Flower @ Lorong Buangkok

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Dallas and I went to Lorong Buangkok for photoshooting last week. We didn't take much partly because there was nothing much to take and partly because of the very very very hot weather that day (That's the usual problem that we have usually on photo-shooting occasions).. The following is a macro shot of a flower there. It was just a normal flower which we usually see like almost everywhere.. I just wanted to try a macro shot on that. :). Please feel free to comment or criticize on my photos.. because I feel I really need everyone's suggestions and criticisms to improve my skills.. Click on the picture to enlarge! ^^

Settings Used:

Exposure: 1/250

Aperture: f/5.6

Focal Length: 22mm

ISO: 100

Place: Lorong Buangkok, Singapore

Postprocessing:

- Crop

- Increase temperature a bit to get the yellow feel

- Fill some light

- Up the contrast, vibrance a bit.

Comments and criticisms are welcome! ^^

Shots @ The Helix a.k.a D.N.A. (8-star version)

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As mentioned in my previous post, here's the another version of the helix taken yesterday with the star filter-8 attached.. ^^. I shall not be posting the camera settings and the detailed postprocessing as they are around the same as the previous post.

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This is a crazy shot of mine hehe.. Played around with the zoom while the camera shutter was open for long exposure.


Comments and criticims are welcome! ^^

Shots @ The Helix a.k.a D.N.A.

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Finally I'm able to touch my camera again after so many days being busy with job-hunting... ^^.. The following pic was taken yesterday night at the recently opened The Helix (or should i say a DNA-look-alike). The moment I arrived there, I was quite worried if I can get a scenic picture of the bridge or not as there were many people visiting (and so many pro photographers too)... Luckily, there was a chance. :).. The visit was quite fun..and the Helix looked elegant at its best!.. The only bad part was that the bridge is very shaky.. :S.. and there were people trying to jump up and down purposely..lolx..

Oh..as I've mentioned in my previous post, I haven't used my star-8 filter for quite a long time.. a thought came now could be the best to use!...I'll be posting the one with star-8 in the next post as I now have to prepare for the job interview tmrw ;)... Click on the picture to enlarge! ^^

Settings Used:

Exposure: 5.0

Aperture: f/3.5

Focal Length: 18mm

ISO: 100

Place: The Helix, Singapore

Postprocessing:

- Tint the picture a bit to get the purple color

- Increase the purple saturation

- Up the brightness and contrast

- Fill light and do some black clipping

- Clarity and vibrance are increased.

Comments and criticisms are welcome! ^^

Starry Night

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I was planning to post this yesterday night when my internet connection suddenly went down.. =.=" This is actually quite an old pic of mine taken on the top floor of Orchard Central using my star-8 filter for the first time...

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A little info about star filters:

Star filters create points of light, like "stars," streaking outward from a central light source. This can make lighting within the scene take on a more glittering, glamorous appearance. This effect is produced by a series of thin lines etched into the flat optical surface of a clear filter. These lines act as cylindrical lenses, diffracting light points into long thin lines of light running perpendicular to the etched lines. Lines on the filter positioned horizontally produce vertically oriented star lines.

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It's true that star filters are awesome. Changing point-sources of light into stars are undeniably beautiful. Yet, since I've been taking pictures mainly in daylight, they haven't been into use for quite a while already. I guess I might be trying for some night shots in the near future :D.. Please click on the picture to enlarge! ^^

Settings Used:

Exposure: 5.0

Aperture: f/3.5

Focal Length: 21mm

ISO: 100

Place: Orchard Central, Singapore

Postprocessing:

- Increase the purple saturation to make the sky look more purple.

- Up the brightness and contrast

- Fill light and do some black clipping

- Clarity and vibrance are increased.

Comments and criticisms are welcome! ^^

DragonFly..

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The portrait shooting for yesterday was cancelled due to bad weather. So, my friend Dallas and I go for some nature shooting. I was looking for some nature shots at Bukit Batok nature reserve near my house when I saw this little creature. Well, the first thought that came to my mind was nature can wait! It's been a long time I took an insect close up and so far they all suck! hehe.. So, I took a deep breath, walked slowly towards that little slacker, aimed my camera carefully and kept bursting non-stop :D until it flew away. Much to my relish, one more slacker came into my sight again. hahax.. I felt quite impressed that i can get quite a lot of pics [in the end found out that these are the best pics tho :(( ]. Please click on the pictures to enlarge! ^^

Settings used:

Exposure: 1/125

Aperture: f/5.6

Focal Length: 55mm

ISO: 100

Place: Bukit Batok Nature Reserve, Singapore

Postprocessing:

- Crop the picture

- Decrease the temperature

- Fll light a bit

- Increase the contrast

- Decrease the clarity and vibrance

Settings used:

Exposure: 1/500

Aperture: f/5.6

Focal Length: 55mm

ISO: 100

Place: Bukit Batok Nature Reserve, Singapore

Postprocessing:

- Crop the picture

- Increase clarity by some proportion

- Dodge and burn

- Sharpen the picture a bit.

Comments and criticisms are welcome! ^^

So-called Abstract.

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As the name goes!, so-called abstract... Anyone'd like to guess what this is? :D... I've never taken any abstract shots before. So, this is going to be my very first one...

Settings used:

Exposure: 1/15

Aperture: f/5.6

Focal Length: 24mm

ISO: 100

Place: ???

Postprocessing:

- Increase the temperature

- Up the contrast and brightness a bit.

- Fill light and do some black clipping

- Decrease the clarity and vibrance

- Increase the yellow color saturation

- Dodge and burn

- Add a bit of vignetting

Comments and criticisms are welcome! ^^

And then she left me...

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It was taken back in my house in Myanmar when I felt there's nothing much better to do than robbing away my younger sis's collectibles and taking some crazy shots.. :D..

Settings used:

Exposure: 4.0

Aperture: f/5.6

Focal Length: 55mm

ISO: 100

Place: Home sweet home, Myanmar

Postprocessing:

- Put some clarity and vibrance

- Fill light and do some black clipping

- Reduce saturation a bit

- Increase orange saturation

- Add vignetting (i think i put too much :P)

Comments and criticisms are welcome! ^^

Empty...

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All these time, I'm trying to make a tone of sadness in my photos. Still couldn't get one :((.This is one of the best I can get so far.. xD. It is not a good picture but I'm posting this just for my record.. hehex.. I really hope anyone could tell me how to improve it. Suggestions are very much appreciated! Please click on the picture to enlarge! ^^

Settings Used:

Exposure: 1/125

Aperture: f/4.5

Focal Length: 18mm

ISO: 100

Place: Botanic Garden, Singapore

Postprocessing:

- Fill light and do some black clipping

- Reduce vibrance and saturation

- Increase the shadow tone

- Add tiny bit of vignetting

Comments and criticisms are welcome! ^^

Postscript:

Much to my relish, there might be a portrait shooting this weekend!.. I can't wait for the day to come... looking forward to it and hoping to do my best!.. ^^

The Silhouette

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This picture is again one of the few pics I took back in Myanmar. It is the silhouette of a pagoda against the bright sunlight. :).. Please click on the picture to enlarge!

Settings Used:

Exposure: 1/640

Aperture: f/5.6

Focal Length: 55mm

ISO: 100

Place: Pyin Oo Lwin, Myanmar

Postprocessing:

- Increase the temperature by a small proportion.

- Decrease exposure to make clear of the "silhouette" effect

- Increase the vibrance and saturation settings.

- Add vignetting.

Comments and criticisms are welcome! ^^

Left Abandoned

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This pic was taken quite a while ago.. I just touched it today.. :D (been too lazy to do postprocessing). It was taken at Botanic Garden on a sweaty photoshooting occasion with my friend Dallas... It was quite a nice place for shooting sceneries (just that it was super hot in the day time =.="). Please click on the picture to enlarge it! ^^

Settings Used:

Exposure: 1/125

Aperture: f/4.5

Focal Length: 34mm

ISO: 100

Place: Botanic Garden, Singapore

Postprocessing:

- Decrease the clarity, vibrance and saturation a bit to make some dark and moody environment.

- Dodge and burn around the seat and the top part of the big tree

- Decrease the yellow color saturation a bit

- Straighten a bit and added some vignetting (suggested by a friend :D)...

Comments and Criticisms are welcome! ^^

I need to be saved

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The following picture was taken on a railway track near Bukit Merah. I've never taken any shots on the tracks before. It was all thanks to my friend Dallas that I could have the experience back then. Please click on the picture to enlarge it! ^^

Settings Used:

Exposure: 1/125

Aperture: f/4.5

Focal Length: 18mm

ISO: 100

Place: Bukit Merah, Singapore

Postprocessing:

- Increased the clarity in lightroom a bit so that the picture looks sharper

- Decreased the vibrance and saturation a bit to make the picture looks emo

- Added a bit of vignetting

Comments and criticisms are welcome.. ^^

The Sun itself sees not until heaven clears...

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The following sunset pictures were taken from the Kent Ridge Park, Singapore. The day was remarkably pleasant and the sunsets were just perfect. Please click on the picture to enlarge it! ^^

Settings Used:

Exposure: 1/200

Aperture: f/4.5

Focal Length: 35mm

ISO: 100

Place: Kent Ridge Park, Singapore

Postprocessing:

- Removed flare

Settings Used:

Exposure: 1/60

Aperture: f/5.6

Focal Length: 55mm

ISO: 100

Place: Kent Ridge, Singapore

Postprocessing:

- Removed some flare

- Increased shadow, and black clipping to make the pic look a bit darker...

- Increased clarity

Comments and criticisms are welcome! ^^

Photobloggin for the first time :D

Finally, I decided to keep a photoblog of my own after much deep thoughts. At first, I was reluctant to do so. Part of the reasons is that I'm not the type that does things consistently...

==============A little intro of myself [;)]===============

Name:

Myo (Scarlet)

My Equipment:

Canon 450D

18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

Accessories:

Manfrotto 7301YB

Colored filters

ND filters

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Serenity

Picture Info:

This picture was taken when I went back to Myanmar for some leisure family trip. It could have been a better picture were it not for my lousy skill. Yet, I still love the overall outcome of this pic. Please click on the picture to enlarge it! ^^

Settings Used:

Exposure: 1/100

Aperture: f/5.6

Focal Length: 55mm

ISO: 100

Place: Sakaing, Myanmar

Postprocessing:

- Dodge and burn...

- Increased the temp, and black clipping a bit to make the pic look darker...

- Clarity, vibrance and saturation were reduced...

- Added a bit of vignetting...

Comments and criticisms are welcome! ^^