Assignment 2

Shallow DOF foreground 1
taken with Canon EOS 500D, f/5, ISO-100, 1/60 at 41mm focal length

Actually i like this picture. It's pretty ZEN. the colours look very peaceful to me.
The critiques said this picture was ok. just that the stone could be a big bigger as the green behind might be distracting.


Shallow DOF background 1
taken with Canon EOS 500D, f/4.5, ISO-1600, 1/30 at 30mm focal length

This picture is taken at a friend's party with an Alice in Wonderland theme. i thought it would be quite funny to put the tag and the food itself together. And i was right. people thought it was quite funny... haha. but then again, the composition might not be interesting enough, although the idea was there.


Panning 1
taken with Canon EOS 500D, f/11, ISO-100, 1/30s at 18mm focal length

Panning took me a LONG time.... I had to walk so many stretches of road to get a nice picture! When I was about to give up and keep my camera, i chanced upon this mirror... and tada. i caught the car in action!!

response in class was that it's quite interesting to have the panning done in a reflection.
however i felt that the colours were not vibrant enough...


Motion Blur 1
taken with Canon EOS 500D, f/7.1, ISO-100, 1/4 at 24mm focal length

I always thought motion blur can be captured by flowing water most easily. I tried with the tap water at home, but the effects were not good. So i went downstairs to explore. and got a picture like this, and a lot more pictures with water.

Critique: shutter speed could be slower to make the water more "smooth". composition can also be more interesting.


Motion Blur 2
taken with Canon EOS 500D, f/3.5, ISO-800, 1/13s at 18mm focal length

well this was taken at the playground. nothing much. but i have to say the composition of the photo is too boring. :S the response in class critique session agreed with me too...



Motion Freeze 1
taken with Canon EOS 500D, f/4.5, 1/500s, ISO-1600, at 29mm focal length

i thought water can show motion freeze well too... the pool was a good choice to take water shots. this is actually water that's gushing down into the small pool underneath.

critique: composition was a little un-interesting.


Motion Freeze 2
taken with Canon EOS 500D, f/3.5, 1/250s, ISO-1600, at 18mm focal length

I really like this picture a lot! it's really a pity that the stream of water was not in focus. this is actually the first pictures of many that i took. i tried about 20 times after this picture to focus on the water but failed. this was done by holding some water in one hand and letting it flow down back inth to the pool. it's really hard to splash water with one hand and press the shutter with the other! :(

critique: not bad composition, but pity water wasn't in focus


Deep DOF
taken with Canon EOS 500D, f/16, 1/13s, ISO-800, at 18mm focal length

I think this looks like a condo advertisement. haha. i find it hard to take pictures with deep depth of field. to me, if not taken well, the picture will just look very cluttered and "random".

critique: looks like a condo advert. and maybe composition can be better.

After the critique session, the following pictures were chosen:

Shallow DOF (foreground)


Shallow DOF (Background)


Freeze Action



Deep DOF

Motion Blur


Panning