Sentosa Flowers 2011 (3-13 Feb)


what is the correct setting to post photo?

Er, like my previous posting just copy and put it in the insert image link.

"http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs281.snc6/180945_10150100023297240_755492239_6110251_5634330_n.jpg"

"http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs257.snc6/180545_10150100023552240_755492239_6110257_5102324_n.jpg"

"http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs788.ash1/167817_10150100029587240_755492239_6110343_5958653_n.jpg"

Next tim if you like to use fb image, right click on the image and copy from the properties. ;)
 

Combining two days of my Flower shoot @ Sentosa.

04 Feb 2011, gone with Florence76 and Reportage at 10am.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=41121&id=100000371282574&l=f98c680bdf

07 Feb 2011, gone with Florence76 at 9am and broke my viewfinder. :cry:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=41488&id=100000371282574&l=6184586750

A pano of the entrance of RWS on 07 Feb 2011 at 9am. Florence76 is the one on the right in white.
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it is very hot in the day... super hot :sweat:
 

Combining two days of my Flower shoot @ Sentosa.

04 Feb 2011, gone with Florence76 and Reportage at 10am.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=41121&id=100000371282574&l=f98c680bdf

07 Feb 2011, gone with Florence76 at 9am and broke my viewfinder. :cry:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=41488&id=100000371282574&l=6184586750

A pano of the entrance of RWS on 07 Feb 2011 at 9am. Florence76 is the one on the right in white.
180735_189377907751251_100000371282574_542234_1464765_n.jpg

how u shoot the pano?? So nice!
 

how u shoot the pano?? So nice!

Use a L-bracket or a professional pano head and align your camera vertically (portrait mode) and rotate on the nodal point (lookup google on it).

Manual focus to infinity and set Aperture to F11 onwards since we are doing landscape.

Some say set shutter speed manually but I prefer to let the camera decide and underexpose by 1/3 stop especially for sunrise and sunset (2/3 stop down).

Normally I use a 14(28)mm but I managed to borrow a 7-14(14-28)mm from Florence76.
Using 1/3 of the maximum viewing angle of the lens, 114°/3 ~= 40° means having 1/3 of the images that overlap.
1/4 of the maximum viewing angle of the lens, 114°/4 ~= 30° is even better if you are not shooting sunrise or sunset.

So 30° rotation equals 12 + 1 shots (also reshoot the first frame).
For sunrise or sunset, always start from the opposite side of the sun else PS will get confused.

Use Photomerge for all the 12 + 1 frames in Bridge + Photoshop, select spherical.

Merge all the layers and crop away the missing portions or you can try filling it in with content aware.

Cut away the overlapping image on the side and try to match both ends.

You might need to apply gradient fill layer... that is something for another day.

Rotate image 180°.

Choose from Filter, Distort, Polar Coordinates.

Resize image to 1:1 ratio.

Apply Elliptical Marquee Tool and hold down Shift button to have a circular selection.

Apply Layer via cut and delete the unwanted parts.

You should have a little planet after this.
 

Forget to say, for your Nex-5... the pano is best done by hand and not on tripod as it has an issue of not turning fast enough on the tripod.
 

i went to probably the better place to go for relatively peaceful flower photography.
here.
 

Going there this sat with a macro grp.
going there again also. around 10am should be there liao. Most likely going to bring the big guns in case the wildlife decide to be cooperative again.
 

going there again also. around 10am should be there liao. Most likely going to bring the big guns in case the wildlife decide to be cooperative again.

:thumbsup: May you get sharper pictures of squirrels, birds and other animals.
We are going there at 8am.

You going down Chingay as spectator or photographer?
 

:thumbsup: May you get sharper pictures of squirrels, birds and other animals.
We are going there at 8am.

You going down Chingay as spectator or photographer?
see whether got mood or not. I find Chingay too commercialized liao.

You going?
 

Reportage said:
see whether got mood or not. I find Chingay too commercialized liao.

You going?

Not sure, I got my free tickets but trying to cough up more for friend's family. If not enough will throw in my own.
 

any kakis able to go on this weekend???