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What? Next? Women voting? Oh wait.... :D

Nobody's good when they start out, I've had quite a bit of practice :D

...and here are the two of them.

Another flatmate.

This is one of out former flatmates...

Okay, I'm psyched up now. Have some glamour ones;

In brief, zoom in as much as possible, use as wide an aperture (small f/number) as possible.

I haven't seen those before. I am impressed. *edit* I'm referring to the photos from the states.

And my last one for the evening, a boat laden with resort workers returning home for the day. Somewhere near Male', Maldives.

Ancient Tombstone at the Old Friday Mosque, Male', Maldives.

Helps if I remember to attach pic

Still overseas, here's a faux black and white item from the industrial area in Male', Maldives.

Here's one from my travels earlier this year, taken at Singapore's Changi Airport. And this was before I was 100% familiar with my camera.

Hot damn! Will post the minute I get back from work. Damn 0830 meetings...

Photos from the awards night. http://haikal.freeshell.org/photos/2004/QCAwards/ Previews: and

haha :D Does that extend to photographers? <semi-serious /> Dammit, so many events to shoot coming up, and only one me. *edit* Shit, I just saw my avatar after submitting that.... if I wasn't at work, I'd be rofl.

Nope. Don't use digital zoom at all. I can honestly say that it is nothing more than a marketing gimmick, and should be turned off at all times. Personally, if I don't have the reach I need, I just crop it and call it a day. I'd prefer a small, high quality image to a big, soft and grainy one. Mind you, though, you're talking to someonw with a 6MP camera (~ 3000x2000 output), so my idea os 'small' may be different to yours :D If you really want to upsize your image, interpolatethis.com (I think) has reviews of software which can do a better job of it than your camera can. ND = Neutral density filter. It basically cuts down the amount of light, without affecting the colour of the light that enters the camera. Used when you want to cut down the light going in, so that that you can use a longer shutter speed. They come in various strengths, from 2x to 1000x (!). For example of fun you can have, see http://www.adorama.com/BW52ND1.html I buy from centre.net.au, quick to ship (overnight) if stuff is in stock, takes bpay, and is cheap. They have a variety of stuff, from lenses to memory to filters to tripods and a whole myriad of non-photographic stuff.

Tom, feed those digital zoomed files thru neatimage (neatimage.com). That'll help with the noise, but you'll still be lacking in detail. But, like Fook said, you're probably going to get better results just cropping and using the unsharp mask in PS. I've got a 2x ND Filter and a remote release on order... should be able to get some really long exposures with those.

Hey, that's Dave Said's website, the fanboy! Of all the people in the world...

If you must know, it's a pre-emptive birthday bbq. My birthdays, on the 28th, but that's the same day as riverfire, so it's going to be a logistical nightmare organising any kind of gathering that saturday arvo. Besides, I want to get a good spot by the river. Unless, that is, someone with a balcony offers me a spot. Anyway, yeah, it's just a small gathering of people to have a bbq, have a chat, throw things around, that kinda stuff.

For those of you who came in late, the photos are at http://haikal.freeshell.org/photos/2004/Motorkhana4 . There's also /Motorkhana, /Motorkhana1, /Motorkhana2 and /Motorkhana3. If there are any that you like there, I'd suggest you save them to your harddrives, because I rotate albums as I run out of webspace. Skidman: Yes, funny, isn't it, given that I can't even drive (yet... Fook's been giving me some lessons).

Potluck BBQ at Roma St. Parklands, from around 3 if you guys want to come. It's a saturday.

You can place an order now, actually, if you want. I can get them printed and shipped to you whenever. Just do a direct debit to my account (email for details) and it's all good.

What am I, now some kinda fish? :dance: Yeah, car shots only have so much appeal. And after a while they all start to look the same. At the end of the day, it is the human element that makes it all interesting. Seriously, though, I'm glad you guys like my work, that's what keeps me coming back, the fact that you guys appreciate what I do. So let it be known, and order some prints! They make for great memories, and gifts. After all, you never know when your precious might have a high speed encounter with a another solid, unyielding object :S And like Fook said, a better equipped Haikal makes for a happier Haikal. Oh, and the pictures come out heaps better, too.

Redbone sounds cooler. Besides, if your interior has some red, justification enough for me. Besides, whitebone's a bit redundant, if you ask me. Or, how about "Redboone" for a variation?