ばか！バカ！　馬鹿ー月！

*Groan* That was bad, b0mb3r. I think you need one instead.

BOT, here are some pictures of my trip to Israel a couple of years ago.
Click on the image to see all of them below.

i knew it was bad that's why I like using bad puns.

Random shots today. Feel free to guess what the third picture is about.

17mm, f/7.1, 1/60s, ISO 50, 0EV


17mm, f/7.1, 1/50s, ISO 50, -0.7EV


17mm, f/8, 15s, ISO 50, -0.7EV


17mm, f/4, 15s, ISO 50, 0EV (+ High Dynamic Range)

Third picture: You were moving the camera when you took the shot...

Fourth picture: Looks almost like CGI . . . too gaudy to be real. Except the people look real.

rpapo wrote:Third picture: You were moving the camera when you took the shot...

Yeah, but what I meant to ask was what the original scene was about (without the shake).

Fourth picture: Looks almost like CGI . . . too gaudy to be real. Except the people look real.

Indeed. It is cool to use such effect once in a while for boring night shots, but it is also easy to get tired of it.

Doraneko wrote: Yeah, but what I meant to ask was what the original scene was about (without the shake).

City skyline?

That's some high dynamic there....

Cosmic Eagle wrote:
City skyline?

That's some high dynamic there....

Yeah you got it,

The colour was in fact very vibrant and I only adjusted the parameters in the raw-to-jpeg conversion software that comes with the digital compact without further post-production.

Random shots today:

wow, you really know how to choose the right angle!

lexomaniac wrote:wow, you really know how to choose the right angle!

Thanks. I'm a newbie so I still need more practice . It is certainly interesting to try to see the world from different angles through the viewfinder. Potte from Tamayura inspired me to try that.

I dropped my camera yesterday. There is a few scratches and a dent on the metallic body, which I don't mind, but the manual pop-up flash no longer pops up.

It isn't like my style of photography requires use of flash. But still...

Since I bought the camera second-handed, there is no warranty and I am sure the local agent will charge me an arm and a leg even just for getting a stuck flash popping out. I am still thinking whether I should send it for repair or just keep it as it as. What a great new year awaiting a broke student.

Anyway here is a random shot yesterday. The sky here is smoggy as always, ruining an otherwise acceptable sunset shot. The following two pictures are with different white balance settings and no post processing other than raw-to-jpg conversion. Which one do you think is less bad?

at least your camera wasn't stolen in Hunan....

To be honest with the "which look the better" they both look ridiculously good to me. The top one looks more like dusk and the bottom more like dusk.

As in, they look like 2 totally different pictures like you camped there for a night.

Is that Tsuen Wan?

b0mb3r wrote:at least your camera wasn't stolen in Hunan....

Your camera was stolen? Sorry to hear that.

Public safety in major coastal cities in China is borderline acceptable, but once you get inland it is a total joke...

hobogunner wrote:To be honest with the "which look the better" they both look ridiculously good to me. The top one looks more like dusk and the bottom more like dusk.

As in, they look like 2 totally different pictures like you camped there for a night.

Glad to hear that you like it . I used a long exposure to get the steamy ocean effect. Still nothing beats a nice sunset.

Cosmic Eagle wrote:Is that Tsuen Wan?

Nah it is in Lei Yue Mun in NT, looking towards Shau Kei Wan on HK island.