The vivid sunrise in Penang

[vivian]

Share with all some of the sunrise shots I took in Penang, first time use Kodak E100VS slide to take sunrise and arrived there a bit too late, so the angle quite limit



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[vivian]

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[feimao07]

#1 is !

[lcy]

I like the whole lot!
Slides still rock

[roadrunner_552]

nice sunrise

[LENS]

Hi Vivian, what film camera u are using? may i know how you meter those scene? by camera setting or you just by your experience?

[wranger]

Loved it all.

[tomlowct]

[Autumnite]

i like #4

[zoossh]

Originally Posted by vivian 5。 6。 7。

like these 3 the best.

strong elements. dramatic clouds. appropriate focal point. love the diffused flow of 6. but all tilts up on the right.

#2 to 4 are nice too, but i supposed a horizontal shot is more difficult to isolate a frame. when taken wide, the boats are also too many to avoid cluttering. considering that your silhouette are really dark, cluttering and merging of the boats with the foreground shadows are issues.

anyway, they are nice and unique. and particularly interested in how you achieve your colors. colored grad and warming filters? or mainly with pp? how did you do that?

[nuts]

Great colours! Probably bcoz of the Kodak E100VS?
Think the 2nd page (#4-7) are better.
Anyway, can share where in Penang is this taken?
Thanks!

[winnyyap]

I like the mood, nice pic!

[Darrell]

Great shots!

[graphicz]

i love the pictures. great saturation of colours

[vivian]

Wow~really thanks for the warmest replys, thanks for feimao07, Icy, roadrunner 552, wranger, tomlowct, Autumnite, winnyap, Darrell and graphicz.

Originally Posted by LENS Hi Vivian, what film camera u are using? may i know how you meter those scene? by camera setting or you just by your experience?

I used Nikon FM2 to shoot all these photos, basically I just meter on the clounds and boats, and when the expose meter show 0+ then shoot, purposely over 1/2 stop for bring out the foreground subject.

Originally Posted by zoossh like these 3 the best. strong elements. dramatic clouds. appropriate focal point. love the diffused flow of 6. but all tilts up on the right. #2 to 4 are nice too, but i supposed a horizontal shot is more difficult to isolate a frame. when taken wide, the boats are also too many to avoid cluttering. considering that your silhouette are really dark, cluttering and merging of the boats with the foreground shadows are issues. anyway, they are nice and unique. and particularly interested in how you achieve your colors. colored grad and warming filters? or mainly with pp? how did you do that?

Ya agree that #2-4 silhouette are too dark. Hmm...actually I didn't use any filters for the shot, the slide colour already quite vivid, but when do the slide scanning, colour a bit redish, so I ps a bit to adjust the color. Thanks for loving the shots

Originally Posted by nuts Great colours! Probably bcoz of the Kodak E100VS? Think the 2nd page (#4-7) are better. Anyway, can share where in Penang is this taken? Thanks!

Thanks nuts. For the location I also not very sure about it, my friend drove me there and we lost our way for 2 times then reach there, but I knew that is somewhere near the penang bridge, will found out from my friend later.

[zoossh]

how would i not love the shots? most of the shots done in cs are in olive orange (including mine) which is in my opinion very dull sunset pics. wasn't good in ps and unable to bring out better moods. which is why i love your pics.

although serious photographers of the other gender are few in this forum (and perhaps also few in the local community), i find most of y'alls shoot exceedingly well, perhaps about 5-6 out of 7-8 photographers, and each have a strong sense of texture and colors, of cos with background support with proper focus, composition and exposure.

i went into your threads and are going to add most of them into my favourite list here later....

[vivian]

Originally Posted by zoossh how would i not love the shots? most of the shots done in cs are in olive orange (including mine) which is in my opinion very dull sunset pics. wasn't good in ps and unable to bring out better moods. which is why i love your pics. although serious photographers of the other gender are few in this forum (and perhaps also few in the local community), i find most of y'alls shoot exceedingly well, perhaps about 5-6 out of 7-8 photographers, and each have a strong sense of texture and colors, of cos with background support with proper focus, composition and exposure. i went into your threads and are going to add most of them into my favourite list here later....

zoossh, you really gave me the best encouragement I ever have, actually be a female photographers, I need to have more courage then others and really thanks for your supports.
I have checked your favourite list, wow...really appreciated that your effort, and found a lot of good stuff in the thread also..

[nuts]

Originally Posted by vivian Thanks nuts. For the location I also not very sure about it, my friend drove me there and we lost our way for 2 times then reach there, but I knew that is somewhere near the penang bridge, will found out from my friend later.

No worries, even if you can't get the info. Thanks for the effort
Regardless of gender (I look at the end result), I agree with zoosh that your photos are good!

[zoossh]

Originally Posted by nuts Regardless of gender (I look at the end result)

to me, a photograph speaks not just of the subject, the technique, the equipment as well as the user. post processing adds to the variety of techniques and effects possible, and also requires taste and vision - and in a way speaks of the user, often reflecting certain aspects of a person, which could be shaped by nationality, gender and various things.

becos i do routine browsing thru the gallery, sometimes i can see certain traits which i find interesting. the differences can be interesting becos somehow there is a specific sensitivity to colors and to a certain aspect, texture - cosmetic application might be the reason. these differences stand out becos they are not usually seen.

http://www.clubsnap.org/forums/showthread.php?t=305858

do take a look at the photo in the above thread. i like the use of baby blue mixing with the silvery green & pinks. i think vivian also have a picture of the LRT? at KL where deepish purple are changed to a baby blue that goes with pink. i envied such sensitivities.

[zoossh]

Originally Posted by vivian zoossh, you really gave me the best encouragement I ever have, actually be a female photographers, I need to have more courage then others and really thanks for your supports.

but i forgot to mention that pic 1 is rather disappointing as compared to the rest. i realise that the highlights of the sun must be controlled right from the start, and if it is blown, it is better left blown with highlights graduating outwards. otherwise there will be bad banding. a fairly defined edge can be seen between white and the adjacent colors without sufficient smooth transition. the bright portions also fade too abruptly into pitch dark shadows.

hope you dun mind the harsh comments. i'm also learning too. do disagree and share if you have your thoughts.