{"id":2508,"date":"2013-03-24T11:27:08","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T09:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlebigtravelingcamera.com\/?p=2508"},"modified":"2014-05-01T19:11:06","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T17:11:06","slug":"eat-pray-dance-kuala-lumpur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlebigtravelingcamera.com\/?p=2508","title":{"rendered":"Eat, Pray, Dance – Kuala Lumpur"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DSCF4472\"<\/a>FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (35mm, f\/1.4, 1\/250 sec, ISO2500)
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The title is stolen. There was the book ( later film ): Eat, Pray, Love. I didn’t read the book and I didn’t watch the film. Javier Bardem, the killer from “No \u00a0Country For Old Men” in a love movie beside Julia Roberts. Unthinkable!<\/p>\n

But I liked the title and Eat, Pray, Dance is a good summary of the first days in Malaysia. I ate exotic food, visited a lot of temples and on the first night I experienced a dance group in colorful dresses.<\/p>\n

I loved the first image most even though the composition isn’t good but I love the expression of the dancer. At that moment she really seem to enjoy the dance.<\/p>\n

\"DSCF4391\"<\/a>FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (35mm, f\/1.4, 1\/125 sec, ISO1250)
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Even though we had a seat in the first row I shot mostly with the 35mm lens as I needed the fast f1.4 to keep ISO as low as possible. I shot in S-Mode and set shutter speed to 1\/250s to freeze the action. ISO was in between ISO 2000 and ISO 6400. ISO values unthinkable when I converted to digital in 2002. And I’m talking about big Pro DSLRs here. Now I’m taking images at such levels with a relatively compact camera and the quality is still very good. Great modern times.<\/p>\n

\"DSCF4429\"<\/a>FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (14mm, f\/2.8, 1\/250 sec, ISO6400)
<\/span> \"DSCF4479\"<\/a>FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (35mm, f\/1.4, 1\/250 sec, ISO2500)
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All images are right out of the camera JPEGs using the Fuji Velvia setting. I know that it is a little over the top in these pictures but I still like it. For me the Velvia setting was just perfect most of the time as it gives stronger colors and higher contrast. It is my standard setting because normally I use the RAW version of the images but sometimes I take the Velvia JPEG.<\/p>\n

\"DSCF4495\"<\/a>FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (35mm, f\/1.4, 1\/250 sec, ISO1600)
<\/span> \"DSCF4497\"<\/a>FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (35mm, f\/1.4, 1\/250 sec, ISO2000)
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I always thought that high ISO performance is overrated. Well – it is not. Excellent high ISO performance plus a very fast lens enabled the images I took. A slower lens like a f2.8 ( not a slow lens by zoom standards but already 2 stops slower ) and these images would not be possible. The short shutter speed is necessary to freeze motion. No images stabilization can help here. What you need is a fast lens. That means that even today with in body or in lens IS and ultra high ISO a fast lens is still a big advantage. Not to speak of the shallow depth of field to create special images.<\/p>\n

\"DSCF4531\"<\/a>FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (35mm, f\/1.4, 1\/250 sec, ISO3200)
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<\/span> \"DSCF4554\"<\/a>FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (14mm, f\/3.6, 1\/125 sec, ISO6400)
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Above is the only RAW image. The original image was slightly overexposed with the yellows burnt. I took the RAW and corrected the file. The image show my colleague and me among the dancers. I didn’t dance.<\/p>\n

Beside all the great music and dance performances this is a very good buffet restaurant. I tried lot’s of different food. I ate very spicy things and prayed that I would not regret it the next day. I didn’t. Despite the jet lag I slept like a death person till the alarm clock rang at 7am or at midnight CET.<\/p>\n

The food image is not sharp. I learned and changed to the 18mm lens for the food images. It became my food lens in this trip. I will not show any food images in my next posts but will do a dedicated food post. The Asian cuisine deserves it.<\/p>\n

\"DSCF4561\"<\/a>FUJIFILM X-Pro1 (14mm, f\/2.8, 1\/30 sec, ISO2500)
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