02. Snaps From Me Holiday

Here are some of the pictures I took of Valluvar Kottam in Batu Caves, KL.

The Lord of Dance and his Wife


The Goddess and her peacocks


White Deers


Bulls


Enterance of Valluvar Kottam


Homely Welcome


The United India


Interior of the Cave


Thiruvalluvar


Wide Shot, Thiruvalluvar


Panoramic Shot

Camera setting I used when I was in the Valluvar Kottam.
1) Exposure: 1/20s at f/3.5
2) Shutter priority mode
3) ISO Speed 400
4) Manual white balance and I didn’t use flash

During the whole course of my trip, I didn’t fire the flash. I like my pictures to look natural. I hate using flash because it seems to give me a very artificial feeling about the image.

Ever since I learned how to use shutter speed and aperture, I have been using these two modes primarily and only use the camera’s automated setting when I don't have time to fiddle with the setting. The pictures might seem amateurish because I wasn’t really looking for angles and framing. I was just squeezing the trigger on whatever I felt I wanted to show my family.

Most of the images went through my patented Photoshop automation process. It basically means I didn’t really tweak the pics to perfection; I just edit one and automate the whole process. Well it really saves a ton of time and besides I got much better things to do then to sit in front of a computer for hours on hand and meticulously edit one image at a time; I get to sleep.

So till my next post ya, its bye from Ganz.

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