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My Gallery - My Work Place 2007-09-28 15:00:00 I work on the oil rig. Therefore, I sometimes take some nice morning or evening shots from my rig. The photos are Viskburg rig which currently is working in Gulf of Thailand. I took these photos for awhile with SONY compact digital camera. Have a nice day my friends. Read more:Gallery
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My Gallery - A fisher man at Chicago Harbor, Lake Michigan. 2007-09-25 15:14:00 I woked up early due to jet lack so I decided to walk to ChicagoHarbor
. It was cold and windy morning. However, many fisher men were still smile while they were fishing on a yacht port at Chicago Harbor. "Always have fun and love in everything that you are doing" Have a nice day my friends..Equipment: Canon 400 D with EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 . Read more:Gallery
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My Gallery - Kanchanaburi Amadad Resort 2007-09-18 03:04:00 My high school friends and I went to Amadad resort, http://www.amadardresort.com/, located in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. It was such a nice place for short holiday. We spent 1 night over there. I took serveral shots with my EOS 400D + kit 18-55 (most of my photos).The resort is located in Srinakharin Dam. It takes about 1/2 hours to take a resort boat from a port to the resort. You can see many raft on the dam bank. Yeah ... we arrive at the resort.. : ) Welcome to the resort.. Good Afternoon You can play the Kayaks all day long. Or swimming.. a lot of activities thereRaining in the eveningVery beautiful scenes at dawnSun rises in the morning. Light passes through cloud.. They are such nice scenes, aren't they?These 4 shots below were taken by Sigma 70-300. Read more:Gallery
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My Gallery - Maekhamin Waterfall Trip 2007-09-13 16:12:00 Mae Khamin Waterfall
locates in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. There are beautiful 7 waterfall levels. You will see the gorgeous natural scenes while you are walking.Note: All shots were taken by Canon EOS 400D with 18-55 kit lens.Let's go..firstly pay entrance fee only 40 Baht ( +/- 1.5 us$).There are 7 levels of Mea Kamin Water fall and the total distance is about 2.27 km.I never feel tried while walking because I am stunned with nice scene around me.I can not remember what the waterfall level name is.. : ( anyway it is nice, isn't it. The 4th water fall level names "Chat Keaw" which is the most beautiful water fall level. However, I took this photo at mid day so the strong day light did not allow me to get the great shots.Try to take close up leaf shots but I honestly don't know what species or name of leaves are. You can see them grow up close to water fall where there is a lot of moisture. Read more:Gallery
My Gallery - Tropical Leaves 2007-09-07 03:57:00 At 7:30 am, sun shone through my window. It was such a nice day after raining at night. I walked around my village with my buddy, Canon 400D, and thought about which shots I would like to take. Oh a garden behind my village might be a good place. Therefore, I walked to the garden and looked around. Wow I saw some exquisite leaves. I took some photos with my Kit 18-55. Any comments are always welcome. Read more:Gallery
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My Gallery - Play with Zoom Effect 2007-09-02 17:02:00 I just played with zoom effect. It was fantastic. Anyway I still need more practices for this technique. Any comments are welcome.Equipment Canon 400D with 18-55 Kit Read more:Gallery
VisualPhotographer Excellent Photoshop Plug-ins 2007-08-27 06:30:00 I just try a new plugins, VisualPhotographer, and I am very surprised how excellent this plug-ins does. VitualPhotograher is one of the most popular and best Photoshop
Plug-ins. Many digital photographers commend for its excellent work. You can create professional photos just only one click. There are a lot of styles provided as Film Grain, Soft Focus, B/W, B/W tinting, High Contrast, etc. It can be used with Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Paint Shop Pro, PhotoPaint and other graphic programs. Moreover, the most important point is “Free”. Let download this free plug-ins from http://www.optikvervelabs.com/ and extract the plug-ins on the Desktop. Cut the extracted folder and paste into your plug ins folder. In case of Photoshop, I will paste the extracted file into C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Photoshop CS2Plug-InsFilters Open your Photoshop and you will see VisualPhotographer in Filter>OptikVerve Labs>VisualPhotographer You can play and enjoy with it.BeforeAfter.. take 10 sec to
My Gallery - Asarahabucha Day 2007-08-27 06:05:00 Asarahabucha Day is one of the most important Buddhist days. There are three important circumstances as follows: Buddha gave the first sermon called “Thamachak-kappawattanasuit” There was the first monk in Buddhism. There were complete three pillars which are Buddha, Buddha's teaching and monk in Buddhism. In the morning, people will go a temple in order to make merit by donating some food, money and essential stuff to monks. In the evening, people will join “Wien Tein”, making merit by three times clockwise walking tranquilly around a main monastery. Moreover, people can go into the main temple in order to join chanting and listen to sermons from the monks.My sisters and I took these series at Thamsatit Temple, BKK Thailand. All photos were taken by EOS 400D with kit 18-55. This was our first attempt to take life photos at night time. It was pretty hard to take photos because my lens was not good enough in low light situation even I bumped ISO up to 1600. Anyway it was Read more:Gallery
Correct slanted photos with Photoshop CS2 2007-08-27 05:52:00 I just know the easiest way to correct my slanted photos
. OK let open your Photoshop
(I use Photoshop CS2). Select “Measure Tool” Draw a line over a horizon in order to measure how much angle tilted Rotate an image: Image>Rotate Canvas>Arbitrary. The number shown automatically is how much angle titled. Therefore, you do not need to input any values in the box and just click OK The photo is already corrected but you must crop the photo. Select the crop tool and crop the photo. You finally get the good photo as below. Read more:Correct
My Gallery - Victory Monument 2007-08-24 09:48:00 Location: VictoryMonument
, Bangkok, Thailand. I took these photos with my Canon 400D, Kit 18-55 lens. Long exposure creates long light and star effect. Please feel free to comments (click each photo to see a bigger picture). Background info of the Victory Monument : The Victory Monument, also located within a traffic circle, was built to honor 59 officers, policemen, government officials and plain civilians who sacrificed their lives during the conflict between Thailand and French Indochina in January 1939. The monument is decorated with five statues representing the Army, Navy, Air Force, Police and Civilian war heroes whose names are engraved on a bronze plate attached to the monument. Today, people tend to think of the Victory Monument as an area notorious for traffic congestion and as a hub for connecting buses to the outlying areas of Bangkok. Read more:Gallery
My Gallery - Bird of Paradise Flower 2007-08-22 16:38:00 This was a good sunny day at my home. I saw the beautiful bird of paradise flower in my garden while I was walking around my home in the morning. Wow I was stunned. I should take some photos of my bird of paradise so I decided to test my Sigma 70-300 APO CG Macro so that I took the close up photos. Please feel free to comment (You can click each photo to see a bigger photo)FYI - The bird-of-paradise flower (Strelitzia reginae) also called crane flower ornamental plant of the family Strelitziaceae. There are five species of the genus Strelitzia, all native to southern Africa. They grow from rhizomes (underground stems) to a height of 1 to 1.5 metres (about 3 to 5 feet) and have stiff, erect, leathery, concave, and oblong leaves. The leaves are bluish green and may have a red midrib.Scientific classificationKingdom: PlantaeDivision: MagnoliophytaClass: LiliopsidaSubclass: ZingiberidaeOrder: ZingiberalesFamily: StrelitziaceaeGenus: StrelitziaInformation from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S Read more:Gallery
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My Gallery - Rama9 Bridge 2007-08-20 02:06:00 I just dug into my digital photography folder and found "Rama9 Bridge" photos taken 3 months ago. This is my first time taking night photography and these are my most impressive shots. Any comments are always welcome.EOS 400D, Kit 18-55, Av 11, TV 8 sec, Exposure -2/3, ISO 800EOS 400D, Kit 18-55, Av 11, TV 30 sec, Exposure 0, ISO 400 Read more:Gallery
My Gallery - Dusit Zoo 2007-08-01 06:20:00 Dusit Zoo
, Thailand. I tested my sigma 70-300. I forgot bringing my tripod with me..so I took all image with my hand held : ) Any comments are welcom. Read more:Gallery
My Gallery - Escalator 2007-08-01 06:11:00 I took these photo while I was walking in big shopping malls in BKK, MBK, Siam Center and Siam Paragon. Please feel free to comments :) Read more:Gallery
(Photoshop) Easy Lomo Style Pictures 2007-08-01 05:58:00 This is an original image. It will be changed to Lomo Style
in 5 minutes : )I normally use Photoshop
to process my images. OK let start you can see the original image below so I will change it to Lomo like images. Dejavo!1) Adjust color balance: Lomo images are weird color tone so I will change an original color tone to yellow tone. At this step, you can play with other adjust techniques as levels, curve, etc and you also can adjust color tone. This example I use color balance and adjust images to yellow tone. 2) Create a vignette: This step I will show you how to create a vignette.2.1) Create new layer 2.2) Select rectangular marquee tool with 100 px feature and normal style and draw the rectangular as show in picture below 2.3) Select Inverse 2.4) Fill with Black Color 2.5) Deselect after filling black color in selection2.6) Change “Layer1” property to overlay with 80% Opacity. After completion on this step you can see the vignette.3) Create Gradient Tone3.1) Create new layer, Read more:Pictures
(Photoshop) Infrared (IR) image with Photoshop CS 2007-08-01 04:49:00 If you don’t have an IR filter to take IR images, you can use Photoshop
CS to create IR images. Let follow these steps:1. Add channel mixer from layer pallet 2. Mark in Monochrome box and adjust parameters as follows:Red :+70, Green: +100 and Blue: -84. You can adjust these parameters base on your images. Basically we need to add brightness to foliage and reduce brightness in blue area (sky). 3. Create a duplicated layer by dragging “Background” layer over a new layer icon. Then change a “Background copy” layer to “Screen” mode with 64% opacity in order to brighten green area. This is an optional step. If you feel that the foliage looks bright enough, you can skip this step. 4. Create a new layer and fill the layer with white. 5. Add noise (Filter>Noise>Add Noise). Please ensure to check Monochromatic box. I use 14.58% for Amount of noise. Anyway this is not solid value so you can adjust this value to create grain in your image. 6. Change Layer1 to “Multiply” mode so Read more:Infrared
(Photoshop) Pencil Drawing 2007-08-01 04:32:00 Let draw a picture with Photoshop
1. Create black and white tone by applying Desaturate. (Image>Adjustments>Desaturate) 2. Adjust brightness and contrast (Image>Adjustments>Brightness/Contrast). I use Bright +18 and Contrast +11. 3. Go to history panel and create snap shot. 4. Unsharp mask (Filter>Sharpen>Unsharp Mask) to create pencil texture. I set the parameters are as follows : Amount = 500%, Radius = 2.2 and Threshold = 0. 5. Select “History Brush” with 65% Opacity and select the snap shot channel in History Pallet. 6. Use the history brush to paint over eyes and lips. This step will create shine in eyes and lips. 7. Select “Dodge Tool” and paint all background area in order to lighten background. 8. Use the dodge tool with 20% Exposure to create hair shade and size of the dodge tool can be adjusted depending on area. Draw the dodge tool in the same direction of hair. Apply dodge tool until you feel good with the image. 9. Apply “Grain” into image (Filter>Texture>Gra Read more:Pencil
(Photoshop) Color in Black and White 2007-08-01 03:58:00 This technique is frequently used to make an object in your photo look obviously outstanding. Let try.1. Duplicate Layer by dragging your “Background” layer over new layer icon. 2. Create a path around object. For this case, I select a sunflower as object. You use “Pen Tool” as shown in image below. 3. When you finish creating the path around the object, you can see your working path in “Paths Tab” 4. Hide path by clinking anywhere outside working path layer. You will see the blue selection on the working path layer disappear and the path around the object will disappear too. 5. Desaturate picture (Image>Adjustments>Desaturate) in order to make black and white image. 6. Adjust image curve to make B&W image look brighter. 7. Select “Path Panel”, click at “Working Path” layer, and click the dotted circle to make selection (see image below). Then hide path by clinking anywhere outside working path layer. 8. Cut the selected area. Yeah finnish Read more:Black
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(Photoshop) Season Change Image 2007-08-01 03:43:00 Season Change
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CSOpen your image, add channel mixer and adjust parameters as follow:Red -50, Green +180 and Blue -502. Create a path around my model 4. Make selection around my model with 10 px feature 5. Add layer mask 6 Fill in layer mask in order to hide channel mixer effect and ensure that you use black as foreground.7. Deselect the selection 8. Correct some details by utilizing Brush to smooth an edge of mask. For example, I use brush to smooth edge of her hair and background. Try to adjust with Brush Size, Opacity and Flow in order to correct the detail. Wow you will get the season change image. Before After Read more:Image
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(Photoshop) Antique border 2007-08-01 03:31:00 1. Canvas Size to add image border. I use 100 px width and 100 px height for my border 2. Duplicate layer 3. Apply Fresco filter (Filter>Artistic>Fresco). Brush Size 10, Brush Detail 10, Texture 3. 4. Apply Spatter filter (Filter>Brush Strokes> Spatter) with following parameters: 25 for Spray Radius, 15 for Smoothness 5. Apply Dark Strokes filter (Filter>Brush Strokes> Dark Strokes) with following parameters : 8 for Balance, 10 for Black Intensity, 0 for White Intensity 6. Select Marquee tool with 15 px feature and draw the selection inside image. 7. Cut area in the selection and you will get the antique border. Wow, this method is pretty easy :) Read more:Antique
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(Photoshop) Create Duo Tone Images 2007-08-01 03:19:00 1. Grayscale image (Image>Mode>Grayscale) because you can not use “Duotone” mode with RGB Color. 2. Select Duotone (Image>Modes>Duotone) 3. Select Duotone 4. Play with Duotone until you feel good with color tone Wow you get it ! Moreover you can select Triotone or Quadtone to create new image color. Let try it and you will love it. Read more:Images
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Fruit Man Smile 2007-10-11 19:50:00 Last night my home was flooded. Our first floor was full of water from raining last night. However, it' was not a bad thing (positive thinking ;) because my home was so clean. We tried to clear my home for 4 hours (oh yeah we make it)Try to think positively and smile.Have a nice day. Read more:Fruit
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My Gallery - Seagull 2007-10-09 00:29:00 When I went to San Francisco, there were a lot of seagulls a pier close to Fort Mason ( I can not really remember what the name is : ). They were not afraid of people who were walking pass them. I tried to move closely as much as possible so that I could take some close up photos of them. This is the best shot of mine. Any comments are welcome : )Canon EOS 400 D with Sigma 70-300 DG APO Macro at 300 mm zoom Read more:Gallery
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My Gallery - Waitng for Cable Car 2007-10-04 14:57:00 “San Francisco cable car” is one of interesting places in San Francisco. My friend recommended that this is the must in San Francisco. I was pretty lucky because it was a sunny day (the day before was so cloudy). I carried a lot of stuff with me as my tripod, my digital camera bag, etc so it sometimes was not comfortable while taking the cable car with so crowed people. Anyway I can make it : )These pictures were taken while I was waiting for the cable car.A girl held fence and she might think…please be hurry guys I am waiting too long : ) I still don't understand myself why I took few cable car photo T T. Read more:Cable
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My Gallery - I Love It When You Call Me Big 2007-10-16 17:38:00 I took it when I went to Galveston, TX. I have no ideas how to describe this photo but I really love it. What do you think? : ) Have a nice day. Read more:Gallery
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!!! 2007-10-14 17:06:00 October is BreastCancerAwarenessMonth
. I just have time to read many blogs and see the "Breast Cancer
Awareness Month" which reminds me that I lost my relatives because of cancer (even not breast cancer). I fully support this campaign You can support this by spreading the Pink Penguin via your blog.More instruction for modify your blog if possible.How can you help?*Below are the four points, recommended by Pelf:-1. Spread the word. Announce the event on your blog. You could write a blog post (like this), or a little note about it. Whatever you choose to do, just go ahead and tell your readers about it.2. Go pink. Modify your theme if you know how to, or get yourself a pretty pink theme. If you run a website, turn your website pink. But if you don’t like pink, you could still participate by putting up a badge on your sidebar.3. Design badges and banners. Design a couple of “Pink for October” badges or banners for other participants to use (for free) and to publicize the event. Read more:Breast Cancer Awareness
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