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Hot Off The Oven

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This one is for those asking about sending pictures from the camera to the phone wirelessly. I shoot with an Olympus OM-D (EM-5) and it has an optional hot shoe accessory (shown on top of viewfinder in pic) known as the PenPal PP-1.

Hot Off The Oven

When I review a picture in play mode, I can send the picture I like immediately to my Samsung Galaxy S3 or Sony Android Tablet S via Bluetooth. It works much faster and less
messier than any wi-fi solutions I tried. Once the picture is transmitted to my tablet, I use Photoshop Touch to crop, resize and watermark for Instagram. For the Galaxy S3, I use the free Photo Editor app for this task.

Some may argue that a phone can shoot and upload a picture straight away. Yes but can you choose any focal length without sacrificing quality? Can you have access to a high quality specialty lens such as an ultra-wide, a low-light prime or a super tele?

The pictures posted to Instagram are automatically replicated as a photo post on my blog (www.tvsmith.net.my). I have set a delay so I can add / edit the text if needed. During a ‘breaking news’ event, it can go live together with Instagram. if I so choose.

KLCC’s Musical Fountains

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Some 30 years after Sentosa Island, some 20 years after Mines Wonderland, KL finally gets its own musical fountain and light show. Enthralling locals and Middle-East tourists, the watery performance is quite entertaining, actually.

The fountains at KLCC Park have been upgraded to dance to Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On”. Shocking I know. You would have thought 15 years later, the song is tolerable….

As the sun sets, the fountains warm up for the dance ahead

As the sun sets, the fountains warm up for the dance ahead
Olympus OM-D EM-5, ISO 200, f 4.5, 1/100 sec

Dance Little Lady Dance

Dance Little Lady Dance. This is the first time I am uploading photos to the Internet with the new Samsung Galaxy S3, after receiving it from the OM-D via bluetooth.
Olympus OM-D EM-5, ISO 200, f 3.5, 1/3 sec

Gets Better As It Gets Darker

Since I didn’t have a tripod with me, I used my camera bag as a bean bag, supporting the OM-D on it. Works quite well.
Olympus OM-D EM-5, ISO 200, f 3.5, 1/3 sec

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The Ghost Town

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Whisper after me; "I see dead people"

Whisper after me: “I see dead people”. Chinatown as seen from this spirited junction. 
Olympus OM-D EM-5, ISO 200, f 4, 4 sec

Flying Peanut Butter Jelly

A speeding LRT train becomes peanut butter jelly in a slow six-second exposure.
Olympus OM-D EM-5, ISO 200, f 10, 6 sec

Since I have a stack of ND (Neutral Density) filters left over from the Transit of Venus, I thought I might as well put it to good use. After all, the next occurrence is in 105 years.

So interestingly, 4 pieces of ND8 (3 stops x 4 = 12 stops in light reduction) created some strange and bizarre images in bright sunlight. Because the exposures took as long as 3 or 4 seconds, a tripod was necessary. The Cokin filters also introduced a severe colour shift when stacked together.

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