Shooting from low angles

Was on an assignment where there was a lion dance.

Thought I will share this tip - try shooting from very low angle.

Shucks, I have deleted the other image that I meant to post so that you can decide whether it is better to shoot from floor level, eye level, or top-down. Sorry.

Anyway, give this low-angle composition a shot. You may just have a winning shot!

More macro shots - near Lolo Waterfalls, Selangor

A rather interesting week, that just flew past without much done. Yes, following developments in politics in Malaysia might keep us dumb. No make us dumber if we just try to make sense of what our Ministers say as most of their statements are contradictory to what is actually happening.

Never mind them. I attended a talk by Louis Pang this week at the newly established Nikon Centre in Berjaya Times Square Kuala Lumpur. I understand that this is the first of such center in Malaysia. Well done Nikon!

As soon as I can remember what Louis shared with us, I will blog them. Promise.

Anyway, some macro shots taken near KL. Was there a while back with some Malaysia Nature Society Folks. Did not make it to the waterfalls as the many flora and fauna slowed us down to a snail's pace.

The photographs of the various insects and caterpillars were taken along this trial.

Trip to Pulau Ketam (Crab Island)

Interesting that this island, off Klang Port (the now infamous money losing PKFZ), is called crab island. Did not see any crab there, but had the chance to see lots of crap underneath and around houses built on stilt.

I was invited to join my friend, Chan, on this excursion organised by the Photographic Society of Petaling Jaya (PSPJ). Cannot remember why I did not want to organise a trip to this island when I was heading the organisation. Guess I had not been inspired on my many trips there. I could only remember cyclists, houses on stilts, mud-skippers, a couple of temples, coffee shops, fishing vessels, and nothing much aside from these.

This trip was probably my best, as there was a chance to see some 'action' shown below:

A fisherman drying salted fishes. Seldom get to see this on a beautiful day.

There are also smaller species being dried.

one way to take the pix

another way to do it!

And this table football machine which I used to spend a lot of time with when I was a student in UK. Why did I not think of making one like this instead of spending lots of money feeding the machine.

Tourist angle

A slightly more personal angle

An angle not many photographers will take from. I like this angle best. Some people will take quite a while to figure out what these objects are.

And the highlight of the day is probably this, taken on the ferry ride back to the mainland:

All the pictures above were taken with my Panasonic LX3.

Sharing

Since I starting photography in earnest, I find that the more I share, the more I learn, and the better I become.

The past few months had been rather hectic, and I have not been able to share much. My aim is to be able to glean some pointers from experts and share it with you through this blog.  I thought this favourite photograph of mine should remind me to share as much as I can.

Here, you can see SM Chan teaching the two ladies to shoot from an angle where most beginners will never think of doing. The result could be the shot that you have always wanted to take but never thought of doing so.

Here's a possible outcome. Have not edited it yet. But I can already see some potential of this shot.