Star Idol 2005@ Bishan J8

[John Tan]

Male Contestants...

Brian Wong

Cheng XI

Garett

Leo

Lincoln


Just to share ...

[phoakm]

Always the sharp and best!

[John Tan]

Originally Posted by phoakm Always the sharp and best!

Thanks bro...female contestant will upload later...too many to pick...

[compro_1975]

i had no time to go so tks for the pix, post more.

btw did u use flash?

[John Tan]

Originally Posted by compro_1975 i had no time to go so tks for the pix, post more. btw did u use flash?

Yes of course...

[tang90246]

Originally Posted by John Tan Thanks bro...female contestant will upload later...too many to pick...

Yeah.. I am waiting for that

[Wai]

did u save your jpeg at level 6 or lower? the jpeg artifacts are

anyway, none of the pic are special, kinda boring when all have similar cropping and action, will prefer some variation, esp those special or candid moments

[John Tan]

Originally Posted by tang90246 Yeah.. I am waiting for that

yo bro...check this out...

[Canew]

John, may I know how did use your flash? I mean do you use any diffuser?

[John Tan]

Originally Posted by Wai did u save your jpeg at level 6 or lower? the jpeg artifacts are anyway, none of the pic are special, kinda boring when all have similar cropping and action, will prefer some variation, esp those special or candid moments

Actually u have to thanks to CS 100k upload limitation...for the jpeg artifacts

As for whether the pic r boring it really depend to individual taste...I'm choose not to post those candid shots even I don't have it.....as I'm just test a couple of shots on each male contestant...before the female contestants coming out...anyway...thanks for your comment.

[John Tan]

Originally Posted by Canew John, may I know how did use your flash? I mean do you use any diffuser?

Yes I do use flash direct throw with lightsphere as the ceiling of the building is about 6 levels with transparent glass...no way to bounce...

[Canew]

Originally Posted by John Tan Yes I do use flash direct throw with lightsphere as the ceiling of the building is about 6 levels with transparent glass...no way to bounce...

Oh I see that you are a lightsphere user. To me the lighting is good enough (not too harsh). That was the reason that I asked in the first place.

[John Tan]

Originally Posted by Canew Oh I see that you are a lightsphere user. To me the lighting is good enough (not too harsh). That was the reason that I asked in the first place.

no problem...but not sure the new version one as I'm using the old version...in white instead of transparent...

[Wai]

Originally Posted by John Tan Actually u have to thanks to CS 100k upload limitation...for the jpeg artifacts

ic...i seldom upload to CS gallery so didn't aware of the limit

but i notice that most of your pic are 50KB, probably still can save at higher quality

also notice that you were shooting at wide open, if I were you i will stop down a bit, since you are using 1D MKII, still can afford to pump up the ISO to 640 or more.

[John Tan]

Originally Posted by Wai ic...i seldom upload to CS gallery so didn't aware of the limit but i notice that most of your pic are 50KB, probably still can save at higher quality also notice that you were shooting at wide open, if I were you i will stop down a bit, since you are using 1D MKII, still can afford to pump up the ISO to 640 or more.

Actually when I'm resizing to 600x400 and some pic will tend to slightly over 100k...so I have to resave it again at lower level at 8 instead of 9 without more than 5% cropped as my 300mm is really close enough...and it turn out to be 50kb~90+kb depend on the details...

As I prefer to have more details-just like ISO 100/200 on other brand camera shown when view at 100% so I have to use ISO 400 although ISO 640 is still great for the noiseless / clean bokeh effect.

[innovate]

Originally Posted by John Tan Yes I do use flash direct throw with lightsphere as the ceiling of the building is about 6 levels with transparent glass...no way to bounce...

Sorry for my ignorance, btw what is lightsphere?

[phoakm]

Originally Posted by innovate Sorry for my ignorance, btw what is lightsphere?

Maybe this will answer you.
http://www.digitalphotographers.net/LS2/

[innovate]

Oh I have search around in the web and found this web side that introduce the Lightsphere

http://www.digitalphotographers.net/LS2PJ/page05.html for those that are like me got no idea what Lightsphere is can refer to this web.

Thanks

[innovate]

Originally Posted by phoakm Maybe this will answer you. http://www.digitalphotographers.net/LS2/

Thanks

[John Tan]

Originally Posted by phoakm Maybe this will answer you. http://www.digitalphotographers.net/LS2/

Thanks for the link...