Random pics from Hong Kong (image intensive!)
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i know lah.. but...my question is...Originally posted by kopiosatu:you can take good photos even with a point and shoot digital camera
can be a pro with a good camera?? haha...or a noob with good camera is still a noob? -
very good picture. I like them.
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Very nice!
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looking at the pictures brings back memories... went hong kong last year and i think it is still cool even after returning to China
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i think a noob will still be a noob even if given the best camera... unless that noob makes an effort to improve.Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):i know lah.. but...my question is...
can be a pro with a good camera?? haha...or a noob with good camera is still a noob? -
see joho?
give the guy a little cam and he'll pull off amazing shots too...
give him the stuff he has, he'll produce bloody amazing shots
it's always the driver, not the equipment.. and joho is an amazing "driver" with a camera
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thanx for the comments guys, and bear, am humbled, ur words are very encouraging. thanx bro!!!
was reading littlestream's comment on how it was hard to choose a favourite, maybe if anyone's bothered, i'll give a sypnosis on why i like the shot, i'm bored in the middle of the night with no one to chat with on msn anyway..ahhah
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i took MANY of this frame even on two different days, and this was my favourite becos of the girl that was highlighted in the spotlight above the station as well as being in the same focal plane. this is actually one of my favourite shots in this whole series. the other images of this frame just wasn't communicative enuff, with pple everywhere, blurred or otherwise, or too many pple highlighted by the spot lights above.
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this is quite honestly a quick snap shot, but was fluke that the timing was right to get her in between the two wheels of the bus. my friend that was with me unculturedly mentioned that it looks like a penis with two balls on the side, to which he got a slap on his head ahahha.. but then again he's not entirely wrong.. take note of the framing, i did it this way becos she was crossing the road and wanted to convey that feeling. had i did it conventionally (placing the girl at the bottom of the frame, i thot it would be a boring shot.
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there are a tonne of newstands in HK and it's a shot that i can't don't take.
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this is a contrast between old and new, with the old bus stop sign in the foreground and a new high rise in the background, so typical of HK. even the lighting has a contrast, warm (nostalgia) for the old, and cool (contemporary) for the new.
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beautiful symmetry here, and of course, tunnels in HK are so common. i actually got my friend to drive closer to the right so that from the passenger seat, i'm placed right in the middle of the tunnel.
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i don't know how to comment on this image except that i love the composition.
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the friend i spent most of my time with, having a moment in the rear view mirror. thanx to martin for driving me around, it was great, as he's a photographer too! on the more technical side, this image is very blur, due to a slow shutter speed and movement in the car (check out the out of focus lights ni the background, they should be circles, not ellipses). goes to show not every shot has to be sharp to be good. this is another favourite of mine in this series.
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it's great how they bothered to liven up the barrier with colours.
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this is one of the camera shops that is very popular in mong kok, more of a record shot in case any of my photographer friends wanted to know wat it looks like to buy stuff there. it's generally cheaper in HK.
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lovely colours, took me a while to get the composition right, i was there for a good 2-3 mins using different angles and positions such that the storekeeper was puzzled as to what exactly i was shooting! one thing to take note is that these things weren't still, it was moving about in a slight breeze and i only wanted ONE of the flower thingies to face the camera, so had to wait for the right time.
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martin having a smoke. nothing more nothing less. love the simplicity of this shot.
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these arrows intrigued me! all over the walls in the MTR stations. love the colour combination , green and yellow. love the contrast of the square multi-coloured mosaic with the solid circle and arrow.
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girl walking thru tunnel, zoom effect was done while shooting, not in post process.
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arr.. this controvertial shot.. i just like her vibrant character, dressing and background.
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must shoot view from the peak. quite honestly, nothing special, a tonne of such images everywhere, but i needed one for myself. it was a great view!
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don't ask me why i shot this, i just saw it, framed it, shoot one, and continued walking. sometimes it's like that, u see u shoot, u dun think and u like what u shot.
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at the cafeteria at Disneyland. wished i had a wider lens. this is one occasion where the right equipment is needed. most consumer digicams won't be able to shoot this. if u go there u will know wat i mean, u won't be able to fit everything in even if u were lying on the ground. exposure was tricky here.. thank goodness for an LCD screen.
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what we call a postcard shot. quite honestly postcard shots are EASY to take, no brainer here, just saw the marching band and snapped. u could do it with any camera and get the same shot! just do it at the right time. note: blue skies are RARE in hongkong!! so i was lucky!
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of all the characters in this store, i chose to shoot this one. dunno why.. it just looked silly!
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this is actually a BAD shot.. becos of the smoke. fireworks are sometime like that.
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another must shoot shot! i did a stich of two images here. it's for you littlestream! you might have seen it in my blog already. taken from harbour city rooftop carpark in tsim sha tsui.
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this was EXTREMELY tough to shoot, i was standing on a railing to get the height becos i wanted to show all the pple walking around. grey-uniformed police (those that book you for littering) were eying me up and down, while Martin was holding on to me so i don't fall over!
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plenty of such alleys in HK. another tough shot, very dark, hence a very slow shutter speed. i dragged a nearby table to use as a make shift tripod. don't ask me why there's a table in the alley. i don't know either!
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Asymmetry at it's best. love the spiral effect. -
hope my thoughts on these images can help those who wonder wat goes on in the mind of a photographer when he shoots.
basically it's nothing to do with skill. u gotta appreciate beauty and different things are interpreted differently between people. ur images should be YOUR interpretation of what you see. -
the peak... walked abit further to see if i can get a different angle of the city.Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):huh?? u mean the peak or Long Ke u walk a little then turn back??? i walked more than 8 hrs for the Long Ke one lor.. xiong.. but beautiful... go take some pic lah... i lost all my pic from Japan, HK, italy, sg that i took the last 2 yrs due to hard disk crash.. sighz. sad..
anyway.. from ur professional view... do u think a canon EOS camera really can help a non pro to become or act to be a pro?? hahahahhaa
next time u know.. back up!!
from my professional view, professional (looking) equipment can make you LOOK like a professional. but becoming a pro has little to do with equipment. ironic rite?
and also, being professional (as in shooting images for a living) has little to do with the quality of photographs taken. i shoot well (or poorly) not becos i am doing it full time, or would i shoot worse, if i am not a professional photographer. hope you get my analogy.
basically, professional means pple pay the person to shoot, and he delivers what needs to be shot, to the best of his ability. his best could still be sh!t...
then again photography is subjective.. sh!t to me might be gold to the customer. depending on needs and application.
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doing my job.
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Hongkong is a colourful city.
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didn't know picking soap up had that kind of sound...Originally posted by kopiosatu:doing my job.
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I agree with you! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and photography is such a simple yet wide-reaching form of beauty. Thanks for the pictures and explanations, they've certainly given me a new perspective on angles and non-conventional framing.Originally posted by jOhO:hope my thoughts on these images can help those who wonder wat goes on in the mind of a photographer when he shoots.
basically it's nothing to do with skill. u gotta appreciate beauty and different things are interpreted differently between people. ur images should be YOUR interpretation of what you see. -
agreed.... sometimes when i took a pic.. i got a idea of what i am trying to show in that pic.... trying to capture the feeling of things i saw, at that time, and at that actual place.... but... sometimes can't do it... the output is not what i am trying to take.... that is why i ask my previous question about having a pro camera.....read that those EOS series are really good in deliver actually what u see.....so thinking to invest or not..HK got so much things to take anyway.. i dont wan to waste my chance.. haha..Originally posted by jOhO:hope my thoughts on these images can help those who wonder wat goes on in the mind of a photographer when he shoots.
basically it's nothing to do with skill. u gotta appreciate beauty and different things are interpreted differently between people. ur images should be YOUR interpretation of what you see. -
in digital photography (or to do it well at least) u need to know how to shoot, and post process after that, to bring out the best in any image, in terms of colour, mood, feel.Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):agreed.... sometimes when i took a pic.. i got a idea of what i am trying to show in that pic.... trying to capture the feeling of things i saw, at that time, and at that actual place.... but... sometimes can't do it... the output is not what i am trying to take.... that is why i ask my previous question about having a pro camera.....read that those EOS series are really good in deliver actually what u see.....so thinking to invest or not..HK got so much things to take anyway.. i dont wan to waste my chance.. haha..
sometimes however, u also want to capture exactly what you eye sees, unadulterated.
unfortunately, no matter wat camera u use, from $200 to $20000, no camera is as good as our eye (lens) and our brain (imager).
so.. bottom line, no having a good camera like an EOS won't solve all/most problems.
and... who said EOS series cameras were good?
