GfK Photo Club

52 Weeks Project

2010-01-05T01:39:00.003+08:00

This is an introduction photo of my 52 Weeks project, hope everything goes well till the end. :-)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fhoghi

My Flickr Photostream (2nd Batch)

2010-01-02T22:48:00.004+08:00

"Master Skull"

"Test of Time"

"Nov 1: Strange"

"Ladies First"

"Ricky"

My Flickr Photostream :-)

2010-01-02T22:37:00.006+08:00

"Mandatory Leave: Day 1"

"Bicycle"

"Singapore 09"

"Patriotism"

LaNgKaWi tRiP '09

2009-11-08T18:21:00.003+08:00

These photo was taken in front of Seagull Rest of Awana Porto Malai Resort.

This photo is taken in front of the Cable Car Station, Langkawi.

Couldn't reallly remember where this was taken.

Went to Langkawi on 25th - 27th October 2009 and have these photos taken with Canon 400D with a 18-200mm lense.

Lazy Anyone ?

2009-10-12T07:52:00.004+08:00

Chin Swee Temple @ Genting

2009-10-05T23:20:00.007+08:00

These are a few shots I took during my trip to Genting Highland at Chin Swee Temple during the Raya Festival. Just to share.

I personally like the background of this pic. The skies looks attractive to me.

This is the Buddha Statue.

Lotus

2009-06-14T23:07:00.003+08:00

Summer, a lot of blossom lotus, it's a good time to take photo.

Photos for Recital

2009-05-27T16:57:00.003+08:00

Recently, I had a chance to take photos for my friend's flute Recital. It is my first time to take the Recital Photos.

The organisers are very strict. I can only sit on the chair and cannot move around in the hall. Also, they warn me to avoid my camera shutter sound. Luckily, I did some researches earlier. To minimise the camera sound, I bought a sound muffler for my camera and it could reduce around 70% of sound. The sound muffler is like a thick soft case for camera which can absorb the shutter sound.

Since I cannot move freedomly inside the hall. It is also another challenge for me to think how to make the photos different in the same angle.

Here are some photos to share with you. Enjoy.

More photos can be found at:
http://www.fotop.net/williamc/Cindy_Recital_2009

Sai Kung

2009-05-21T21:39:00.002+08:00

Sai Kung, a popular hiking location.
These photos are also took by Fujifilm RDP3, hope you like it!

Shing Mun Reservoir (2008)

2009-05-14T10:12:00.003+08:00

This few photos took by Dec 2008. It's the same day with the B&W landscape photo i shared before. I post it so late because I used a long time to finish this roll of film. HAHA.
These photos took by Fujifilm RDP3, Silde, the style is natural colour. I love it so much.

gummi bears: a love story (episode 4)

2009-05-12T00:45:00.007+08:00

"Unconsciously on top of something high, enough to feel the wind while reminiscing the happy moments of our past"

Gears:

Nikon D60

Sigma 70-300mm APO DG with Macro

Nikon SB900

http://www.flickr.com/fhoghi

Patterns in Nature

2009-05-10T21:04:00.002+08:00

I love taking close up picture of birds but occasionally I also like to include its habitat. I came upon this bird by accident while looking for woodpecker along a nature trail near my house. I only managed to trigger off three shots before the bird flew away.

Camera: Canon 40D
Lens: Canon 100-400mm
Exposure: 1/250 f5.6 ISO 100

Catching the Rain

2009-05-10T02:27:00.006+08:00

The water kinda looks like an elephant : )
Canon 1000D / 55mm / (1/800) sec.

View On Black
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zelerick/3515452883/

Nature Trippin'

2009-05-02T01:12:00.014+08:00

"joy"

"alone"

"my moment"

"god's creation is the greatest subject of all"

Have a great weekend guys :-)

Gears for the shots:
Nikon D60
Sigma 70-300mm APO DG with Macro
Nikon SB900

http://www.flickr.com/fhoghi/

My Canon Collection / Extension Tube

2009-04-28T22:08:00.009+08:00

Recently, I get two new Canon items for my collection. One is 450D and another one is 1Ds MKIII. HaHa... Both of them are just miniature. 450D is around 1:4 size and it is a USB thumb drive (2Gb) 1Ds MKIII is 1:5 size and just a miniature.

On last weekend, the weather is really bad in Hong kong. So, I just take some pictures for these toys.

Equipment used for those pictures: EOS5D MKII + Leica 90mmf2.8 (using a Leica M to Canon EOS converting mount) Sometimes, if you don't have the macro lens, you can use the extension tube for your existing lens and get the close up shots. There are some web sites explaining how to use extension tube such as the below link:
http://www.slrphotographyguide.com/camera/lens/extensiontube.shtml

Most of them are using ISO6400 and f2.8 aperture

Special Notice

2009-04-27T09:20:00.004+08:00

Please kindly be informed that I am no longer the Chairman of GfK photo club from now onwards.

I will still continue to share with my photos / experiences and participate in photo club but will be less involvement in the strategies, events organising, etc.

The photoclub blog will be remained at it is.

Thank you for your attention

into the light

2009-04-26T19:00:00.003+08:00

one of the photos i took during church visits last Holy Week.

stripes

2009-04-26T12:03:00.005+08:00

"the feelings that we can't express is the only reason why we love them"

Gears for this photo:

Nikon D60

Sigma 70-300mm APO DG with Macro

Skills guided by:

The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos by Michael FreemanDigital Photographer Philippines Issue No. 25

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fhoghi/3474124238/

Photo Competition "Transportation" - Result

2009-04-24T17:13:00.006+08:00

Thanks for the ladies and gentlemen who submitted your photos for GfK Photoclub photo competition.

The committee had a discussion on the submitted photos.
First of all, we exclude some photos which are quite "record" style. i.e. cannot show its photo technique. And then, we try to find out the better one.

Two pictures looks better in the group -- Woon's boat picture and Grazielle's balloon picture.

a. Grazielle one is okay in term of color & quite special angle.

b. Woon one is using HDR effect and it is a good trial. Jut the effect is a bit too strong.

We will give a small gift to Woon and Grazielle for their participation.

We look forward to seeing more good pictures from all of you.

Thanks again for your participation

back to basics

2009-04-23T02:57:00.008+08:00

"just as great athletes miss a shot, miss a goal and make a mistake. were just humans, failure is part of our life, if you fall, stand up, back to basics and recover. then call mang pilo :-)"

Hong Kong Urban Area

2009-04-21T22:59:00.003+08:00

In some Hong Kong urban area, some buildings are almost 40 years old and some are new. This made a interesting contrast. Now, government planned to re-construct the urban area and make it new.

shanghai

2009-04-21T10:13:00.007+08:00

poseidon at rest

2009-04-21T09:37:00.007+08:00

My Japan Vacation Photo

2009-04-21T09:05:00.009+08:00

In early April, My wife & I went to Japan again for our vacation. For this time, we choose a place we didn't visit before --- Kyushu, southern part of Japan. Yufuin is a popular hot spring area in Kyushu and we like this place very much.

There are some photos to share with you.

If you want to see all pictures, you can visit my album:
http://www.fotop.net/williamc/Gallery_0904

Equipment for this trip: EOS5D MKII, 24-105f4L and 100-300f5.6L

Added Feature

2009-04-20T10:58:00.002+08:00

Hi hi,

Haven't hear from me for some time, but the admin is not sleeping.

I have added the "Reaction" feature in the blog, this allows alternative feedback to the entries by our colleagues.

Hope you find this useful.

Cheers,
YeoCP