8月31日 星期日

玩乐了半天，肚子开始饿了，时间溜得很快，已经是下午1点半了，我们两人的肚子开始打鼓了。经过了International Food and Film Festival，进去看看。

看看这个环境，有不同的小档，这些小档卖的食物有比萨，炸鸡，薯条，汉堡包，水果，中东餐，甜酸鸡肉反，黑椒牛肉饭，四川橘汁鸡肉饭等等。果然是比较国际化的食物，让来自世界各国的游客有比较多选择。至于价钱方面，算是在我们的预算范围内。 Read the rest of this entry »

I wish to share some of my own experiences and methods that I normally use when taking blue sky photographs. Of cause, those are not my own methods but rather are general widely used methods that everyone else are doing. Let me cut straight to the points.. .

Foreword : Don’t expect any of these will work if there is no blue sky seen. Unless you want to paste in a Blue sky from other photo.

Basic rules / steps to follow

• Best time to take nice blue sky is in the morning or when the sun is at the horizon, at an angle other then is on top of your head.

• Always use front light when taking the photographs. (Meant the Sun is at your back and not in front of you, best effect is sun + you + front scene is in straight line (± 45 degree angle) unless you are using polarizer)

• If your camera has White Balance setting, set it to “Sun / Day” mode. If you have custom WB setting and WB reference card then is even easier. I am personally using WhiBal Ref card for custom WB.

• Under expose the picture slightly by 1/3 ~ 1/2 stops depends on the scene if it is not clips on the dark area.

• If you have a polarizer, it has the capability to eliminates the reflection of the air particles and produce a much deeper / richer blue sky. There are many instructions on the web explaining how to best use a Polarizer to achieve that. So, i am not going to repeat those and you can simply googling around and you will find lot of them.
  • The sample below were taken few years ago at Cameron Highland for comparison. The 1/2 left is without CPL and right 1/2 is with CPL. ( Circular Polarizer is used for Auto focus camera )

CPL test during Cameron trip Read the rest of this entry »

8月31日 星期日

感觉到好像比平时早醒了，不是紧张出外玩，睡不着，而是Orlando比Colorado Springs快两个小时。在同一个国家游玩，也要面对到时差。我们当然不敢赖床，因为Baymont Inn & Suite有安排载送住户到Universal，Orlando。如果错过了酒店的安排，我们就要走路去了。

吃完了早餐，我们走到停车场等候客货车载我们去Universal， Orlando。不到5分钟，我们来到了Universal, Orlando。选择住这间Baymont Inn & Suite，算是明确的选择，可以省时间又可以省钱，不必花费搭巴士或者的士。司机还告诉我们今晚回程的时间和地方等候，可是我们拒绝他了，因为今晚佳人有约，不要坐他的客货车。 Read the rest of this entry »