Here is a sillouette of Tanah Lot in Bali. This is an incredible crowded tourist attraction. Hence the silhouette to blank out the tourists.
Learn MoreLooks like the New Year is upon us once again. Holidays over and its time to get back on the groove. My first assignment this is a very nice French Wine Bar. Take a look. Courtesy of Expat Living Singapore...
Learn MoreSunwing Resort in Phuket Island, Thailand. My hotel room. One of the 4 pools. A beach stall. And…. a tropical Aurora?.. nah, just a long shutter capture Finally, just to prove that THIS is Thailand… …
Learn MoreRecently I have been doing a lot of cool and warm images. That is, they mostly contain 2 colors; warm (orangy yellowy reddish) and cool (blueish purply … you get the idea). Entirely by nature of course because shooting during the “magic hours” (sunset and some time beyond) usually produces a nice warm colors and coupled with a big body of water,the sea,...
Learn MoreSpent almost 2 weeks in Phuket Island, Thailand, chilling. Below are a couple of shots showing the beach condition in the morning and a gorgeous sunset. This on is taken in the morning. Sea was pretty rough and there was a wee bit of fog. Long shutter speed shows the movement of the sea. Not too long or it will all be a blur. There were not many good sunsets because the...
Learn MoreThis must be the 3rd time I have reworked this image. I was never satisfied. This time, I went with glowy effect. I like it now but that may change months from now. So here it is again. (Mt Muztag Ata) Thank you ..
Learn MoreI have been thinking, what is that ONE good tip in landscape photography. That ultimate secret that many greats have that you don’t have. Use a good tripod? Well, that a good tip but I don’t think it is the ONE. What about aperture, shutter speed or ISO? No. There’s no one setting that is the “ultimate”. In fact, I’ve used many varied...
Learn MoreSo, the Canon 5D Mark 3′s been here a week. I’m not going to list out the spec here as there are other sites that can do a much better job than I can. What I want to talk about is what this new camera can do for me. Right now, my work horse is the 5D Mark2. From my gallery and posts, I will gather that you know by now that I mostly shoot landscapes, portraits,...
Learn MoreTashkorgan is a small border town in Xinjiang China which I have the privilege to visit twice in the past 3 years. A beautiful valley sandwiched between 2 mountain range. At about 3000m (9800ft), the sun, if it is out is often quite harsh. Therefore, I have decided to bracket most of my shots, just in case I needed to merge them into HDR. Thank you..
Learn MoreAlong the Silk Road, off the Karakoram Highway, just crossed over from Pakistan to China lays the Kun Lun Range. This was taken during a trek along the mountain. Elevation about 4000m (13,123ft). Air’s pretty thin especially for a sea-level dweller. This is a HDR image which initially intends to be in color. However, due to the lack of focal interest, I decided to...
Learn MoreThe recent total lunar eclipse is something I’ve not seen before, especially when the moon turned “blood red”. Kinda cool. I am normally too lazy to go out to such “events” but this time, the moon’s just outside my window, can’t get anymore convenient than that! The next image is just a fun composite image I did. Thank you…
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Saw a rustic table outside a bar by the Singapore River. Looks interesting. A great HDR candidate. The image was processed in Photomatix, adjusted in Adobe Camera Raw and final touches in Photoshop. Click image for a bigger view. More images to...
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Some images I captured at around sunset. Some parts of the beach here are very rocky and I’ve got the scars to prove it. I had to do a bit of climbing to get here, very mild climbing.. more like hopping! Anyway, I wanted to capture the sunset but it wasn’t to be. The sky was a bit overcast and the sun set kinda suck. For most of these shots, I...
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Some HDR images I did when I was in Club Med, Bintan, Indonesia. I’ll start with a moonrise image. A beautiful big orangy moon rises over the horizon that night. When I saw it, I didn’t have the right lens with me, so I ran all the way to my room, grabbed my lens and hope that the moon rises slower than I can run. I did a 3 bracketed exposure so...
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A couple of beach huts that I light painted. Same deal as my earlier blog about light painting. No difference. I must point out that light panting is pretty addictive. I was out till late 3 nights in a row. On the 4th day, I was really out of it. Here are a couple of images I did on some beach huts, again in the middle of the night. Y’know, beach party...
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Did some tremendously fun light painting in Indonesia last week. As the name suggest, light painting is done by shaping objects with light. Basically, keep the camera on long exposure while you go light up your subject. Everything you light will be captured in the camera. Simple and tremendous fun. However, it is also highly unpredictable. Every image is...
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I decided to re-work the “donkey tied to the cart” image I posted in Black and White into a pseudo-HDR in color. If you re-call, this is the image I took in Kashgar, an ancient Silk Road oasis town in Xinjiang, China. It is still one of my favorite destination. Also surrounding this town is some of the most fascination mountain passes, pasture...
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I mentioned in my last HDR post that I might re-do the HDR image I posted earlier. I posted a version, a “pure” HDR version and a normal exposure version. I mentioned that both these version have their pros and cons. So now, I have combined what I thought was the pros into the final image. If you take a look at my previous post (click here),...
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I have to admit here, I love to view HDR photos. Especially those by Trey Ratcliff and a few others like Rick Sammon and those Photoshop Guys. There are others as well. There were a time that I would experiment with HDR but when I sit back and have a look at my stuff, I get mixed feeling. When done right, HDR is just incredible. The key is “when done...
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