{"id":793,"date":"2007-01-16T03:07:12","date_gmt":"2007-01-16T03:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=793"},"modified":"2014-01-22T19:34:46","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T19:34:46","slug":"abandoned-grounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=793","title":{"rendered":"Abandoned Grounds"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nGuess what’s wrong with this taxi stand. Yes, that’s Pertama Complex, where I got my Vivitar 2x teleconverter for Olympus Zuiko mount<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nThe first subject I managed to snap at 1\/500th of a second and 420mm at F11, was Grace<\/a>, using the Olympus OM-2000<\/a> with the 2x teleconverter and Olympus Zuiko 70-210mm F4.5-5.6 (effectively a 140-420mm F9-F11.) Interesting what the teleconverter does to bokeh. Even more interesting is how little chromatic aberration there is (I left her shoulder untouched.)<\/p>\n

Oh, and the Olympus OM-2000 was loaded with standard Kodak ISO 400 film.<\/p>\n


\nWith the Vivitar 24mm F2.0, I could fill up my full frame with 16 floors!<\/p>\n

This abandoned place is the Pekeliling flats near the Titiwangsa Monorail (and Titiwangsa STAR LRT.) Reeks of all sorts of smells, but the wind takes it out. Once in a while.<\/p>\n


\nWith the same wide lens, my hand kept making a guest appearance. Asyraf<\/a> disapproves. When manual focus is tack on at F2.0, images just pop!<\/p>\n

And now, for digital photography.<\/p>\n


\nWhere’s Raymond<\/a>?<\/p>\n


\nAsyraf, proponent of Nikon’s Creative Lighting System, shooting Kingsley<\/a>. Spot the slave flasher Xian Jin<\/a>!<\/p>\n

…I don’t think I’d want to take more than 10 minutes to compose the lighting for a shot, though.<\/p>\n


\nJenifur<\/a> wonders how to work my infrared-modded Fujifilm Digital Q1<\/a> with 2x teleconverter and 70-210mm F4.5-5.6 lens (which gives a 840-2520mm equivalent crop.)<\/p>\n


\n“Ma our apartment has been broken into!<\/i>”<\/p>\n


\nXian Jin, shot with the Q1 in infrared. I’m not sure who shot this because I don’t remember shooting it. I reckon it was using the Vivitar 24mm F2.0 lens (144mm equivalent crop).<\/p>\n

At this point, you might be wondering – hey, wasn’t the Vivitar 24mm F2.0 on the Olympus OM-2000 film SLR?<\/p>\n

Well, the Q1 has a homemade adapter to support Olympus Zuiko lenses. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n


\nGrace on the Q1, in infrared.<\/p>\n


\nThe ghost of Rames<\/a>!<\/p>\n


\n“Aiya, don’t flash me anymore lah.<\/i>” – smashpOp<\/a><\/p>\n


\nKingsley is more than happy to bask in available light.<\/p>\n


\nRooftop jam.<\/p>\n


\nGrace eyes on, looking rather… pigeonly.<\/p>\n


\nThere’s something about Grace.<\/p>\n

I now end this second part with film pictures.<\/p>\n


\nWhat happens when you underexpose, at 1\/500th of a second although the meter tells you you should shoot at 1\/30th of a second? You can salvage this much detail (after noise reduction!)<\/p>\n


\nsmashpOp tells stories. Check out everybody<\/b>‘s expressions! (Colors retained because there’s something magical about the exposure.)<\/p>\n


\nHey, that looks like Asyraf’s style! Not exactly rule of thirds. Oh waitaminute, Asyraf did<\/b> take this shot.<\/p>\n

Those of you who were there will probably figure out what is next in this series. Part three, yo. Part one<\/a> was intentionally devoid of people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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