Macau

[moments]

#1 Venetian
Tried a different angle of the mask, instead of the usual heads on.



#2 Venetian



#3 Venetian
Beautiful pillars and ceilings



#4 Venetian
I like the curves and the lines



#5 Venetian
As the gondola sees 'daylight' once again.

[moments]

#6 Senado Square
Ah Peh making gold coin biscuits



#7 A-Ma temple



#8 Fisherman's Wharf, Volcano



#9 Fisherman's Wharf
My favourite building

[moments]

C&C for improvements, anyone?

[zoossh]

a bit too sleepy to c & c now. but #5 and #6 are very well done. and you have successfully evaded all signs of the "true halo" that is part of the design of the roof.... which initially i thought is post processed, and then i realise many people have that same "error"....

[moments]

Originally Posted by zoossh a bit too sleepy to c & c now. but #5 and #6 are very well done. and you have successfully evaded all signs of the "true halo" that is part of the design of the roof.... which initially i thought is post processed, and then i realise many people have that same "error"....

Thanks, zoossh! #5's my favourite too. But I don't quite understand the part on "true halo". Care to explain?

[zoossh]

Originally Posted by moments Thanks, zoossh! #5's my favourite too. But I don't quite understand the part on "true halo". Care to explain?

the roof's is sky blue but the edges near the wall is bright white. that is the original color of the roof, which i subsequently saw from national geographics channel (i think). if not seen it on the tv, i would have thought that it is halo secondary to automated HDR software, but this halo is true and not due to processing.

[roadrunner_552]

hope to see more photos.

[moments]

Originally Posted by zoossh the roof's is sky blue but the edges near the wall is bright white. that is the original color of the roof, which i subsequently saw from national geographics channel (i think). if not seen it on the tv, i would have thought that it is halo secondary to automated HDR software, but this halo is true and not due to processing.

Thanks again, zoossh. I have not tried HDR yet, but after looking at some of the really nice HDR photos in the forum, I am very tempted to experiment with it too.

Originally Posted by roadrunner_552 hope to see more photos.

Thanks roadrunner! You can find my Hong Kong series here.

[night86mare]

there is slight tendency to overexpose indoors, #1 to #4 are a tad over.

#5 is indeed a good subject for hdr, but given the scene i think it was well done, if only you had a wider lens for more dramatic composition, and correct the verticals.

#6 is a very nice moment for a person at work.

you did not walk around the less touristy areas of macau? i enjoyed myself immensely when i did that the last time i visited, it's a quiet place with a lot of old feel.

[moments]

Originally Posted by night86mare there is slight tendency to overexpose indoors, #1 to #4 are a tad over. #5 is indeed a good subject for hdr, but given the scene i think it was well done, if only you had a wider lens for more dramatic composition, and correct the verticals. #6 is a very nice moment for a person at work. you did not walk around the less touristy areas of macau? i enjoyed myself immensely when i did that the last time i visited, it's a quiet place with a lot of old feel.

Opps.. now that you mention, they are indeed. Thanks for pointing that out.

A wide-angle lens is still on my wishlist. I plan to get one by this year. With the lens, I might try your tactic of shooting people without them knowing! kekeke...

As I only have about 1.5 days in Macau, I didn't really have the time to explore the less touristy areas. Looks like I need to stay for a longer time the next time I visit.

Thanks for your inputs!

[zoossh]

i have split opinion over exposure of #1. i think the high key effect is good to blowing out the ugly roof that is originally split into blue and abrupt transition into white near the edges, now everything is bright white. no doubt the lamps are blown too, but in general the palette feel of the out of focused buildings and the correctly exposed foreground midtone mask are quite appropriately exposed.

yah, think the same about #2 to #4, but i may be biased towards such architecture in the first place.

[moments]

Originally Posted by zoossh i have split opinion over exposure of #1. i think the high key effect is good to blowing out the ugly roof that is originally split into blue and abrupt transition into white near the edges, now everything is bright white. no doubt the lamps are blown too, but in general the palette feel of the out of focused buildings and the correctly exposed foreground midtone mask are quite appropriately exposed. yah, think the same about #2 to #4, but i may be biased towards such architecture in the first place.

Thanks zoossh... I see your point.