[SunChasersSG] - Newbies Outing 23, June 8 evening
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ZerocoolAstra
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hi bananah, taken note yr valuable tip
You got very wide angle shots & very nice leh !!!
Not if you r the nice guy who lent me the ND filter that night, Canon 5D ??
Btw, i'm using "multiply" host, how can i post a larger size picture in CS ?
Hope to get some points from fellow "multiply" users here...
Yes bananah was the kind fellow who loaned the ND (ND102, if I'm not mistaken) filter.
Was this the image size you uploaded to Multiply? I don't think Multiply does some auto-downsize.
I think you have to click till you see the larger image on your browser, then copy that URL.
jazzcool
Member
Here's mine, all look more or less the same as the others..
I put some comments on each, your own C&C are welcome.
pic #1 (a bit under exposed but emphasis is on colours)
IMG_2864 by jazz cool, on Flickr
pic #2 (maybe should have crop the sky out a bit more)
IMG_2860 by jazz cool, on Flickr
pic #3
IMG_2940 by jazz cool, on Flickr
pic #4
mbs by jazz cool, on Flickr
pic #5 (I tried to make shutter speed as fast as possible to make beams sharp as they were moving)
laser show by jazz cool, on Flickr
I put some comments on each, your own C&C are welcome.
pic #1 (a bit under exposed but emphasis is on colours)
IMG_2864 by jazz cool, on Flickr
pic #2 (maybe should have crop the sky out a bit more)
IMG_2860 by jazz cool, on Flickr
pic #3
IMG_2940 by jazz cool, on Flickr
pic #4
mbs by jazz cool, on Flickr
pic #5 (I tried to make shutter speed as fast as possible to make beams sharp as they were moving)
laser show by jazz cool, on Flickr
hi senior ZerocoolAstra,
thanks for the instruction & i will try to load a larger size pix later
hi bananah,
tks for the ND filter that night, appreciate greatly !!
bananah
New Member
Kind is an overstatement... I was trying to poison him.... :O
Hi NikonNoob, you are welcome :x
ZerocoolAstra
Senior Member
I think you could have afforded to tilt the camera downward more (to be as horizontal as possible), thus not exaggerating the vertical perspective distortion (leaning buildings). You did capture quite dramatic skies though.
Your choice of White Balance in photos #2 and #4 made the buildings too blue, in my opinion. If you shot these in RAW format, maybe can try to reprocess with a warmer WB?
My favourite is #3.
Good job capturing the light rays from the laser show!
Kit
Senior Member
Thanks for organizing the outing.
and here is mine:
#1
C&C are most welcome.
My homework:
Color: I think I push the contrast a little bit too much.
Exposure: I think is a little bit over expose on the building lights.
Composition: Crop off the space on the left to test out a fresh perspective. (Don't think is well balanced)
C&C welcome. Keep Learning, Keep Shooting. Cheers!
Revision v1:
1. Re-crop.
2. Push the shadows abit.
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concern as naomi7115, some how the pic did not turn up as sharp
[/QUOTE]my homework
Besides the usual key stone effects which could be easily corrected at time of shooting, these few photos can be further improved with more attention being paid to compositional balance. I think Zero or Coolthought can further elaborate on this.
coolthought
Senior Member
.... kanna arrow... must try to say something
Let me try to explain it in a slightly different way. Please correct me if anyone think otherwise.
Attended a workshop not too long ago. The person who conducted this workshop has put it down in words nicely on what makes a nicely composed photo. (plus a bit of my own words)
The simple and basic composition (and may not be apply in any composition) is to have margin (imaginary) like back in the days when your teacher ask you to draw a line or margin so that your work will be neat. In another words, you have to determine how much margin (space) you want to have in your photo so that generally you can get a nice and neat composition. If you give it little space or none at all, your viewer will feel cramp looking at your photo. If you give uneven spacing, your viewer may feel been squeezed to one side. Looking mostly at one side of the photo.
Generally, space, or not having space, and little space or big amount of space, and where the spaces are, will have a big impact in the overall composition.
For me, I just like my photos to be nice and neat.
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jazzcool
Member
I think you could have afforded to tilt the camera downward more (to be as horizontal as possible), thus not exaggerating the vertical perspective distortion (leaning buildings). You did capture quite dramatic skies though.
Your choice of White Balance in photos #2 and #4 made the buildings too blue, in my opinion. If you shot these in RAW format, maybe can try to reprocess with a warmer WB?
My favourite is #3.
Good job capturing the light rays from the laser show!
Hey you are right regarding the tilt. I did not think of it while photographing - the more the object is at the top of the image the more distorted it would become.
Good point here, as I'm now still learning through trail and errors, next time I'd give a shot to put the buildings in the middle.(unless have a tilt shift lens!) Though then I'd capture the water, that I found to be boring.
The WB you see in those images (2 + 4) are simply auto WB that my canon produce. I will certainly play with the WB in LR to see the effects.
Any advise how to capture light rays as fast as possible? I tried playing with variations of shutter speed and open aperture, and bump the iso to 1600 which produced some noise but the black skies hide it..
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ZerocoolAstra
Senior Member
I think you went about it the correct way. No advice from me in this regard
The idea is to have the shutter speed just fast enough that you capture the light rays at 1 position. Then play with aperture and shutter speed to get desired result. Lots of trial and error.
ZerocoolAstra
Senior Member
.... kanna arrow... must try to say something
Let me try to explain it in a slightly different way. Please correct me if anyone think otherwise.
Attended a workshop not too long ago. The person who conducted this workshop has put it down in words nicely on what makes a nicely composed photo. (plus a bit of my own words)
The simple and basic composition (and may not be apply in any composition) is to have margin (imaginary) like back in the days when your teacher ask you to draw a line or margin so that your work will be neat. In another words, you have to determine how much margin (space) you want to have in your photo so that generally you can get a nice and neat composition. If you give it little space or none at all, your viewer will feel cramp looking at your photo. If you give uneven spacing, your viewer may feel been squeezed to one side. Looking mostly at one side of the photo.
Generally, space, or not having space, and little space or big amount of space, and where the spaces are, will have a big impact in the overall composition.
For me, I just like my photos to be nice and neat.
no need to elaborate further
coolthought
Senior Member
just for fun
CT #5
taken handheld with iPhone
taken handheld with iPhone
hi ZerocoolAstra,
thanks for the encouraging comments, really learnt a lot during the outing.
and totally agreed with you on the good tripod, i should be looking around for one real soon
hi hhm70,
you were saying yr shots not nice that night but turn out so nice
Hope to see more of yr pictures.
Thanks for offering tissue to wipe off my sweat aft rushing to the location....hahaha :bsmilie:
gary (SGS)
no worries, Gary
ZerocoolAstra
Senior Member
Admittedly, it was an oversight that this was a public space, hence there would be a number of members of the public there to take photos as well.
Everybody squeezed together like that wasn't ideal.
The location looks spacious, but few angles afford a clear view without having someone or something get in the frame.
Hopefully you guys/gals go back again on your own time and try to outdo yourself
ZerocoolAstra
Senior Member
hi ZerocoolAstra,
thanks for the encouraging comments, really learnt a lot during the outing.
and totally agreed with you on the good tripod, i should be looking around for one real soon
Glad to have helped
Do spend adequate time researching before plonking down your $$ on a support system.
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