Esplanade Shot

Adiemus · 28th May 2004

comments?

kjmedora · 28th May 2004

Two words: I LIKE!

oeyvind · 28th May 2004

nice... when was this taken?

Adiemus · 28th May 2004

Taken on

Wednesday, August 13, 2003

with a Nikon Coolpix 5700

KNIGHT ONG · 28th May 2004

Nice shot ..

good cloudy day ..

khairi · 28th May 2004

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

speechless

cckue · 28th May 2004

Very nice sky.

Agila · 28th May 2004

i second, third and fourth to them

Brandon · 28th May 2004

WOW!!!!!

So Blue

I like

Picard · 28th May 2004

Great colour...good balance...impressive for 5700 - not easy getting a good balance with the reflective surface of the durian.

The Coolpix is a range of very good cameras that deliver sharp and balanced pictures for their class.

Well done

jimtong · 28th May 2004

Originally Posted by Adiemus

comments?

very nice shot.
just curious, how do you achieve such photo with balance shadow and highlight? you use ND grad?

ricleo · 28th May 2004

eh....looks like a PS composite image? hope i'm not offending anyone but this is my conjecture. Observe that the parts where the sky meets the "spikes" seem rather soft and looks like the sky was blended in post. This is a little more obvious to the centre of the picture. What do you guys think?

Jia Wang · 28th May 2004

Originally Posted by ricleo

eh....looks like a PS composite image? hope i'm not offending anyone but this is my conjecture. Observe that the parts where the sky meets the "spikes" seem rather soft and looks like the sky was blended in post. This is a little more obvious to the centre of the picture. What do you guys think?

Ditto... Not sure how to describe it exactly, but from this perspective view of the esplanade, the clouds should not spiral and spread out this way leh...

But maybe it's just me... so would Adiemus clear the air on your technique?

Nevertheless, I like this shot. Very nice.

SniperD · 28th May 2004

Interestingly, the shot looked authentic: taken on the spot. But the sky was slightly post processed in PS later on. The lasso-ing to separate the sky is a little shoddy but looking at the whole image, it's not a composite of 2 images unless my eyes are playing tricks on me

semota · 28th May 2004

yah..same here..i think that the sky was added in later...you probably overexposed the sky and you took another sky image to fill it in, cos the perspective of the sky is definitely different from the angle you shot of is kinda diff...but i like the shot of the esplanade if it really were two diff photos...very nicely exposed...very beautiful colours..

Adiemus · 28th May 2004

Hi ppl,

thanks for your comments....

first of all...... it's a PSed sky.... meaning it's 2 separate shots. The esplanade shot had an over exposed sky.

A separate shot of the sky was taken and PSed with the esplanade shot.

What to do.... the Nikon 5700 was a temp camera before I saved enough to switch to a D70. So did not buy and accessories (eg. ND filters) for the 5700.

SniperD · 28th May 2004

:P hmm....

ricleo · 28th May 2004

wooooo! i was rite :P heez...

Adiemus · 28th May 2004

Well.... it was my first chance at digital photography....

give chance lah....

ricleo · 28th May 2004

Originally Posted by Adiemus

Well.... it was my first chance at digital photography....

give chance lah....

Heez i didn't say it was a bad photo, it's very nice actually, i was just commenting on the image being a composite one

nice work though!

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Adiemus Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Small island.... Posts: 1,562	Esplanade Shot comments?

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oeyvind Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3,555	nice... when was this taken? __________________ flickr

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Adiemus Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Small island.... Posts: 1,562	shot... Taken on Wednesday, August 13, 2003 with a Nikon Coolpix 5700

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KNIGHT ONG Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Snow Mountain Posts: 5,718	Nice shot .. good cloudy day .. __________________ AMPA * Studio * J team

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Picard Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Clementi, Singapore Posts: 290	Spikey! Great colour...good balance...impressive for 5700 - not easy getting a good balance with the reflective surface of the durian. The Coolpix is a range of very good cameras that deliver sharp and balanced pictures for their class. Well done

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kjmedora Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bukit Timah, Singapore Posts: 317	Two words: I LIKE!

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khairi Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: yishun Posts: 2,469	!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! speechless

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cckue Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Jurong West Posts: 514	Very nice sky.

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Agila Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 524	i second, third and fourth to them

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Brandon Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: CCK Posts: 421	WOW!!!!! So Blue I like

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ricleo Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Eastern Singapore Posts: 2,056	eh....looks like a PS composite image? hope i'm not offending anyone but this is my conjecture. Observe that the parts where the sky meets the "spikes" seem rather soft and looks like the sky was blended in post. This is a little more obvious to the centre of the picture. What do you guys think?

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SniperD Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Behind the viewfinder... Posts: 5,954	Interestingly, the shot looked authentic: taken on the spot. But the sky was slightly post processed in PS later on. The lasso-ing to separate the sky is a little shoddy but looking at the whole image, it's not a composite of 2 images unless my eyes are playing tricks on me __________________ EYE-DEAS

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semota Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 143	yah..same here..i think that the sky was added in later...you probably overexposed the sky and you took another sky image to fill it in, cos the perspective of the sky is definitely different from the angle you shot of is kinda diff...but i like the shot of the esplanade if it really were two diff photos...very nicely exposed...very beautiful colours..

28th May 2004	#16
Adiemus Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Small island.... Posts: 1,562	let me clear the air... Hi ppl, thanks for your comments.... first of all...... it's a PSed sky.... meaning it's 2 separate shots. The esplanade shot had an over exposed sky. A separate shot of the sky was taken and PSed with the esplanade shot. What to do.... the Nikon 5700 was a temp camera before I saved enough to switch to a D70. So did not buy and accessories (eg. ND filters) for the 5700.

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SniperD Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Behind the viewfinder... Posts: 5,954	:P hmm.... __________________ EYE-DEAS

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Adiemus Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Small island.... Posts: 1,562	give chance lah.... Well.... it was my first chance at digital photography.... give chance lah....