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Macro Photography

Macro Photography in general term is all about taking photos close to the subject. A real macro photography is working around 1:1 ratio and closer thereby giving an image that is equal in size or larger than the subject being photographed.

Rose-Macro Photo

Macro Photography is quite addictive. Well, you don’t need to worry about the harsh weather and off course the sandstorm which is been quite as a ritual here. We can choose any subject for macro. In Point & Shoot (PS) camera we have little control on aperture and shutter priority mode but most PS camera have a dedicated mode for macro or close-up photography. In DSLR camera we need to use the Aperture priority mode or still better if we use the Manual mode to achieve sharp focus. To get a shallow DOF (depth of field), it is very important to choose a large aperture (small f number) available. If the subject is moving or is in action, you may need to control the shutter speed to freeze the action. Also depending on the situation you may need to use the Flash. The most important criteria in DSLR camera is the choice of lenses.

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Samsung ES30

The Samsung ES30  sold like hot cakes when X-Cite had a promotional offer for KD. 19.900 (exclusive of memory card). My office colleagues brought a few couple of these cameras using the X-Cite Express Delivery Service. Watching the bug around the office, I decided to make a small review of the camera.

Samsung ES30
The Samsung ES30 is a compact entry level digital camera.  I guess the popularity is because of the low price and with its weight (approx.140 gms).  It can easily slip into a shirt pocket.  The camera boosts a CCD sensor with 12.21 megapixels and 5x optical (35mm film equivalent: 27 – 135mm) wide angel zoom lens. The Minimum aperture wide is f3.5 and Minimum aperture telephoto is f5.9. The camera has a surprising 3 inch TFT LCD screen; the screen can be viewed clearly even on bright sunlight. The camera support includes built in Program AE selection, Smile and Blink detection for portrait photography, macro support up to 5cm away from the subject, JPEG file format, 640×480 pixel VGA movie resolutions @ 30 fps and ISO rating from Auto to 1600 for low light photography. It supports Video out, Mono Internal speaker and Microphone, USB 2.0 Hi-speed and SD/SDHC memory card. Memory card supports 4GB on SD and 8GB on SDHC.
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Visit to Red Bull Drift Challenge 2011

My first visit to Red Bull Drift Challenge. The Event took place on Friday 22, 2011 at the Kuwait International Fair, Mishref. The sandstorm was bad, though I just braved being there for close to 2 hrs. I didn’t wait till the closure of the show and the winners announcement, since the storm just kept hitting on me and my camera gears and the light was turning bad.

The judging panel consisted of Lebanese Rally Champion and Middle East Hill Climb Champion Red Bull’s Driver Abdo Feghali, Middle East Rally Champion Mishaal Al Nejadi, and Kuwait Champion Salah bin Eidan.

Click here to see my Flickr photo

Red Bull Car Park Drift – 2011

Red Bull Car Drift

Kuwait hosts the local qualification for this event on April 22 and the winner will have the chance to compete in the final round taking place in Lebanon on Friday, July 22nd 2011.
This event is open for the public and Motorsport fans are invited to watch the Red Bull Car Park Drift event from the grandstands located at both sides of the track.  Hope the weather stays good and dustfree. You can check on their website for more info.

Location: Kuwait International Fair, Ground 5

Time:  15:00 – 18:30