Last Saturday Shutter Asia forum a competition called Tak Nak Chimping. This competition has been going on in Penang most of the time and this is the 1st time it’s in KL and will be held in Lake Gardens. Basically the rules of the competition are;

1. No chimping (or reviewing) your shots. LCD screen must be covered.
2. Maximum of 36 shots. No deletion.
3. Only one prime lens allowed. Zoom lens must be fixed at certain focal length.
4. No flash allowed.
5. Tripod is allowed.

addition to that, all pictures has to be taken in Manual mode and fixed ISO. I thin, the idea of the competition is to train photographers to be more confident with their shots and not always “chimp” after taking their shots. Yes this is the digital age but maybe because it is..most of use are snapping 1 shot and then looking again then snapping again. This action is called “chimping”. If you look at how chimpanzee act when they have something in their hands it pretty much looks like how a photographer is uuuhhhh-ing and ahhhh-ing at his pictures after a shot.

The theme for the day was “garden’s party” which I had no idea how to interprete it..besides thinking anything that comes in a bunch could be a party. A party of flowers? a party of ants? though grammatically its not right. But at the end, I just snapped anything I felt was nice

very very BIG hibiscus

goose having a party?

birds party?

as you can see there wasn’t much to shoot..so I submitted this picture as my chosen one

reason I chose this picture is because it shows that there was something that happened here…but it’s over..or you could say theres a party and in parties there would sure to be lots of trash, especially drinks.

*note: All pictures above are not edited in any sort of manner, No adjustment in contrast, saturation or even change of picture style. Basically it’s what you get from the camera.

and after the competition…I snapped this girl, I somehow like the feeling of it. So I edited it a little, nice?