Naruto & Bleach

Of all the anime, I've never miss to watch Naruto and Bleach. These two anime are my favourite. I download them every week and never miss an episode. I also read the manga. I never download the manga but instead I read them online. For those who are big fans of Naruto and also Bleach, You can read the manga at http://www.onemanga.com which also contains other manga.


Naruto


Bleach

Filters

I just bought a new filter recently. Its a graduated filter (grey) or widely known as ND grad filter. It simply filters out light at the upper part of the lens and reduces its effect to zero at about halfway or middle of the lens.

Why do we need this kind of filter? Well, it is essential if you are a landscape photographer. I'm not a landscape photographer...maybe not yet. Soon to be? hehehe (lets say i'm a 'jack of all trades' haha) . The filter is usually used to make the burnt out sky darker and the darker land brighter. OK let me put it like this. When we take a landscape photo, the result looks like this (see below):


The camera assumes that it is too bright (overexposed due to the sky). So the camera uses a faster shutter speed which causes the land to look darker (underexposed)

The photo below is the result of using ND grad filter:


As you can see, the sky is much pleasant to look at and the land is brighter and has much more details than the previous photo. (I used a circular polarizer at the same time)

And another photo...

I haven't got time to go out for taking landscape pix. All the above pix were taken from my house. I will post if I have new pix.

Hiding from the Sun

Another old shot. I was experimenting on my new camera and got this.

Spying on Grasshoppers

These photos were taken about 2 years ago when I first bought my new DSLR camera. My house was surrounded by various types of flora and fauna. I was so eager to experiment my camera on these little creatures. So I followed them and took several shots. Now life is different cause I have moved to a new house and I can't really seem to find anything like this at my new house.


We're being followed, let's separate now!


Emm...why do I feel like I'm being watched?


Gotcha!! It was you all along.

Portrait of a child

I took this photo of my niece about a month ago. One thing I know about taking a portrait is to focus on the eye(s). I'm not good at taking a portrait, maybe not yet. I just need to improve my skills slowly, learn one thing at a time. Long way to go.....