just because 'noir' was already taken

20: the ‘headless’ pigeon and his friends

strikenoir — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:06:19 +0000

remember the headless pigeon? (if you don’t..then click here)

we’ll i found another photo of him.. but now he has his head and a few of his aviary companions.

photo by christianlc.canonpowershot s3is.

19: double rainbow & other sky phenomenon

strikenoir — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:09:32 +0000

Double Rainbow
can you spot the second one ? (click for biggification)
and on careful observation, you can see that the colors are in reverse color.

Crepuscular Rays
like a sudden burst of light.

Fog Bows
rainbow embedded clouds.

photos by christianlc.canon powershot s3is.

I’m really eyeing for Sun Halos or Moon Halos, which are quite hard to capture especially its very tropic here in the Philippines. But i have already witnessed a Moon Halo, so i know that its possible here. Only thing is i dont have a camera then when the moon halo occured. drats!

eighteenth: my jack russel terrier

strikenoir — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:27:27 +0000

this is Bruce, my jack russel terrier. the little runt just turned 1 year old just last august.

photos by christianlc. Canon powershot s3is.

read more about these hyperactive critters here.

17: cotton candy anyone?

strikenoir — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:54:58 +0000

Yey! I have assembled a new PC using my old hard drives and was finally able to retrieve some old photos.

One of ‘em is the cotton candy cloud.

It’s my second time seeing these cloud formations but only had one chance to shoot a high quality picture. We’ll the other one is in a video.

and more close-up.

photos by christianlc. Sony Ericsson P990i. 2MP

16: another sunset set

strikenoir — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:00:09 +0000

wooh! thinking of titles are becoming harder.

photos by christianlc. canon powershot s3is.

well, really not sunsets but sunset reflections against cumulus clouds. hmmm, everyone’s taking sunsets, how come no one’s taking sunrises? why? why?

yes.. because its hard waking up early in the morning.

15: lomography collection

strikenoir — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:18:30 +0000

well, i really dont own a lomo camera/ toy camera, but with a little photoshop play arounds, we all can get great lomo effects from our digital pictures.

photo by christianlc. canon powershot s3is.
post processing: adobe photoshop cs

lomography is quite tedious specifically during post processing. well why don’t we do our post processing in photoshop (also instead of films, use digital pictures)..

see my post processed pictures below (click to biggify) and read all about it @ by clicking here <-

but of course, nothing beats the original lomo’s.

fourteen: playing with lights

strikenoir — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:11:35 +0000

haha, new fascination!
of course the trick here is to keep the shutter open for a significantly long time so the light trails woud be captured.

photo by christianlc. canon powershot s3is. f/5.6, 8s.

photo by christianlc. canon powershot s3is. f/5, 15s.

ok, in this pics, some cars wouldn’t just stay on their lanes…Swerving!

13: no bad luck for the UP Pep Squad

strikenoir — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:54:34 +0000

well, champions once again of the UAAP Cheerdance Competition (2008)
here’s to UP!!

photo by christianlc. canon powershot s3is. f/5, 1/202/s.
post processing: adobe photoshop cs

12: sunrise/sunset

strikenoir — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:35:10 +0000

this was during one of my drives along calamba city in laguna.

photo by christianlc. canon powershot s3is.
post processing: adobe photoshop cs. f/8, 1/30s.

talk about high aperture value hehe :p

This one is a view at our backyard balcony in pagsanjan.

photo by christianlc. canon powershot s3is.
post processing: adobe photoshop cs. f/3.5, 1/400 s.

really reduced the shutter speed here for the dark effect. f-value is pretty low
but then i really had nothing to take focus on.

twelve: the headless pigeon

strikenoir — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:08:38 +0000

ok, it’s not actually headless, it just bended its head to peck some part of his wings (i think).
hehe.

photo by christianlc. canon powershot s3is.
post processing: adobe photoshop cs. f/3.5, 1/318 s.