Seiko Club Singapore Museum

SEA Aquarium

chriscentro
SEA Aquarium
Sharing some pics taken today at the SEA Aquarium.















My fav is the Lionfish, used to rear one during my school days.
KKFA
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You the man! Fantastic snaps of marine life. I have a friend who snaps for some diver mags. He is good but you are damn close man. Of course he snaps his shots under water... Keep em coming. Great to see what our dive watches are missing being worn on mostly desk divers. hahaha. :D
zeikphur
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Nemo!!!!!!!

As always, great shots bro
okies
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Bro.. great shot..

I like your 2nd pix best..

Wanna 收徒弟？？ lol
chriscentro
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Thanks guys!
softup
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wish i could take so nice pics as u :(



Bro what lens u usually bring for yr holiday :?:



Tks.
chriscentro
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"softup"

wish i could take so nice pics as u :(



Bro what lens u usually bring for yr holiday :?:



Tks.


Thanks bro, I only brought one lens, the 35mm f1.4 and a Nikon D700 cam to Thailand recently. The combo weighs 1.85 kg! But what the hell, I seldom go for holidays, heavy also can tahan la, lol.



I regretted not bringing my 50mm f1.2 lens and a CPL filter and Not using the lens hood which I brought along.



May be I will post some photos of my Thailand trip later.
Trident
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Great shots, luv the clown fishes
roo7
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Nice, I have a bunch of them, haven't really PP them..



Spent most of my time @ the jellyfish..
chriscentro
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"roo7"

Nice, I have a bunch of them, haven't really PP them..



Spent most of my time @ the jellyfish..


Thanks bro
Diospada
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The jellyfish looks the most intruguing under the lights



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chriscentro
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"Diospada"

The jellyfish looks the most intruguing under the lights



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Ya, there are a few tanks of it, very alien like.
Wade
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Nice photos. I can sense the pros and a must have 35mm lens for photography.
chriscentro
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"Wade"

Nice photos. I can sense the pros and a must have 35mm lens for photography.


thanks, 35mm is a versatile lens.
Wade
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"chriscentro"

[quote="Wade"]Nice photos. I can sense the pros and a must have 35mm lens for photography.


thanks, 35mm is a versatile lens.[/quote]

Will I get the same nice photo as ur, if I'm using e 35mm on D5200?
chriscentro
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"Wade"

[quote="chriscentro"]


thanks, 35mm is a versatile lens.


Will I get the same nice photo as ur, if I'm using e 35mm on D5200?[/quote]

Just to clarify, for Sea Aquarium, although mostly shot with 35mm, some are shot with a 100mm lens like the clown fishes.



If you use your combo at Sea Aquarium, you should get nice photos too if you get your shutter speed, aperture, ISO and composition right.



Try not use flash at the aquarium unless it's off camera.
Wade
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"chriscentro"

[quote="Wade"]
Will I get the same nice photo as ur, if I'm using e 35mm on D5200?

Just to clarify, for Sea Aquarium, although mostly shot with 35mm, some are shot with a 100mm lens like the clown fishes.

If you use your combo at Sea Aquarium, you should get nice photos too if you get your shutter speed, aperture, ISO and composition right.

Try not use flash at the aquarium unless it's off camera.[/quote]

May I know what is your shutter speed, aperture & ISO for 35mm?

btw, normal what type of format will you use RAW or JPEG or both?
chriscentro
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"Wade"

[quote="chriscentro"]
Just to clarify, for Sea Aquarium, although mostly shot with 35mm, some are shot with a 100mm lens like the clown fishes.

If you use your combo at Sea Aquarium, you should get nice photos too if you get your shutter speed, aperture, ISO and composition right.

Try not use flash at the aquarium unless it's off camera.


May I know what is your shutter speed, aperture & ISO for 35mm?

btw, normal what type of format will you use RAW or JPEG or both?[/quote]

Different tanks may have different amount of lighting. So, you probably want to maintain about 1/80 sec shutter speed, aperture from f1.8 - f2.5 and adjust your ISO from 400 upwards to attain the shutter speed. Check your cam's LCD to see if your shots are well exposed. Try to get your lens as near to the glass as possible to avoid reflections.



I shot a lot and delete a lot cos it's not really easy to shoot through the thick glass. So don't worry if you have many bad shots.



You can practice on Squirrel Fish, they are stationery most of the time, lol.

Wade
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Chriscentro bro, abit of side track. for your experience, what are the idea of shutter speed, aperture and ISO for taking landscape and portrait?

Ahet type of format are you using Raw or JPEG or both for photos?
chriscentro
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"Wade"

Chriscentro bro, abit of side track. for your experience, what are the idea of shutter speed, aperture and ISO for taking landscape and portrait?

Ahet type of format are you using Raw or JPEG or both for photos?


Oh sorry, being kiasu, I use both jpegs and RAW. I usually convert from Raw, unless the jpeg is already very nice then no pp.



For portrait, most of the time I use the widest aperture available. I seldom shoot landscape, usually should use minimum f8, to f16.

Whatever you shoot, control the shutter speed so that there will be no camera shake or shutter speed not enough to stop the subject's motion.

If after adjusting your aperture, you can't get a fast enough shutter speed, then up your ISO. In this way, your shutter speed will go up as the sensor will be more sensitive to light.

For beginners, use aperture priority mode (which I use most of the time). Sometimes I go full manual.
Wade
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"chriscentro"

[quote="Wade"]Chriscentro bro, abit of side track. for your experience, what are the idea of shutter speed, aperture and ISO for taking landscape and portrait?

Ahet type of format are you using Raw or JPEG or both for photos?


Oh sorry, being kiasu, I use both jpegs and RAW. I usually convert from Raw, unless the jpeg is already very nice then no pp.



For portrait, most of the time I use the widest aperture available. I seldom shoot landscape, usually should use minimum f8, to f16.

Whatever you shoot, control the shutter speed so that there will be no camera shake or shutter speed not enough to stop the subject's motion.

If after adjusting your aperture, you can't get a fast enough shutter speed, then up your ISO. In this way, your shutter speed will go up as the sensor will be more sensitive to light.

For beginners, use aperture priority mode (which I use most of the time). Sometimes I go full manual.[/quote]

if using both Jpeg and Raw which mean there will be 2x of same photo? do you mean we can convert the raw to jpeg in the camera or laptop?

I have read it somewhere for P Mode is consider semi manual whereby we can still adjust either the S, A or ISO.
Evirobie
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Did you use any circular polariser for the SEA shots?
chriscentro
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"Evirobie"

Did you use any circular polariser for the SEA shots?


No, just placed my lens near the glass. The light level is low already, use CPL, it will get worst.
chriscentro
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"Wade"

[quote="chriscentro"]


Oh sorry, being kiasu, I use both jpegs and RAW. I usually convert from Raw, unless the jpeg is already very nice then no pp.



For portrait, most of the time I use the widest aperture available. I seldom shoot landscape, usually should use minimum f8, to f16.

Whatever you shoot, control the shutter speed so that there will be no camera shake or shutter speed not enough to stop the subject's motion.

If after adjusting your aperture, you can't get a fast enough shutter speed, then up your ISO. In this way, your shutter speed will go up as the sensor will be more sensitive to light.

For beginners, use aperture priority mode (which I use most of the time). Sometimes I go full manual.


if using both Jpeg and Raw which mean there will be 2x of same photo? do you mean we can convert the raw to jpeg in the camera or laptop?

I have read it somewhere for P Mode is consider semi manual whereby we can still adjust either the S, A or ISO.[/quote]

The Raw file will just be a file, not a picture until you convert it during post processing to jpeg. The one mode I don't get it is the P mode, don't understand how it works :mrgreen:

Trust me, try Aperture priority, you'll learn better and control the settings better.
Wade
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"chriscentro"

[quote="Wade"]


if using both Jpeg and Raw which mean there will be 2x of same photo? do you mean we can convert the raw to jpeg in the camera or laptop?

I have read it somewhere for P Mode is consider semi manual whereby we can still adjust either the S, A or ISO.


The Raw file will just be a file, not a picture until you convert it during post processing to jpeg. The one mode I don't get it is the P mode, don't understand how it works :mrgreen:

Trust me, try Aperture priority, you'll learn better and control the settings better.[/quote]

Hope my understanging is correct as Raw is a file which we can't view it at the LCD screen?

P mode is shutter & Aperture is in auto and u may change the ISO. (Saw this at u-tube)
chriscentro
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"Wade"

[quote="chriscentro"]


The Raw file will just be a file, not a picture until you convert it during post processing to jpeg. The one mode I don't get it is the P mode, don't understand how it works :mrgreen:

Trust me, try Aperture priority, you'll learn better and control the settings better.


Hope my understanging is correct as Raw is a file which we can't view it at the LCD screen?

P mode is shutter & Aperture is in auto and u may change the ISO. (Saw this at u-tube)[/quote]

What you see on the cam's LCD should be the jpeg file.



From wiki

"Raw image files are sometimes called digital negatives, as they fulfill the same role as negatives in film photography: that is, the negative is not directly usable as an image, but has all of the information needed to create an image. Likewise, the process of converting a raw image file into a viewable format is sometimes called developing a raw image, by analogy with the film development process used to convert photographic film into viewable prints. The selection of the final choice of image rendering is part of the process of white balancing and color grading."