2nd June 07 AHBT Shootout

[Elbowed Pierrot]

nitemare

what are the equipments you are using, I understand sometimes, 3rd party perpherials do not sync well. When I had my sigma flash with my 300d, the metering is always way off and by only using a bounce card can I get a fill-in effect. From your photos, it looks similar

[night86mare]

nitemare

what are the equipments you are using, I understand sometimes, 3rd party perpherials do not sync well. When I had my sigma flash with my 300d, the metering is always way off and by only using a bounce card can I get a fill-in effect. From your photos, it looks similar

Oh, you really don't want to know, my flash is really just a direct output thing. Set power, set amount, each time for 1/1000 seconds. =( Some funny China brand from Orient Photo.

Maybe when I get more money, I'll get a better one since I would need it for other stuff in the long run as well anyways. But for now, I'm thinking I'll try it out with bounce first to lessen the intensity - it is way too harsh direct. If not then I'll just stick to what I was using previously - i.e. built-in.

[Common Mime]

More Black Rose to wet CM's appetite.

This one's from Wang Peck.
Richard

Richard, please tell Wang Peck that I love her Black Rose shot. The branch comes out very natural.

[Leopard Lacewing]

Hi all,

It was nice meeting all of you in yesterday's outing. Like to thank the regulars for their guidance and important tips.

Here are my pictures... your comments will be much appreciated.
Also, need your help on the moth ID! Thanks.

Cheers! Bobby

[Silverstreak]

Bobby,

Excellent shots you have there!

Considering the limitations of your setup, these are great images that anyone can be proud of!

The Black Rose is my pick . Minor nits on the other 3 are the slight blurring of the wing tips , this could be remedied by getting your sensor parallel with the butts to fully use the narrow DOF.

Looking forward to more for ya!

[rubric]

Thank you guys & gals for the warm welcome yesterday! It was great meeting such a friendly and helpful bunch of butt enthusiasts, and I learnt a few tricks and butt names too. Here are my very humble efforts. Just some levels and colour adjustments in PS. Flash perplexes me, but at least I got a few tips from the gurus.

[Elbowed Pierrot]

nitemare, if that is the case, it will be better to use a bounce card, you also need to do trial and errors to get the desired results. One good way to know if the flash is overpowered/harsh, is to compare the subject to the background. If the subject is overlitted, then you need to readjust your flash output

here is a bounce card I did a couple of years back, which have been useful to me. To be printed in A3, pasted on a cupboard and fold along the lines
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...bouncecard.jpg

Bobby, very nice try. try not to overcontrast the photos, it makes shadow darker and hence lose details. And I agree with sunny, keep the subject as parallel to the camera body if possible. Alternatively, you can increase your f-stop to get a deeper DOF. Your last photo of a moth is well exposed *thumbsup*

Ruby, from the looks of your photos, it looks like you have been in this for quite a period. Only nit is avoid highlights when choosing a background, it distracts and dominant the subject, making the viewer look where they ain't supposed to. Your Black rose needs more fill-in light, the veins on the hindwing is not visible

I hope, I'm not too harsh with my words, ignore me if I am.. but do practice more, you will achieve better photos in the near future

[Peacock Royal]

Nice meeting you night86mare, Bobby (aka photoexpress) and rubric.

night86mare, some good effort there. Keep shooting and you will soon know what the shutter speed and f-stop should be for your cam setup to achieve a brighter background, of course that depands on the actual physical background also.

Bobby, your shots are very good and promising.

rubric, glad that you got the Common Imperial (3rd shot) shot. I didn't have any shot.Your shots are promising and look very good to me, especially 1st , 2nd and the last shot . Keep your shots coming.

[Common Mime]

Bobby, I like most of your shots!

Ruby, your Chocolate Demon is nice!

Thanks everyone for the nice photos!

[Cruiser]

Sharing two taken yesterday at the AHBT outing, no Black Rose from me though

1. Plain Nawab (~30% original size)
2. Orange skipper spp.