Firstly, I just realized that this is my 301st post, yay? Ok... That was lame... Anyway! Chinese New Year just passed, and its the third day of the year of the water dragon, what a mouthful! But who cares! It sounds pretty cool!
So hmmm... Lets see... I got my light stands recently and I've gotta say, they're pretty light! When the box came, despite its size, I don't really see why it'll weigh 8.5kg but yea, what I can tell so far... Its tall! Its like a head higher than I am, its like me standing tiptoed with the flash balancing on my finger tip! Its pretty light even with all 3 in one hand and the foot opens up really wide! Place beside my 3rd party light stand, its quite a monster but I guess its quiet essential for balancing. I'll have to get sandbags when I put heavier strobes on it. One thing I hate is the locking and unlocking mechanism. Its a turning type, unlike my 3rd party one and my Manfrotto tripod which are like flip locks. I don't really know how to explain, but no big deal, not like I'll be constant changing the height of my light stands once they're up and ready. Though the only thing I really hate about my light stand is the way to lock and unlock, I'm pretty much satisfied with it overall.
The box height
What I see when I opened it
The 3 light stands together
I kinda question now why in the world would I need so many light stands but then... You'll never know how much light to use, I now wonder how many justin clamps to buy as well... Another problem for another day!
I still have yet to receive my 3rd party Nikon neck strap, kinda infuriated that its taking so long despite it coming from Hong Kong.
So last Saturday... I went to the Singapore Zoo with Rizal and Fizah. I mainly shot with the F5 and some with the D3. I didn't manage to use finish my film due to bad weather. And for the first time, I was caught in a situation where a public place had no electricity... Sort of... We were at the proboscis monkey exhibit when it started to rain, so we hang around. Lightning struck, lights went off and fans turned off. Fizah and I went to the toilet in the rain and well... My trusty poncho that I got when I enlisted tore from the neck and now there's a big V on it. But its a cheap product, can't blame it. My pants were wet no doubt, but feet are dry thanks to my boots and body was dry thanks to the poncho. So here are some photos from my D3 from that day.
The lovely couple, Rizal & Fizah, I wish them many more years of happiness!
Watching "The Rainforest Strikes Back" show or something like that, one of the guys playing drum
Some random tourist, but quite gung ho *salutes!*
A spider-monkey, never realize that the tail and limbs are nearly the same length with each other, I was telling Rizal if only we had the Ultimatrix, we'll show them Spidermonkey XD
An Orang Utan eating a coconut, I learnt something that day, apparently an adult Orang Utan has a strength equivalent to 5 grown man, kinda scary
2 Zoo keepers carrying a python, can't remember which species, this one should be albino
Our presenter carrying another python, can't remember what species, but its a small one, I think it was a Ball Python? The presenter doesn't look local, doesn't speak like one either
One of the zoo keepers with a type of macaque I believe
Fun and interesting day. The zoo had many people that day considering it was a long weekend! There was also rainbow when I got home to Redhill! Its been a long time since I last saw rainbows with my own eyes! Really beautiful. The one thing I love being a photographer is that I learn to enjoy everything I see =D Its not the best photo, but still, its a memory
Shot from the ground floor in case its gone by the time I go up to my level
Its still there so I shot from my level!
I got back my film as well. Cost me $19 to develop 2 rolls of slide film! Gonna stick with negatives now. One roll from the F5 which will be in my Nikon F5 review and the other roll was shot with Olympus OM2n last year when I went to Pulau Ubin last year. The F5 roll, quite a number were ruined due to the fact I had to open it to rewind the film. But I'll update as and whenever possible with more photos. That's pretty much all for now, will end with photos from my trip to Pulau Ubin shot with Fujifilm Provia 400x. Have a good day everyone!
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