Hitting The Track

Took this for a test drive today. Much better than my old running shoes. Nice.



Hand held, K100D kit lens, ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/320s, Saturation increase in Picasa

Wild Grass On A Clear Day

Wild Grass on a clear blue sky.

I-City Shah Alam

Visited I-City Shah Alam just to get out of the house for a change. For me, I won't go back. It was just crappy LED everywhere. At least, I got the sunset over Klang below.

A Moment In Time

Marvelous things that we usually miss with our bare eyes unless frozen by the shutter of a camera.

Exposure 1/2000s, ISO 200, f/5.6, 0EV

Frugal Photography

Photography is a great hobby. However, if you think that better gear will make you a better photographer, you'll be broke pretty fast. I'm a frugal person that means I hate to waste money. That doesn't mean I don't spend money on quality gear, but it does mean I won't splurge to stuff that makes a slight improvement to my photography. If you can't see the light (pun not intended), i.e. the way light hits your subject, the greatest, best, whatever camera lens and giga pixels won't matter.

I came across this article while looking for a Circular Polarizer as well. This scientific testing proofs that price is not a indication of quality. Here's the article

If you are looking for a best Circular Polarizer (it is not a well known brand), you can find it here.



Hope you'll find the article useful if you are out buying filters. I'll get a few dollars if you buy from the link. If not, that's okay too. Happy shooting

Would This Be A Cartoon?

A new police HQ in Bandar Kinrara. Would it be cartoonified?
Taken with Pentax K100D, 27 mm, f/11.0, 1/320s, +0.7 EV, Center-weighted average. Cartoonified through GIMP

New Old Toy

Taken with a Pentax K100D with 18-55mm kit lens. Slightly cropped, modified the curves for a "lomo" look.
f/10, Shutter 1/1000s, ISO 200

Nice To See, No So Nice To Eat

This proofs that a photo is not always worth a thousand words. The photo looks great, taken in a mixed lighting without any set up. Even the kids at the function didn't want more after the first bite.

ISO: 400, Exposure: 1/8 sec, Aperture: 5.6, Focal Length: 40mm, Flash Used: No

Using my Lumix FZ28 with its great image stabilization taught me how to be extremely steady with my hands if I have to. By the way, the K100D have built in stabilization.

Dogs On The Couch

A Dark & Stormy Day

Wait for me, wait for me.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

f stop 5.0, Shutter, 1/1000 I00 100, –0.33 EV  Putrajaya

Read the story behind this popular song.

When you’re weary, feeling small,
When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all;
I’m on your side. When times get rough
And friends just can’t be found,
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.

Strange Critter

Strange critter on my diary. Didn’t see the spike legs until I shot the fella and cropped.

f3.6 ISO 160 Shutter 1/40s flash fired (with DIY diffuser)

Amazing Clouds

Taken on the top of a hospital in Ampang.

f3.2 taken with a Nokia 6120c

Great Balls of Fire

ISO 160, f/6.3 Shutter 1/50s, cropped, 163mm

Shot taken by timing when the balloonist fires the burners. Taken at 2nd Putrajaya Hot Air Balloon Fiesta.

Pole Dancer?

I’m no pole dancer. I try my best not to fall. My shadowy friend helps me out from time to time.

Someone’s Hungry

A hungry grasshopper chomped on our orchid

ISO 100 f/4.0 Shutter 1/400s Focal 24.5mm (138mm 35mm equivalent)

The FZ28 focus is limited in a sense. For zooms of 5x and above, the minimal focusing distance is 2m, it drops down to 1m when the zoom is 4x

God’s Canvas

All the heavens shout Your praise ..
ISO 100 f/4.5 Shutter 1/160 Exposure bias –0.33EV WB Shade

Guess What

Took this photo somewhere in Bangsar.

Not a usual photo but something to keep you guessing & maybe ask, “what’s that?”

ISO 100, f/3.7, Shutter 1/20s, Focal length 36.4mm

Small Gift

Good things comes in small packages. This is one of them

ISO 100, Exposure 1/80, Aperture f/3.4Exposure –1/3 EV, Focal Length: 16.7 mm
See it large here.
All photographs here (good and bad) are copyrighted. If you want to used them please contact me  Thanks

Mushroom Anyone?

Someone contacted me and asked to use this photo of a Lingzhi on their website.

I said …..yes.

ISO 100 Exposure: 1/50 Aperture: f/3.7 Focal Length: 26.7 mm Flash used

Heart To Heart

One heart chasing another . . . .

ISO 200 Exposure 0.006 sec (1/160) Aperture f/5.0 Focal Length: 14.4 mm No Flash

Decent photo with a small camera

Creating Dark Backgrounds

Have you wondered how to take flowers or other objects where the background is dark or black? Off course you can use a studio or room where you shut out all external light and use your flash. But you can also get the same effect outdoors.

These 2 photos were taken minutes apart from each other. It was around 4pm with the sun shining brightly. Two different outcome with different techniques.

ISO: 100 Exposure: 1/1600 sec Aperture: 8.0 Focal Length: 21.6mm
Flash Used: Yes

Here’s how you do it. In the 2nd photo, it is just a normal shot with the camera on full auto or program mode. The settings are

ISO: 100 Exposure: 1/125 sec Aperture: 4.0 Focal Length: 21.6mm

From the settings, you’ll get that I under exposed the first shot severely and used the flash to light up the flowers. I turn down the flash power so that only the flowers are lit and the light fall off will not expose the background. The background of the first photo was not totally black, I had to adjust it in Picasa by increasing the shadows just a bit.

The original untouched photo below.

The challenge was the there was another plant very close behind the flowers, reflecting light and it was 4 pm in the afternoon. Just out of the range (aperture and shutter speed) for the point and shoot FZ28.

I could have waited a while for the sun to go down a little but this tip expands your arsenal to photography tricks. Besides flowers, you can try the same for portraits and other times you want a dark background.