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Nadly Aizat | Random Landscapes 2015

Nadly Aizat — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 17:52:32 +0800

Hey guys,

Recently I just bought a Sony A7 II to replace my old Nikon D700. But I am still using the same Nikon lenses using an adapter to the camera body.

So far so good. The Playmemories apps such as Timelapse and SkyHDR help me a lot to take good photos. Here are some of the images I recorded recently.

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Lake Garden, Taiping.

#2

Putra Mosque, Malaysia.

#3

Ujong Pasir, Melaka.

#4

Masjid Selat, Melaka.

#5

Port Dickson.

Pasir Panjang, Negri Sembilan.

That's all for now. Cheers

Nadly Aizat | Pics from Japan

Nadly Aizat — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 22:19:26 +0800

Hello everyone,

This is my first post after about two years or so, not posting in this forum.

So in this thread, I'll like to share some of my pictures from Japan (mostly in Tokyo area). I'm currently undergoing an internship with the local company here for a month and will be returning back to Malaysia this Friday.

Pictures are mostly taken with my D700 and also my OnePlus One phone camera:

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Night At Bandai Bridge, Niigata by Mohd Nadly Aizat Mohd Nudri, on Flickr
Night at Bandai Bridge, Niigata.

#2
Nightscape of Tokyo, Japan by Mohd Nadly Aizat Mohd Nudri, on Flickr
View of Tokyo from Mori Tower, Roppongi.

#3
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine by Mohd Nadly Aizat Mohd Nudri, on Flickr
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine at Kamakura near Yokohama city.

#4
Shibuya Crossings by Mohd Nadly Aizat Mohd Nudri, on Flickr
The famous Shibuya Crossing.

#5
Tokyo Tower by Mohd Nadly Aizat Mohd Nudri, on Flickr
Tokyo Tower as seen from Shiba Park.

#6
MinatoMirai 21, Yokohama by Mohd Nadly Aizat Mohd Nudri, on Flickr
Minatomirai 21 District during late evening.

#7
2015-08-24 07.23.15 2 by Mohd Nadly Aizat Mohd Nudri, on Flickr
People lining up before the train arrived. Tsurumi Station.

#8
2015-09-06 12.26.10 2 by Mohd Nadly Aizat Mohd Nudri, on Flickr
The subway or Tokyo Metro. Shinjuku Station.

Nadly Aizat | New Zealand Landscapes

Nadly Aizat — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 16:34:09 +0800

Hello guys,

I would like to share some of my landscape pictures that I took when I was in New Zealand since for the last four years. Enjoy

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Lake Brunner, West Coast region.

#2

Lupines on the shore of Lake Tekapo.

#3

Manawatu River, Palmerston North. My hometown.

#4

Coal Creek Falls, West Coast.

#5

Lake Brunner, West Coast region.

#6

Queenstown, Otago.

#7

Motukikie Rocks, West Coast.

#8

Russell, Bay of Islands.

#9

Glenorchy Lagoon, Glenorchy.

#10

Wharariki Beach, Tasman Bay.

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That's all for now. Will add more from time to time. Cheers.

Tips on Cityscapes

Nadly Aizat — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 18:28:11 +0800

Hello guys,

This is my first post in this forum, and also my first topic. Before that, my name is Nadly Aizat and I am from Taiping, Perak. Just recently finished my engineering studies in New Zealand and currently "doing nothing". So I filled that gap of "doing nothing" with my hobby, which is photography.

So, in this thread I would like to share or to talk about cityscapes. Well, basically cityscapes is just like shooting landscapes, but instead of spending time in the countryside or in the rural areas (just like what I did back in NZ) we don't have to go any further than our hometown to shoot.

Tips on the best time

The best time to shoot cityscapes are usually during the "blue hour". Blue hour is the time, I think roughly around half an hour before sunrise in the morning and half an hour after sunset. At this time, most of the artificial lights, neon lamps are still turned on, which really adding up to the scene. At some occasion, it is good also to shoot at night especially when it is cloudy because the lights in the city are being reflected by the clouds.

Because it is dark during these times, any moving things that we captured on our camera will form streaks of lights that we call it "light trails". It can serve as leading lines (one of the compositional tool when composing an image).

Tips on the best place

As for me, I would like to shoot from rooftop, or any high vantage points. There are many spots in Kuala Lumpur, some of them are publicly accessed while some are within the private properties. If there were any security concerns raised during your presence, I would like to suggest you to leave. If you have any friends who works in these places, kindly ask them to let you in

Other than that, we can also shoot from the ground level. Aim for places where it got movements like roads, pedestrian walks etc.

Tips on the equipment and settings

Two basic stuff - A camera with lens and a sturdy tripod. Since it is dark that time, hand holding your camera will introduce blurry images. Another good thing to have is the remote shutter. If you don't have a remote shutter, then set the timer on your camera for each shot. Talking about lenses, I usually use an ultra wide angle lens. But sometimes, in order to pull out the details of the buildings, we can use the telephoto lens.

Talking about settings, I usually set to the Aperture priority (A) and shoot at f/8-f/11. Since the dynamic range of the scene that time are quite high, I prefer to do Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB) and bracket up to five exposures. And, I shoot in RAW format.

About composition, it just the usual things you heard - in example the Rule of Third, putting in the foreground interest, etc.

Know your subject, and know what you want to put into the image.

Tips on the post processing

As I mentioned earlier, shoot in RAW so that you could have greater flexibility when you want to convert these files into JPEG format. This including brighten parts that are too dark vice versa, or if you found color cast then you could tweak the white balance.

Basically, my work flows are as follows:

1) Converting RAW files into JPEG using Nikon Capture NX2.

2) HDR processing of the bracket sets of JPEG files with Photomatix Pro. Save into 16 bit TIFF files.

3) Further minor adjustment (level, curve, sharpening, noise reduction) with Adobe Photoshop CS5.

4) Save as JPEG. Upload in Flickr and then facebook.

That's all for now. Here are some of my images that I have shot within this year.

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#1

Ministry of Finance, Putrajaya

#2

Masjid Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, Putrajaya

#3

Symphony Lake, KLCC.

#4

View from Jelatek Suburb.

#5

From Level 39, PNB Darby Park

#6

The Living City.

#7

View from Chow Kit.

#8

KL Eco Park

#9

The Passing Storm

#10

Good Morning KL.

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