Sea life

This shot was taken on a recent squid jigging trip SC and I took in the state of Terengganu. The squid weren't biting much, so I took the opportunity to concentrate on photography instead. Since I was on a fishing trip, I didn't bother to take my bulky Nikon D200 with me -- instead I had a Panasonic Lumix FS-5 compact digicam to shoot with. The camera actually turned in pretty good results, although I was quite limited when it came to night shots and such. Anyway, for this shot, I held the camera down on part of the boat and shot a few till I was sure I got a sharp enough shot. Panasonic Lumix FS-5

Corsage

Chris' wedding again -- this time early in the morning as the family's preparing for the event. I took several shots like this with this effect in mind -- achieved by desaturating the background then removing the desaturated effect selectively. Since this isn't a posed shot at all, I had to work quickly to frame, and even then I had to crop slightly to the left of the frame to get what I wanted. Nikon D200, AF-S VR Nikkor 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6

Father and daughter

Even at weddings, I'm always on the lookout for an interesting photo with some real human interest. I spotted this father and his baby at Chris' wedding and I knew I had something, IF only I could get a sharp shot, which was not as easy as it sounds, because of the dim lighting and the constantly moving child. Out of the 4 or 5 shots, this was the most successful -- I cropped it a little and converted it to B+W to remove the distracting colour in the background. Nikon D200, AF-S VR Nikkor 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6.