Moon
Equipped with my Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS and Joby Gorillapod, the picture above was taken on one fine evening. The original photo was cropped since my lens focal range is not powderful long enough.
Paper-Type Lens Hood
If you have NBTD (nothing better to do), check out this site (http://www.lenshoods.co.uk/).
In there, you can print out lens hood for your lens and cut it out. Try it!!
Crap Talk
A day after the golf session, me and my friend, B, chatting on IM;
Me : Got receive the photos or not?
B : Yup. How come I look so amateurish?
Me : I dunno.
B : Your photography skill sucks. Snapped me till I looked amateurish..
Me : *defensive mode on* No.. no.. My skill is thaaat good till I could make a Pro looked like Amateur or vice versa.
B : LOL. Like that also can?!!
Me : Obviously.. :D
A Victim in Photography World
I hereby confirm that I’m a victim of the said world. Let’s face it. The moment you purchased your first DSLR camera (a.k.a. Digital Single Lens Reflex), you are bound to ‘invest’ more and more in photography. Lenses, battery grip, flashgun, more lenses, flash diffuser, tripods and bags. Did I mention lenses? These are the so-called additional necessities, which you might need it in a way or another near future.
Take for example, camera lenses. There are wide range of lenses such as telephoto, zoom, prime and wide angle lenses. These said lenses function differently from one another. One would not stick to their kit lens forever neither would they be satisfied with what they have in a long run. Photography enthusiast will purchase a better lens in order to satisfy their ‘cravings’ for better picture quality. Moreover, do take notice that lens manufacturers produce normal lenses as well as high quality lenses. Canon have L lenses as their premier lenses while Nikon have FX lenses.
Besides, there is another reason why the victim spends so much in photography. They refer to this reason as ‘poison’. I know it sounds a little weird but that’s the fact. It is hard to resist temptations once a evil friend of yours recommends something better to you.
There is no turning back as you could only go forward. There’s no such thing as splurging your cash on DSLR only once because that’s the myth. You will continue to pay more and more to get more and more accessories. It’s true, it’s true.
‘I’ve no money to eat for the next 3 months‘ , ‘I’m saving up for something‘ , ‘Do you think money grows on a tree behind my backyard?‘. Do these sentences ring a bell? Yes, you got it right. Not only that you have to use up all your saving just for one particular thing, you will have to use those common sentences like any other photographers. I’ve to admit that I do use them most of the time once in awhile.
So, here’s a warning. To those who have yet to get their DSLR, please do take into consideration that you will end up spending more than what you had initially allocated your funds for.
By now, I guess you know what are my latest acquisitions. :P
Note : 98 normal posts (including this one) and 2 password-protect posts. I never thought that I could write so much crap.
Noise Over Blurry Pics
Q : What do you do when you don’t have a tripod but you need to have a night scene capture?
A : Pump that ISO up. Noise >> Blur. Period. (Unless you call blur photos artistic). Above pics are taken at ISO 1600. However, I’m luckily enough that the objects are well lit.
Note: Just had 3 (intense) meetings back-to-back. Me suffering from mental exhaustion now.
