Jeffrey gunning insects in AH (01 Feb 08)

[Simon]

Butterfly wings are symmetrical, so just trace and copy from the good side and use transform to recreate the bad wing If done with the original image will give better results.

here is one of my PSed butterfly

the left wing was badly tattered

[Simon]

choy, I believe he was using Tv mode, 1/60s is chosen by the camera. He was using a 105mm not the 200mm :P

stan, but the white wing tip is overexposed :P

[Goondoo]

Nic,
See this? 300D can give awesome quality . It's barely $300-400 from Clubsnap now.

[Simon]

aiya, the camera is just a tool. My favorite 5-bar sword was also taken with the 300D, and I'm very proud of that too

[wasabi8888]

Jeff!!

Presentation very professional now! With border, accompanied text and consistent presentation! More importantly!!!!!! NIKON D3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wa lau.. are you the one that changed the title of the thread?

Hi Jeffery, sorry for not replying the PM, I went out shortly after the post. btw, it's Merv or Mervis, not Mervin..

The presentation looks very good now, with good font and contrast. I do feel the top and bottom font alignment makes the balance of the whole picture a bit heavy to the left. How about aligning the bottom text to the right to make it balance up..

Sorry about the wrong name.... btw my name is Jeffrey and not Jeffery

Walau, don't play play. Wish I can at least fondle one right now.

Pictures are good Jeffrey, did you use flash? If you did, you might try turning up the power a bit next time and increase the shutter speed and make the aperture smaller too.

This would help you darken the background and increase DOF.
My two cents.

Most of it with flash except the last 2 pic that was taken with ISO 3200 and ISO 8000 respectively.

personally I prefer a lighter weight for the text.

Point taken.. will change that..

how come the shutter speed is at 1/60s? shouldn't it be at x-sync speed?

er.. what is x-sync speed.. are you saying the speed too fast or too slow?

Jeff, nice job. At least you getting better shots with better background compared to the last outing. However, since you using a tripod, I think you need more practise on getting the subject tack sharp. Remember to focus on the eye of the subject, everything else can be blur but not the eyes.

don't get disappointed with my comments, I rather harsh with it sometimes. But there is always room for improvement and that is the only way to strive for better results. We started as a beginner once, so it is a passing phase

I have done some PSing on the great mormon (pardon the poor PS, used an unfamiliar photoshop element on my company's laptop)

No problem with the comments. I am here to learn although I have to admit I was quite bothered by it the whole day....

Seen your PSed picture and you know what? I can;t see the difference... Damn.. still need to learn to differentiate between a good pic and a bad pic... well this is my 3rd time taking macro of insects.. long way to go... maybe next time you can point out the areas of improvements...

Nic,
See this? 300D can give awesome quality . It's barely $300-400 from Clubsnap now.

Billy, you win lor... I buy already then you say this kind of thing... But on a serious note, I have always felt that photography is dependent 80% skill and 20% equipment. I just have to work on that 80%....

[Goondoo]

Billy, you win lor... I buy already then you say this kind of thing... But on a serious note, I have always felt that photography is dependent 80% skill and 20% equipment. I just have to work on that 80%....

No-no, the message not meant for you.... just trying to spread so poison... ...

PS: I like many of your shots! And the D3 is definitely a great camera.

[hwchoy]

choy, I believe he was using Tv mode, 1/60s is chosen by the camera. He was using a 105mm not the 200mm :P

EXIF says aperture priority so it should be x-sync. what was that about 105 and 200?

[Simon]

maybe he selected x-sync without noticing it.

[wasabi8888]

Simon

rememer you mentioned about my crop? Below is the original pic of the housefly taken hand held. Was I too far from the pic and hence when I cropped I lost some details?

[wasabi8888]

maybe he selected x-sync without noticing it.

still don't know what is x-sync.... how to know whether I activated it?

[Simon]

if the subject is sharp, cropping to that size shouldn't be any problem. However, looking at the cropped version it looks otherwise, so you should crop it such that it still have a certain degree of sharpness

[wasabi8888]

Another pic of a dragon fly... over exposed and over saturated but I hope at least it's sharp

[benetay]

Looking good Jeffery, compared to my shots. It's a disgrace.

[wasabi8888]

Hi all

ANother pic of the housefly with a bit of PS.. how is the sharpness now?

[wasabi8888]

Benedict...

That's too strong a word to describe your pic.... no such thing as disgrace one... the way I look at it is, it can only get better...

[benetay]

Looks brighter now, clearer then the one you initially posted.

No problem Jeffery! Will work hard to improve.

Cheers!

[Goondoo]

Hi all

ANother pic of the housefly with a bit of PS.. how is the sharpness now?

Jeff,
You shoot in RAW? I want to try, please email me your orginal file at [email protected] if you don't mind.

[wasabi8888]

Billy

I have never shot raw before..just send the orginal file using yousendit.com

[hwchoy]

maybe he selected x-sync without noticing it.

I thought x-sync is fixed for a body and gets selected when in aperture mode. x-sync should be around 1/200-1/250s.

[Simon]

and I thought it is adjustment, right? even on the 40D you can set it to sync at a fixed 1/250s or otherwise