Vagabond’s Caravan

Last Sunday, we spent our entire day @ Pusat Ehsan Charity Bazaar. Most of us were there as volunteer workers (representing PYRO club of MD) while the BEs/juniors are there to setup a game booth. I

t was actually a pretty fun day but I was bounded by some jobs, so I didn’t really shoot much that day, which is something I kind of regret because the sunlight was pretty good that day. =p Anyway, I love the photos taken and 80% of the photos in my memory card are worth keeping (although I deleted quite a lot on the spot as I review them when I am free) and that kind of speed up my post-process work flow, hah!

I’ll feature photos taken when they were riding the flying fox, setup by the scouts. I didn’t play this time, and while many would see that as a sign of coward, I personally don’t think I’m really afraid to do it. What I am ‘afraid’ is the time when everyone is concentrating on you, I think it’s pretty weird. lol. It’s just me anyway so i gave it a pass and choose to stay on the ground to shoot - and this gave me even more feel of accomplishment, lol.

It was a real hot day and it is not an easy task to shoot people ‘flying’ towards you and the sun is above your subject (and you). These photos are purposely overexposed (the level of overexpose is not consistent tho’) so their faces wouldn’t be too dark due to the shadows from their safety helmet. I am not sure if I did the right thing by overexposing them but at least the main thing I wanted to capture (the expression) are there, so yea.

It was tricky to shoot these and I am very happy with my result. i rarely pan (almost never) and so I’m very happy about the result!

^ Preparation to fly!

^ This is the very few shot where the sky and mountain and ‘flyer’ are properly exposed, lol! I like lo, =p

^ I’m reluctant to put this up because I think the sky is pretty weird, lol.

^ One of the few young ‘foxes’, lol. This kid is pretty darn naughty tho’, haha.

^ KuiChuan, hmm, he looks rather relax, lol!

^ YiHuey’s landing. Hmm, I am particularly interested in the guy who laughed so hard, lol! =D

^ YiShien, woo, I really think I could win some loterry, it’s tack sharp! =D

^ Hahaha, she was screaming, lol~

^ Perhaps my favourite panning but it’s overexposed (too much)! =\

^ This is obviously not sharp but… yea, hehehehe. =D

By the way, here’s the link to the blog post which talks about my first experience in shooting flying fox. =D