A Small Collection of Photos
It has been 6 months since I acquired the EOS 400D. Over that period, many photos have been taken and of course, experiences gained. Like that famous saying “Practice makes perfect” (Though that’s theoritically incorrect).
Anyway, here’s some pictures (mostly Night photography) over the 6 month span.
Date Taken: 22 December 2006
Location: Bukit Panjang, Singapore
Model: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL / Digital Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Flash: N/A
Flash mode: N/A
Shutter Speed: 10.0 seconds
F Number: F/4.5
Focal Length: 33 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Filters: None
This was taken from indoors in a dark room with a tripod. I wanted to capture the busy-ness of the highway at the time of the night.
Date Taken: 29 December 2006
Location: Pandan Reservoir, Singapore
Model: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL / Digital Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Flash: N/A
Flash mode: N/A
Shutter Speed: 2.5 seconds
F Number: F/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Filters: None
I took this shot during a night cycling trip of mine. Really like how the lights get nicely reflected on the water. The white light that’s illuminating from the background is from the Golf course that’s about 1KM away.
Date Taken: 15 January 2007
Location: Jurong East, Singapore
Model: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL / Digital Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Flash: N/A
Flash mode: N/A
Shutter Speed: 0.8 seconds
F Number: F/5.6
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Filters: None
The road nicely forms a cross, with buildings planted on each of it’s corners. Note the lights that the back, that’s the golf course I was talking about in the previous picture.
Date Taken: 15 January 2007
Location: Jurong East, Singapore
Model: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL / Digital Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Flash: N/A
Flash mode: N/A
Shutter Speed: 5.0 seconds
F Number: F/5.6
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Filters: None
I tried capturing the busy-ness of the Heartlands of Singapore. Did actually submit this for Photo Vista back in January. Didn’t win anything though.
Date Taken: 15 March 2007
Location: Esplanade, Singapore
Model: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL / Digital Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Flash: N/A
Flash mode: N/A
Shutter Speed: 15.0 seconds
F Number: F/11.0
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Filters: None
Many of you readers might have seen this picture (or something similar) on postcards. Oh no, this wasn’t used for any of those photocards.
I took this by the waterfront of Singapore river just like any other photographer out on that same day, trying to capture and frame this shot.
^ “Hmmm. Smells like that female duck I dated 2 nights back”
Date Taken: 4 April 2007
Location: Carlton Gardens, Melbourne, Australia
Model: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL / Digital Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III
Flash: N/A
Flash mode: N/A
Shutter Speed: 1/160 seconds
F Number: F/5.6
Focal Length: 250 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Filters: Hoya UV Filter
Hunting the duck, sniping it from a distance. Was walking in Carlton Gardens when I saw a group of ducks over at the edge of the pond. Quickly swiped out my camera and fixed the telephoto lens in.
Date Taken: 7 April 2007
Location: Harbour Bridge, Sydney, Australia
Model: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL / Digital Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Flash: N/A
Flash mode: N/A
Shutter Speed: 8.0 second
F Number: F/4.0
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Filters: Hoya UV Filter
Met up with fellow bloggers Adun and Icie. Right after we got off the ferry from Manly Beach, we decided to experiment with some night photography shots.
^ “I think that’s bird poo on me head!”
Date Taken: 8 April 2007
Location: Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia
Model: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL / Digital Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III
Flash: N/A
Flash mode: N/A
Shutter Speed: 1/100 second
F Number: F/5.6
Focal Length: 240 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Filters: None
I especially love this picture. Can’t describe in words about it.
Date Taken: 1 May 2007
Location: Bukit Batok, Singapore
Model: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL / Digital Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Flash: N/A
Flash mode: N/A
Shutter Speed: 30 seconds
F Number: F/10.0
Focal Length: 27 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Filters: Hoya UV Filter
No, there’s nothing wrong with the picture. I was inspired by one of the monochrome out-of-focus Vista wallpapers. Decided to try it out and here’s the result! Currently using it for my desktop. \p/
Alright, that’s all for now. I know this post is rather mundane, with the technical specs and all ^___^;
Other posts that might interest you
EOY Illustration Competition: Sparks of Hope
Caught this while reading Tiny Red Man’s blog.
As it says, it’s the EOY Illustration Competition: Sparks of Hope. Create an original character based on the theme “Sparks of Hope” and submit your artwork in A4, 300 DPI, and in JPEG format by 7th December 2007.
The top 3 winners will be able to win attractive prizes and and get their artwork featured on Fresh Mode. Fresh Mode is a 100-page monthly comics magazine targeted at teens and young adult comic readers. More information about the competition can be found here.
I’ll be giving this illustration competition a try. It will be my first art competition so I’m rather nervous about it. Need to submit drafts as well so I better ask some of my more art-inclined friends. There’s roughly 3 more weeks till the submission dateline. Hope I can manage my time even better. I’ve still got a 800 words Japanese essay to submit ^^;
So, anyone’s submitting entries for the same competition as well? And oh, may the moe be with you ^o^
Kaleidoscope! – Manga Illustration Showcase
Was supposed to put this up like a few days back but I’ve kinda of forgotten about it. Anyway, this is the very first local doujin and manga convention that is held over at Suntec city!
Dates: 27 & 28 Oct 2007
Venue: Suntec City @ MY.PLAYGr0und (Level 3)
(In between Tower 2 and 3, Map available here)
Timings: 11am to 8 pm
Do come down and support our talented local artists! There will also be a strong industrial presence such as Imaginary Friends, Collateral Damage Doujin Studio (CDDS), Chuang Yi etc.
It’ll be an open gallery and included inside is also a meet the artist session and drawing sessions. There will also be booths set up to sell stuff too!
The duck and seagull… lol. DUCK HUNT!!! with a camera =3.
Nice night pics, especially the one of Harbour Bridge (I demand that adun release his photo of it D=).
Damn that seagull cracks me up.
you have some nice photos here, id like to see some more macro shots or perhaps more abstract shots from you in the future if you get around to it :D
@Sneaks: Thanks! I’m still very new to the whole photography thing. Have yet to get much chances to try out macro shots.