High Speed Photography

Ever wonder how does the ballon looks like when it pops? Well, I do, since I was a child maybe?

I used 1 week of research on the internet, I decided to DIY myself a sound trigger. I searched the whole internet, I can't find any Malaysian did high-speed photography (well, at least not in Lowyat, Cari, Myphotocity and Photoclub), means no one to teach me. Sad case.

So, I use another week to research with foreign website. The reason that I don't like to do research in foreign website is because the electrical components used are somehow a little different from Malaysia.

It took me 4 weeks to complete the circuit including some trials and errors. But most of the time was used to find all the components. The most difficult component to get was the SCR (Silicon Controlled Rectifier)-EC103D. Damn! Even the shopkeeper doesn't know what was that! Luckily I found it in the end. And then there was this PC Cord, it took me 4 weeks to get it-.-

I was lucky that one forumer that was an expert in electronics helped me throughout the making of the circuit. Thank You! Finding the balloon was also a difficult task-.-, not much place got sell in my area.

If you want to know how I take these pictures, leave a comment in the chatbox on the right hand side of the blog. I'll post my setup on the next post.

OK, by now you maybe bored by words, so PICTURES!!!!

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9)Side View


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Water Drop Photography

Well, this is the 3rd time I attempt water drop photography. The 1st time was a success, but the colour is too dull. nothing special. The second time was a total failure. No dramatic splashes, no colour. Just 2 words: EPIC FAIL!

And now the 3rd time, I have only to objective.
1)Nice splash
2)Nice colour

After taking 200+ of pictures, I chose 6 of them.
Here they are:

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Smoke Photography

Things used:
1)1 Incense stick
2)Small lump of plasticine
3)Black shirt
4)Canon 430EX II on Phottix Aster wireless trigger
5)Lighter
6)Photoshop CS5
7)Torchlight

Set up:
I stick the incense stick on to the lump of plasticine. The flash is placed on the right hand side of the incense stick. Then I light the incense stick with the lighter. I used the torchlight to light up the smoke so it's easier for me to focus on it. The black shirt is used as background so it's easier for me to edit in photoshop. After taking the photos, I edited the picture in CS5.

Final Results:
Always loved this colour.(red+black) A friend of mine taught me this colour match.


Rainbow Colour


Black & White


Yellow, Green, Blue


Rainbow Colour with Black Background

An evening at Tanjung Bungah beach

I'm finally back on blogging! After I abandoned my blog for about 5 months.

I want to try landscape photography lately. I decided to take a picture of a sunset at the beach. So, my dad brought me to a beach. The truth is we don't know which beach to go. So we ended up at the beach behind Tanjung Bungah Hotel. Unfortunately, there's no sunset. So I forget about the sunset and compose my picture at the beach. Luckily the photos turn out to be good and I'm satisfied.


Beach with Rainbow




Blue~

Evolution of my collection~

I'm bored, no Mousehunt to play
so ma update blog lo
update 2 post in a day, u can see how bored I am...


My first SLR was this one, Nikon Film-SLR. Beside it is Sigma 70mm-300mm.
was a gift from my uncle la. the SLR was functionable. but then i forgot to take out the battery for a long time. and the SLR wasn't functionable now. and the Sigma had fungus, so can't use dy, this 2 things put at home as decoration la.
Oh, the strap was very nice. atleast it's nicer than the 1 I'm using now.


Back of the SLR


Then since the SLR wasn't functionable, I didn't touch SLR for a long time. Until last year, my uncle gave me this.(he bought a D90)


Then last December(2009), I got my darling, 500D! Yay!


This tripod was a free gift when I bought my darling.


Then added this baby into the family. Macro Lens




Got this lens on the same day I bought my Macro lens, was a gift from another uncle. So I got 2 lens in a day =D


Then DIY myself a flash diffuser for Macro purpose.


This darling is the latest accesories, 430 EX II
bought it for wedding shooting purpose.


An extra battery incase I'm out of battery during wedding shooting


Family Picture:

How do I shoot the lightning?

I was very lucky to take this photo coz, Mr.Albert Foo, gave a lecture during my society activity, and then I asked him about how to shoot lightnings. And the night on that same day, many lightning strikes, I quickly mounted my DSLR on the tripod and start shooting.


Many people asked me about this photo:

Q1: Is this photo edited or fresh from Camera?
A: Fresh from camera

Q2: How many shots do u take to get this?
A: around 50 shots

Q3: How long do you get this photo
A: half an hour, quite lucky

Q3: How can u press the shutter button so accurately?
A: I used shutter speed 30s, not press the shutter when the lightning strikes.

Q4: What are the settings?
A: Exposure: 30
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

Q5: How do u prevent camera shake?
A: as i don't have cables, i used 2sec timer lo

Here's how it's look like when i take the photo:


It's practically the same except for the camera and it's in the afternooon, not at night.

Little Caterpillar

This is my 1st time using Adobe Photoshop CS4 to edit photos. Still trying to get with it. But there are so many settings leh.@.@ well, wish me luck

P.S: who knows this cute little fella's name?

World Cup 2010||Pepsi Ad||Oh Africa-Akon

Football players: Messi, Drogba, Henry, Kaka, Lampard, Arshavin

CLHS Sports Day(Part 3)

After marching, there was performance. There was Gym(uncensored), dancing, and Gymnastic.

Gymnastic


Sexy bodies!!>8D

Just look at the crowd, so many people watching them, luckily the school wasn't flooded by salivas XD



Then let's skip off the boring part, where the VIPs gave their "educational" speech. Then the Sports Day begins. There were 4x4x4, high jump, javeline, throwing 铁饼, and 拔河.

Javeline


铁饼


High Jump


4x4x4


4x4x4(Panning Technique)


拔河



The Best Athelete: Yeoh Yun Xuan



The pic that I like the most on that day: