Newbies Outing (part 10) - June 6 Sunday, Marina Barrage

[vee5]

Update list @ 20/05/2010 4pm
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Newbies Outing (part 10) - June 6 Sunday, Marina Barrage
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'Seniors':
1) Jacobs..
2)
3)
4)
5)
*) ZerocoolAstra (can't be certain I can make it, but will try my best to be there)

'Newbies':
1) Sheaffey (Im sure i belong here)
2) Scubagolfer & Mrs
3) songws (newbie)
4) Dleugene & Mrs
5) Boyette & Mrs
6) Roger
7) dacteo (david)
8) wuminlee
9) kenny888 (newbie)
10)Nataru
11) loyan48
12) Adheeth
==== stops at 12 ====


'Independent Shooters':
1) Megatops
2) Joshua Tan
3) FibonJemer (still a newbie but slot is full )
4) Odyssey-Boy
5) vee5
==== stops at 5 ====

 

[ZerocoolAstra]

is CPL filter useful in evening / night shooting??
intend to getting 1 these weekends.

hard to say whether it's definitely useful or not...
depends on the sky, and especially the direction that the light is coming from.

As you can see in my first photo, you're pretty much shooting into the sun during sunset, if photographing the CBD/Esplanade area.
Polarisation will be minimal at such angles.

 

[frankchn]

is CPL filter useful in evening / night shooting??

Can accentuate the sky and cut down on reflections on water. Depends on the effect you are going to achieve.

Sorry can make it this time - am in China now. Have fun guys and looking forward to seeing your photos =)

 

[kenny888]

Just to advertise a bit. The following are scenes captured during sunset on the top floor of the Marina Barrage. Excellent place to shoot. One of my Favorites.

OH GOSH!!!!!!! ur pics are damn fierce lah!!!!!!!!! u wanna give a tip or two on how u did it? how come ur pics are so fierce yet nice LOL!!!!!!!! nice color and sky!

 

[Jacobs]

Can accentuate the sky and cut down on reflections on water. Depends on the effect you are going to achieve.

Sorry can make it this time - am in China now. Have fun guys and looking forward to seeing your photos =)

Have a good trip..:thumbsup:
Try to catch as much as great image from China and show us once u r back..

 

[daredevil123]

Bro daredevil, how do you know I need to get ND filter?..:think:

Eh... at the indoor stadium, you were asking me about the cokins. And I told you for 10-22 you need Lee filters the size and price of godzilla. Then I pointed you to muscle man numnumball. you forgot already ar?

 

[daredevil123]

OH GOSH!!!!!!! ur pics are damn fierce lah!!!!!!!!! u wanna give a tip or two on how u did it? how come ur pics are so fierce yet nice LOL!!!!!!!! nice color and sky!

My pics are fierce meh? No la. They are very the friendly one. A lot hinges on the weather and the cloud formations. Doing landscape photography is like waiting for blessings from a higher deity. Sometimes you wait and you get nothing. Sometimes you wait, you get storms and rain thrown at you. And at times like these (when I took the pictures), you feel that mother earth really loves you.

When you go to the outing the seniors there will teach you how to get there. It is a combination of shooting the right frame, using the right filters, and doing the right PP.

In these shots I shot using the technique called "Exposing to the right". This is where I purposely overexposes the scene but at the same time making sure I do not blow any highlights by looking at the RGB historgrams. Then using the RAW file, I pull it back in PP to correct exposure. This way I get a lot more details. I also pull back exposure differently on different parts of the picture. I used doge and burn, as well as Graduated exposure adjustments. After that, I export to PS, where I do lens distortion correction (for 2nd pic), and use different WB on differ parts of the picture (by using layers). A lot of work, especially the 2nd pic.

 

[adheeth]

Hi Din, if it turns out that there are a lot of super fresh newbies, i dont mind giving up my slot since i've been to some newbie outings before.

Thanks Joshua for giving me ur slot

 

[glennaguilar]

Update list @ 20/05/2010 4pm
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Newbies Outing (part 10) - June 6 Sunday, Marina Barrage
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'Seniors':
1) Jacobs..
2)
3)
4)
5)
*) ZerocoolAstra (can't be certain I can make it, but will try my best to be there)

'Newbies':
1) Sheaffey (Im sure i belong here)
2) Scubagolfer & Mrs
3) songws (newbie)
4) Dleugene & Mrs
5) Boyette & Mrs
6) Roger
7) dacteo (david)
8) wuminlee
9) kenny888 (newbie)
10)Nataru
11) loyan48
12) Adheeth
==== stops at 12 ====


'Independent Shooters':
1) Megatops
2) Joshua Tan
3) FibonJemer (still a newbie but slot is full )
4) Odyssey-Boy
5) vee5
==== stops at 5 ====

just retrieve the Internet connection from my office. luckily I.T. never blocks clubsnap :sweat:. :sweatsm: woahh.. i was late.. is there any othe way can add my name inside.. :cheers: i wanna join also.. please guys..

 

[ZerocoolAstra]

just retrieve the Internet connection from my office. luckily I.T. never blocks clubsnap :sweat:. :sweatsm: woahh.. i was late.. is there any othe way can add my name inside.. :cheers: i wanna join also.. please guys..

CAn... why not? See the 4 or 5 empty slots below Jacobs...? :bsmilie:
he's lonely there...

 

[Ghaz1]

In these shots I shot using the technique called "Exposing to the right". This is where I purposely overexposes the scene but at the same time making sure I do not blow any highlights by looking at the RGB historgrams. Then using the RAW file, I pull it back in PP to correct exposure. This way I get a lot more details. I also pull back exposure differently on different parts of the picture. I used doge and burn, as well as Graduated exposure adjustments. After that, I export to PS, where I do lens distortion correction (for 2nd pic), and use different WB on differ parts of the picture (by using layers). A lot of work, especially the 2nd pic.

So when you going to give live demo of your pp? I want to sign up! :thumbsup:

 

[Alan Chan]

too bad cant join you guys this round, and even if i could, its full! lol

 

[glennaguilar]

CAn... why not? See the 4 or 5 empty slots below Jacobs...? :bsmilie:
he's lonely there...

wahh. cannot be la.. haha.. i still can put but keep hiding for somebody that need to ask.. :bsmilie:
so maybe i am stay as reserve. but it don have. hayzz. :sweat: add one more independent shooter. so ill be their, :embrass:

nevermind jacob can hold all of us there
jacob d'great.. :bsmilie:

 

[daredevil123]

So when you going to give live demo of your pp? I want to sign up! :thumbsup:

Errrmmm... can la. Someone set it up lor. I bring my lap top and show. But my laptop a bit slow one, so run Lightroom sometimes will jam jam a bit.

Maybe we should meet over dinner so everyone pitch in buy me dinner... LOL :bsmilie::bsmilie:

And if someone has a meeting room with a projector to offer us to use, that will be cherry.

 

[Jacobs]

Eh... at the indoor stadium, you were asking me about the cokins. And I told you for 10-22 you need Lee filters the size and price of godzilla. Then I pointed you to muscle man numnumball. you forgot already ar?

???..:dunno:
I believe I'm not the person talk to u..:nono:

CAn... why not? See the 4 or 5 empty slots below Jacobs...?
he's lonely there...

Because of you loh..you bad..:sticktong

too bad cant join you guys this round, and even if i could, its full! lol

Why not? Joint me as so called "Senior"..:devil:

wahh. cannot be la.. haha.. i still can put but keep hiding for somebody that need to ask..
so maybe i am stay as reserve. but it don have. hayzz. add one more independent shooter. so ill be their,

nevermind jacob can hold all of us there
jacob d'great..

Don't be so humber..you definitely qualify as senior..

 

[daredevil123]

???..:dunno:
I believe I'm not the person talk to u..:nono:

I apologize. Sorry for the mistaken identity..:embrass:

 

[Pit01]

No more slots available? i don't think i am qualified to be in the senior slot though...

 

[ZerocoolAstra]

No more slots available? i don't think i am qualified to be in the senior slot though...

looks full.... no choice la... Can't please everyone.

 

[urban93]

omg this time im sure i can go but full liao.. lol

 

[ZerocoolAstra]

It wasn't full for quite some time.. your fault for not checking sooner!