Startrail

50 minute startrail shot infront of my apartment

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Photoshop: Curves

I use curves often in my picture editing in Photoshop. A little tweak with curves can make a lot of different to the photo. Curves adjustment can be found from PS menu, image>adjustment>curves. To adjust contrast of my pictures, I never use the Brightness/contrast adjustment. It is just useless to me, I never use it since I found out how to use curves. If you don't know how to use the curves adjustment, sometimes it can lead you to spoiling the image rather than making it look better. Here bellow I put example of a simple tweak with curves which change the contrast and saturation of the images.

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I hope this useful for you all cheers!

Another Infrared photos made in Photoshop

Although it is not as best as the real IR image using IR filter. Green colors turns to silvery color.

Photo Mechanic

Few years ago my friend John Kong introduce me this wonderful software called Photo Mechanic. Ever since I used Photo Mechanic, I never use any other software in managing my images. I find all that I need in processing my images professionaly all found in photo mechanic. It makes me a lot easier sorting out photos even it in RAW format. The thing that I used often in Photo Mechanic was the colors taging which makes my work a lot easier and faster in managing hundred of images. You can buy the software online download at www.camerabits.com

IR in Photoshop

Getting an infrared filter here in Malaysia are so difficult. We had to order it online on the internet but shipping very costly for just little filter. Anyway.. the technology nowaday are so advance. Now we can just shot the photo and change it in photoshop. I have created my own photoshop action converting normal color photograph into an infrared shot. Below is a sample of images comparing normal black and white shot and the IR shot.

Normal Shot


Normal Black & White



IR Shot



Second sample

Normal Shot


Normal Black & White


IR Shot

Bali January 2010

The recent travel to Bali bring me alot of images, I found that Bali is much peaceful compare to other places. About 83% of the population on Bali practising Hinduism. I like to say that, Hinduism in Balinese way...very much different than the Indian Hindu. Population about 3.9m and they speak Balinese language among them self but Indonesian Malay widely spoken same as English. Well know for it surfing beach at Kuta.

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Canvas Printing in Bali

During my recent trip to Bali I found a place where we can do canvas printing at cheap price. I printed three of the Bali landscapes I took during that trip. Two of them was printed at 40"x60" size and then one was about double of the two size. It was located at Matahari shopping mall in Kuta. 40"x60" cost Rp30000 = RM11. The double size was Rp60000 = RM22.

1st Photo of Bali Seascape

It was my first fullday in Bali and I already had a sunburn. I've done few watersport today but haven't done any surfing yet. Me and the party had visited the temple on a seaside today and we waited for sunset that didn't show up. I have done some landscape shooting too and here is the 1st images just for a tease. Next tour will be visiting the area of Kintamani. Really looking forward on that. Trying to get some rest now...nite