Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Sometimes mud can be beautiful

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...| Golden Mud |...
This is the second time I’ve been to Pantai Teluk Molek, Penang. The first time I went without any filter on and taken a lot of useless waste of time picture. This time I’m there with Hitech filter on and this is what I got, a golden mud..lol. Even mud can looks beautiful in sunset. I shot at this specific location because I like the detail of the mud glowing from the suns colorful sky. The tree at the middle of the oceans makes it more dramatic. I will be there again sometimes this week because last week the sky is horrible, no sun and cloudy from day to night..lol. Well then see you guys again.
Gear
Sony A580
Tamron 17-50mm F2.8
Hitech Filter GND 0.6s, 0.9s
F/13 @ 4s
ISO 100
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Saturday, September 24, 2011

...| You can't catch me |...

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...| You can't catch me |...


This picture took at the same day as my previous post. Nothing special on this picture but i post it because the children playing by the beach make this special. It remind when we were young playing catch and run..lol.

Gear:
Sony A580
Tamron 17-50 F2.8
F/13 @ 5.0s
ISO 100
Hitech GND Filter 0.9s

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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Sunset at Hard Rock Hotel Penang, 2011

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...| Magic Hour |...
I have wait and wait and wait for my Hitech Filter I order from http://www.formatt.co.uk to arrive and finally it arrived at my door step after more then 1 month. Well their reason for being this late is because there’s too much demand around the globe and they have to expand their manufacturing capacity. Let’s look at their reply below;
Due to the increase in demand for the Hitech range of filter products, particularly the new Pro Stop Range, we have been experiencing longer supply times over the last 6 weeks.
The manufacturing department was partially closed for two weeks in August while essential building work was carried out to expand our manufacturing capacity. We are now fully operational and are looking to complete all orders upto 12th August by next week. All other orders received will be completed and shipped by the end of September.
We hope our customers understand that we are working as hard a possible to reduce the delivery times and are aiming to resume normal delivery service by the end of September. Thank you for your patience.
Anyway since it’s already arrive, I won’t border to complain anymore because they really made good filter. I must say it is much better then Cokin filter in terms of color cast. In this picture I use 2 GND filters 0.6s and 0.9s to get slower exposure and increase the saturation on the back. I like how the foreground beaches and the colors the cloud reflect into the sea, and guess what, I got my first Magic Hour shot and I really satisfy with it. Not regretting anything for buying this awesome filter from Hitech.
Gear:
Sony A580
Tamron 17-50 F2.8
F/13 @ 5.0s
ISO 100
Hitech GND Filter 0.9s, 0.6s
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Sunset’s at Pulau Aman Jetty 2011

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...| After rain stop |...

It has been raining for weeks and there is no suns shining at all. Well today is my lucky day then, the sun finally out from the cloud and for this moment, I bring out my welding glass to try out. Well the result’s not bad at all in Black and White. If I try to turn it to original colors, it’s not so pretty. That’s because welding glass turns out is green in color when shot. So the best is convert it into BnW.

The picture above is shots in 25s /F5.6 with 200iso.

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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Bon Odori, Penang 2010

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Bon Odori Festival at Penang Esplanade 2010

It’s Bon Odori Festival yesterday 17th July 2011. I did not go there this year and since I have nothing to do, I just compile up my picture and make a video. Have fun listening to the music and thanks for watching.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Macro - Yellow Orb Weaver Spider

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Yellow Orb Weaver Spider

It’s been more then 2 month the last time I went for macro shot. Well lucky I still able to get hang of it. I found this yellow orb weaver spider and a wasp grub is hanging on it’s abdomen sucking the nutrition out from it’s body. It will suck the spider  fluid slowly for 2 weeks until it’s dead. Watch the video here posted by Orionmystery for how the wasp grub manage to survive.

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Monday, June 6, 2011

Milky Way 2011, Penang

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...| Shooting Milky |...

We when to another Milky Way shooting with the same group at the same place. Again a very lucky day for us, clear sky without moon. This time I try to put up some different perspective on my picture composition, in this photo I place my camera behind another camera. A Sony shooting Canon shooting Milky. Awesome huh lol.

...| Milky with a Flower |...

I’ve shot the milky way with this composition before here but the foreground is pitch black. This time I’m using a torch light put up some light painting so I would get the foreground come to live. The flower pointing towards the milky is just so nice.

...| Supernatural |...

Before we when off, we take 1 portrait picture behind the milky. In this picture, we place an LED light behind the car to light up the car behind and we are using our hand phone to light up the front. This picture is taken with Canon 5D Mark II with 17-40 F4 L lens from mengsys. We are quite happy with the result we get this time. I will go there again someday with a time-lapse shot. Till see you again next time. Bye.

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Friday, June 3, 2011

The Arctic Light By Terje Sorgjerd

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Another great video release from the pro landscape photographer and my No. 1 favorite Terje Sorgjerd. Latest time lapse video taken from the Norway. In 1:06 you can see the sun’s set and sunrise in a single scene a natural phenomenon occurring 2-4 weeks in a year. More info from the link below;

http://vimeo.com/24456787

The perfect shot with perfect time lapse where it was just so great and how I wish I could do this the way he did in the near future.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Sunrise at Bukit Mertajam

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...| Fiery Sunrise |...

I was on my driving my car to work on this morning and stuck in traffic jam. This is where I see this sunrise which is so magnificent, the colors and cloud formation is just so great. When I see this sunrise I was thinking ohhh how I wish I have my dslr with me at that moment. So I just use my iPhone 4 to capture this sunrise inside my car. It’s quite ok with iPhone 4 5MP camera. not much detail from the 5MP camera but then at least I have this great fiery sunrise in my pocket.

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Saturday, May 21, 2011

My Very first Milky Way 2011

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...| My Very First Milky Way |...

I’m quite happy my first outing for Milky way is a SUCCESS..lol. Although I’m only using Kit Lens which given quite a fair picture but still, it’s MILKY WAY!!!. Picture were shot at 25sec exposure at F3.5 and 1600 ISO. Try to get the best lens you have, the bigger the aperture (smallest F number)  the better.

...| Just Milky |...

Place to shoot milky way? Just look at Google Map and browse to location out of city area, and go there. Make sure there’s no street lamp or any light pollution.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Sunrise at Penang Hill 2011

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...| Above the Cloud |...

It’s been years since the last time I visit Penang Hill. I still remember the last time I visit which is during my secondary school days.. yup it’s that long. Any changes from the last time I visit and now? Well not much, changes was the Train (yup I did not take any photo of the train..lol). After going up the hill what can you do? Nothing..lol. Nothing fun up there, only was the cool breeze during early morning we reach.

What I like for shooting sunrise here was we were eventually above the cloud which makes it cool huh..lol. We can see the town below the cloud and the sun above it, a three layers.

...| Aim for the Sun |...

Here my friend trying to shoot the sunrise, a silhouette shot. I love the sun bursting beside him.

~Going Down~

While we going down, I try to take a zoom effect shot, does the train going down look fast? haha.

Anyway for those who wish to shoot sunrise here, the earliest train departure is 6.30am. Just barely make it when reaches the top takes about 15min going up.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Sunrise at Tasek Gelugor 2011

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...| Cross Reflection |...

A different feeling for this sunrise shot. Yes most of my sunrise shot is by the seaside (beach), this time we went to the paddy field for this spectacular sunrise shot. The green paddy field with a cross reflection from the sun, it’s absolute colors from this picture it self satisfying me a lot.

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Saturday, May 7, 2011

Sunrise at Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway

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...| Calm |...

Yes, I have return to the very first location where I first shot sunrise. This time I have some help with this shot, borrowed my friends ND 4 Filter to have this beautiful shot. When I was there I was surprise to see more then 10 people there shooting at the same spot. But there were shooting high up where I climb down the below to have a lower angel shot. I’m quite satisfy with this shot which sharp and nice saturation. I hope the next time I come will be high tide instead of low tide like this and my previous shot.

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Sunday, May 1, 2011

Sunrise at Pantai Shamrock, Batu Ferringhi 2011

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Yes!, the month of April is finally over, a month of macro shot and here comes the new month May..haha. Anyway lets get this crap talking over..lol

...| Something Coming |...

Took this picture at Pantai Shamrock, Batu Ferringhi. The weather not so great but I’m happy with the shot (for a newbies like me lol). This picture is perfected with a borrowed Cokin ND 4 Filter. Which is why I’m able to get the smooth sea and some detail at the cloud. Also attach is the CPL filter to increase the saturation. A minor adjustment done on Lightroom 3 and also Photoshop CS5. This place is famous for swimming and by evening people will come pouring in for a swim at the beach haha. I will definitely will come again to shoot for this location as I’m not quite satisfy with it..lol. Anyway that’s all, will share another Sunrise again soon. See ya and thanks for visiting.

 

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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Macro–Jumping Spider with prey

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Jumping Spider with Prey IV

I brought back this jumping spider to my home because I’m unable to shot this spider on location. Why? Because there’s too much mosquito on that area and I did not prepare for it lol. So I put inside a plastic container and catch a mosquito to feed it at night then I take out my dslr and shoot it when it’s eating the prey. I have so much fun and exited watching the spider catching the prey flying around the plastic container. The Jumping spider did not move much after the mouth is full with food..lol. Enjoy the rest of the pics.

 Jumping Spider with Prey V

Jumping Spider with Prey III

Jumping Spider with Prey II

Jumping Spider with Prey I

All picture were shot with Tamron SP AF90 attach with Raynox DCR-250. So the magnification of all the picture is around 2:1 if I’m not mistaken.

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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Macro–Golden Spiky Ants–Battle of the Titan II

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Golden Spiky Ant - Battle of the Titan II

I have no idea what are they fighting for. This 2 Golden Spiky Ants is battle it all out while there are few others watching at the side. It is like watching historical movie in Ancient Rome, the Battle of the Titan. This is the 2nd time I shot this ants fight. The link for the first shot I took few month way back is here Battle of the Titan I. This Golden Spiky Ant is easier to shoot as they are not too actively moving much like their other species the Black Spiky Ants.

Golden Spiky Ant

And here it is the Golden Spiky Ant is posing before the fight begins.

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Macro–Black Ants Mimic Spider

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Ant Mimic Spider

This picture actually taken last year during Penang Butterfly Insect showcase last year at 2010. Found it at the entrance from the car park outside. Most people would assume this is a spider but actually it’s an Ants mimic spider species. I do not know what is the family name or scientific name coz I’m not an expert in this sort of stuff..lol.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Macro–Fruit Fly Mating

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Fruit Fly - Mating

This is actually my 2nd fruit fly mating picture. The first quality is quite bad as the fruit fly tend to be very small in size. This photo I took is about 40% crop of the original 1:1 magnification and it still look small..lol. With this photo taken, it is proven the fruit fly generation will be secure Smile.

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Friday, April 1, 2011

Macro–Red Weaver Ants

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Weaver Ants

Even though the weaver ant’s is a little bit our of focus, but I still upload it to my flickr because I like the lighting and colors contrast between the ant’s and the green leaf. It make this picture wonderful. I do not have much picture of weaver ant’s but hopefully I will able to get some decent shot one day and share with you guys.

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Monday, March 28, 2011

Sunrise @ Weld Quay 2011

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...| Modern Africa |...

Went for another sunrise with my gangs at Weld Quay, Penang. Not the best weather because as you can see the cloud is dark which is a rain cloud. But then it makes this picture more dramatic with multiple colors. I name this picture ‘Modern Africa’ because of the crane container which looks like giraffe in africa. I’ve try to shoot for Panorama but the end result is bad so I remove it from my collection.

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