Thursday, July 28, 2011

Revenge of the HDR

Yes I did say I did not like HDR. I still don't. However, there was a request for one and I processed a very old series of photos (four exposures, to be exact) to produce this. Not that bad looking after all, but I still do not like HDR...


Correcting WB in Photoshop with Curves

This is a helpful tutorial on using Curves in Photoshop to correct White Balance. Hope you find it useful.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Shootsac

A new product that is interesting for shooters on the go. The name can really use some work though. And the price is not cheap...

Saturday, July 23, 2011

The S-Fourteen

Taken: 19-Jul-2011
Pictures taken with Nikon D700 + Samyang 14mm/2.8
Location: The Promontory @ Marina.
All pictures © all rights reserved.


Kenneth is back from Shanghai and I met up with him to shoot some landscape. It has been a long time since I seriously shot any landscape and I am getting rusty. Decided to take my new UWA prime for a spin. It is a manual focus lens so I set it at close to hyperfocal distance fired off some shots. Looking at the result, I was blown away by the image quality. I am a believer now. The fourteen from Samyang is indeed cheap and good.

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Monday, July 11, 2011

Nothing in this Life is Hard

I never shared video links in this blog since it is a photographic blog. In view of several events happening in the lives of people around me, I just wanted to go a little off-topic and share a couple of videos to encourage everyone reading this. Life as we know it is not that bad, especially when compared to these couple of people. If they can be strong and pursue their dreams despite their hardships, so can we. Stay strong, brothers and sisters.






English translation of the lyrics to Nella Fantasie,
the song sung by Sung-Bong Choi in the first video above:

In my imagination I see a fair world,
Everyone lives in peace and in honesty there.
I dream of souls that are always free,
Like the clouds that fly,
Full of humanity in the depths of the soul.

In my imagination I see a bright world,
Even the night is less dark there.
I dream of souls that are always free,
Like clouds that fly.

In my imagination there exists a warm wind,
That breathes on the cities, like a friend.
I dream of souls that are always free,
Like clouds that fly,
Full of humanity in the depths of the soul.

Monday, July 4, 2011

Storm over Shanghai

Taken: 25-Jun-2011
Pictures taken with Nikon D700 + Nikon 16-35/4
Location: The Bund @ Shanghai.
All pictures © all rights reserved.


Woke up real early to catch the summer sunrise at the Bund @ 4:30am. Was greeted with storm clouds and strong winds instead, no thanks to the coming typhoon. Did a few exposures and packed up.

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