Shots from 15/01/2009

[faisal]

I'm surely going to bore you people out with my series of pictures from a single day... :p
Anyway I tried a a few different things with some of the pictures so C&C welcome... :)

1) The morning sky after the storm we had the previous night....8 shot panorama
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q121/faisal7/400D/Panorama2-1.jpg
1/320, f6.3, ISO 100

2) I like the colours in this shot..
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q121/faisal7/400D/IMG_6235.jpg
18mm, 1/160, f6.3, ISO 200

3) I usually don't shoot people (apart from the laborers around my house) so this was a first for me...
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q121/faisal7/400D/IMG_6238.jpg
154mm, 1/40, f6.3, ISO 200

4) Played around with the Black&White option....
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q121/faisal7/400D/IMG_6242.jpg
18mm, 1/200, f6.3, ISO 200

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5) Some Bougainvillea flowers....
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q121/faisal7/400D/IMG_6240.jpg
115mm, 1/50, f6.3, ISO 200

6) Some Bougainvillea flowers converted into B&W....a bit of noise added
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q121/faisal7/400D/IMG_6247.jpg
115mm, 1/50, f6.3, ISO 200

7) Again tried a bit different post processing...lots of contrast added...
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q121/faisal7/400D/IMG_6253-1.jpg
200mm, 1/40, f6.3, ISO 200

8) Sunset....
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q121/faisal7/400D/IMG_6263.jpg
200mm, 1/2000, f6.3, ISO 200

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And a bunch of flower shots to end the series

9) These flowers seem to last only 2-3 months....I like the contrast between the dead one with the coloured yellow flowers...
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q121/faisal7/400D/IMG_6273.jpg
134mm, 1/50, f5.6, ISO 400

10)
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q121/faisal7/400D/IMG_6274.jpg
134mm, 1/50, f5.6, ISO 400

11) This one is for michael...flower peeping through the fence...
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q121/faisal7/400D/IMG_6277.jpg
200mm, 1/60, f6.3, ISO 200