Photography Enthusiasts + Photographer's Group (Compiled)

[Phil]

the QL is a rangefinder, no? loved using the QL 19 because of it's large window as opposed to my FED 2.

Well, not at all...

QL meant "quick loading", in these prehistoric times when people used analogic cameras and film rolls...

[Phil]

That's good! Share some photos with us!

I did this very very recently for a friend....

Your photos are great, as usual!

That's why I think I would be ridiculous with mine... :oops:

I'll try to find one or two less awful than the rest...

[Phil]

Your photos are great, as usual!

That's why I think I would be ridiculous with mine... :oops:

I'll try to find one or two less awful than the rest...

I'm shameful. I tried and I was not even able to post one photo! :oops: :oops:

Well, I'm happy looking at yours... :clap:

[MeowPrince]

I'm shameful. I tried and I was not even able to post one photo! :oops: :oops:

Well, I'm happy looking at yours... :clap:

Please don't say that.

I dug out some of my early photos - my first year into taking pictures, when I was just snapping for fun. Was using a 2nd-hand Coolpix4500 back then. Shot almost everything on P mode, and slowly, learnt to examine what I did (right+wrong) to develop from there. Here are some of those pics from 2004/05.

We all can learn+grow. Its whether we choose to grow, or choose to limit ourselves. Met an old affable surgeon back then, and he suggested I shoot more stray cats, hence my nick. Also met a psychologist who taught me how the classic rules are actually hardwired in our brains, a physicist-cum-parttime-history-buff who showed me how stills influenced moving images and vice versa. Over those formative months, I learnt to view images from TV series, cinema film, traditional, and a host of different sources.

This is also for the few whom I know are quietly following this thread, and asking me stuff over PM or sms.

[Phil]

Thanks MeowPrince

Even your early shots are excellent!

But I'm twice shameful: not only mine look like kitsch postcards, but I was technically unable to load and attach them! :oops: (File size problem or some other reason)

I'll try again

[MeowPrince]

Well, I'll be at the get-together place tomorrow evening from 6.30pm. So if any of you guys are coming, drop me a PM to let me know to expect you. Do note that it is also opened to folks from another forum and some from Flickr, so there may be other people there (I hope). Cheers.

[Guest Marad44]

... I'll be at the get-together place tomorrow evening...

You are a philanthropist MPrince! I wish I had the time. Tomorrow is my last acupuncture & massage.

[MeowPrince]

....I wish I had the time. Tomorrow is my last acupuncture & massage.

Ewww. That sounds so ominous..... o_O

[Guest Marad44]

Ewww. That sounds so ominous..... o_O

Nothing more than a pin prick.

[MeowPrince]

I'll bring 3-4 folders of prints tomorrow, plus laptop.... Arrggh, very heavy!

Mebbe I'll reduce it to 2 folders....

[Atrapada]

we can do the acupunture at the cafe

[MeowPrince]

we can do the acupunture at the cafe

The cafe can lend us the skewers I think.....

And I everyone who comes will get a catty present from me, that he/she can remember for a couple of months.

[Atrapada]

The cafe can lend us the skewers I think..... And I everyone who comes will get a catty present from me, that he/she can remember for a couple of months.

[Guest Marad44]

http://confusedfella.blogspot.com/

Not bad!

Edited November 17, 2011 by Marad44

[Atrapada]

Not bad!

hahax xie xie ni <33

[MeowPrince]

Am planning for a Dec outing to shoot this..

[gabby.freedom]

can somebody teach me...pls...

[Guest Marad44]

Am planning for a Dec outing to shoot this..

Gonna miss it again

[helloagain]

Great. Can I join you?

I like photography also.

[Guest Marad44]

Home work for MPrince's practicals:

10 ways to develop yourself photographically http://www.digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-develop-yourself-photographically

[MeowPrince]

Great. Can I join you?

I like photography also.

can somebody teach me...pls...

Come join us. Just PM me to exchange contacts (in case you cannot find your way there).

Hope to see you this evening.

[Prince+ve]

Hmm do you guys use those professional and specialised cameras or just normal digital cameras?

[MeowPrince]

Hmm do you guys use those professional and specialised cameras or just normal digital cameras?

I use DSLRs, a modded IR dSLR, an old leaky film camera, a fonecam, and occasionally, disposable cameras. Don't think I've any specialised cameras or Hassy or Sinars....

[Wolfe]

Same as above, hehe. DSLRs, SLRs, rangefinders (cheap film ones), heh. Planning to borrow a TLR from a friend.

[Guest Marad44]

3 Nikon's. One is a baby in the DSLR series which I use for photography and the other two in the Coolpix series that I video with. Also possess a Sony DVD camcorder which I've stopped taking on my travels.

[MeowPrince]

Heading out afterwards to shoot some. Anyone like to join me?

Leaving around 1130-ish.

[MeowPrince]

[MeowPrince]

[helloagain]

scaring.

have you been to the orchid conference these days?

I went to it this afternoon and took some pictures.

[MeowPrince]

scaring.

have you been to the orchid conference these days?

I went to it this afternoon and took some pictures.

Nahhh. Had work.

[pocketsizebf]

any users of harinezumi 2 +++ lomo cam?

how is it? pls do pm me if you do~ smiles

[MeowPrince]

Start making photo calendars for my friends....

[helloagain]

Nahhh. Had work.

I think it was not as good as the one in orchid gardens. besides, it was much more expensive than the one within orchid gardens

[helloagain]

any new outing these days?

Busy with preparing for the exam. I can not go back to my hometown even the winter vocation is approaching. So sad.

[MeowPrince]

any new outing these days?

Heading out to shoot now!

Next round may be this Friday morning, though I suspect no one here will want to wake so early (6.00am start shooting)

[MeowPrince]

Excerpts from this morning's lovely outing!

[lawrencekwlim]

Excerpts from this morning's lovely outing!

Hi hi... Did you manage to find and shoot the largest tomb? I went there 3 times but to no avail.

[helloagain]

Excerpts from this morning's lovely outing!

where is it? how do you take the last picture?

this friday? can i go with you?

where?

i am at nus, i can wake up early. it is just my habit. but how early?

[mediterraneoX]

Hi there!

I'm new here & very happy to found this utopia.

I did took some shots in Bukit Brown a month ago, would like to share it here and can anyone tell me how to upload my lomographs here from my Facebook?

Thank you in advance.

[MeowPrince]

where is it? how do you take the last picture?

this friday? can i go with you?

where?

i am at nus, i can wake up early. it is just my habit. but how early?

Meet me at/around Merlion Park. I'll be there till the sun is up and then I'll be gone for breakfast.

Hi hi... Did you manage to find and shoot the largest tomb? I went there 3 times but to no avail.

What's your idea of "the largest tomb"? There are actually several very large ones. Though going now, you'll find a few of them already cleared. The one with 5 pairs of statues is no more. Unless you are referring to the one that can be seen from the main road, then it is still there.

Every Bt Brown outing we do go into the forested stretches, and there have been graves with beautiful paintings on the sides, together with unicorn, lion, bird, maiden statues (3-4 pairs). The most elaborate one I found in a forested patch had a dragon+phoenix pair as well. Unfortunately, that grave has since been exhumed/raided/removed of the statues, hence "no more". That said, there are still some rather decent ones around. My outing yesterday yielded nearly 70 keepers!

Edited November 29, 2011 by MeowPrince

[MeowPrince]

This was one of the larger graves, taken in June this year.

And here is one of the paintings, taken yesterday

A shy mantid, taken yesterday too

And another infrared (IR), taken yesterday

For those who do not know, IR photography makes use of infrared filters. In my case, I had my camera modded by a friend, meaning the filter has been installed permanently inside the camera body. This makes every shot taken an IR shot, regardless of the lens I use. The typical outcome of infrared photography on digital is snowy-looking leaves and grass. A basic step after that is to run simple channel mixing (similar to tweaking chemicals in IR films) to revert some measure of blue to the skies. IR photography, though seemingly simple, is actually a lot more demanding, for if the user doesn't have a firm grasp of his basics, most of his IR shots will become very unpalatable (eg pink images, badly processed, overexposed, etc)

That said, IR does have it's niche. Landscapes, esp those with trees and grasses, can become very unusual and stunning. In some cases where the conditions favor, it can even produce unusual human portraits. The example below was wearing the current SAF uniform and gear. Notice how infrared turns it into something else altogether.

[xav-boy]

Need some advice... Will u guys recommend canon 600d or 60d? Which one is better?

[Guest Marad44]

Trust you guys are having fun. I'm back in Canada till Dec 28. Will post photos of snow soon...

[MeowPrince]

Need some advice... Will u guys recommend canon 600d or 60d? Which one is better?

I'm a Nikon system user, so obviously I'll say "Neither!"

Pick your budget, go down to the shops, have a hands-on feel of which feels more comfortable. Once you find one that fits your budget, that's the one to go. You can ignore most of the so-called reviews online. And you most definitely can ignore the big forums (crapsnap, haolian-wanker-zone, sgforum, sgclub), unless you intend to merely spend on your gear for showing-off.

At the end of the day, it's the user, not the camera that is going to take the photo.

[lawrencekwlim]

Canon 7D err 80 fault code

Yesterday while I was doing my photo shoot, my camera showed a fault code "err 80". The camera couldn't save the images and occasionally the shutter could not complete it's cycle. The first remedy I did was to perform hard reset to the system. Well, it solved the problem for a while. Desperately, I searched the Internet and mentioned it is indeed the shutter issue.

Returning to my camera and this time round I tried to playback those saved images. I found something odd was that all images including old ones could not be played back. If it is a shutter issue, why was I experiencing card reading problem? So I decided not to believe I had a shutter problem and decided to reformat my CF card. (luckily I back up often) voila!! After the reformat, the whole system is back to normal.

This morning I brought it out for a day shoot and the err 80 fault never shows up again.

Eventually I concluded that the main problem was with the image processing and caused the shutter issue. Therefore "err 80" showed up.

I hope this short essay will help the rest if the same symptoms as mentioned above arise.

[MeowPrince]

Recent plant/flora macros

Edited December 4, 2011 by MeowPrince

[MeowPrince]

Am planning for a Sat night shoot from a Swissotel balcony (very high floor), with harbour view. Anybody interested?

Sat 10th Dec, 7.00pm-8.30pm. I need to finalise this by Wed 7 Dec latest.

[jaden]

Hi all. Need your advice. Just bought a aslr and thinking of signing up for a course. Any recommendations for a good school or programme? Thanks v. Much

[MeowPrince]

Hi all. Need your advice. Just bought a aslr and thinking of signing up for a course. Any recommendations for a good school or programme? Thanks v. Much

Not much point attending the schools/courses IMO. I learnt by going for outings with others. Especially when you know which type of stuff you want to shoot, finding those with similar interest is so much better.

[townguy]

i attended one such course before... gave me some useful tips.. as i knew nuts abt how a camera works... but at the end, it is really up to oneself to practise practise practise....