Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Some Cloud Shots

Saw this beautiful cloud when I was having tea with a friend this afternoon.  It looked like an Aladdin Lamp at first, then it changed to something, which I reckon, like a doggy doing surfing.

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The color turned out quite amazing after the Photoshop “Auto Levels” adjustment.

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The sky can be beautiful especially after rain in the evening.  Saw this when I went out to my back yard to feed my cats this evening, so immediately I went to grab my camera for some quick snaps.

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The red orange sky color is always beautiful.

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Smoke look-alike cloud.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

A Short Day Out Today

It’s a beautiful day today, well at least before 3pm when it’s about to rain.  Since my lady was staying overnight at her friend’s place last night. So I had some free time today for a day out to do some quick snaps.

Line Up.

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On The Sea.

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Yayasan Sabah.

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Relax Parents.

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The Young Ones.

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Nature.

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Some Pretty Girls.

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Saturday, July 10, 2010

My 2nd Lens

Not sure about the available options in other countries, over here in Kota Kinabalu, the Nikon D5000 only comes with the AF-S 18-55mm VR kit lens. 

I have had lots of funs with the 18-55mm lens since the day I bought the camera.  Focus is fast even in low light, very close minimum focus distance, images are sharp, and it’s very light weight too.  However, after been playing with it for a while, I did come to situations where I wish I had a zoom lens so that I could snap from a distance. So after some discussion and research, I finally went out to grab my 2nd lens couple days ago, an AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 G IF-ED.

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Below are some links on this lens:

Little Kitty

Bought a new lens couple days ago, a Nikon AF-S 70-300mm VR.  Wanted to go out to try to snap some pretty ladies on street but it’s raining. So ended up shooting my little kitty at my backyard. Anyway, picture was cropped at 50% at 210mm focal length.  A little bit blur due to hand shaked (my friend told me it’s the side effect of too much coffee).

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Kota Kinabalu Gaya Street - Sunday Street (or Flea) Market

I think it’s a nice place to practice some live or moving portrait photo shooting.  Below are some pictures which were taken using my kit lens (18-55mm), and it lacks the zoom I need to pull an object from far away.  It’ll be better to photograph them without their acknowledgement. The locals might show me their middle finger if I photograph them right in front of their face.  So, I will return again once I get the Nikon 70-300mm zoom lens. 
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While I was having some coffee, this grandma seated at the table next to me. So immediately I took a snap. My 18-55mm kit lens was not able to throw the background out of focus, so photoshop is the only way to go. Though it’s not perfect, I kind of like the lonely feeling.
Anyway, below are some shots in colour, no post processing except crop and signature.
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