Self confidence 自信 ...

There is nothing wrong
about a woman
feeling great about her body 
and herself
regardless of their age
...

It's a male ego thing 男性的自我 ...

Dec 03-12, 2010

KL Motor Show 

吉隆坡车展

Not a Robot Violinist 不是机器人拉小提琴 ...

Dec 03-12, 2010

KL Motor Show 

吉隆坡车展

Cool designs and bizarre concept cars take the stage at 

Japan's motor show in 2007 including a Robot Violinist ...

超酷的设计和奇异的概念车展示在

日本2007年的汽车展，包括机器人的小提琴家 ...

Or Toyota's Violin-Playing Robot at Shanghai World Expo 2010 ...

albeit may not have the emotions of a human violinist but inspiring ...

或在上海世博会丰田的机器人小提琴演奏...

尽管可能没有像一个有感情的人类小提琴，但至少令人鼓舞的情绪...

Lexus in the KL 2010 Motor Show unveils with a life violinist ...

然而, 2010年在吉隆坡车展雷克萨斯推出了具有"生命"的提琴家 ...

I bet the robot violinist may inspire but
not how a human violinist mesmerizes the crowd ...

我敢打赌，在2010年的现在机器人小提琴手还无法取代此女小提琴家的情感 ...

like how she does it ...

对了, 就像她这样 ...

at the KL motor show 2010 ...

在吉隆坡的2010车展 ...

White Balance 白平衡 ...

To be honest, I am still not very sure of how to really
effectively use white balance of the DSLR ...

ISO 640, 1/80 @ F/2.2 50mm WB=Tungsten ...

According to the manual, "Tungsten" WB – this mode is usually symbolized with a little bulb

 and is for shooting indoors, especially under tungsten (incandescent) lighting (such as bulb lighting). 

It generally cools down the colors in the photo ...

ISO 640, 1/60 @ F/1.8, FL=50mm, WB=Auto ...

According to the manual, "Auto" WB – this is where the camera
makes a best guess on a shot by shot basis. 

I have kept my WB setting always as auto mode ...
In this shot above, does seem that it is warm in color ...

.

ISO 640, 1/80 @ F/2.2 +1/3, FL=50mm, WB=Tungsten ...
I took another shot using the Tungsten white balance ...
It does seems that this WB settings cools down the color a lot then the Auto mode ...

ISO 640, 1/60 @ F/1.8 +1/3 FL=50mm, WB=Auto ...
Here Auto again ...

ISO 640, 1/80 @ F/2.2, +1/3, FL=50mm, WB=Tungsten ...
But, I think I like both ...
For me, photography is just what you like ...


This is what I got from my Camera Manual ...

Auto – this is where the camera makes a best guess on a shot by shot basis. 

Tungsten – this mode is especially under tungsten lighting. It generally cools down the colors in photos.
Fluorescent – this compensates for the ‘cool’ light of fluorescent light and will warm up your shots.
Daylight/Sunny – not all cameras have this setting because it sets things as fairly ‘normal’ wb settings.
Cloudy – this setting generally warms things up a touch more than ‘daylight’ mode.
Flash – the flash of a camera can be quite a cool light so Flash WB mode you’ll find it warms up your shots.
Shade – the light in shade is cooler (bluer) than shooting in direct sunlight, this mode warm things up a little.

It does seem that a lot of experiments is needed to get in-dept appreciation of

these settings, I am sure some of you experts know exactly what to 

do in each condition ...

I still don't and I will probably keep mine to Auto White Balance ...

Curious Proreka Show Car 好奇Proreka展示车 ...

Kuala Lumpur Motor Show

Dec 03 - 12, 2010

The concept car that really caught my attention in the KL Moto Show
was a small three-wheeled creation 

from a Japanese industrial design company known as Phiaro Corporation ...

But what does the concept car from the Japanese designer Phiaro put in display at the 

Proreka show car booth ...

as Proreka is a Malaysian Tier-1 vendor and manufacturer of 

OEM and ODM automotive parts and components.

This concept car called the P67b Eternity, 

is however designed by a Dutch engineer Peter Van Den Brink;

is presented with a sleek three-wheel; and along with its

tandem seating arrangement does looks like some kind of
armored land-based fighter jet with wheels (if I may put it that way) ...

and it is designed to lean into corners like a motorcycle.

The Eternity has topped out at 180 km/h (112 mph) ...

The front cabin can tilt up to 45 degrees or more (I think) while the rear-driving wheels, 

which is powered by a 660cc turbocharged 4-cylinder engine lifted 

from a Daihatsu Mira, remains planted to the road to dispense of the engine’s 65hp.
(I hope this information is correct, apologies if some mistakes here) ...

According to a Phiaro representative, 

they are looking into building the P67b locally with the 

pricetag of a Perodua Myvi, 

that is if they could get financial backing and have the P67b crash tested in the first place.

Sure like to see one of these on the streets of Kuala Lumpur or
the local highways ...