Near Udawalawa National Park. Surreal sunset. We were cruising around Elakanda, Hendala, Wattala area hoping to take few more photos. I took this one when we were about to go back. Those 3 birds were a pleasant surprise. Unfortunat
A noisy picture is always (almost) better than a blurred one. I almost always shoot in ISO-400 when I have my Sigma 70-300mm attached. The lens is rather slow with an f/4.0-5.6. But lately I’ve been boosting the ISO up to 800 or 1600 and I noticed a significant improvement in sharpness especially when handholding the camera. Almost every modern ...
With the beginning of 2011, my interest for photography started growing stronger. Since then, I have been going to my own backyard with my camera every day, every chance I get and it did prove very useful so far. Yes, there were days I came back empty handed but I couldn’t help but notice that I learn something new every ...
Last Friday I was invited to take some photos by the director of Leonine Motion Pictures – Kasun Kuruppu. They were shooting a new music video and they offered me the chance to join in. You know I never turn down a chance like this. So here are some shots I took. See the complete set here.
All this time, I wanted to try taking some portraits but I never had a chance. I bought the 50mm solely for portraits but I’ve been using it for everything but for the purpose I bought it for. When I took these, I had my Sigma 70-300mm attached to my camera. These are the first few portraits I’ve taken so ...
I forgot to tell you about the lens construction in the last post. The lens is built pretty decently. It won’t feel “cheap” in your hands. The zoom ring is a bit stiff. However the focus ring is really really smooth. It’s so smooth that when you change it to MF and point the camera upwards or downwards, the focus ...
I got this lens yesterday and I was really excited to try this one out. Today I took few shots with it but didn’t have much time to play with it, though I should say that I’m really impressed by its performance. When I was looking for a budget zoom lens, I had 5 lenses in my mind. Canon EF-S ...
I’ve been telling you that your 18-55mm kit lens performs far better than its reputation. All of the photos appear here are taken with the kit lens. I think it did a good great job considering its price. I even took some of these photos while moving in a vehicle. With some effort, you can even do some “macro” shots. ...
