Comments on: One in a Hundred

By: teddY

teddY — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:59:48 +0000

@Noktahhitam: Yeap. Nah the photo didn’t turn out to be that nice, haha! My model is known for notoriously churning out a lot of noise at shadows even at a high exposure - which is very bad. I think I’ll only make the jump when I have enough money, although I’m very thrifty now and desperately saving up for a dSLR.

@Aisyah: Thank you Aisyah

By: Aisyah

Aisyah — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:52:40 +0000

oh wow. congrats on the shot. wow. wow. wow.

I’m just so speechless.

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By: NoktahHitam

NoktahHitam — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:40:08 +0000

it’s a Pentax Optio S55 camera << you’ve got to be kidding me? Your pictures never failed to impress me.

Anyway, once you’ve jumped into the dSLR bandwagon, you’d be great! Since you know what you want, and what to look for in photography.

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By: teddY

teddY — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:50 +0000

@Melle:
Thanks Melle! You made me curious - what model of camera are you using? When summer comes around over there, I’m confident that you’ll get plenty of lightnings! Haha cute beach pictures no you’re not shallow at all! Don’t say that.

By: Melle

Melle — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:27:00 +0000

TEDDY! That looks so amazing! My camera would have died at the prospect of taking a regular old picture, rather than one of lightning. You’re very lucky and talented too! Persistence paid off as well. I would try this, but we haven’t had lighting in a while but summer is coming and hot, hot air means cute beach pictures..erm, I mean weather pictures! Haha! I’m as shallow as a puddle.

By: teddY

teddY — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:49:35 +0000

@Jasmine: Thanks for the tips - they’re going to be very useful when I get a dSLR camera in the future. I have yet to grasp what does aperture really means, but I’m aware of this inverse relationship (as a photographer’s rule of thumb) that exists between aperture value and shutter speed - i.e. if you’re shooting at f/8, you’ll need to have a shuuter speed of at least one eighth of a second. If I do get a dSLR next time, I will most probably rely on the long shutter speed to get a lightning. For my slow reflexes, shooting a lightning only when it appears will be too late, heh.

@Id: Oh I understand your fear. Last time when I was in Genting Highlands, there was this marvellous thunderstorm outside and I thought of shooting the lightnings, but since the air is too wet, I’m afraid of getting struck (I was standing outside the hotel lobby, so the risk is actually higher than if you’ve opted to stay indoor). I think if you’re in your car or at home, you’re almost completely shielded from lightning strikes. Lightning passes through a certain path in air with the least resistance - like your car’s external metal chasis and your house exterior. Even if lightning does hit you, it’s proven that more than 95% of the energy will be travelling outside you (or you’ll most probably explode due to overheating inside). But 5% is still enough to knock you unconscious or kill!

@Nel: You’re welcome, Nel! Welcome back to the blogosphere *hugs* take it easy, I know that you’re very busy, so don’t push yourself too hard! Your real life commitments take precedence over blogging stuff, and everyone understands that! It’s hard to spot the photo because I actually lowered the JPEG quality to make the photo collage load faster. I was just randomly aiming my camera, praying hard that Lady Luck is looking over my shoulder, heh.

@Destiny: Same here! I have really slow reflexes so I relied on the burst shooting mode to increase the chance of capturing a lightning. Since I use a P&S camera, I have no control over shutter speed and aperture. So for me the best time to shoot for lightning is at night with burst shooting mode, that’s when the darkness of the night will force the camera to use a longer shutter speed. Most of the lightning turned out to the false alarms because more than three-quarters of them occur between clouds (and are usually obscured by the heavy clouds), so you only get to see weak flahses of light.

@Eric: Not pro, but lucky heheh.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:50:53 +0000

Teddy … U really pro …! REally can see the lighting sp clear in line …
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By: Destiny

Destiny — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:20:50 +0000

Dang… I wish I could take pictures like those as well. Unfortunately I don’t have nimble fingers to take them. I’m always a second too late. I think it has something to do with your shutter speed as well. Hopefully you’ll be able to learn how to capture pictures like that. I think you would have to just be ready with your finger on the trigger. Sometimes, you’re able to anticipate on when it would strike as well.

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By: Nel

Nel — Mon, 05 May 2008 01:41:04 +0000

Hey Teddy! Thanks the comment on my site- yeah I am back (well sort off…) hopefully I can take things easy in the upcoming weeks and have time to just blog and surf my favs (of which this site is included )

I didn’t spot the one in a hundred photo- funny to think that if you’d aimed a bit more to the right you would have missed it! The picture looks so clear and sharp. I’m a bit afriad of lightening, I always think that I’ll get struck!

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By: Id

Id — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:46:56 +0000

I have always been afraid of capturing lightning with my camera because I have this paranoia that I’ll get struck! Stupid, I know! Still, the shot looks amazing! I really like the 100 shots. It looks like a contact sheet. =)

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