Xquisit Photography

Photo Trip to Blue Mountain on Christmas 2011

2012-01-02T20:50:00.002+11:00

Anori and Nova Pre-Wedding Photos

2011-12-29T05:47:00.000+11:00

2011-10-17T19:20:00.000+11:00

One of the online photo editing tools that offer cool instant effects and frames for you to use on your photos.

No need of photo editing knowledge. Just pick the effect you wanted and put your photos in it. Done. Simple as that. Now you have interesting image to upload to your facebook.

Loonapix

Colour Correction

2011-08-18T15:51:00.000+10:00

If you have a photo that doesn't have the right colour, Don't panic.
You can still do something, you can fix it in photoshop.
This video will show you how.

Give more contrast to your image

2011-08-14T19:34:00.001+10:00

Want to give your image more contrasty look? watch this video to see how.

2011-07-17T20:23:00.010+10:00

Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM

I took this lens with me two days ago when I went to a trip with my friends. I took some really nice photos with this lens.

(All photos below are straight out from camera, only minor brightness and contrast adjustment have been done)

Beautiful colours

Good bokeh. With aperture of f2.8–4 this lens will produce a nice Out of Focus background and/or foreground to bring subject into attention.

Good sharpness (at least sharper than kit lens)

Good Macro (close up), I took this photos with lens zoom all the way to 70mm, f4.5. The distance of the end of the lens to object is no more than 10cm.

Good 17-70mm zoom range makes this lens a good all rounder lens to use. I planned to shot only a couple of photos with this lens but found myself shooting with this lens longer than planned.

Cons: The only problem is the focusing. Often I find the lens struggle to lock into focus with low contrast objects or in low light situation. Maybe I got a bad copy. But surprisingly it focuses good when taking macro photos.
It would be nice too if it has constant f2.8 aperture.

Pros and Cons aside, this lens is capable of producing nice photos. All the photos above are JPEG files straight out from my 40D.

Specification
Diaphragm blades: 7 (rounded diaphragm)
Minimum focus distance 0.22m (8.66”)
Internal focus, front ring doesn’t rotate when focusing.
Metal mount, weight 520g
Comes with hood.
Filter thread 72mm

Portrait

2011-03-25T21:32:00.004+11:00

Water

2010-06-05T20:47:00.002+10:00

White Hot

2010-04-09T17:59:00.000+10:00

Jewelry

2010-03-13T14:32:00.000+11:00

Sigma 28-300mm F3.5-6.3 Aspherical IF for Sony Dslr

2010-01-25T00:06:00.001+11:00

Strobist

2010-01-13T18:20:00.004+11:00

One strobe shooting session.

Curve adjustment layer in Photoshop CS3

2009-12-07T22:44:00.002+11:00

Medalion

2009-10-25T22:20:00.000+11:00

My toys

2009-10-25T22:19:00.000+11:00

Size

2009-10-25T22:14:00.000+11:00

Sydney Dust Storm

2009-09-23T21:24:00.003+10:00

Looking out from my apartment window this morning around 6.30am when severe dust storm hits Sydney. I just woke up getting ready for work this morning when I realize the dark orange light coming through our window. I looked out and saw this amazing but somewhat scary view. At first I thought it was heavy fog but then I check my 3 phone for news and I realize it was dust storm.
"A huge dust storm blanketed parts of the state yesterday as gale-force winds and cricket ball-sized hail ravaged NSW. Strong winds ripped through Canberra and Broken Hill, kicking up dust about 3.40pm, turning sky red and then black within minutes." (p.3,The Daily Telegraph, 23 September 2009)

Photos shot with Sigma 28-105mm UC ZOOM

2009-09-23T18:49:00.002+10:00

When using flash you need to step down the aparture because the camera tend to overexposed when using this lens to shoot with flash which I found to be good because I can use higher number f-stop to get a sharper image.

Sony a200 photos

2009-09-01T15:40:00.001+10:00

Black & White

2009-07-01T21:17:00.000+10:00

Seaside

2009-06-25T13:15:00.000+10:00

21st anniversary of Darling Harbour

2009-06-25T13:11:00.000+10:00

2009-06-24T12:51:00.000+10:00

This bird picked up a seed, threw it and yammm...