300 Look

Does the post-processing look familiar? If it doesn't, I'll give you a hint. Its the same look from a movie with 300 Spartans in it. ;) The look is much darker compared to the look that you achieve using the Dave Hill technique which is meant to exaggerate highlights and accentuate glossiness.

This was done from a RAW file with adjustments made using Lightroom.

15th July Fireworks

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Update: The STPRI Golden Jubilee at ICC celebration pictures have been uploaded. Follow this link here to the on-line gallery. The images uploaded have been reduced in size in order to save space. You can contact me via e-mail for higher resolution versions.

Strobing

Strobist calls this a favorite. Hehe!

Mojito anyone?

The Mojito @ Twelv. Yummy!

At the roundabout

B_Ball

Testing...testing...

Experimenting with off-camera flash lately. My two friends were more than happy to serve as test subjects last nite. You know what they say..."If the fish ain't biting, model!" LOL!

Happy 50 years STPRI

Taken during the launch of STPRI's 50th anniversary golden jubilee celebrations on Friday. The function was graced by Her Majesty Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha (who was a former student of the school) and other members of the Royal Family.

More pictures to come as soon as I sort out my flickr account :s

Untitled (Pt 9)

Taken from the same set as the one in this post. But my cousins seem to really like this picture so I thought I'd share it with everyone as well. Done ala Dave Hill again but with a twist. After applying the DH style, I continued by desaturating the image and overlaying another color layer to create the sephia look. Good or no good?

An addition to the bag

This lens wasn't initially on my wishlist but after testing out airbiscuit's 85mm f/1.4, I was tempted to get something similar to complement the 50mm f/1.8 already in the kit bag. Ok, so maybe its not the f/1.4 version but early tests suggest that my new Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 can potentially be another one of those lenses that I can have plenty of fun with. I already have the 18-200mm VR which IS part of the wishlist and the one lens that I use for practically 99% of the shots I've taken over the past month. Yes, its THAT good!

Next on the list is the Sigma 10-20mm wide angle (and HOPEFULLY the 70-200mm f/2.8 VR). I can already hear the likes of airbiscuit and souljah screaming at me whilst reading this, egging me to get the VR monster. To be honest, it is in the pipelines. Who knows...I might just turn up one of these Sundays with it. :p

Consequently, since I'm running out of space in my bag, I've got a Nikon Nikkor 18-135mm (with UV filter) and a Nikon 70-300mm up for sale. I'd actually like to keep these excellent lenses but I think it would make better sense to sell them to someone who might actually use them rather than have them become homes for a colony of fungi. So if anyone is interested, e-mail me for further details.

Nikon Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 (image taken from nikonimaging.com)