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Photo submitted by FotoDuit.
Camera: Olympus FE-150
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| Putra Square at Putrajaya Malaysia |
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The 300 metres circular Dataran Putra adorned with light and water features provides the centrepiece for Presint 1.Dataran Putra is bounded by Perdana Putra, Masjid Putra, Putra Bridge and the Promenade. Together they constitute a most impressive showcase of Putrajaya's unique architectural form.
Designed basically as two concentric plazas surrounded by Taman Putra Perdana, the circular ceremonial area is an open hard landscape encircled by Chahar Baghs, which acts as a transition between the parks and the ceremonial area. Inside the Chahar Baghs is carefully arranged interplay of paths, water channels, flower beds and trees. Beyond the Chahar Baghs is a sea of colourful local flora.
The Dataran is divided into 11 segments, in the pattern of an 11-pointed star. The outer 11-pointed star represents the 11 states of Malaya when the country gained independence in August 1957, the inner 13-pointed star the 13 states that formed Malaysia in 1963 and the 14-pointed star inlcudes the new addition of the Federal Territory. The progressive arrangements of the different pointed stars finally culminate in a circle in the centre of the Dataran. The circle symbolises the ultimate goal of unity.
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| Julianne |
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I learn something new every day! Thank you for sharing this. |
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| ParaMan |
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Great scenery. When looking at the EXIF-info of this picture, your "mistakes" are revealed. This is a nice shot, but it would have been even better with a tighter crop, I my view there's too much foreground with "absolutely nothing going on". The amount of foreground, catches the eye, taking focus away from the actual motif. Also the shot seems slightlyunsharp. I can see this shot is shot a 1/60 sec. at F/2,8. My guess is that you took this shot handheld, which would be the reason for any unsharpness. If possible try to take the shot again. Use a tripod, if possible, if not find somethng to lean your camera agains, to keep it steady, a tripod would be the ultimate choice. Set your camera to Manual. Try different exposures ie. ISO 100 f/8 1 sec or ISO 200 f/11 2 sec, keep experimenting until you get the shot that blows your mind. The smaller the aperture (large f-number i.e. F/22) the longer your exposure should be
As I've stated before, we humans shake our hands although we don't notice it, but with long exposusures (1/100 sec and longer)the camera detects any movement, and this shows on a picture, as blur or unsharpness due to camera-shake, this is why a tripod is a photographer "best and most crucial friend" in low-light conditions. A lot of camera's come with Image-stabilizing features, but this is not evolved enough to render the tripod obsolete. Image-stabilizers usually give you one to two stops to "play with" i.e. 1/125-1/60 sec. But always try to remember your shutter-speed should always be at least equal to your focal-lenght but preferably "double" i.e. focal length 70 mm = 1/70 sec (however 1/70 sec is not a valid fraction so go with whichever is closer as 1/60 or 1/100 sec. But preferably 1/125-1/250 sec.  |
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