Since coming back from Port Dickson, I've been experimenting.
First, I've been shooting at lower and lower light levels,
Fig 1
with some unexpected outcomes
Fig 2
But after I calibrate (and that usually takes a while)
Fig 3
The results are some very candid shots
Fig 4
Fig 5. Way I see it, anyone taking a photograph is fair game.
I've also started using telephotos for portrait type shots,
Fig 6
and experimenting with zone focusing when shooting extremely fast subjects, removing the need for autofocus. I am also shooting without noise reduction now, which means that the images are sharper
Fig 7
and I no longer have wasted shots like this
Fig 8
And I can catch things as they happen now.
Fig 9
That said, that doesn't make me a better photographer. It just means that I've widened my ability to take both bad shots and good ones, and I had that ability before:
Fig 10
Yeah as my ex student points out, my camera isn't the best there is. But goes where I go, so it sees what I see.
Fig 11-- "Back end"
And what I see is exactly what he sees.
And I'm probably not as good as he is, because I've seen some of his stuff and it is beautiful
But I figure I'll go where he goes. Just a bit slower, that's all.
And that's not a problem. I'm not in a hurry right now.
Oh, one last picture. I'm rarely in these shots, because Caffeine keeps on not bringing her camera out. But I just like this one a lot:
Fig 12
PS. I am going to have to start uploading to a less lossy site.
Fig 1: West Coat Swing members at Pink Dot 2014. Mini album here
Fig 2: Caffeine at Cufflinks Club. She doesn't like the picture. I do.
Fig 3: Neil Road, late at night. Full album here
Fig 4: Cufflinks club, again (same album as fig 4)
Fig 5: Photographer setting up on Jiak Kim Road, outside an apparently very exclusive pub. I am aware that this man's camera is much more capable of low light images than my OMD 5 since he probably has a better dynamic range. Same album as fig 4 and 5.
Fig 6: Sunbird at NUS campus. It refused to take off while my camera was pointed at it, and then I looked away, and when I looked back it was gone. Full album here
Fig 7: Sparrow at Pandan Gardens. Same link as above
Fig 8: Pigeon at Pandan Gardens. Same link as above.
Fig 9: Sparrows fighting at Pandan Gardens. Same link as above
Fig 10: Pigeon launching into flight at Pandan Gardens. Same link as above.
Fig 11: Pub kitchen from the back door
Fig 12: Xueling treating me as a climbing frame. full album here
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