Photography Outing @ KLCC (Day 1)

This is the first time I have gone out for a photography outing...
Was darn hot and tiring!
But I still managed to have fun~

Went together with Richard to KLCC...

We wanted to go up to the Skybridge to get some sunset shots
But unfortunately there were no more tickets...

So we just walked around the park taking some landscape shots...

Here are the shots from Nikki~
(Nikki is my camera's name in case you forgot!)

Nikon D90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens, 1/640 seconds @ f/11, ISO 400

Nikon D90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens, 1/500 seconds @ f/6.3, ISO 400

Nikon D90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens, 1/15 seconds @ f/22, ISO 320

Nikon D90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens, 1/60 seconds @ f/22, ISO 320, EV -2

Nikon D90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens, 1/40 seconds @ f/6.3, ISO 320, EV -1.3

Nikon D90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens, 1/8 seconds @ f/5.6, ISO 400, EV +5

Nikon D90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens, 1/10 seconds @ f/11, ISO 500, EV +1.6

Nikon D90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens, 1/13 seconds @ f/8, ISO 500, EV +1.6

Nikon D90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens, 1/13 seconds @ f/7.1, ISO 640, EV +5

Nikon D90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens, 1/13 seconds @ f/7.1, ISO 640, EV +5

Nikon D90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens, 1/10 seconds @ f/4.8, ISO 2000, EV +5

Nikon D90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens, 1/5 seconds @ f/4.2, ISO 1250, EV +5

Nikon D90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens, 1/5 seconds @ f/4, ISO 1250, EV +5

Nikon D90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens, seconds 1/8 @ f/9, ISO 500

Nikon D90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens, 1/3 seconds @ f/5.3, ISO 500

Nikon D90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens, 3 seconds @ f/14, ISO 500, EV +5

Nikon D90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens, 8 seconds @ f/8, ISO 250, EV +5

Nikon D90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens, 6 seconds @ f/22, ISO 250

Nikon D90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens, 1/20 seconds @ f/6.3, ISO 1000, EV +5

Nikon D90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens, 1/15 seconds @ f/6.3, ISO 1000, EV +5


If you want to see Richard's set of photos message him for it ba~
*heh heh*

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Still to come:

Photography Outing @ KLCC (Day 2)
Nikon D90 w/ AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm VR lens, 1/125 seconds @ f/5.6, ISO 320, EV +1.3

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Quote of the day:
"Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment..."
-Ansel Adams-

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Bokeh Bokeh Bokeh~

Was playing around with my Bokeh filter at my dad's office yesterday...
Got some really nice shots...
In my own opinion that is...
*hehehe*

Remember how I said in one of my older posts that the size of my cut-outs can be about 3cm...
I was wrong about that part...

I forgot that when my lens is zoomed all the way the aperture is automatically set to f/5.6 (it can go higher of course... but that's the lowest value when at maximum zoom)...
So if I divide 105mm by f/5.6...
I can only cut out a shape no bigger than 18mm...
I was a bit disappointed but..
Ah wells...

I needed to do some cropping with the shaped Bokeh shots...
If I uploaded the picture uncropped...
Well...
Let's just say it isn't that nice...
At least the shapes turn out~ =]

So all the shaped Bokeh pictures that you see/will see from this post onwards has most probably been cropped before...

Here are the shots I took...

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*note*
Pictures are all unedited unless specified...
Pictures have also been resized thus causing a drop in photo quality...
Original photos are much sharper...
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I found out that the Bokeh filter can be used with not only lights but plants too~

This was before the filter was applied...

For the next 6 pictures...
I used a function on the D90 that allows me to set the color of the white balance...
Thus giving me different colored shaped Bokehs...

There is this patterned window at my dad's office...
And when the sun starts to set and shines its light on to it...
The patterns on the window reflects different colors of the spectrum...
I thought it would go really well with Bokeh effects and here are my results~
I tried to get the colors of the rainbow on to a single heart shaped Bokeh...
But this was the best I could get...This shot would've been nicer if there were more hearts around...

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Come to think of it...
I haven't showed you guys what my D90 looks like with the new Bokeh filter on...

*jeng jeng jeng*

After taking this shot above...
I kinda got carried away and started snapping more pictures of my D90...
*hehe*
It's nothing special though...
Just some ordinary shots...


Oh...
Did I mention I bought a...
Err...
Blower?
(is that what you call it?)It was a 5 in 1 cleaning kit that cost me RM38...
The set came with cotton buds, a bottle of cleaning solution, a stack of lens cleaning tissues, and a wiping cloth...

I find the cleaning solution rather useless...
Because every time I use it to clean the UV filter it seems to make it worse!!
Maybe I'm just not doing it right...
Help anyone?
*heh heh*

I'm now at a lost as to which camera equipment I should get next...
I'm stuck between the:

Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens

The Nikon Speedlight SB-900 (external flash)

The MB-D80 Battery Grip

I've added a poll at the side bar for you readers to help me decide what to get...

Decisions decisions~
*sigh*

Oh~
By the way...
Do check out this video...
It's pretty impressive...



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Quote of the day:
"In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality..."
-Alfred Stieglitz-

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Failtography!

As promised...
Here are the pictures I took during "Fellowship Night"...

I had to edit most of the pictures though...
Didn't set my camera's settings properly...

I totally forgot about setting the ISO to a higher value...
So most of my pictures were either underexposed or blur because of a slow shutter speed...
And I didn't adjust the white balance properly...
The "Picture Control" function wasn't set properly as well...

*Aih*
I failed in my photography assignment today...
Nevermind...
I shall learn from this failure!
*RAWRR*

I edited the pictures using Picasa...
I had to use the "Warmify" effect on Picasa to touch up the skin tones...
The "Warmify" effect did wonders for the skin tones...
But unfortunately it destroyed the rest of the picture...
I really need to learn how to use Photoshop!

Anyways...
Here are the pictures without any further delay...

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*note*
Pictures are all unedited unless specified...
Pictures have also been resized thus causing a drop in photo quality...
Original photos are much sharper...
Click to enlarge...
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Edited using Picasa

Edited using Picasa

Edited using Picasa

Edited using Picasa

Edited using Picasa

Edited using Picasa

Edited using Picasa

Edited using Picasa and "Active D-Lighting" function on the D90

Edited using Picasa and "Active D-Lighting" function on the D90

Edited using Picasa

Edited using Picasa

Edited using Picasa

Edited using Picasa

Edited using Picasa

Here are some miscellaneous pictures that I took on Thursday as well...

Heart shaped Bokeh...

Didn't know the hotel opposite my church could look so nice at night...

Here is more of the "Cross Screen" effect...
Before...

After...

Before...

After...

That's all for today...
Ciaos~

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Quote of the day:
"A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject or lend it atmosphere..."
-Bill Brandt-

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