Shots of the Day

i'm too lazy to write much.. just wanted to post some pics. can u guess what this is? the spider is obvious though.

養老の滝(Yourou Waterfall)

i went to Yourou today with yamamura, the photography's club's president. the other member, fuji couldnt make it. so it was more like a nikon d70 outing and we discussed alot about our cams and stuff. Yourou is about 30mins by trains for ogaki and has a 200m waterfall. somehow i didn't manage to get any decent pics of it but the smallers ones down here was another story. again, i spent a ridiculous amount on a new filter.4900yen to be exact. but it worked great esp for waterfalls. the filter(ND4) reduces the amount of light,i.e the cam's sunglasses. that way i can shoot at a long shutter speed to get the silk like water without over exposing it.

i was impressed today again by japanese's commitment to being there on time. i told yamamura to meet at 11am at ogaki station as i had to go to church 1st. i din realized that the normal train would only reach here at 11.15am. so instead, he took a bus, then took a JR train just to be on time. he could have just msged me! but さすが日本人だよね。

i shall stop talking more nonsense and let you enjoy these photos. i really like them and the place.. maybe i'll go back in autumn or winter.


enjoy!

Pic of the Day

i'm just bored.. taken this morning,in front of my school

Photshop Tips

here i am playing with photoshop. my 1st success with layers. it's intresting but it requires alot of time and effort.as i said in the previous post, notice that the 1st pic has a good exposure of the mall. but it loses detail for the clouds.this is due to the highly contrasting exposures. too bright and too dark. likewise, pic 2 has detail of the clouds but none what so over of the mall.
that's where photoshop comes in. u basically highlight one part of it(mask it in ps terms) and paste it on the other one. it's not as easy as it sounds . if u look carefully into the end result (pic 3) u'll notice that some lines aren't really straight! but it's still pretty good for a 1st time effort.

i hear that film slrs doesnt have this problem. who said digital's better?

enjoy peeps

one more day

one more day! i just woke up.. from an hours rest. i'm totlally screwed. my results definitely gonna drop.. but who gives a crap now.. one more day of pain.. one more day of suffering.. one more day fredom.. one more day and i'll be back with more pics. thinking i might wanna buy a printer.. sigh.. more money flying oout of my pocket again!but it cost 400yen to print it in a photoshop compared to just about 200+ at home for an A4 size. worth it?

my next post! will be on photoshop. there's this technique that i can't wait to try out.a LYN forummer was kind enough to guide me with it. it solves the problem i have with this pic below. notice that the building's underexposed? while it'll pass as a shilloute shot.. what happens if i want both the building and sky to be at the right exposure. It's really a pain with digital cameras due to the highly contrasting exposures.well, i shall explain more next topic!

back to argh..

Mating Season's here!

mating season's here... but sat to say mine's stilla ges away. as previously showcased, there were already critters hot in action.. here's summore

introducing the

1.male lead
2.female lead.
3.action!
4.the villian waiting to pounce on them.
5.but he got distracted.6.this guy is just happy with his sweets

enjoy!

Insects on white Flowers

ok,no more girls for now..until i find more of them,insects would be my core subject. theme of the day is white flowers and there's a real shocker at the end of this page.. insects mating!

1.moths2.ok.. i lied.. not everything is on white flowers but i just love dragonflies.
3.nectar sucking insect.
4.sweet nectar
5. and the finale! the bugs making sweet love on a bed of flowers! i'm not desperate or anything .. in fact,i got lucky.. i didn't realize i was intruding their privacy until i saw it on my com.
ok.. i got more..but that's another time.. it's on MaLera(pronounced Mall-lera) shilloute shots of it.. so no bugs too!

A tRibute:Michael Schumacher

Though i don't watch Formula 1 anymore, just hearing that this guy's retiring is sad news. He's a legend and rightly so. He's the reason i enjoyed formula 1 in the first place. No other driver has won or was as talented as this guy.It'll be hard reading news without him in the headlines anymore(good or bad!)Farewell, my hero, my idol?

90wins,7 titles and a potential 8 says it all......

Digital D80 Live:My cam shots.

some people complained that my explanation's too short.. and rightly so. so lemme explain abit. nikon's selling their new dslr cam, the d80 and to promote it they decided to hold a roadshow called 'Digital D80 Live'. it includes talks, hand -ons and model shootings as seen in my previous post. clear enough?

1. the announcer.
2. pics taken when i was queuing up for the test shots.
3.i think i took this while test shooting.. one of my favourites.
4.more queuing.
5.the printer girl!after test shooting, they allowed us to print one pic. i have 3:D
6.model no.2. she's more like one of the promoters but the model was taking a break so she stepped up. i like her more but she's not that good a poses.
7.another of her.
8.back to her!
9.this girl was promoting the difference between the viewfinders of the d80,350d n alpha. (though nikon posted company A n company B). nikon really win hands down on this but its abit unfair to compare it to the 350d considering 400d is just around the corner.
10. one of my fav. promoters here.. very elegant
11.another pic.

12.very natural but sadly.. smoker's teeth.
13.my last shot before i left.
thats it for me and models!sigh.. where to find summore?

Digital D80 Live:D80 test shots.

i went to nagoya today fully aware that my exams are next wednesday. but temptation got the better of me. a chance to try out nikon's new cam on hot hot chicks. it was totally worth it. made me almost regret buying my cam earlier instead of waiting for this model to come out.
without further delay here are my top 12 pics from the taken shots.

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this is only from the new cam.. i still got more pics from my old cam:D just u wait!