Windmill

Windmill, a photo by Nor Salman on Flickr.

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Taken at Holland Village.

Shot at Holland Village. First time I am seeing it.

Took it while having prata with an old friend. Missed him.

Slim.

Twins

Twins, a photo by Nor Salman on Flickr.

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Big trucks side by side.

This is one of mine. I like this. And I like the time I spent taking this. The time I spent with Adam.

Slim

Big tyres

Big tyres, a photo by Nor Salman on Flickr.

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Adam took this.

Today's afternoon was a special one which I like to remember for the rest of my days. Today was the day me and Adam went on a shoot together for the first time.

It was strange. I thought it will be a troublesome affair but it was quite amazing. Before anything, he started to shoot first. He carried on shooting without me telling him what to do.

Along the way, I would advise him on picture composition and he would listen. It was amazing. He shot more pictures that I did and in so doing, he did what I should have been doing. Take more pictures. He shot more than 100 while I only manage to shoot about 70.

We went to a construction site and there were that many trucks. Trucks with big tyres. Those use to carry big rocks and all. The setting sun seemed to give them a glorious glow, much akin to my heart when I heard the shutter closes in Adam's 5D.

I wished it to happen again.

Slim

Purple

Purple, a photo by Nor Salman on Flickr.

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Ixora

I like this one too.

Purple, bigger

Purple, bigger, a photo by Nor Salman on Flickr.

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Took this at the roof garden this morning.

There is just one that is wrong with the whole digital slr thing. You tend to forget to bring along the memory card.

Anyways, this was taken in my roof garden this morning. Used it to see if I could add borders. Voila! I could and I did. I think its lovely.

I am now not so upset as I was a few days ago. I going to read more pages today...I hope.

Slim

Angry birds

Angry birds, a photo by Nor Salman on Flickr.

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Took this while Adam was doodling.

This is Adam, earlier in the afternoon. He was trying to perfect the art of drawing the angry birds. I like the fact that he likes to draw. And he is very conscientious about it too...

My wife made an observation the other day. She mentioned that whenever a family have dinner together, they never seemed to be together. Think about it. Whenever you have a family dinner, more often than not, you or some of your family members would be playing with their smartphones. Am I right? Concentration is passed from the present to the future. Sigh.

50mm Minolta 1.4 at 1.7.

50mm Minolta 1.4 at 1.7., a photo by Nor Salman on Flickr.

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Su doing her work.

Its almost 15 minutes to midnight. Su has just woken up from her nap and I am sleepless in Seattle. So while waiting for the computer to finish setting up Adobe Photoshop CS3, importing pictures, exporting pictures and sharing them on Flickr (go Mac!) all at the same time, I read.

The title is The Duchess of Malfi. I managed to come close to the end of the introduction. Seems like its going to be an interesting play.

Oh well, I hope that none of us will stay up too late.

Oh by the way, Arsenal won 7-1!! Hooray!

Contax 45/2 on my Nex

Contax 45/2 on my Nex, a photo by Nor Salman on Flickr.

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Took this with my Minolta 35-70 f4 at 5.6

This is fast becoming my favourite set up. It works great. It focusses beyond infinity. Would love to bring the Zeiss Biogon 25mm out and see what it can do. Maybe I will. Later. Or tomorrow.

My KM 7D with my 35-70 F4.0

My KM 7D with my 35-70 F4.0, a photo by Nor Salman on Flickr.

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Taken with the Contax 45/2

My trusty KM 7D. If the frame number is anything to go by, I would have shot less then 4k using this camera body. I think I am way under utilizing the camera. But I l don't think I will discharge this work horse. I may have the NEX 5 and the CZs and the legacies, but this is one camera that I would like to pass on.

Slim.

Oh by the way, I finished my TMA. I hope I managed to get it in on time. Now for tonight's class. Should I or should I not.

Friends.

Friends., a photo by Nor Salman on Flickr.

Took this on Sunday morning. Feels very Leica-like. But the truth was and still is, I have problems focussing.

I like the way the 3 friends are arranged and how I manage to capture the movement involved in casting the rod.

I love this. I really do.

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Three friends, fishing.
Zeiss Plannar 45mm f2.0 at 2.8, NEX 5. Using the B&W HC mode.

Bon Jovi

Saw this when I wanted to chill by listening to some "unplugged" music. Love BJV.

Slim

Look over there!

Look over there! Su 05022012, a photo by Nor Salman on Flickr.

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Using the toy mode.

I really like this picture. And I really like as to when and how this picture came about. Anyways, I am taking a break now from reading my texts. Got an assignment due.

This was taken in Changi. This was taken early Sunday morning. Usually I would be with a friend doing what we do what we think we do best, that is taking pictures. But he was not around and Su was free. So we decided to have a morning stroll. That was nice.

Anyway, I was using the zeiss 45/2 and I told Su to pose. She did and I took this shot using my Nex 5. What I like about it is the toy mode effect of the camera. And Su's red dress made her pop out from the picture.

I really like this.

We had breakfast afterwards. Just in case you are wondering, Adam was with his grandmother at that time.

In the afternoon, we went to Masai.

NEX 5 with 45.2 Plannar

NEX 5 with 45.2 Plannar, a photo by Nor Salman on Flickr.

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My dad. With the tools of what was once his trade. 05022012

This is my dad, in his new, still yet to be completed house in Masai, Johor.
Brought my in-law there yesterday. It was the first time for Su and my mother-in-law. We reached there around 4 and left around 9 pm. There was a jam at the causeway. We manage to reach our home at close to eleven.

Slim

Almond Muffins

Almond Muffins, a photo by Nor Salman on Flickr.

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45/2 Plannar with Nex 5.
www.muffinsrecipe.net

Su made this. She downloaded it from www.muffinsrecipe.net. She downloaded it, got started with it 5 minutes later and while its baking, manage to set up 2 sets of cupboard. I did not manage to taste it because by the time i wanted it, it was left in my dad's place. Time move too fast if you ask me.

What the lens did to me and my son.

We are going for our first photograher's outing this Sunday. Take a look at the the picture of me taken by him. That is super sharp man! And that is taken indoors. Look at the composition. I like. I think he is a natural. I can't wait. Its all set. I just hope the weather will be good and we will find a good location.

Argh. Need to go JB soon. But not before I read a few more pages of pride and prejudice.

Slim

This is it.

This is the one! This is the lens that nearly cost me my marriage! Serious.

Taken by my antique Panasonic LX1, which has a Leica as its lense.

Morning walk

Boat

That is what I would like to have. A boat. Not a big boat but small enough for me and Adam to drive out and fish. Would that not be great? I'd like one of that. So, instead of driving around, we will be boating around. I wonder how much would a boat like the one in the picture cost? Took the pictures on this post using a new lens.

New lens

I took my very new, pre-owned nevertheless CZ 28mm 2.8 RM lens and brought it to Punggol Marina. I love that place, especially early in the morning. I went there because, I have not gone for morning walks and sleeping again after I sent Su to work is a bummer. I went there too because, there are boats. Although you can't climb into one of them, you can really go very close.

I felt good when I reached home, although the walk took me less than half an hour. I want to go again. I am charging my battery now and thus can't take a picture of the lens. Will post it soon.

Oh about the lens? Its chrome, its small and its sharp. It really is sharp. Bought it for SGD$1200. The previous owner said that its only 3 days old. Doesn't matter to me. I like it just because it works.

Sale

Planning to sell my zoom lenses.

Here is the link for more info of the lens.

Ok, reading time.

New lens.

Minolta MD 50mm 2.0

Been trying out a new lens. Its the Minolta MD 50mm 2.0. I fished it out from deep within my dry cabinet. I remembered that when I bought it, it was way before digital. I did not touch it as I was using my KM 7d ever since. Anyway, I bought an adapter that could fit the MD lens onto my Nex and the results blew me away!

Test

Test? What test? I don't have the necessary patience to conduct tests on the sharpness of the lens or the bokeh or whatever else. The proof is in the pudding and this pudding must have had its proportion of ingredients spot on. The light, the subject and the expression of the subject plus the characteristics of the lens itself must are the ingredients and the proof is in the final results. Two pics and a picture of the lens itself.

Misc

Class starting soon, too soon. Class starting this Friday and tomorrow is already Wednesday. Need to read! Don't waste my time. Do something about it is my motto this year. Oh, bought several other lenses. Hopefully I can take better pictures to make the purchases worthwhile.

And one more thing.

A friend of mine gave me some brownies and chocolates. I thought that it looked nice and so I took some pictures of it. I put them up on FB and I received nice compliments. The brownies and chocolates were nice. Were as in it was gone in 60 seconds!!! Thanks bro!

So much for starting early.

Ashamed

Yup, have not been reading for a couple of days. I need to focus...focus!

Focus

And talking about focus, check out what I found when I took a closer look at my dry cabinet. MD mount lenses! And I am so excited. I am so excited that I ordered an adapter so that I could fix the lenses on my NEX. I think I am going to have so much fun.

Fun

I went to Kampung Lorong Buangkok to take pictures. I must say I am losing my touch as the pictures are crap. I used my NEX and A-mount lenses mounted on it using the sony adapter. Handing was unconventional but it got easier as the day goes on.

Kampong Lorong Buangkok

Kampong is village in Malay and it seems it is one of the last kampong still standing in modern Singapore. Its a small place with less than 50 houses. I saw Chinese and Malays as part of the population. We went there early and ended at 10.00 am. Apart from the mosquitoes, I think I had a great time. Went there with an old buddy of mine. I think his pictures are better. Oh well. I would like to go there again, this time with my MD mount lenses.

Slim.