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Leigh
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Leigh
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Nice stuff Leigh! It looks like some beautiful weather there in New Zealand!

~Gabriel

Hi Gabriel,

Merry Christmas ;-)

Leigh

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Leigh
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Wow Leigh! Nice photos! Is been along time since I have seen any new photos from you. I take it you have been busy with SmoothArm?

Nice to see you back in action!
~Gabriel

Wow Leigh! Nice photos! Is been along time since I have seen any new photos from you. I take it you have been busy with SmoothArm?

Nice to see you back in action!
~Gabriel

Hi Gabriel,

Thanks for the praise

Sadly I did not take photos as I wished for the last 14 days holiday. I was full time watching movies at home day and night and hope to learn from the movies. But 14 days simply is not enough. I guess 14 years full time watching movies might be good. ;-)

Regards
Leigh

haha, You know what, that just might work! haha.
Good to hear it. Did you ever finish that Photography book you talked about a while back?

~Gabriel

Hi Gabriel,

I read most chapters of the book except some technique related to dark room for film.

I learned several issues since I start to learn art.

1 Feel from heart
2 There is no rule. Do whatever you wish/like.
3 Have a topic in the art.
4 Have objects in the art have relationship
5 Remove everything irrelevant to the topic in the art
6 Include everything related to the topic
7 Light is very important
8 Practise
9 Don't worry about artifical, do whatever suit you i.e. photoshop the photo, remove dust, add color, that is what I call express myself ;-)
10 Abstract will make your art looks superior
11 Anyone can be artist as long as he/she has enthusiasm plus hard working or talent. Enthusiasm is a must.
12 Post your art on internet for people free viewing, forget about making money at initial stage. Thanks people for their praise/critiques ;-)
13 Simple is wonderful

Art is about express yourself. Apply to everything including photography.

Regards
Leigh

Wow, thanks Leigh! That is incredible. Thanks for sharing that.

It sounds like you learned alot from that book. Its great to hear!
I should try and get my hands on a hold of that book...

Keep up the great work!
~Gabriel

Hi Gabriel,
I was full time watching movies at home day and night and hope to learn from the movies. But 14 days simply is not enough. I guess 14 years full time watching movies might be good. ;-)

Regards
Leigh

That is what I as commenting on. The hole watching movies for 14 years trying to learn some stuff. I noticed that I can pick out a thing or two by watching movies. Sometimes useful, sometimes not.

Best luck!
~Gabriel

Hi Gabriel,

I think this method is time consuming and slow learning. Anyway it is fun to watching movies as part of my job description. ;-)

Regards
Leigh

That is what I as commenting on. The hole watching movies for 14 years trying to learn some stuff. I noticed that I can pick out a thing or two by watching movies. Sometimes useful, sometimes not.

Best luck!
~Gabriel

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Leigh
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The apple tree in my garden ;-)
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The couple volunteer collect rubbish on the beach
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Regards
Leigh
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The place where I work ;-)
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Me ;-)
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Leigh
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Leigh
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Nice pictures Leigh!

I always like your Garden pictures...
Do you use filters on your camera? Or do you just do it all in post?

Nice work!
~Gabriel

Hi Gabriel,

Thanks

Glad that you like it. ;-)

I always put a uv filter to protect the lense as I am not good at maintain the cleaness of my lense. I know it will degrade the quality of the picture. But I don't care that much. All photos are touched in post to reduce the size and most times to add color ;-) i.e. change the curve of the photo. I know that I should wait the right time to take the photo, but I sorts of lack of time. Time is simply not enough.

Regards
Leigh

Nice pictures Leigh!

I always like your Garden pictures...
Do you use filters on your camera? Or do you just do it all in post?

Nice work!
~Gabriel

I am very happy to get more than 20,000 still photos from my nv-gs400 camera.

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Regards
Leigh
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Wow Leigh, Congrats!

Man, I just love those NZ trees you guys have!

Nice stuff!
~Gabriel

Hi Gabriel,

Thanks

I am amazed about these trees too. ;-)

New Zealad is a great place to visit ;-) There are lots of scene to visit. Plus the tourist cost is cheaper than USA. You will get better feeling if you spend one us dollar in NZ as one NZ dollar is just around 0.69 US dollar. ;-) Of course petrol price is dear here in NZ than in usa.

Regards
Leigh

Wow Leigh, Congrats!

Man, I just love those NZ trees you guys have!

Nice stuff!
~Gabriel

Sunrise shot this morning 6:40am ;-)

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Regards
Leigh
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Sunrise shot this morning 6:45am ;-)

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Regards
Leigh
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Ahhh, I always love sunrise pictures.....

Nice stuff.
~Gabriel

Ahhh, I always love sunrise pictures.....

Nice stuff.
~Gabriel

Me too

But the time to take sunrise image is too short. Several seconds delay, the moment is gone. I wish that period could be little longer.

Regards
Leigh

Sunrise shot this morning 6:45am ;-)

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Leigh
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Leigh
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Leigh
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Leigh
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Warning: if you dislike ugly photo, please don't click the link.

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Regards
Leigh
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Warning: if you dislike ugly photo, please don't click the link.

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Regards
Leigh
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Haha, its not bad! How did you get the bug on the lens?

~Gabriel

Hi Gabriel,

Trade secret ;-) Just kidding

The bug was not on the lens. Otherwise I can't focus on the bug. The bug was on the window glass live ;-) I just saw the bug while I was eating my breakfast yesterday. I thought that I never shoot like I proposed in the image before. It must be cool to show some dark evil lord wearing some fancy clothes. So I bring my 50 mm still photography lens reverse handheld mount to put in front of my nv-gs400 lens. I tried to bring 12x zoom, but this way the composition is really bad, it did not show the whole bug, only the head. That does not meet my imagination. So I just zoom a little bit to get the whole bug image. My hand shaked too much, so the bug was not clearly focused which cause the image lack of some sorts power. The good thing is the bug was outside of the room and I was in the room, so I did not need to worry about the lighting.

Regards
Leigh

Haha, its not bad! How did you get the bug on the lens?

~Gabriel

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Leigh
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Nice Leigh! Those are some great new photos!

Keep up the good work!
~Gabriel

Hi Gabriel,

Thanks ;-)

Regards
Leigh

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Leigh
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Shot this morning ;-)

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Leigh
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Leigh
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I have one question for you Leigh if you would not mind answering; What do you carrie your camera in?

Thanks,
~Gabriel

I have one question for you Leigh if you would not mind answering; What do you carrie your camera in?

Thanks,
~Gabriel

Do you mean a bag? To protect my nv-gs400 camera, I use a supermarket plastic shopping bag which is basic free. ;-) And I carry it with another second hand leather bag which I bought from auction and I put some foam in the bag to offer some shock absorber. I store my camera in dark cool place and always put the lens cap on if I don't use it.

Regards
Leigh

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Leigh
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Leigh
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Leigh
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Leigh
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Nice shots Leigh! I love the moon over the house, its very bright!

keep up the good work!
~Gabriel

Nice shots Leigh! I love the moon over the house, its very bright!

keep up the good work!
~Gabriel

Thanks ;-)

Leigh

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Leigh
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Leigh
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Regards
Leigh
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Hey Leigh! Its been a long time it seems like!

As always, nice pics!
I loved this one! http://www.smootharm.com/picture/nfpicturepro/albums/userpics/10002/IMGA2723.jpg

Keep that shutter moving!
~Gabriel