Silence of the Lamp

Blitz · 22nd January 2002

Scene: At Chinese Garden

Take 1:
Caught a mini butterfly by a leave

Take 2:
He seems to be aroused by my disturbance

Blitz · 22nd January 2002

Take 3:
The dude finally lost his temper and show his unsatisfaction, maybe why I stare at him for so long

Take 4:
Sort of settle down, holding ur arms up for too long can be tiring too

Blitz · 22nd January 2002

Take 5:
That's the last straw, I think he's pointing his middle finger at me?

Enjoy.... too bad my tripod was block by an obstacle or else I can go nearer....and besides I only got 20cm macro range

megaweb · 22nd January 2002

some of shots are blurred and the insects look small ...

time to get a tripod and a closeup filter ..

ziploc · 22nd January 2002

Hmm... the 1st 2 pics have different white balance then the last 3? And why is the topic call "Silence of the Lamp"?

Blitz · 22nd January 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by megaweb
some of shots are blurred and the insects look small ...

time to get a tripod and a closeup filter ..

Hee yeah lor, cos I go too near, sacrifice a bit of the clarity

Am already using a tripod.

Yeah u're right megaweb, I really need a closeup filter. Will it help a lot? I really like taking macros hee

The first 2 pics I've used one of the "Sunny" Whitebalance. For the last 3, I've use a white paper to set as reference just for experimentation

As for the topic, if u've seen the "Silence Of the Lamp" movie poster b4, there was a lady with the mouth cover by a butterfly

megaweb · 22nd January 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Blitz

Hee yeah lor, cos I go too near, sacrifice a bit of the clarity Am already using a tripod.

Yeah u're right megaweb, I really need a closeup filter. Will it help a lot? I really like taking macros hee

I see ... u can test ur dc with HOYA closeup filter at the shop 1st and see the effect ..
try 3X macro with +4 closeup filter to see the effect ...

like to take macro ? see when u r free to go to Botanic Gardens to take dragonfly ...

Blitz · 22nd January 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by megaweb

I see ... u can test ur dc with HOYA closeup filter at the shop 1st and see the effect ..
try 3X macro with +4 closeup filter to see the effect ...

like to take macro ? see when u r free to go to Botanic Gardens to take dragonfly ...

I see, thanks. So +4 means roughly to how many CM nearer? Or do they mean magnify 4x bigger?

Sure

I wanna take more nature macros other than my same old boring batteries and handphones haha

BTW are u going for tomorrow's SEED too?

Falcon · 23rd January 2002

Butterfly shots are best taken at the Butterfly park at Sentosa. They have huge trained butterflies that are will stay for you to take a shot.

megaweb · 23rd January 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Blitz

I see, thanks. So +4 means roughly to how many CM nearer? Or do they mean magnify 4x bigger?

Sure I wanna take more nature macros other than my same old boring batteries and handphones haha

BTW are u going for tomorrow's SEED too?

actually closeup lens allow ur dc to focus the object nearer .. I do not think it will have 4x magnification ...

Yes I am going there tomorrow .. see u there ..

megaweb · 23rd January 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Falcon
Butterfly shots are best taken at the Butterfly park at Sentosa. They have huge trained butterflies that are will stay for you to take a shot.

Can show us some butterfly shots ?

Falcon · 23rd January 2002

Sure, but might need some time because I don't have a webpage at the moment and the forum does not support uploading of images.

megaweb · 23rd January 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Falcon
Sure, but might need some time because I don't have a webpage at the moment and the forum does not support uploading of images.

please send some butterfly images to my hotmail account at

maxaserver@hotmail.com

cheewee · 23rd January 2002

No offence but I felt that the colours are a little washed out. Probably due to the lighting. Also, like megaweb has pointed out, the shots could be closer to the subject of interest.

Blitz · 23rd January 2002

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Originally posted by cheewee
No offence but I felt that the colours are a little washed out. Probably due to the lighting. Also, like megaweb has pointed out, the shots could be closer to the subject of interest.

Hee no prob cheewee, I'm new at this too

I could really need more comments

For the "closeness", I will try to solve it hee

As for the colour, do u have any suggestion on how to improve it?

22nd January 2002	#1
Blitz Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 520	Silence of the Lamp Scene: At Chinese Garden Take 1: Caught a mini butterfly by a leave Take 2: He seems to be aroused by my disturbance

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megaweb Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: East Posts: 8,106	some of shots are blurred and the insects look small ... time to get a tripod and a closeup filter .. __________________ See my Photo Gallery at the Clubsnap \| Pbase

22nd January 2002	#5
ziploc Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Snoopyland Posts: 3,188	Hmm... the 1st 2 pics have different white balance then the last 3? And why is the topic call "Silence of the Lamp"?

23rd January 2002	#9
Falcon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,870	Butterfly shots are best taken at the Butterfly park at Sentosa. They have huge trained butterflies that are will stay for you to take a shot.

23rd January 2002	#14
cheewee Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chek Jawa, Pulau Ubin. Accessible only during low tides. Posts: 85	No offence but I felt that the colours are a little washed out. Probably due to the lighting. Also, like megaweb has pointed out, the shots could be closer to the subject of interest.