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| Wednesday, 27-Dec-2006 11:41 |
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owari!
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we did it!
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all over and done.
who's next?
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| Thursday, 21-Dec-2006 07:56 |
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made in malaysia
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pose
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i like this shot a lot because of the unusual angle. it's really a blind shot, and i was really lucky to get the focus right on her face, especially due to the fact that i used my 50mm f1.8 lens for this shot. nonetheless, i just couldn't get the colors that i want for this picture, and that is one of the main reasons why i delayed in putting this picture up (it was taken way back in mid-september, 3 months exactly). what you see here is the best that i could come up with, keeping in mind that i wanted to portray the skin tone as naturally as possible. it was a very cloudy day that day, as you can probably tell from the picture. on top of that, the photoshoot was done around 11am, if i remember correctly. not exactly ideal timing for great lighting.
i wonder if using a flashgun that day would've made a big difference. you know, expose for the sky, but use fill-in flash. it's only recently that this sort of thing is occurring to me. i really need to learn more about lighting and flash photography.
comments very much welcome on how to improve this picture.
ps - i've reworked the picture to get more natural (and hopefully vibrant) tones. i think i've also managed to extract more detail in the process (22/12/2006).
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| Friday, 15-Dec-2006 14:13 |
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it's been a month?
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octopussy
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all shots taken at seri menanti, weekend of 2/12/2006. didn't really tweak the pictures all that much.
many thanks to those who still dropped by and left some kind words in the two previous entries. i'll try to get back to my normal workrate of 1 entry per week.
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| Wednesday, 15-Nov-2006 10:31 |
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random lensbaby shots
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i've been lazy.
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| Tuesday, 31-Oct-2006 15:42 |
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forty winks
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mengada
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cat·nap [kæt-næp]
–noun
1. a short, light nap or doze.
–verb (used without object)
2. to doze or sleep lightly.
* definition taken from dictionary.com.
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| Saturday, 21-Oct-2006 08:27 |
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traffic on a late thursday afternoon
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toy car traffic?
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quite amazing what someone with a lot of time on their hands can do.
ps - the image above was manipulated to simulate the effect of a tilt shift lens. from what i read, the lensbaby is also a type of tilt-shift lens, so i wanted to see if it could achieve the same effect (the miniature model effect). the result is the image below. initially, i tried using a small aperture to see if i could get this effect. i couldn't, so i tried using the widest aperture on the lensbaby (f2.0), but still the effects aren't what i hoped they would be. maybe there's something else about conventional tilt-shift lenses that the lensbaby isn't capable of (27/10/2006).
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| Thursday, 19-Oct-2006 14:29 |
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on the morrow aka selamat hari raya aidilfitri
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eid?
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raya is just around the corner when i see things that make an appearance only once a year.
ps - selamat hari raya aidilfitri. maaf zahir dan batin kepada semua. in case you're wondering, this is a duotone picture, created using the methods prescribed in the august issue of practical photography. it's a rather interesting twist on the normal black and white, eh? (20/10/2006)
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| Sunday, 15-Oct-2006 07:20 |
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choices
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choices
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in life, there are always many choices to make.
that includes what to put on our plate for dinner.
ps - here's a bit more info on the lensbaby, obtained from wikipedia (20/10/2006).
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| Sunday, 8-Oct-2006 16:25 |
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test shot
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not a really good shot, but this was the closest i could get in terms of showing the effect of the lens and also getting a decent composition.
the lensbaby sure is a deceptively difficult beast to master, despite its cutesy appearance. i really should shoot with f4 first, just to get the hang of it.
ps - atas permintaan saudari dell aka amoibunga yang tertanya tanya (dan juga yang lain), here's what the lensbaby looks like. by the way, baru perasan that yesterday was friday 13th, even though it doesn't really have any significance for me. anyways, for more info on the lensbaby, click here (14/10/2006).
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| Monday, 2-Oct-2006 21:24 |
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arab street environs - nighttime
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glam cafe
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walks at dusk.
ps - all pictures 'edited' using automatic javascripts downloaded from the web. pictures 1,3 and 5 were edited with given the lomo treatment, whereas 2 and 4 were put through the holga process (7/10/2006).
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how much u bought it??
nice effect.
