Sunday, August 6. 2006

Shots at the Shah Alam Lake

[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/coolcatalyst/flowerpot2.jpg[/IMG]


Took my new toy out for a spin and learned quite a bit today. Lesson 1: What you see through your lens may not necessarily be what you get. There are just so many controls to master! I can foresee spending many happy hours tweaking around with it.

We went to the Shah Alam lake in the middle of the day today. Lighting's normally better towards the evening but due prior commitments, the only mutual free time we had was midday. It was darn hot but I managed to get a few good shots. Lesson 2: I discovered that it's important to get an SD card of a reputable brand. The free 1Gb SD Card that came along with my new camera is apparently lousy. A lot of shots were corrupted including some nice ones. It's a good thing that I was just taking photos today for fun and not to earn my bread. Man, what a precious lesson to learn.

Here are the survivors of my evil el-cheapo SD card and experimental attempts. Enjoy!

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[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/coolcatalyst/flowerpot3.jpg[/IMG]


[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/coolcatalyst/tree.jpg[/IMG]


[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/coolcatalyst/steps.jpg[/IMG]


[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/coolcatalyst/steps2.jpg[/IMG]


[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/coolcatalyst/bezzie-1.jpg[/IMG]
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*Exactly. Broke my heart, too :-( The memories of the moment is the reason I got a dSLR. I want to capture those moments better. I wonder if I can swap my SD Card for a better one n just pay the difference.
#1 coolcat (Homepage) on 2006-08-06 08:22 (Reply)
*"A lot of shots were corrupted..."

Man, that would break me heart!!!! :-(

I've always told me mates that if i get mugged and they want me camera, i'd beg them to at least lemme have the memory card inside!!!!

More, more, more!!!!! ;-)
#2 Anonymous on 2006-08-06 08:04 (Reply)
*Hey, now that you have a dSLR, why not try out some HDR shot? Those are always cool =)
#3 Anonymous on 2006-08-06 09:29 (Reply)
*the last letchumi pic is so cute :p
#4 alicey (Homepage) on 2006-08-06 10:53 (Reply)
*AIK!!! My silly look!!!
#5 Anonymous on 2006-08-06 08:42 (Reply)
*Cute mar. Better than the tragic look :-P
#6 coolcat (Homepage) on 2006-08-06 08:43 (Reply)
*An idea would be to set your camera on Aperture Priority. I think some of the shots are slightly over-exposed.
#7 Anonymous on 2006-08-09 00:43 (Reply)
*Cool idea. Thanks, man :-)
#8 coolcat (Homepage) on 2006-08-09 00:48 (Reply)
*Thanks, guys :-) Will get a replacement card pronto.
#9 coolcat (Homepage) on 2006-08-08 00:52 (Reply)
*beautiful shots. you have a real eye for photography.
#10 Anonymous on 2006-08-07 13:26 (Reply)
*Very nice! Impressive start!

(again jealous of the sweet camera!)
#11 Anonymous on 2006-08-06 13:08 (Reply)
*amazing shots!
didja have to touch up any photos? or are the colours the original?
#12 Anonymous on 2006-08-06 15:48 (Reply)
*Merv, will try that one out soon :-D

Alicey, oh yahor. Looks like a scene from a Hindi movie. LOL!

Anne, thanks :-)

Vagus, photos 1,5 & 7 were untouched. #6 was greyscaled. #2 & 3 - saturation was increased a little. #4 - increased the contrast.

Jimmeh, my bezzie will thank you for remembering her winsome dimple :-D
#13 coolcat (Homepage) on 2006-08-06 23:10 (Reply)
*Great photos :-) That stinks about the memory card. You should try going to [url=http://www.newegg.com]www.newegg.com[/url] You can get a good one GB SD card on there for only twenty bucks :-) That's where I got mine, but mine is Sony though lol.
#14 Anonymous on 2006-08-07 11:43 (Reply)
*Aiyo so hati sakit about the SD card, man. I feel like killing people whenever I lose any kind of data. If it helps, the SD card that came with my Ixus 50 is "Silicon Power". Never had any probs with it.

I like the last two shots. Look forward to see more pics as you discover what your camera can do!! ;-)
#15 irene (Homepage) on 2006-08-07 13:24 (Reply)
*Good shots. Dimpled cutie pic was very nice :-)
#16 Anonymous on 2006-08-06 22:27 (Reply)
*Thanks, Jon. Have reformatted it last nite. Hope it works.

One question: I have been using a 512MB SD card with my Ixus for more than a year now and I never had any problems with it and never reformatted it. Is it a 1Gb SD, Nikon or a dSLR thing?
#17 coolcat (Homepage) on 2006-08-08 21:27 (Reply)
*Hi CoolCat

Before giving up on your SD card format it in the camera. This is more reliable than a pc based format. I would do this every ten downloads or so to ensure any errors on the drive are removed.

Best regards

Jon
#18 jonupton on 2006-08-08 17:52 (Reply)

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