Roof Top

Trying out my 85mm f1.8 that I just bought. It was sunny after storm an hour before. The sky was clear. We got to location and the sun was just in the right position. We got some great shots. The lighting is good and I didn't even use any reflector of fill in flash for most of the shots. 

The last photo here is the only time I use Flash. I put nissin Di866 flash on my camera plus ND4 and ND Grad filter. Those filters are cheap filter a bought from ebay. The results is not bad but I already ordered Cookin Filter and hopefully I will be able to try it out soon. I think the images will be sharper and clearer with Cookin.

Photo Trip to Blue Mountain on Christmas 2011

Anori and Nova Pre-Wedding Photos

One of the online photo editing tools that offer cool instant effects and frames for you to use on your photos.

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Colour Correction

If you have a photo that doesn't have the right colour, Don't panic.
You can still do something, you can fix it in photoshop.
This video will show you how.

Give more contrast to your image

Want to give your image more contrasty look? watch this video to see how.

Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM


I took this lens with me two days ago when I went to a trip with my friends. I took some really nice photos with this lens.

(All photos below are straight out from camera, only minor brightness and contrast adjustment have been done)

Beautiful colours


Good bokeh. With aperture of f2.8–4 this lens will produce a nice Out of Focus background and/or foreground to bring subject into attention.


Good sharpness (at least sharper than kit lens)


Good Macro (close up), I took this photos with lens zoom all the way to 70mm, f4.5. The distance of the end of the lens to object is no more than 10cm.



Good 17-70mm zoom range makes this lens a good all rounder lens to use. I planned to shot only a couple of photos with this lens but found myself shooting with this lens longer than planned.

Cons: The only problem is the focusing. Often I find the lens struggle to lock into focus with low contrast objects or in low light situation. Maybe I got a bad copy. But surprisingly it focuses good when taking macro photos.
It would be nice too if it has constant f2.8 aperture.

Pros and Cons aside, this lens is capable of producing nice photos. All the photos above are JPEG files straight out from my 40D.

Specification
Diaphragm blades: 7 (rounded diaphragm)
Minimum focus distance 0.22m (8.66”)
Internal focus, front ring doesn’t rotate when focusing.
Metal mount, weight 520g
Comes with hood.
Filter thread 72mm

Portrait

Water

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