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Pictures from Putrajaya as promised. Pictures were taken on a rainy day, so it's nothing really nice. I've decided to add tips for those who wants to improve on their photography skills.


This is the Mosque in Putrajaya. Obviously would have been a better picture if it was a bright shiny day.


A little tweak to the shutter speed of the camera produces different result. I decreased the shutter speed of the camera to allow less light, which is why I was able to capture the clouds that was absent in the first picture. But it also cost me a darker picture of the Mosque, but it does bring out the mood of gloom.


This is the prime ministers office.


This is one of the nicer bridges in Putrajaya. Would have been nicer if it was taken at night.


Another bridge in Putrajaya, that also looks much better at night, as seen in the next picture.


A little blurry because the shutter speed in this picture is increased. As most of you already know, night shots are prone to blurriness, this is because the camera increased the shutter speed to allow more light in and if your hands are not steady, the picture would come out blur.


If you want to play safe with night shots, use the flash. You won't be able to reproduce the picture as you see it. But you remove the blurriness for sure.

Another way to tackle the troubles of night shots is to increase the ISO. Most digital cameras have preset scenes, e.g scenes for night shots. In this scene, the camera automatically increases the ISO, so that you'd be able to take night shots without the flash, thus reproducing as what you see. But the picture comes out alot more grainy and decrease in quality is very visible.

To overcome both of these problems, use a tripod, or put your camera somewhere stable. Increase the shutter speed/lower your ISO (if you've manual settings on your camera) and turn your flash off.


This is an example of how much a tripod can help in taking night pictures. Of course this was taken with the camera zoomed out at 12x optical.


And if you're able to master the balance between shutter speed/ISO. You'll be able to take pictures like this. I took this in the car while driving, had to set the camera before I could make the shot, but the light faded and there was traffic :( so I missed the shot.