AFC Asian Cup 2007

[galvin]

Some photos from AFC Asian Cup 2007 in Bangkok. I will be here for a week before I go back to KL and then to Jakarta to cover to finals.

Here's a few photos from the opening.

http://www.voguehost.com/ims/u/galvin/shutterasia/ac07_01.jpg
THE GRAND OPENING - Although drizzling, the show must go on.

http://www.voguehost.com/ims/u/galvin/shutterasia/ac07_02.jpg
Thai songbird Tata Young performing her hist song "I Believe".

http://www.voguehost.com/ims/u/galvin/shutterasia/ac07_03.jpg
Opening match between Australia and Oman. Australian captain Mark Viduka marching in the field.

I will try to post more photos in my blog (http://blog.galvintan.com).

[wasabi]

waaa... nice leh.... dunno stadium b. jalil allow photographs not. hmmmmm

[Freaky]

waaa... nice leh.... dunno stadium b. jalil allow photographs not. hmmmmm


Hope so... I bought tix to semi's to take pix.... if not...:((

[alancheong7]

Grand opening :thumbs_up:
thanks for sharing

[ykgen]

huyoh.. i see tata young's football

[magic]

chow ah beng.. why u never bring me there ?! :D

[galvin]

chow ah beng.. why u never bring me there ?! :D


Chow Ah Beng like you must stay in Chow Ah Beng stadium like Bukit Jalil! Muahahaha!

[magic]

Chow Ah Beng like you must stay in Chow Ah Beng stadium like Bukit Jalil! Muahahaha!

wait u ! :tongue_roll:

[galvin]

I love my wideangle lens. The next best option from fisheyes. I've been fooling around with shooting angles and I quite like the idea of seeing things from a different angle.

Check out these photos for instance:
http://www.voguehost.com/ims/u/galvin/shutterasia/ac07_refs.jpg
The official AFC Referees warming up before the match.

http://www.voguehost.com/ims/u/galvin/shutterasia/ac07_players.jpg
The Uzbekistan players marching out to the field during the QF match between Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia. Saudi won 2-1.

http://www.voguehost.com/ims/u/galvin/shutterasia/ac07_stan.jpg
Here's Stanley Chou. My photographer and also my sifu. He's been to 7 World Cup competitions!

Hope to snap more photos from the AFC Asian Cup 2007 Final in Jakarta. So watch this space!

[magic]

wahh.. chow ah beng improving.. good good ! keep up the good work! nice pix ! :D no pix from the game itself ? post n share leh..

[galvin]

Unfortunately, I can't post any action photos from the match since we've signed an agreement with WSG.

[galvin]

Here's a couple of training photos during the Quarter-Final match of the AFC Asian Cup 2007 in Jakarta.

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Captain of team Uzbekistan, Maksim Shatskikh during the warming up session before their match against Saudi Arabia in the quarter-final match of the AFC Asian Cup 2007 held at Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta.

http://www.voguehost.com/ims/u/galvin/shutterasia/ac07_keeper.jpg
Uzbekistan goalkeeper Ignatiy Nesterov during the warming up session.

Both shots taken with Canon 1D Mark II with 400mm f2.8 lens.

[magic]

Both shots taken with Canon 1D Mark II with 400mm f2.8 lens.

Oooo.. when u guys bought a MK2 and the giant 400 2.8? :tongue_roll: Btw images are soft for a 400 2.8. :0 That giant is a pin-sharp lens!

1st training pix, would be better if the dude was looking up rather then his eyes close. M sure in 8 frames or more, one of them is looking up. hehehe.. Would prefer both pix to be in a tighter drop.

Just my 2 cents ;)

[galvin]

Yet another photo of my favourite Referees warming up shot. This time I added a special filter to make it more dramatic. I like :D

http://www.voguehost.com/ims/u/galvin/shutterasia/ref_starsix_shot.jpg

[magic]

http://www.voguehost.com/ims/u/galvin/shutterasia/ref_starsix_shot.jpg

chow ah beng.. nice shoot ! :tongue_roll:

[shorinji]

wowwwww...sooooooo nice aaaaa..beautiful composition.

[kenntsc]

last pic :thumbs_up::thumbs_up:

[Freaky]

Love the referee shot... :thumbs_up:

[fulat]

wah~ star light filter~ :drool:

[mxyzpltk]

COOLNESS!! :cool:

[mans]

err bro,dont u think the pics a little bit soft for a such great equipments?Maybe these are straight from the camera without any PP at all?;)

[Chinks]

err bro,dont u think the pics a little bit soft for a such great equipments?Maybe these are straight from the camera without any PP at all?;)Why? You think most PJs only publish PP'ed shots ar? It happens, but it's rare. And they're usually fired.

[ShaolinTiger]

Why? You think most PJs only publish PP'ed shots ar? It happens, but it's rare. And they're usually fired.

That's not true...

They are only fired if they change the scene, e.g. add or remove something.

Many PJ's do curves/levels/sharpening.

Especially sharpening as RAW output from cameras is intentionally soft so as to retain maximum detail. If with jpeg sharpening settings it's not optimal.

Plus how do you think modern PJ's get B&W pictures? Yeah that's right, through digital post processing.

No such thing as B&W from the camera, the RAW is captured in full colour, if you set B&W in the cam it's just desaturating blindly to a jpeg.

Nothing wrong with it either, it only brings better pics, not worse ;)

[galvin]

Here's another with some filter effects.

http://www.voguehost.com/ims/u/galvin/shutterasia/AC-290707-IRQvKSA.jpg
Mahdi K. of Iraq lifting up the AFC Asian Cup trophy. Iraq beat Saudi Arabia in the final of the AFC Asian Cup 2007 held at Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta on Sunday.