The short listed photos will be on display at Vivocity from next Monday onwards before they announce the winners. I'm keen to see the work of the other short listed entries.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Not 1 But 2
Received a call from VivoCity again and was told that one of my other photo was also short listed under the professional category of the photo contest. So it was not one but two! The 2nd photo was one of my favourite:
The short listed photos will be on display at Vivocity from next Monday onwards before they announce the winners. I'm keen to see the work of the other short listed entries.
The short listed photos will be on display at Vivocity from next Monday onwards before they announce the winners. I'm keen to see the work of the other short listed entries.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Vivocity Photo Contest
Received a call from Vivocity this evening informing me that one of my photo submission has been short listed in their photo contest. Considering that the closing date of the contest was just 2 days ago, they are really efficient in the short listing process!
20 photos will be short listed and only 3 will get to win prizes. And I'm not too optimistic with my selected entry as it is not my favourite.
20 photos will be short listed and only 3 will get to win prizes. And I'm not too optimistic with my selected entry as it is not my favourite.
My favourites are these 2:
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Canon Photomarathon 2009
I went ahead to register and shoot the first theme despite my wife disallowing me to take part. She was complaining that I had been out shooting too often recently such as the 3 days F1 event and she thought I had slim chance of winning any thing from the event.
I rushed home immediately after the first theme Togetherness was announced. I detoured a little and spent about 20 mins shooting the first theme.
I thought it was a pretty good photo and showed it to my wife. She must have thought it was not bad too and hence allowed me to return later for submission and proceed with the 2nd theme MOTION.
I returned home again to shoot and when I showed her the photo and she immediately complained and scolded me for taking such a junk and inappropriate photo.
But by then, I was already half day into the race and decided to continue. To my delight, I was short listed for the first theme. When the third theme ENGERY was announced, I decided to switch my gear from E-P1 to the Canon EOS system. The reason was simply horse for courses.
After I had my ENERGY shot, I returned happily to Suntec for submission. On the way, I suddenly realised that I had shot the photo in RAW. At the same time, I realised that I was also short listed for the 2nd theme! My chance of winning the grand prize for a 8 days Japan trip was high but I need to submit a good pic for the 3rd theme in order to stand a chance. I asked around for a notebook to convert the RAW file to JPG but none was available. Time was running out and I had to call my wife to rush down to Suntec in a cab to pass me my Mac Book to do the JPG file conversion.
While she was rushing down, there was a dragon dance next door. I quickly shot some photos in JPG as insurance. I thought the shots are OK (though not as good as my original shot) and decided to submit it before they close the counter for submission.
My wife arrived and scolded me for submitting such a junk photo for the ENERGY theme instead of waiting for her and using the original intended photo.
True enough, I flopped my 3rd theme. This could have also flopped my chance for a free holiday in Japan!
The consolation was that I won the 1st prize for the Motion theme. :)
I rushed home immediately after the first theme Togetherness was announced. I detoured a little and spent about 20 mins shooting the first theme.
I thought it was a pretty good photo and showed it to my wife. She must have thought it was not bad too and hence allowed me to return later for submission and proceed with the 2nd theme MOTION.
I returned home again to shoot and when I showed her the photo and she immediately complained and scolded me for taking such a junk and inappropriate photo.
But by then, I was already half day into the race and decided to continue. To my delight, I was short listed for the first theme. When the third theme ENGERY was announced, I decided to switch my gear from E-P1 to the Canon EOS system. The reason was simply horse for courses.
After I had my ENERGY shot, I returned happily to Suntec for submission. On the way, I suddenly realised that I had shot the photo in RAW. At the same time, I realised that I was also short listed for the 2nd theme! My chance of winning the grand prize for a 8 days Japan trip was high but I need to submit a good pic for the 3rd theme in order to stand a chance. I asked around for a notebook to convert the RAW file to JPG but none was available. Time was running out and I had to call my wife to rush down to Suntec in a cab to pass me my Mac Book to do the JPG file conversion.
While she was rushing down, there was a dragon dance next door. I quickly shot some photos in JPG as insurance. I thought the shots are OK (though not as good as my original shot) and decided to submit it before they close the counter for submission.
My wife arrived and scolded me for submitting such a junk photo for the ENERGY theme instead of waiting for her and using the original intended photo.
True enough, I flopped my 3rd theme. This could have also flopped my chance for a free holiday in Japan!
The consolation was that I won the 1st prize for the Motion theme. :)
Monday, October 5, 2009
Neglected Lenses
There was an on-going possession in a temple around my neighborhood. Was using the E-P1 initially but decided to use my trusty DSLR gear when I returned later to shoot in the evening. Took the fast primes 35L, 85L and the Zeiss 50 Makkro for a workout. These are some of the finest lens around but have been neglected by me. They are razor sharp even at their widest aperture!
EF 35L
EF 85L
Zeiss 50 Makkro
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