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Saturday, August 19, 2023

4137. SINGAPORE WILDFLOWERS - Small purple flowers - Chromolaena squarrosoramosa.

This Tawny Coster (Acraea terpsicore) is a small orange butterfly with black spots on small purple flowers (Chromolaena squarrosoramosa). Changi Airport Terminal 1's plantar boxes, 29 Aug 2022.

4136. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Manual Mode is not good for moving person.

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS:

Manual Mode is not good for photography of a moving person. Ellard kept moving his hand and tip-toeing during photography. I took 9 shots in a series, but Ellard's movements of hands and body changed the lighting conditions. This act blurred the portraits.

This first shot is least blurred as Ellard tip-toed. In Manual mode, the movement affects focusing and changes of lighting. Overall, the image is not satisfactory.

Canon R5, Handheld. 1/5 sec, f/11, ISO 200, Manual, 25mm focal length.

I should have had used AV Mode, ISO 400, f/11 at AUTO SHUTTER SPEED.

UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/08/4136-photography-tips-manual-mode-is.html

Friday, August 18, 2023

4135. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: How to photography a rainbow

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: How to photograph a rainbow.

M mode, Tripod important. Canon R5, 1/60 sec, f/11, ISO 125, 24 mm. Focus at 1/3 way into the scene (roof).

RAINBOW Lentor St, Singapore, 16 Aug 2023, 6.46pm.

1. Use a narrow aperture for a sharp scene. f/8 or f/11 to achieve lots of depth of field.2. Manual mode and tripod.
3. Focus about 1/3 of the way into the scene to keep both foreground and background sharp.
4. Slow shutterspeed at 1/80 sec or lower
5. High ISO NOT advised as it causes grainy photos.
*6. Use exposure bracketing. Take 3 shots. Sky shot has faster shutter speed. Mid-level shot at lowered stop or two and foreground shot lower. Blend 3 images in Lightroom.
7. Good composition. Uncluttered foreground, emphasize where rainbow intersects with ground object.
*8. Add a polarising filter of good quality to remove reflections and haze.
9. Post-processing important. Dodge and Burn etc.

* I didn't use these for my present shot of rainbow.

#rainbowphotography
#rainbowsingapore
#kongyuensing
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UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/08/4135-photography-tips-rainbow.html

M mode, Tripod important. Canon R5, 1/60 sec, f/11, ISO 125, 24 mm. Focus at 1/3 way into the scene (roof of house).
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PUBLIC WINNER; 'Departing Storm over Bembridge Lifeboat Station' Jamie Russell
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Rainbows occur when sunlight shines through raindrops. The light is refracted as it enters the raindrop, then reflected off the back of the droplet and then refracted again as it exits and travels towards our eyes.

This causes the sunlight to split into different colours. The sun needs to be behind the viewer and needs to be low in the sky. The lower the sun in the sky, the more of an arc of rainbow the viewer will see.

Also, the rain, fog or other source of water droplets must be in front of the viewer. The angle at which the light is scattered is different for everyone, which means that every rainbow is unique to the observer.

Double rainbows form when sunlight is reflected twice within a raindrop. They are relatively common, esp when the sun is low in the sky, such as in the early morning and late afternoon. The second rainbow is fainter and more 'pastel' in tone. A key feature of a double rainbow is that the colour sequence in the second rainbow is reversed.

Thursday, August 17, 2023

4134. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Morning glory backlit by sunlight. Use tripod and TV

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Morning glory backlit by sunlight. Use tripod and TV

17 Aug 2023, 8.40 am. Yio Chu Kang Cres forested area near river bank.
Canon R5, TRIPOD, TV, ISO 640, f/4.5, 1/500 sec, 105 mm. Focus on lower part of flower.

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UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/08/4134-photography-tips-morning-glory.html

4133. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Using the P Mode.

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Using the P Mode.

The P Mode is rarely used or recommended as the AV and TV Modes work effectively to get sharp images. In the P Mode, the photographer does not bother with the settings of ISO, shutter speed and aperture.

In this case, the P Mode worked well. I do not use the P Mode any more nowadays.

Village ice-cream vendor, Myanmar. 4 Jun 2016. 11.56 am
Canon 70D, P, ISO 100, F/7.1, 1/250 sec, 79mm

#pmode
#photographymyanmar
#icecreamvendor
#myanmarvendor
#kongyuensing
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UPDATE:

https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/08/4133-photography-tips-using-p-mode.html

4132. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: State flags on balconies. Use TV 1/500 sec and tripod.

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: State flags on balconies. Use TV 1/500 sec and tripod to get sharp images, in case there is a breeze fluttering the flags.

A rare sighting of a block display of Singapore flags to celebrate the 58th National Day in 2023

ParkRoyal Collection Marina Bay Singapore, 15 Aug 2023, 1.45pm. Canon R5, tripod, f/11, ISO 100, 1/500 sec, 35mm, TV

#singaporeflags
#parkroyalcollectionhotel
#parkroyalmarinabay
#stateflags
#nationalday
#kongyuensing
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UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/08/4132-photography-tips.html

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

4131. Reduce Exposure Compensation to -1.0 to prevent over-exposure of parts of flowers under hot afternoon sunlight

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Sunlight glare over exposure of some parts of flowers. Reduce EC.

Reduce Exposure Compensation (EC) to -1.0 to prevent over-exposure of parts of flowers under hot afternoon sunlight. Otherwise your image is over-exposed in some parts of the red bracts, making image not good for viewing.

Canon R5, Tripod, TV, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, ISO 100, 105mm, EC -1.0

#redbougainvillea
#singaporebougainvillea
#sunteccitybougainvillea
#kongyuensing
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UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/08/4131-reduce-exposure-compensation-to-10.html