A little something from Taiwan..

One of the things that you get in Taiwan is that you get to actually see the Sun set behind the horizons, or rather in this case, the mountains (yes, those faint outlines beyond the buildings in the distance are mountains). In Singapore, you will be more likely to see it set behind the HDB flats opposite your house. Although there is plenty of fresh air up in the hilltops, pollution control is pretty bad in the cities, and having a motor vehicle population that is 1.5 times greater than its human population does not help. That contributes to the haze that is characteristic of its cities.

Anyway, here's the photo. It was taken from inside the tour bus while travelling along the expressway from 内湾(Neiwan) to 高雄 (Kaohsiung).

Oh, did i mention that Sun sets at 5pm during winter there? Its pitch black by 5.45pm.

Mission Impossible

Since Grouch posted a long wordy post, I shall follow up on a picture post cum mini lesson:P Anyway.. since prom night is coming up soon, and for those of you who are thinking of going in without a flash, think again... Last year I shot without a flash, and it was a nightmare... Even with a f/2.8 lens, your DOF is just too freaking shallow...at most, you can only stop down to f/4. By then, your shutter speed would have dropped to 1/30-1/15 sec and I was shooting ISO 400 film pushed to 1600 a.k.a. ISO 1600 la..(okies.. I shot at 1600 can? can? can?) sheesh.. Now even with trained hands, the problem is not hand shake...its more with moving subjects. Your subjects are moving around, even little things like sway their body abit or turn around all affects sharpness at 1/30 sec. So it was just damn tough waiting for that perfect moment when everyone stood still and stopped moving..and sometimes they never stop. Gah! Anyway, some photos for you to view...

Heh, if you look at the projector screen, you can see me...:P

Picture Post

Well... I did say I'll post a picture post next.. so I'll keep to my word..btw, these are the new pics from my latest roll which is also included in my latest update of my portfolio... I prefer the porfolio version though.. the setting nicer and got captions, though a lil lame la..haha..and i'm starting to run out of ideas for titles le sia...damn... for those of you who dunno how to get there, there is a link at the Links section, just click my name. if u all wanna see bigger one with titles and captions.. ya.. go view the portfolio.. i kinda lazy:P