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Photo taken using IXUS 960IS along LPT highway heading towards Kuantan.
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008Slowest Allowable Handheld Shutter Speed Formula
Monday, September 10th, 2007The formula or the rule of thumb is: 1/(focal length x crop factor) s
For example, 50mm on 350D or on any 1.6 crop factor multiplier sensor:
1/(50 x 1.6) = 1/80 s
Means, the slowest allowable shutter speed is 1/80s. Note the word allowable, means you still can go below that, with a price though. For full frame DSLR like Canon 1D series or newly introduced Nikon D3, You don’t have to calculate as the minimum allowable shutter speed will always be the focal length of the lenses. Hence, the formula will always be 1/(focal length x1). The only catch is that all full-frame DSLR is cost arms and legs. You guy should already know what’s your camera crop factor is.
When shooting in low light condition, without any powerful flashgun, in fact i don’t have any :-(, and no fast lenses as well, I always choose sharpness over brightness. With the help of Photoshop, we still can recover the brightness, as long as the picture is not too dark or burnt out. Boosting the ISO level also help, but most entry level DSLR tend to produce lots of noise in high ISO.
The picture below taken with 70mm f4.0 1/200s, above the minimum allowable shutter speed of 1/200 s. The result, a bit dark image due to low light condition. But with very minimal touch up using photshop software, we can achieve acceptable image.
The following picture adjusted just with: 1- ctrl+j (duplicate layer), 2- change blending option to screen. That’s all. You can adjust more using curve, level, brightness and so on, but this just to demonstrate that how easy it is to do it. You can achieve better result with further adjustment.
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Thursday, August 9th, 2007
Software ND Grad Filter - Sambungan
Saturday, July 14th, 2007
Landscape Photography - ND Grad Filter
Saturday, July 7th, 2007GND or Graduated Neutral Density filter is one of the technique use to achieve high detail picture in landscape photography. By using this graduated filter, u can achieve details both on the ground and the sky. Graduated filter only suitable to be use where the lighting condition is not complex. Consider using HDR when the scene brightness can no longer be easily blend using GND.
Below are three pictures of Luak Bay Esplanade, Miri. Which one you like the most? None of them taken using GND hehe.
Kisah Paling Menarik Yang Pernah Di Ceritakan !?
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007 
Di atas ini adalah muka hadapan sebuah komik 32 mukasurat yang sesat lagi menyesatkan. Jadi, Awas semua umat Islam, pastikan anak-anak ataupun adik-adik kita mahupun sedara-mara atau kawan-kawan tidak tidak membaca komik ini. Kandungannya sesat lagi menyesatkan. Komik ini diedarkan dengan cara menyelitkan di pengelap cermin hadapan kereta. Dijumpai oleh rakan sepejabat semasa meletakkan kereta di kawasan Bangsar.
Miri Bandar Minyak
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007 
Jumaat yang lepas aku bertolak ke Miri, dan pagi Isnin aku selamat juga sampai semula ke semenanjung. Tak perlulah aku cerita panjang-panjang, kerana, tiada apa yang menarik sangat pun di Miri tuh huhuhuuuu…. Sebenar-benarnya, kami hendak ke Kuching, tetapi entah macamana, masa tempah tiket tersalah tempah ke Miri, tau je lah Airsiasia tuh, kalau salah tiket, burn, nak batalkan pembayaran pun dah terlambat. Jadi, pergi ajalah jalan-jalan. Perkara-perkara yang aku jumpa di Miri yang aku rasa patut aku kongsi:
Japan GT 2007 Malaysia Edition - Teaser
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
Nadiatul Qistina
Monday, February 5th, 2007
Pulau Pinang
Thursday, January 4th, 2007Pictures taken on my trip to Penang last monday. A lot of pictures taken, but I would like to share these two first. I’m not using any DSLR or even Prosumer yet, just a point-and-shoot Sony DSC P200 7.2 Megapixel, hope this year I can afford to buy one. I adjusted the pictures using Photoshop, no effect/filter applied, just adjust using level, curve and contrast. I do hope it turns out well, your comment is very much appreciated. You can compare with the original by clicking the original link.
A water flowing from under the ferry, pushing the ferry towards the jetty. Original
No image stabilizer, low ISO, high noise. This is Penang Island from moving ferry. Original
Oh ya, Most of you might not notice, the links title now changed to live feeds. why live? you may want to try by clicking some of the link ;-). I will upload it later for download.
