青蛙摄影思考 Froggy's Thoughts in Photography: May 2010

Monday, May 17, 2010

Morning dew (露珠晨露) ...

Location: University Malaya Campus

Date Taken: May 3rd, 2010

Nikon D90, Tamron 90mm f/1.8 Di

ISO1640, F/18 1/25, -1/3 EV

Butterfly (蝴蝶) ? ...

Funny and amazing how Nature presents itself to us ...

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Royal Horse 宫马 ...

Location: Royal Palace KL, 吉隆坡国家皇宫

Date Taken: May 7th, 2010 @ 08:03am

Nikon D90, Tamron AF SP 90mm f/2.8

ISO 200, "A" mode 1/60s @ F5.6, 0 EV, Landscape

At the Flamingo pond 火烈鸟池 ...

Location: Wetlands Putrajaya, 湿地普特拉贾亚

Date Taken: May 13th, 2010 @ 08:12am

Nikon D90, Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G

ISO 1000, "A" mode 1/500s @ F16, +1/3 EV, FL=300mm

...... The pond at the Wetlands of Putrajaya is quite big and a zoom lens is definitely a must. It is actually a Flamingo pond with a few ducks and small birds. A nice place to observe birds and practice animal behavior shots as you can even place your tripos there; I think only a handful of visitors come to the Wetlands.

At the Flamingo pond 火烈鸟池 ...

Location: Wetlands Putrajaya, 湿地普特拉贾亚

Date Taken: May 13th, 2010 @ 08:12am

Nikon D90, Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G

ISO 640, "A" mode 1/500s @ F18, -2/3 EV, FL=300mm

...... I believe I should have boost the ISO to even higher. Nevertheless, I was happy with this composition with minimal processing although it is a little bit dark and not in total focus ...

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Fruit or Flower plant 水果或花卉植物 ...

Location: Putrajaya Wetlands 布城湿地

Date Taken: May 13th, 2010

Nikon D90, Tamron AF SP 90mm f/2.8

ISO 1000, "A" mode 1/200 @ F20, -5/3 EV, WB=Auto

...... It is always visually pleasing in my opinion to have dark backgrounds. And, I always try to do camera settings to get a dark enough background and then the Software to tune it completely dark. I find that overdoing it using software makes the subject in the foreground very awkward in terms of color saturation; therefore, I always try to use camera setting to get the darkest possible background and a minimal tuning using software. Of course, if you setup with a tripod, remote release, and a non-reflective black color board will do as well ...

Not sure why the butterfly chose to land on this spot 不知道为什么这个蝴蝶选择在这个地方登陆 ...

Location: Putrajaya Wetlands 布城湿地

Date Taken: May 13th, 2010

Nikon D90, Tamron AF SP 90mm f/2.8

ISO 1600, "A" mode 1/400 @ F10, -1 EV, WB=Auto

...... Putrajaya Wetlands in Putrajaya, Malaysia is believed to be the largest constructed freshwater wetlands in the tropics .It has a total area of 200 hactares (3.35 km²). Putrajaya Wetlands consists of 24 wetland cells, Wetlands Park (Taman Wetland) and the other Wetlands areas.

The Wetland now is also a wildlife sanctuary which attracts a huge variety of animals to the combined terrestrial-aquatic wetland environment.

Headless 无头 ...

Location: USJ Subang

Date Taken: March 14th, 2010

Nikon D90, Tamron AF SP 90mm f/2.8

ISO 1000, "A" mode 1/160 @ F18, -4/3 EV, WB=Auto

...... After the morning rain, I was looking for bugs outside my house and found this tiny insect amongst others in the bushes ! This little headless insect (less then 5 mm) flew onto the leave and stood here for quite some time ! To be honest, I have no idea what it is and not sure which side is the head or tail ...

Friday, May 14, 2010

Thai Chetawan Temple 四面佛庙 ...

Location: Near PJ State or Gasing Hill

Date Taken: March 11th, 2010

Nikon D90, Nikkor AF-S DX VR 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED

ISO 200, "A" mode 1/50 @ F10, +7/3 EV, FL=45mm

...... A wonderful place for photography as it is also a tourist spot and you can go freely anywhere in the temple as long as you don't disturb the prayers. I was lucky to have some sharpness at +7/3 EV.