Inez in Autumn Sonata Series

In Singapore, it is impossible to watch autumn scenary. But in photoshop, nothing is impossible! The leaves seem to be too big and too lifely to represents autumn, but no harm trying out to bring out cheerful Inez.

D3 and D300 are officially announced

D3

D300

Details look for D3 preview and D300 preview. Though the specs and features are very promissing compare to my D80, i don't think i have $$ to jump over.

Inez in colour

Learn something new today! I am trying to bring out Inez one more step out from the blur background. It takes me >20 minutes to isolate Inez from background using magic wand tool.

HDR Image

For curiosity, create a few HDR images using Photomatrix. The results looks cool.

They were taken in ViVo.

Humor: Nikon D3 Press Release

Monday, August 20th, 2007 (Tokyo) — Nikon Corp. of Japan this morning unveiled their newest digital SLR targeted toward professionals, the Nikon D3. But while Nikon maintains that the D3 is a groundbreaking development in the world of digital imaging, photographers and analysts alike seem to be scratching their heads.
“It’s a brick, a frickin’ brick,” said an obviously agitated Tommy Hogan, professional photographer.
“Yes, it’s a brick,” admitted Nikon President, CEO and COO Michio Kariya. “However, research showed us that we were rapidly losing market share in the professional realm to Canon. Here at Nikon, we’re not so prideful that we refuse to admit when we’re wrong. If photographers want a camera like Canon offers, we’ll build a camera like Canon offers. In this case, the brick was the closest we could come to achieving the ergonomics found in Canon’s 5D.”
Jerry Yamamoto, Nikon’s Chief Designer, had a different take. “Today, it seems that more and more of our customers are using their gear to photograph brick walls. Nikon cameras have always been about transcending the equipment—the camera becoming part of your environment. It’s easier to think artistically when you aren’t using a tool that seems out of place. The brick design of the D3 is part of a move toward better fusion with the photographer’s surroundings.”
But the brick design isn’t the only feature of the D3 that has left potential customers scratching their heads. The D3 will be Nikon’s first digital SLR that prevents the user from changing lenses. “I don’t get it,” Nikon enthusiast Rory Bjornlett said. “How is that supposed to be a ‘feature’?” Kariya had the answer.
“By shipping the D3 with the lens welded to the body, we’ve eliminated the sensor dust problem. In fact, we guarantee that you will never get dust on the sensor for the life of the camera. And now, you can order exactly the camera you want. Your D3 can be customized with a wide assortment of Nikon and even third-party lenses. Just tell us what you want, and we’ll weld it to the camera and ship it to your door within a couple of weeks.”
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Tomorrow afternoon, 23 Aug 07, we will see what is this brick!

My next lense...

Micro-Nikkor AF-S 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR
It is the latest addition to the Nikon macro lens line-up. Full review. It costs about S$1200.

Photoshop.. One word: GENG!

Original photo:

Post processed photo with photoshop:

Original photo:

Post processed photo with photoshop:

See the difference? I admitted it looks fake due to my skill. But it indicates photoshop Geng!

Inez.. Pretty and Cute?

Absolutely! I managed to pull out her for potrait shooting in Botanic garden two weeks ago, to test out my new photography gears. They were mainly taken by 50mm f1.4 Nikon lense.
For more pictures, visit here.

Singapore Fireworks Festival 07

I have attended 3 fireworks session in total this year!

8/9/07 NDP:

17/8/07 SFF Presented by Spain Team:

18/8/07 SFF Presented by China Team:
For full picture galleries, please visit NDP, Spain-Team and China-Team .

I found that taking green fireworks is the easiest. Blue fireworks tends to be underexposed and red fireworks tends to be overexposed. Well, I could be wrong.

My photography gears

D80

Nikkor AF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G IF-ED VR II DX
Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.4 D

Nikon D80, Nikkor AF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G IF-ED VR II DX and Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.4 D. :)

For detailed infomation, refer to Photozone DSLR Lense.

D80 and 18-200mm were bought from Lord's 1 month ago, while 50mm f1.4 was bought 2nd-hand from my friend.

They are really cool!

The very first...

My blog was first created today. :)
Hopefully this is not 3 minutes hot!