Orchard Road Christmas Lights Clubsnap Outing 16 Dec '17

[thoongeng]

I'm starting this thread to share out shots during the outing: http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1704176&p=9506848
Thanks to everyone who came, hope you got good shots and enjoyed yourselves.
(hmm hope this is the correct subforum to post this thread, not sure where it fits best...)

One of the things I thought when walking around the area was how many ways can I photograph the Christmas tree at Ion? Some of my attempts:

#1 - The usual taking photo of someone taking photo of the christmas tree

#2 - Some reflections...

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[wkching]

Appreciate that you were keen to share your experiences. Thank you for the enjoyable session!

Below are some of the photos taken from the outing. Please don't hesitate to give your comments.

IMG_0924 by Ok Ching, on Flickr

IMG_0995 by Ok Ching, on Flickr

IMG_1007 by Ok Ching, on Flickr

IMG_1068 by Ok Ching, on Flickr

IMG_1066 by Ok Ching, on Flickr

 

[thoongeng]

Thanks wkching for sharing your shots! I think they are generally good, simple and to the point, with good exposure control, considering you probably did not edit your shots much.

For your first image, I generally prefer more details in the the shadows and highlights, but as I was saying given the scene it is very difficult to expose everything correctly in 1 shot. That's the limitation of cameras in general, I'm posting my shot from the same location as an example of my preference, I used 3 exposures taken 3 stops apart to recover the details in the highlight and shadows.

For the second image, there is a bit of movement blur. According to your Flickr, seems like you used a shutter speed of 1/10s at a 80mm focal length (35mm equivalent terms). You might want to remember the 1/focal length rule, in this case the minimum shutter speed should be 1/80s, to reduce the chance of your images getting blurred due to movement. Sometimes you might get away with a slower shutter speed by stabilising your camera or if there is built-in image stabiliser in your lens or camera.

Glad that you have enjoyed the session

 

[thoongeng]

Sharing some other shots of mine from the outing:

#6 - This location again... used 3 exposures 3 stops apart to recover the details in the shadows and highlights

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[thoongeng]

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Critiques and comments welcome, so everyone can learn