the dark part was on the horizon, the cutting line), on the picture.

 

[SomeFormOFhuman]

Hi Stefan, thanks for your explaination. I was trying to find out how did you place the piece of filter in the filter holder(like where the dark part was on the horizon, the cutting line), on the picture.

Yeah, just place it in between where the horizon and where the transition line of the GND meets.

Well guys, sorry for my absence, I just came back from Hong Kong and I was truly exhausted. I went there for a short getaway and most importantly for an architecture research I was working on. Very little has been done about the photography of the place like I always do about in Singapore. Overall, the weather was abysmal and all I did was Recce mainland HK itself, and shoot nothing but pictures of skyscrapers and its façade details. I'm not sure whether I should create a new thread dedicated to just Hong Kong as I find the pictures were terribly taken and not to my expectations, but anyway here's just one below. If you would like to see more, you can come to my flickr page to see all of HK.

 

[SomeFormOFhuman]

Do come on down to my flickr page if you would like to see more of HK. http://www.flickr.com/photos/_stefano_/

The Hong Kong I Knew​

2 Image HDR/DRI 3 Image Vertorama to relief bottom spatial proportion. Fa Yuen Street Market, Prince Edward, Hong Kong.

Sorry for my absence, that's because I was in Hong Kong for a short getaway. To be frank, I was there actually to do architectural research on an illustration project I was working on. Majority of my photos taken were architectural details on skyscrapers but very little on shots like these above, and the weather wasn't at all best either.

So, wasn't there for the specific intention of photography. But the view from here is just fantastic that I couldn't resist shooting.

I personally think Hong Kong is way too focused on the mainland skyline itself that places like these were nearly forgotten and rarely photographed. The Urban Grit and functionalism housing is what I feel about Hong Kong.

UPDATE: Fixed perspective and proportion issue on left side.

 

[andysim65]

Do come on down to my flickr page if you would like to see more of HK. http://www.flickr.com/photos/_stefano_/



The Hong Kong I Knew

2 Image HDR/DRI 3 Image Vertorama to relief bottom spatial proportion. Fa Yuen Street Market, Prince Edward, Hong Kong.

Sorry for my absence, that's because I was in Hong Kong for a short getaway. To be frank, I was there actually to do architectural research on an illustration project I was working on. Majority of my photos taken were architectural details on skyscrapers but very little on shots like these above, and the weather wasn't at all best either.

So, wasn't there for the specific intention of photography. But the view from here is just fantastic that I couldn't resist shooting.

I personally think Hong Kong is way too focused on the mainland skyline itself that places like these were nearly forgotten and rarely photographed. The Urban Grit and functionalism housing is what I feel about Hong Kong.

Very refreshing shot compare with your usual masterpiece

 

[SomeFormOFhuman]

Very refreshing shot compare with your usual masterpiece

Thank you, but I feel the shot could be much more impactful if I did a verto + pano for this. This helps increase a certain sense of depth and thrill.

 

[SomeFormOFhuman]

Labrador Rhythm

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2 Image HDR/DRI using GND 0.9 soft + GND 0.6 soft for higher tonality of the skies. Labrador Park, Singapore.

I took a couple of 5 or more shots of the amazing sunset with different foreground interests, but I couldn't get the composition I wanted as the waves were dangerously strong and general safety should not be compromised for the sake of composition. I guess this one stood out among all of them.

 

[DMajor]

This is beautiful. If I have a shot like that, I would print it, frame it and hang on my living room wall.

Labrador Rhythm

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2 Image HDR/DRI using GND 0.9 soft + GND 0.6 soft for higher tonality of the skies. Labrador Park, Singapore.

I took a couple of 5 or more shots of the amazing sunset with different foreground interests, but I couldn't get the composition I wanted as the waves were dangerously strong and general safety should not be compromised for the sake of composition. I guess this one stood out among all of them.

 

[nitewalk]

This is beautiful. If I have a shot like that, I would print it, frame it and hang on my living room wall.

Walao the mother of sunsets yesterday and i was shaking leg at home feeling like a sinner for missing the sunset. Yea its really beautiful and yea i'd print it out and hang too!

 

[SomeFormOFhuman]

This is beautiful. If I have a shot like that, I would print it, frame it and hang on my living room wall.

Walao the mother of sunsets yesterday and i was shaking leg at home feeling like a sinner for missing the sunset. Yea its really beautiful and yea i'd print it out and hang too!

Woah I wonder how much would that cost if I print it and have it framed. haha, so far I have yet to print or frame any of my photos, other than the ones printed by SYPA. LOLOL, Well weirdly I just don't really fancy my own work. I just shoot to enjoy and well, that's just about it. Hahaha

Well granted, the sunset yesterday was epic but I felt like I've wasted my energy and chance at Labrador not taking enough good shots - don't get me wrong though, I took alot more than just this one actually, but they were way below my expectations, compositional wise. Probably I was too excited, or, especially the waves were a little fierce that I cared about my own safety than getting a good shot. :what:

Thanks guys!!!

 

[SomeFormOFhuman]

#147

The World of Bishan​

8 Image Panorama using GND 0.9 soft. Bishan Park, Singapore.

This is my first time entering the park, and as I walked around I found many interesting compositions here; as I also find this is the best time of the year the sun sets behind the HDBs, for the desired back lighting effect to take place. The rain just stopped and the sky was a total overcast, but I guess it wasn't all bad.

Will probably try another better day and see what I will get.

 

[DanMan]

Labrador Rhythm

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2 Image HDR/DRI using GND 0.9 soft + GND 0.6 soft for higher tonality of the skies. Labrador Park, Singapore.

I took a couple of 5 or more shots of the amazing sunset with different foreground interests, but I couldn't get the composition I wanted as the waves were dangerously strong and general safety should not be compromised for the sake of composition. I guess this one stood out among all of them.

You make it look so easy. Wonderful image.

 

[SomeFormOFhuman]

You make it look so easy. Wonderful image.

Thanks DanMan!!