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Fake Miniature/Tilt-Shift Lens Effect: First Experimental Attempt

izzat ruslan — Tue, 19 May 2009 05:29:06 +0000

Salam and hello everyone. Since I have not posted any photo related entry after my last photo entries about Formula 1 Grand Prix last time, hence for this time I want to share with you my first experimental attempt on fake miniature as known as tilt-shift lens effect. The different between fake or original tilt-shift lens effect is just the original tilt-shift lens effect picture is taking using tilt-shift lens which I think, quite costly and the fake one is otherwise. In addition, I don’t have any DSLR yet, so of course I never think to get one of those lens. Anyway, miniature effect or tilt-shift lens effect also can be produced by applying some editing on suitable photos using any photo editing software like Adobe Photoshop or Photoscape and this is what we call fake miniature or tilt-shift lens effect. Since this is my experimental attempt, I didn’t use Adobe Photoshop for editing process, all editing for these fake miniature or tilt-shift lens effect have done using Photoscape and the result quite impress me. What do you think?

By the way, what’s actually miniature/tilt-shift lens effect? I quote here some definition from Wikipedia.

Tilt-shift miniature faking is a process in which a photograph of a life-size location or object is manipulated so that it looks like a photograph of a miniature scale model.

Actually, in Photoscape there are a lot of effects and photos filters that you can apply to your pictures to produce fake miniature effect. You may explore a bit Photoscape and you may find how great this free editing software. So, here there are, my first experimental attempt on fake miniature or tilt-shift lens effect. Enjoy the pictures then.

So, what do you think? Maybe some people don’t like the concept of miniature, but I can’t help it. Anyway, I hope to hear some of your words about it and I really appreciate it. This is my first attempt though and maybe there are lacks somewhere in the picture or maybe some of the picture is not suitable for miniature, probably? So, speak out what’s in your mind, I would like to hear it. Hehe. Please use the comment box below to comment. Thanks.

p/s: Lately, I don’t know why I lack of ideas what to write. I tried to find some inspiration but find nothing. Any suggestion?

Photos/Pictures of Palace of Justice, Putrajaya, Malaysia in HDR

izzat ruslan — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:18:06 +0000

Salam and hello all. Huh, by posted this post doesn’t mean that I already have internet connection at home, actually, I at my cousin’s house at Ara Damansara, Subang and used Maxis Broadband connection to write and post this entry. I yet received any calls from TM for Streamyx matters since last week and have no idea when the connection will be available. Haih, TM please do it fast!

Before I start, some of you might wondering what is HDR means? Here I quoted some part of text from Wikipedia, for details explanation you can proceed here.

In image processing, computer graphics, and photography, high dynamic range imaging (HDRI or just HDR) is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of luminances between light and dark areas of a scene than normal digital imaging techniques. The intention of HDRI is to accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from direct sunlight to shadows.

So, in this entry I want to share some photoshop edited pictures of Palace of Justice (Istana Kehakiman), Putrajaya, Malaysia. Actually, it were not totally photoshop edited, but I also used another important software to produce these HDR photos of Palace of Justice, which is Photomatix Pro 3.1. These HDR photos were generated from single RAW shot exposure then, converted into 3 multiple exposures using Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended and finally merged into HDR photo using Photomatix Pro 3.1. The final stage which is tone mapping and some basic editing was done using Photoshop CS3. So, enjoy the photos and do leave your comments for me to improve my skills. Oh, forget to tell you guys, these HDR photos are my first attempt on HDR imaging hence do give some tips for me to improve it. I’m still learning.

All these pictures have been taken in RAW mode using Olympus SP550uz. So, maybe the pictures are not quite sharp and I admit it. Another thing is, if you noticed, there’s ‘spoil’ in all the pictures. This happened because I didn’t aware of dust in front of the lens that caused the sun flare reflection. I know I need to be more aware of it in the future. So, leave your comments about what I shared here and hopefully I can improve it more later.

Ok, till next post, bye!

Cherating Photoshot

izzat ruslan — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:57:26 +0000

Salam and hello to all, it was been a long time I’m not post any new photo. Actually there are some photos that I was taken recently, but I’m lazy to upload it since the internet connection lately was damn suck. I think the last photo post that I shared was about Astro Fest 2008 and after that no more photo post. Hmm… okay la, this time I’m gonna share some of my photos that I recently taken. All these photos were taken at Cherating beach and was taken last 2 months ago.

Before that, don’t be amazed with the photo above. *I already photoshoped it* hehe.

Anyway, not so many of photos I wanna share this time but all these photos I think the best shot that I got that day. I still trying to play around with manual setting of my camera and still learning to get the best shot. So, any comments are welcomed.

Actually, I managed to shoot a silhouette photo of Kak Tini’s son. But, I can’t find any suitable spot to shoot a silhouette photo, and then I came out with the idea to shoot this way. So this is the result. Erm..

I shot this candid photo while Kak Tini brings her son to the beach. *So sweet*

I love this expression. Looks like Ayie really enjoyed and happy that day.

this one also…

and this one…

This one is one of the photos up there, but I was photoshoped it to create this black and white photo. Huhu, I really like this photo.

Before going back home, I took this photo. Hmm.. not so nice I think.kehkeh.

Anyway, that’s all the photos for now. Any comments are welcomed to improve my photography skills. I’m still learning.

Astro Fest 2008

izzat ruslan — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:07:37 +0000

Hi all, last 2 week (huh, quite old story ), me, my bro, Kak Noor, Tok Teh and Tok Cik plus my auntie, the one who invited us to this happening event went to Astro Fest 2008 at Astro HQ. There are lots of activities held that day, plus…. guess what’s more? many artists are there too. Especially Meet Uncle Hussein, Hujan, Mawi (although i’m not his big fan.. lols..), Velvet, Zizan, adik Haziq (do you watch Tom Tom Bak or Macam-Macam Aznil? if you do, you might be familiar with him), Dynaz, Bob AF, Syawal AF and many more artists are there. Quite lots to list all here..ehehe.. but not just that, we also had a great, fabulous and fantastic acrobatic performance from Cory & Dances team (if I’m not mistaken, that the name they called them) which was brought by Astro here from China. Anyway, it was really a great and awesome performance! *big clap*

Beside the great stage performance, there also so many booth opened freely for all the visitor such as booth for massage, draw yourself caricature and more. Plus, there are lot of games too, so there are lot of things to do here. Not so boring after all. The great thing is all of those thing are F.O.C, no need to pay for it, if you need massage, just go there and had a massage for free. Anyway, the stage performance is the one that i enjoyed most.

Anyway, although the event named as Astro Fest but the event just for Astro staff and family only, luckily my auntie is one of Astro’s permanent staff, so i got an invitation from her. Anyway, nothing much to say, enjoy the picture that i already taken.

This is the place where we spent most of our time during this event. Eat all the dishes catered to us and enjoyed the stage performance.

At first, i thought this is an artificial flower, but its not. It’s a real flower..huh, anyhow it was beautiful so i captured it.

my bro busy with the handycam. Ok, you record the event, i snap the event.

Zizan, Haziq and one more guy (i don’t know him.. LOLS) be the first group to host the stage performance that day. Zizan was really funny guy and Haziq was cheerful one.

Second stage performance by Velvet. Seem like all those kids were really enjoyed the song. Huhu..anyhow Velvet, you really entertaining person. *thumbs up*

Zizan candid pose. Hahaha…

Next performance by Farah AF.

A great stage performance by Cory and Dances, they really enjoyed it and they really confident doing all those actions. Y’all are awesome! *thumbs up+big clap*

This one also really great performance! See how confident he was.

Hi, Mr. Cameraman.. can i snap your gear?lols.. Looks you really focused on your duty.hehe

Yeah, Meet Uncle Hussein on the stage!!!!!!! Grand performance of the day!

So…lets have some close-up..hehe

The vocalist..

The guitarist..

One more…the guitarist..and last but not least..

the drummer..huhu.. their band is really awesome, so many people crowded in front of the stage when they did their performance. Great performance! *thumbs up*

Well, that’s all for now, there will more pictures from this event soon. Wait for my next post.

Happy New Year 2008!

izzat ruslan — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:00:00 +0000

Hi all, wanna wish you all Happy New Year 2008!

I don’t know why people celebrated new year happily…lols.. how come this kind of thinking?huhu.. btw, i can see many of blogs, websites, televisyen programs, radios and even newspapers, all talking about new year today.. what’s new year means to you actually? does it means you getting old?or you’ll get something new?or what?.. i’m just thinking why…huhuhu

While talking about new year, many of us will thinking about new resolution, the question frequently come out is “What your new resolution this year?” lols..before we set our new resolution. Think first “Did i achieve my last year resolution?” if not, don’t think about new resolution la…hehee.. btw, i’m not against you to create your new resolution, it’s good to have something that we set to achieve, then we will have some goal in our mind what should we do to achieve that resolution, not just talking but at the same time.. your action..

Well for me, new year celebration is just another celebration.. nothing special beside i’m just getting old and i’ll face more challenge soon (currently on 2nd semester of my bachelor program..)…huhu..

ok,that’s all my words for this new year (huhu..who will read this lol..)… i’ll talk more about what happened in last year, maybe something that i should remember.. well, just wait my another entry (and still thinking..who gonna wait for my next entry?lols..and who will read that?)..

-end of post for the new year 2008-

*just wondering, do you take my words seriously?if you do,thanks a lot.hehe…if not its ok.. because i’m not a celebrity or even a motivator you should listen to..haha..it’s all my personal point of view.. no offence..

Comic Fiesta 2007 Photoshot pt.3

izzat ruslan — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:14:00 +0000

Hoho..this is the last part. So, some more photos from Comic Fiesta 2007. Enjoy! XD

*As usual, click the photo to enlarge

These 2 things cost me up to rm10/entry/day…huhu..a wristband and an event booklet..

This guy is awesome! Drawing with both hand plus so fast!really amazed with his work..cool! XD

Huhu…that’s all from me for Comic Fiesta 2007, thanks for keep waiting until the last part..haha..btw, here is story frame that i created for this event. Hmm..what do you think?

See again next year!Hopefully….

Langkawi Trip Photoshot – Part 2

izzat ruslan — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:35:00 +0000

Hi..continue from part 1..
As promised before, here some more photos that i’ve taken during my Langkawi trip. Some of the photos taken at Langkawi Cable car, some from Langkawi Underwater World, Dataran Lang and some more from Langkawi Bird Paradise. So enjoy!

Hhuuu..Langkawi Cable car..so high..here i come!hehe

view from inside of cable car..

finally…

taken from top station..

this jetty taken miles away from top station and 652.5 meter from sea level!huhu.. forced me to used maximum zoom of my camera optical zoom..haha ^_^

beautiful sunset taken from the top station…

oh…i didn’t know how can it be at Langkawi Bird Paradise..btw, its cute,isn’t?

my 2 sis at Langkawi Underwater World…

and this me and my family at Dataran Lang..

And this one..that i’ve “Photoshoped”.. actually trying to capture a bird…huhu

So, what do you think? Any comment? Just say it, i’m really appreciate it.. Thanks

There will be more photos for my Langkawi trip, just check out my Flickr page.

Langkawi Trip Photoshot – Part 1

izzat ruslan — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:45:00 +0000

Hi guys out there..
just wanna share with you all some of photos that i’ve taken during my last vacation. Actually there are too many photos, hundreds of photos.. but i chose which one is best to share with you all here. So for part 1, i share the photos that i’ve taken at Langkawi Bird Paradise. Here you can see variety types of bird. Currently there are 2500 (from the info given..how can i count it! ) of birds stay here..huhuhu

ok ok…just enjoy the photos and you are free to speak up by give your own comment, any comment are really appreciated.Thanks

note: click on the photos to enlarge it

The one that i’ve edited. See the four small pic, huhu.. this bird really know how to pose in front of my camera! awesome!

You are free to comment..huhu ^_^
The 2nd part will post later, wait ok?more pic will coming soon..