Sport Photography - Part 2

Getting the subject in focus in a big challenge. This is due to the subject keeps on moving unless you use a wide angle view. Zooming makes the pix more dramatic and causes more blur to the background. But one big problem is keeping the subject at the centre. Or I should say this is called "framing" problem. All we need to do is just be more focused. Here are some more pix...

Sport Photography - Part 1

As an amateur photographer, I try to explore different types of photography. I managed to take some pix on sport photography. All I can say...its not as easy as it seems. Its not just about shutter speed. We might want to freeze the moment but there are things which do not allow us to do so.

There won't be much problems if the subject is under The Sun especially in the afternoon. But what if the subject is in a low light situation? Maybe indoor or almost dark (near sunset)? Increase the ISO and increase the Aperture size.

The pic below was taken with ISO 3200, f/4.0 and 1/250 s. I did not fire flash since doing that might have caused disturbance to the players. Using shutter speed 1/200 s or lower would show a blurry motion. Plus my shaking hand, the pic would be useless.



The next pic was taken with the same settings but with f/4.5 and the widest is 4.0 for my lens. Its Canon 70-300mm. I still can't afford an L lens. Not yet hehe.

Dubai Holiday

Now, let me share some pix I took during my last trip... to Dubai, U.A.E. It was in June and Summer. All I can say its hotter than Brunei, well... during summertime.

Unfortunately, I didn't take many good pix :( and I spent my time mostly indoors except when going to souks. The weather didn't motivate me to take pix of the seceneries and it seemed like shopping was much a better option hehe. I brought my videocam too. Arrgghh, It was hard to balance the jobs. But I did took some pix below..


Left: Burj Dubai under construction, Right: Burj Al Arab


At Souk Madinat Jumeirah


Sunset/Camel @ Desert Safari


At Ski Dubai

I think thats all I can post for now. There are many pix to post for the past few months but since my life has been really busy & hard on me at the moment and lately bad luck always come after me (???). This makes me feel lazy to update or upload any pix and even to take good pix.

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.