killagee 0 Posted August 14, 2006 I went to the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo... I thought it was really depressing The conditions were pretty average I thought... The Zoo in Auckland has heaps of room for the animals, but this zoo was a bit cramped, and lots of the animals were pacing from boredom... There is nothing as tragic as a caged eagle... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
killagee 0 Posted August 14, 2006 This is the band I am working for here playing at the summer sonic festival in tokyo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cozza 24 Posted August 14, 2006 I'm heading over to Malaysia next week, So I should come back with some cool pics. I love it over there, I've been 4 times, everytime it gets better and better Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supah 0 Posted August 14, 2006 Some nice pictures killagee Did you get to see any of the country side too? Never been a big fan of cities :S Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
killagee 0 Posted August 14, 2006 Batdog: Yeah malaysia is awesome. Supah: Off to Osaska 2day on the bullet train so I will try and get some pics for ya, but they might be a little blurry... hehe...i will be moving about 280 kph... Does anybody know of a good airforce base near osaka? i wanna go plane spotting... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HotShot 0 Posted August 15, 2006 Nice pictures everyone. This one is very odd. I thought it was just a puddle until i saw the text below. How'd they manage to make that (and make it stay like that)? The mind boggles. Pictures from Cyprus: Frying the lens Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HotShot 0 Posted August 15, 2006 Paphos Bird Park. Not much in the way of space for any of the animals here, they spent more money on landscaping it than the animals it looked This was on the side of a van in Paphos, and as far as I know there is no Manchester, Cyprus, only Manchester, UK... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supah 0 Posted August 15, 2006 Batdog: Yeah malaysia is awesome.Supah: Off to Osaska 2day on the bullet train so I will try and get some pics for ya, but they might be a little blurry... hehe...i will be moving about 280 kph... Does anybody know of a good airforce base near osaka? i wanna go plane spotting... I dunno if planespotting is allowed in Japan, I'd not risk it if you arent sure either. HotShot: Nice pictures and that Indian restaurant van ... That's what I call a dedication to service if they deliver this far out of their area Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FatNinjaKid 0 Posted August 15, 2006 Here are some pics from what is going to be my new humble abode for the next three months Wujin -- China. building sites everywhere somewhat typical sunrise this morning Wujin is a shitty little town close to a slightly bigger shitty little town in a shitty little province close to Shanghai. "Wanna go to Shanghai?" my boss said. "Wanna have some fun and meet interesting new people?" he said! "Sure" I said and now here I am. Shanghai my ass... On the bright side: People here are inconceivably friendly and reasonably good beer here only costs around 60 cent the litre (Yeah, I started counting in litres) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ironsight 1 Posted August 15, 2006 Does anybody know of a good airforce base near osaka? i wanna go plane spotting... Take a look over here. Yao or Akeno maybe? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
earl 0 Posted August 16, 2006 i love my camera... i would have had some better coastal shots, except i got up really early on a beautiful morning, went out to the beach, and took tons of great photos with an empty card slot... the camera was set to act normally without a CF card... :-( Still learning... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
earl 0 Posted August 16, 2006 Hotshot, despite some very nice photos, one thing really bothers me and shows up in a bunch of your shots... it's often nice to give space around interesting features, whenever the edge of something touches right on a border, it creates a sort of attraction for the eye that usually isn't very desireable. Â Then again, maybe it's just me. Here's the spots I think you should have given another cm or so of space when you cropped. tangents I had to make this rough example to satisfy myself that it does look better: no tangents "Watch out for tangents, that is, the convergence of visual lines where the silhouettes of foreground or background objects become confused with the silhouette of the main object, thus causing a distraction." This also applies to scene elements and the border of the frame. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raedor 8 Posted August 16, 2006 Wow, so many great pics here again i love my camera... i would have had some better coastal shots, except i got up really early on a beautiful morning, went out to the beach, and took tons of great photos with an empty card slot... the camera was set to act normally without a CF card... :-( Still learning... The other day in Greece I did somehing similar... but now with the Russian Hack for the EOS 300D there's an option to prevent that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raedor 8 Posted August 16, 2006 Found some money... and bought a Canon 50mm 1:1.4 USM and a Canon 100mm 1:2.8 USM Macro: 1200x800 1200x800 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HotShot 0 Posted August 16, 2006 The Macro lens looks really good raedor, the way it can focus just on a head and not the wasps body. Do you need to get close up though or is it zoomed in? And thanks for the tips Earl, i think it is because the border/stroke was set to inside, and i hadn't compensated for that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raedor 8 Posted August 16, 2006 The Macro lens looks really good raedor, the way it can focus just on a head and not the wasps body. Do you need to get close up though or is it zoomed in? This macro can do 1:1 pictures if I (better the end of the macro) am ~15cm from the target (= 31 cm from "film" to target). The first pic is just downscaled, the second one is a part of a pic, but not zoomed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iNeo 0 Posted August 16, 2006 Mikael Stanne of Dark Tranquillity (vocals) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
denoir 0 Posted August 17, 2006 ]Location (Google Maps) Location (Google Maps) Location (Google Maps) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
killagee 0 Posted August 17, 2006 Nice long exposures Denoir. Here are a few more images from Japan... I go back to NZ 2moro I love Japan... The people are just bloody cool... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
