PIX THREAD - AF 1st Workshop for Hobbyists on 18 April 2009 at Raffles Arowana

[angelo]

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Thanks.

[angelo]

Originally Posted by marshy

Great Shots angelo!
It was a pleasure meeting another Canon User!

Thanks. Nice to meet you.

[craz]

a very clean and neat farm...thanks for the nice pics

[fish2102]

Thanx Angelo for all the well taken pics

Originally Posted by angelo

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Hmm,i notice all the big bosses have something in common,which is the tummy

[marshy]

Originally Posted by fish2102

Thanx Angelo for all the well taken pics



Hmm,i notice all the big bosses have something in common,which is the tummy

wahahaha.. you not scared kenna BArney Zap ah?

[fish2102]

Originally Posted by marshy

wahahaha.. you not scared kenna BArney Zap ah?

mai an neh leh.... i already say big bosses liao mah dun lidat lah...

[SoToNgMaN]

Originally Posted by D24

Bro...

Understand these two photos were taken in extremely bright outdoor and very dark indoor conditions. Can you please share with us if there are additional accessories are needed to take such photos, eg: filters, tripod, etc...

Oso, noticed you did not give credit to the person holding the flash! According to marshy, it is an extremely important role!

D24

steven "bueh" steady "tekan" me ... this one ahh ... very hard to explain with words leh ... draw "lagi" challenging ..

*Resources & Techniques utilized for pics*

[Brooding Aro - 1st Pic]
> Resources
- D90 Camera + 17-50mm Tamron F2.8 + 67mm B+W CPL KSM
- SB900 commander-mode on hotshoe (Flash tilted right to trigger remote flash & prevent reflections from flash)
- SB900 remote-mode on VAF (voice activated flash) proudly assisted by Mrs Sotong aka kiTTen. ^.^ marshy will really hate me upon reading this.

> Shooting Technique
- Camera angled downwards to avoid reflections
- tilted side ways (well the aro is a weird position) - some would advise against this due to distortions and inconsistent colouration issues.

> Things to note
- Tank water is highly saturated in tanin
- Strong flash with smaller aperature & lower ISO will result in less ambient light getting less flares from background cos light from background will be slower.
- Scenarios as such is truely challenging to capture true natural colours of subject.

[XB Aro - 2nd Pic]
> Resources
- D90 Camera + 17-50mm Tamron F2.8 + 67mm B+W CPL KSM
- No flash utilised (Sunlight was so bright that I'm almost roasted)

> Shooting Technique
- Camera angled downwards to avoid reflections
- lens is parallel to glass to get even colouration. (Aro scales reflect different colours at different angles.)

> Things to note
- High shutter speed, aro is swimming in circles at pretty fast speed
- Lower ISO, less ambient light & reflections
- Tank background is black, reflections are highly visible (My preference at serious aquarium photography is to be dressed in black - less reflections from the photographer - attention to black camera bag on left of white shirt - photo will be almost perfect less the fence and white shirt) dressed in black under 1pm hot sun ... must be screw loose ...

much easier to demo via illustration than words ..

Conclusion, key points for abnormal situations are highlighted in bold ... main cheese about common focus problems is taken care by CPL filter & AF-C so will not touch on it.

[SoToNgMaN]

Originally Posted by marshy

Great Shots angelo!
It was a pleasure meeting another Canon User!

divide camp ahh?

ok loh ... pleasure meeting slooow another Nikon User .. *grinZ*

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Subsequently, would suggest conducting 2 different types for photography sessions ... one catered for consumer cameras and another catered for DSLR cameras ...

believe more people can learn this way ...

[marshy]

Originally Posted by SoToNgMaN

divide camp ahh?

ok loh ... pleasure meeting slooow another Nikon User .. *grinZ*

Hahaha
No Lar... Just acknowledging my customer mah... technically he is leh.
Oh BTW, Mr Slooow is planning to go 5D Mk II hor!

[angelo]

Originally Posted by marshy

Hahaha
No Lar... Just acknowledging my customer mah... technically he is leh.
Oh BTW, Mr Slooow is planning to go 5D Mk II hor!

Good to hear that, one more 5D Mk II!