liewwk Nature Photography Blog
18 days to say good bye to 2011 .. but base on the recent weather .. I almost can say … my landscape gear need to be rest for the moment .. the weather just bad for any outing , most of the time we just have grey but nothing …
and really hope to see the dusk like this
we are keep looking for possible angle to get the reflection but too bad we fail to capture it ….
by the way … how many of us .. actually know it is a black and white while we shooting or convert it after it do not look good on the computer screen ? … and we should know what/how we edit our picture before press the shutter ….?
How many of you still sleep with pillow ? 😀 I need pillow to sleep well 😀 , think the lizard have the same feeling too
I love to capture this beetle but too bad this beetle is skittish/shy .. and not easy to get close so have a closer shot .. so most of the shots I use SIGMA150 instead my MP-E65
1. the green one .. and most difficult to get close
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animation make this beetle look scary
due to the CNY and some schedule job, sorry for postpone this
When : 7-8 Jan 2012
What : MACRO basic with Post Processing workshop
– understand basic light, DOF, and how to design own Diffuser
– setting for MACRO .. why , what to change
– Post Processing workflow , how I stack pictures
Where : Kuala Lumpur – PJ area
Who : those love nature, small tinny creatures … but prefer to own macro len, raynox, Extension tube… (but I have 1 Raynox, 1 set of Canon ET to borrow)
How Much : RM350 per person (MAX 8 ppl)
2/8 seat taken
I want and love to capture a lightning picture for long .. but I just have no luck so far .. even able to capture 1-2 strike (small or thin) one …
and it is not difficult to capture the lightning .. but it is as simple as how I shoot star
but we need the luck as it is not too much lightning will happen at close spot here …. as below picture, I was rushing for a project and saw the lighting non stop striking so I drove to near by place with a “path” to make my simple composition …. and I just can choose too much as the lightning only strike at this angle ..
and it is just simply a lucky day for me …
*** little sharing
I am not an expert of lighting photography, but I use the way I shoot star but as in the evening the shutter may not be too long so the capture can be 1-10s …. and we just have to merge multiple pictures into one if the lightning sequence is not too close ……
to extend the exposure , i make use of Lee Filter GND .9h as ND8 to extend the exposure 3 stops so .. I have more lightning capture into single frame … HOPE this help
As we know anything >1:1 macro, we have very limit DOF … I had it share before … what we DOF have while we shooting macro e.g. at crop body, F16 at 1:1 .. the dof we have is just ~1mm … so how we have more DOF ?
1. angle is important , if we want the main objects “focus”
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at certain angle, we have not possible to have both object focus .. e.g. choose one , shoot small to crop , or using stacking method I use (discuss before HERE)
by using the stacking … we can get both beetle focus as below
or discuss http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=922
of if we do not want to do much on post process… choose the best angle to have both object focus e.g.
more beetle collection click HERE
update 2013 Jan 8
thanks Jamal & Ali to bringing us there for wonderful trip 2010 Oct … and I promise to make a re-visit there again but not fail to do so as 2011 just too many plans …
a place that good for landscape, human interest …. etc .. and my previous sharing HERE
people here are friendly, view here is gorgeous, food is good too …. so have to start plan one trip there again on 2012 ….
more Toba Lake picture from me click HERE
a quick share of my new macro setup …..
simply quick test on my new setup on previous post
I had slow down a lot on macro for pass 6 months ….
my previous testing on my lighting …. is mainly for Canon MP-E65 or you may refer here and only once I test my SIGMA150 light HERE …
and now …. I am working on my new SIGMA 105 OS … as below .. just a start for how I bring my flash closer …. and making the diffuser in progress …….
and stay tune .. more testing result for 5dm2 + SIGMA150 and 7d + 50mm MACRO