First impression on this plant is mushroom. But look carefully, it is not mushroom. Mushroom have round solid head, but this is like small flower.

This fungus grow up by itself in between of grasses, at my garden. The photo made it so unique like flower among the grass.

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The photo was taken in the evening. I really like the effect of 3 layers: bokeh front, clear object, and bokeh background. Please give rating if you like this photo too!

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This cute boy girl couple stay on top my living room table for so long. Didn’t notice it was dusty until snap the photo.

The girl face expression is funny. Looks like someone peep on them.

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An accident happen near my workplace last week. A big old tree brought down by heavy rain.

Fortunately it didn’t hit car on the road. The concrete wall and tiles were break so hard.

Contractor cut off which ever part that block the main road. Quite a huge loss for the company to rebuild the wall and tiles. What do you think?

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Frankly, I don’t know how to write this title. Because I have no idea what this flower name? Anyone know please tell me.

At this moment we call it the White Flower. It frequently used by Hindu for worship.

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White flower is tiny and outstanding under bright sunlight. Am sure you never notice its shape if didn’t look it closely.

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The bird of paradise is one of the easiest to plant flower type. It is recommended for working people like me. No need water, weeding or spray everyday.

You just have to worry it overflow your garden. Not to worry about it dies or less. It looks elegant and beautiful when flowers open together.

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This is the biggest flower among all. I took the photo in the afternoon under hot sun.

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Please rate is it beautiful or not?

Sunset is one of the favorite photography theme. But it is not easy to compose a nice one.

In Chinese proverbs, “Sunset is the best unfortunately so short”. So the key to shoot perfect sunset is Timing. If you don’t believe, go out to observe the sunset this evening. It keep changing the position every second and minute.

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In this photo, I have no choice to include my car inside. If I were move out the car, sunset might gone away. So the moral of the story is, think of the related area you want to shoot before parking.

I used “P” mode and adjust Exposure to EV 0.3 so that you still see the grass on land. Yet no too bright till over expose.

If you noticed, there is a orange spot on top of the sunlight. Who can tell me what is that? Is it dirt on lens the root cause?

My first outdoor photography artwork. It is quite difficult for full time worker like me to take outdoor photo during daytime. Sky is always dark when I go home.

Last Sunday I manage to go out in the evening for some shooting at seaside. This is where the fishermen park their wooden boat.

The weather covered by haze on that day. No blue sky and clear view. I increased Exposure to make it brighter. But at the end still choose this one without additional Exposure (0 EV). Why? See next photo to get the answer.

Darker image could produce better feeling with “ink sketch” effects. Is it great if print out the ink sketch version and sell in art gallery?

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I use Paint.Net to apply the effect. No extra work, the effect just Great!

This is my very first outdoor shooting at night. The bridge near my house is just nice for me to practice my first ever night photography or some call “paint with light”.

You see the photo paint by vehicles light. Left lane with red light and right lane on white or yellow light. If you enlarge the photo (click on photo), the lamps have 14 star cross. Remember this is without special effect filter, just normal kit lens. The effect is cool!

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How To Shoot Night Photography?

1. Tripod is a must for night photography. Digieye TR-38 perform well during my night shoot. Don’t let wind blow away your DSLR at such high position.
2. Another to concern is security of the spot. The path way to the bridge has no people during night time, and the staircase covered by huge tree. To be more secure, I bring along my dog for better security just in case. Or you can ask family or friend to accompany along.
3. Remote control can help to reduce vibration on DSLR camera when expose long seconds. Or you can set self timer to 2 seconds and let it shoot without pressing.
4. Turn to “S” (Shutter) mode. Reduce the shutter speed to at least 15 seconds. Try an error for different shutter speed. Look out ISO and Exposure. Don’t need increase too high since the shutter expose for long seconds or it over expose.

Did I left out anything, please suggest in comment. I’ll take it seriously to improve my photography skills.

Lesson Summary

• Must bring Tripod
• Consider security. Ask friend go together.
• Remote control (if possible)
• Reduce Shutter Speed (15 secs or more)

My brother in-law helped me to buy Nikon D60 Dslr. The problem is the shop only provide a gift of choice: a big bag (about 7 compartment) or a small travel bag with no sponge protection.

With no doubt, he choose the big one for me. Oh well, the big one can store lots of lens with sponge protection, but abit too big for me. You know it is not convenient for travel, even in the town itself. Also, I have no budget to buy more lens at this moment ok.

Travel Camera Bag

So I decided to get a smaller, compact yet good protection for my black handsome guy and its accessories.

At the end, manage to get one in Giant at RM75 after price negotiation. It is original Nikon bag with 3 compartment. Could store extra battery, battery charger, a DSLR camera, and maximum 2 lens (i think).

The Nikon bag isn’t soft at all. It is solid and firm, easy to carry and definitely perfect for traveler. I leave the big bag at home for future use.

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What kind of Dslr bag are you using? Please give comment if you own one.

China well known for lousy product quality. My colleague bought a China mobile phone, it last only for 4 months. No wander the shop only warranty for 3 months. This may only apply for electronics device.

I do believe China have good product quality too. Depends on its product type. For example this Tri-Circle padlock (made in China) has been use for more than 10 years. It is solid, still gold color and working well. No jam at all when open or close the lock.

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To shoot the lock, I use the natural light from backyard. As you see, the padlock in focus is not exactly on center. How to do this with Auto settings?

Simple. At first, focus at the padlock then move your lens to the place you want to use as background. Object is still in focus, but with more manipulation you can do. In my case, I use the wall behind as background to make bigger contrast to emphasize the target object.