hi..great shots you have here..actually i was hopping around my friend,yazmin's blog and i noticed ur nick. it looked familiar..and rupanya u slalu go to my bf's fp..so anyway decided to tengok here..and everything is sooo cool. love it. seriously love the wispy looking sky.
Damn, you've gone from enthusiast to photography guru!
You've come a long way since black and white. I remember those days when you simply refused to manipulate your pictures, saying they should be left untouched as they were taken.
But hey, if your pictures are as good as these are, who's to say one should remain a disciple to only one school of thought? On the contrary, your willingness to venture into all aspects of it has made you a greater photographer.
I so envy you and your dSLR. And of course, your talent.
Tue 22-May-2007 03:04 Posted by:yazmin
Kichi, my guess is you did not edit much this photo, perhaps not even a bit. Love it. The clouds look surreal with its different hues from yellow to deep blue. Love the vertical shot format too.
Tetiba teringat PGL .
zuhri, i guess i should upgrade to the d80 soon, eh? i did wake up really early to get this shot, and that was the first time i woke up at 530am just to take pictures!
shahrilramzi, thanks for the compliment.
tony, memang ada kabus pagi tu.
7asmann, you got it right. i aligned this shot according to the rule of thirds. lens flare for this? hmmm, tak sure la kalau sesuai ke tak.
ezdy, actually i edited this picture quite a bit. whether you would say 'extensively' or not, that would depend on your interpretation hehe. but basically, what i did was to reduce the exposure for the sky, so that i could bring up more details in the clouds. then, i tweaked the colors to get that deep shade of blue (this one, i tried to get the same sky color as topleftpixel.com always does; close but not quite). did a bit of dodging as well, if i remember correctly.
myn, it sure pours when it rains hehe. i think you're complementing me too much, but it's good to hear from you. i still try not to tweak my pictures too much (although that's quite a departure from no tweaking at all). however, i limit myself to what would be able to do in a wet darkroom. so, i imagine color and exposure tweaks to still be acceptable, because these can still be done in a traditional darkroom. saturation and contrast pun. beyond those, i'd say they are manipulation already.
azura, thanks for dropping by! the wispy looking sky looks a bit more dramatic than it actually is, thanks to the ultra-wide angle lens i used to get this shot. it has that effect of pulling the clouds into the middle of the picture, which i just love.
mynn, get a wide angle lens and you'll be able to get a similar shot of the clouds. it just adds drama to the whole shot. this shot was taken with jpeg. i've given up on RAW a long time ago. rasanya jpeg (large fine setting) is good enough, unless i decide to enter a competition or something. then i would probably need to squeeze every bit of detail i can get out of the shot. regarding the foreground, i did try in other shots to bring out the details, but the impact of the picture was lost. i think it's because there's too many things going on in the picture, so i'd rather the emphasis be given to the sky and sun only. even the composition of the shot reflects this emphasis.
Sun 3-Jun-2007 12:28 Posted by:kenterong kichi2@gmail.com - [Link]
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nak letak lens flare waktu ni tak kene la plak kan hehe
