Photos from last weekend's Taman Seribu Bunga outing

Finally have time to touch up the photos a bit and upload it here.
Well, nothing to shout about the photos, nothing as close to what Fred has done with his 'flower in the water drop' snaps Not able to get big head-shots of the bees and dragonfly too, as my lens is too short (60mm) and if i go too close they just flew away. Dont dare to go anywhere near bigger bees though, no need to risk my life for it Anyway, tried some 'shoot-into-the-light' shots, and almost hurt my own eyes while focusing as the bright bright sun shines directly into my eyes, damn painful. Well, enough rubishing, here are the photos, please critics
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paiseh

nicely done...
6# is my choice... the words give me photo a meaning
nice

nick__123 wrote:nicely done...
6# is my choice... the words give me photo a meaning
nice

Thanks Nick,
I thought the photos were so terrible no one bother to give any comments @_@
Yupe, #6 is my own favourite too but execution slightly wrong, the small grass on top is not in focus, DOF too shallow. But I like it because I am relating it to my angel which is still in wife's tummy, due in 3 weeks time

Glad that you like it too
Cheers!

congrates chongcs a pre father i like all ur photos but no 6 is really meaningful. great one!! all shots taken by sp60mm??

Jameslye wrote:congrates chongcs a pre father i like all ur photos but no 6 is really meaningful. great one!! all shots taken by sp60mm??

Thanks James!
Actually I have it visualized before I press the shuttle button. Too bad its not executed as I would want it to be, should have pay more attention The grass at the bottom should have only 1 , and the rest should have been PSed, but I am not a PS guy, and I dont like to add/remove things from my shot, I will try to include/exclude during composition of my image, and if I cant do anything about it, then I will just leave it there

Yes, all shots done on SP60. Its a versatile lens
Don't worry I am not salesguy from Tammy
Cheers!

hahaha joker chong,if u r tammy sales man is even better for me haha...so have you tried sp90mm b4?wondering 60 or 90 is better but i know 60 is
f2.i guess f2 has it all.

Great coverage there, like them all

do you have kenko converter?

Jameslye wrote:hahaha joker chong,if u r tammy sales man is even better for me haha...so have you tried sp90mm b4?wondering 60 or 90 is better but i know 60 is
f2.i guess f2 has it all.

Hehe, well I do hope I am Tammy salesman, I need to find out why there's under exposure when using SP60 on Nikon body (well its not a serious problem for me, just need to keep an eye on the EV as well as the histogram)

I have yet to try SP90 but I heard it can be use for good macro shots, and its a FF lens. SP60 the main selling point is great optic, great color, and its suitable for both Macro (1:1) and for Portrait (F2). Even shoot at F2 the image is awesome Some lens when wide open it is tend to be soft, but this SP60 is sharp sharp all the way Only issue is under exposure (reported by few nikon users but no official info from Tammy) and slow focus speep, sometime the AF hunt can be annoying, and the sound of it doesnt help at all. If you intend to AF on a macro shot of an insect, it will just freak out and dissapear faster than your AF speed

Hope this info helps

Jameslye wrote:do you have kenko converter?

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No, no converter, nothing, just D300 + SP 60 (without UV filter or CPL), and SP600 firing wirelessly.

thanks chong i will love to try my macro soon once i ve get one of these hehehe

simmon wrote:Great coverage there, like them all

Thanks Simon
Well, I like journalism style of photography, hence the arrangement of photos is in accordance to sequence of event too, and all shot-as-is, no posing, no arrangement (well, no one can instruct a bee to pose, anyway )

Glad that you like it

Jameslye wrote:thanks chong i will love to try my macro soon once i ve get one of these hehehe

Well SP60 only is not sufficient to get a 'head/shoulder' shot of insects, you will need other add-ones like teleconverter or other macro add-ons Or you just need to go near a bigger bee heheheh, that could be quite interesting, taking photo of the huge bee that stings you Hehe, kidding

If SP60 alone then you have to go very near to the insect, and that will scare the hell out of them

Good luck

Chong, please limit your photos per post cos it's very annoying for people to memorize the long list. Thanks for sharing.