Bebatang keladi

Bebatang keladi, originally uploaded by afo_88.

Introduction
I believe a true way towards photography is to recognized and acknowledge the beauty of our surrounding that I believe doesn’t happen by coincidence. I believe there must be a creator who creates and take care of it; our only god, Allah.

By capturing a moment in present to view it later in the future, where that moment will become history and won’t repeat again even if we want to. So, by capturing it would we appreciate time and thought about how we would end up when our times are up?


Thinking about this would make me think about life after death.


The Camera
I currently use a standard gear of Canon EOS 40D. 2 batteries and a 67mm filter


The lens - Tamron SP AF 28-75 F/2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF)

I like to use or I only have a constant maximum aperture lens that wouldn’t change your aperture size when you are zooming in and out. Therefore, I would have full control of the aperture size I want.


Some Lens doesn’t give you a constant maximum aperture; therefore as you are zooming in to a subject, the aperture openings decreases or the aperture number increases to another aperture value.


If you are new to DSLR, I would recommend you to go to several sites about DSLR to understand more on Depth of field in relation to Aperture size. Mind you that the bigger the aperture number, the smaller the aperture openings and vice versa.


The Picture – Bebatang Keladi
This picture is one of my favourites due to its nice bokeh (blurry background effect). I would say that it would look totally different with f1.4 compared to f2.8 that I currently used. by using the highest aperture as possible, I manage to get that bokeh (blurry background effect).


This time around, I use ISO 400. Although this is an outdoor photoshoot, but the lighting was quite dimmed due to the sunlight being covered by leafy trees.


By changing my camera setting to Av (Aperture Mode). Which means, I want my Camera to automatically choose the best Shutter speed with the aperture that I choose (f2.8). Thus, my 40D calculate it to be 1/200 seconds which is just enough for handheld camera. Normally, I would aim for a shutter speed of more than 1/60 seconds if I were capturing with no tripod (which I normally do).

However, if you are capturing sports or anticipating fast movement of subject. I would recommend the shutter speed to be at least 1/1000 seconds to be on the safe side. And use AI Servo for the AF Setting.


And that is how I manage to get Bebatang Keladi. Thank you.

Mini air terjun

Mini air terjun, originally uploaded by afo_88.

Introduction
I believe a true way towards photography is to recognized and acknowledge the beauty of our surrounding that I believe doesn’t happen by coincidence. I believe there must be a creator who creates and take care of it; our only god, Allah.

By capturing a moment in present to view it later in the future, where that moment will become history and won’t repeat again even if we want to. So, by capturing it would we appreciate time and thought about how we would end up when our times are up?

Thinking about this would make me think about life after death.

The Camera
I currently use a standard gear of Canon EOS 40D. 2 batteries and a 67mm filter

The lens - Tamron SP AF 28-75 F/2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF)

I like to use or I only have a constant maximum aperture lens that wouldn’t change your aperture size when you are zooming in and out. Therefore, I would have full control of the aperture size I want.

Some Lens doesn’t give you a constant maximum aperture; therefore as you are zooming in to a subject, the aperture openings decreases or the aperture number increases to another aperture value.

If you are new to DSLR, I would recommend you to go to several sites about DSLR to understand more on Depth of field in relation to Aperture size. Mind you that the bigger the aperture number, the smaller the aperture openings and vice versa.

The Picture – Mini Air Terjun
This picture is my first try on using slower shutter speed without any use of tripod. I normally use what I have with me at that time, my steady hands; with the help of a big hard boulder to lean at.

For this picture I need to use as lower ISO (ISO 100) as possible because the effect of using slower shutter speed would let more lights to enter and we want to overcome that by letting the sensor to be less sensitive to light.

I don’t want my photo to be overexposed by the use of slow shutter speed and I don’t want my photo to be underexposed by using fast shutter speed. I just want it to be just right. However, I want to use slower shutter speed to get that silky look of water flowing. For this picture, it is 0.8 seconds.

For your information, there are certain tricks of when to use overexposed or underexposed setting. But we will discuss this in another post.

My aperture setting would be f/32 as I want my depth of field to be as wide as possible.

And that is how I manage to capture this picture. Thank you.