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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

What is Bokeh ?

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I haven't quite figured out how to take good blurred shots, So this is my first shot of bokeh,this is the street night bokeh
light photo that I shoot last night.
When it gets too dark outside to take pictures without a tripod, to take these kinds
of pictures. I increase my ISO a little, make sure my shutter speed is fast, set
the camera to manual focus and then adjust the focus until I get circles of light.
The bigger the circles, the blurrier your photo will be. All two of these were
taken inside my car at night, so the lights are from street lights.
WHAT IS BOKEH ?
Bokeh, also known as "Boke" is one of the most popular subjects in photography. The
reason why it is so popular, is because Bokeh adds depth and dimension to a
photograph, making it visually appealing and forcing us to focus our attention on a
particular area of the image. The word comes from Japanese.
Basically, bokeh is the rendering of out-of-focus areas by a camera lens. It is the
background blur that we are so used to seeing in photography, that separates a
subject in the foreground from the often busy background. This subject isolation
adds depth to an otherwise plain, two-dimensional photograph, pleasing our eyes and
our perception of the image. Bokeh has infiltrated not only photography, but also
motion picture. You might not have noticed, but next time you watch a Hollywood
movie, pay attention to how they intentionally separate the main character and blur
the background, so that we know where to look and focus our eyes on bokeh.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Photographing Flower.

Flowers are so cliche when it comes to photography… but that doesn’t stop me from shooting them! Heck, some photographers even specialize in flower photography and they do a darn good job of it. If you’re getting bored(like my shoot below) with your current bag-o-tricks for photographing flowers, go and look for some amazing tips from the WEBsite.

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All above flowers are from my own small garden and shot with my Olympus E-620 .

When come to flower shooting I get out early and late when the light is softer and nicer.Sometime you will see a wonderful flower image midday but I like early morning .Another great time for flower hunt is right after rainstorm ! There's nothing like mist and water droplets to bring some of the image alive.

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Mist and water droplets to bring some of the image alive.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Events@ Kuching Waterfront.

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The crowd enjoying the hot day.

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Activities such as catch the duck as many as you can.....

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Yesterday,some events was held   @  Kuching waterfront.I don't bother to know who is the organiser . All i  see  the crowds is mostly from the government office (State & Federal).They enjoy the hot weather,free lunch and lots of prizes.The state minister was there too .Well, the crowd having so much fun..and remember the funding is from the investor monies of Amanah Saham etc,etc So why cannot we enjoy the good DIVIDEN every year?????.I mean like the good old days ( 10% plus-plus).

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Kuching Waterfront-Solar Energy.

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The new Kuching City waterfront extension is environment friendly,They are install with eco-friendly electrical power or solar energy.This is clean energy and lower cost to the city council to run the new two water fountain build near to the waterfront.

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The solar panel and the fountain but the ugly building is yet to be make over to new image.(perhaps the owner is looking forward for sponsor from the city council)

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What about the local people of Kuching.,are they environmental friendly .Oh my God, just look at the rubbish.They don't even bother to say thank you (not to me) but to the government who have spend so much on tax payer monies to beauty the little city of Kuching.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Kuching Waterfront extension.

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Photo taken on 21/10/2009.
This evening I took a walk along the Kuching waterfront extension to see for myself what had been done to the waterfront.Reconstruction is almost done.
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Photo taken this evening 15/04/2010.
I pleasantly surprised by the beauty of the extension of the waterfront.It is nostalgic for me because this is where the old wet market I use to go.
The old section of water front is from Hotel Margareta until the old court house and the new area is to the Brooke Dockyard.The distance now is more than 2KM .This is good for sweat in the morning and evening.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

COOLIRIS-Photos of the day channel.

 

 

I couldn't believe my eyes to-day ,I view the cooliris photos of the day channel dated 14.02.2010.

I submitted dozen of my stock photos from my flickers a few days ago and I am very glad that three got selected .What's the big deal here???

Where else can you possibly get your photos to be viewed more than 10 million times each day?

According Laura Holmes, Product Manager of CoolIris’s Discover Channel, and Discover Team Member Maria Ignatova, the thumbnails that appear in the channel’s Photos of the Day are viewed a total of 10 million times each day.”

Wow!!! I'm nearly famous:)

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So I would like my photographer friends ,give it a try.Who knows you might get lucky too,just like me:)

Read here for more info:

GET YOUR PHOTOS DISCOVERED ON COOLIRIS

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The first two photos selected....

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And the third one.

So friends give it a try :)

Careful with your camera........

Melaka

Never ever do that! Your camera will catch fire!" Some people  say the 'powerful' sunlight will burn a hole in your camera's sensor!

Anyone see this happening ? I hope this not true.

This is my last year stock photo while on assignment to Melaka.