Saturday, September 17, 2011

18/9/2011 Black and White at Batu Ferringhi

Woke up at 5:30 AM this morning for just one purpose, Sunrise photography. Destination - Batu Ferringhi.

After 30 minutes drive from my home to Batu Ferringhi, the sky was still dark when I reached my destination, so I just sit in the car, listen to radio and waiting for the right time. After 20 minutes, the sky started to turn bright, so I went to the beach and setup my gear to prepare for some photo shooting with my new bought B+W 10 stops ND filter.

Unfortunately, the Sunrise today seems not as I expecting as well, so Black and White photos was in my mind. After chosen the spot and did some exposure metering, I set the camera to Manual focus and screw in the ND filter.

Below are 2 of the results of 30 seconds exposure.

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

16/9/2011 Imperfect Sunrise

I have been woke up early today for one purpose, to capture the moment the Sun rises. I have not went out for Sunrise photo shooting for quite sometimes already, since it's holiday today, so I decided to take this time for Sunrise photo shooting.

I woke up at 6:20 AM, after brush up and packed my gears, I departed and drove to Jelutong Expressway. I revisit the place I visited before. By the time I reached my destination, the Sun begin to rises, after setting up all my gears and tested a few shots, I wait for the golden moment. Unfortunately, the Sunrise today seems imperfect, the color of the sky is not as what I expect. Anyway, I still taken a few shots, and converted it to black and white in PS.

By the way, this is my first time, using a black card for the photos, which use to make the exposure between the sky and the foreground more balance.

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

30/8/2011 Butterfly Farm, Penang

It has been long time since I posted my last post for the blog, partly due to my workload is heavier this year, but mostly is due to I have been laid back from photography for quite some times. So I have decided to pick up my gears and reignite my passion for photography again.

Yesterday was the beginning of the 3 days of public holidays, so I decided to revisit the Butterfly farm located in Teluk Bahang, Penang for some macro photos shooting. Due to it's long holiday, there're many visitors from other states visiting the Butterfly farm as well, that makes photo shooting a bit tough, so I guess I will not make another visit next time during long holidays. Anyway, after spending 3 hours there, my effort was not wasted, below is the result of my works.

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Thursday, November 25, 2010

16/11/2010 Hong Kong 6D5N Free and Easy Tour - Day 6

Finally, it came to the last day of the trip. Woke up at 8 something, after brush up and packing, we went to the Mickey Cafe for breakfast.

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Some snap shots in the hotel:

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After that, we checked out from hotel and left our luggage for the hotel to take care of it temporary while we go to Disneyland again. Today I decided to play rather than just shooting photos, thus there are not much photos have been taken. Among all the attractions, I enjoyed the 4D movie - Mickey's PhilharMagic and the Jungle Cruise.

After spending few hours in the park, we went for lunch in the park.

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I ordered a set lunch with appetizer and main course

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My appetizer - Caesar Salad

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My bro-in-law's main course - Seafood Noodle, he enjoyed it

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My main course - Spaghetti Bolognese

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Outside the window, some nice plants

After finished our lunch, we stayed a while in the park then we left at 2:30 PM back to our hotel to claim our luggage and head to the airport, thus, that's end our 6 days 5 nights free and easy tour in Hong Kong.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

15/11/2010 Hong Kong 6D5N Free and Easy Tour - Day 5

Fifth day of the trip, I woke up quite late, so as my dad. After wash up and packing, we checked out from the hotel. While my family made a move to Disneyland and drop the luggage at the Disney's Hollywood Hotel first, I had to go to the Sony Service Center nearby to apply the International Warranty for my camera.

The Sony Service Center's business hour starts from 11:00 AM, so I will have to wait. I had my breakfast in McDonald's and I would say, it's nice, at least much nicer than the breakfast provided in McDonald's Malaysia.

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Macaroni with Pork Burger, Egg and mixed vege cooked in soup, served with Milk Tea and Hash Brown

After I finished my breakfast, I went to walk around Sai Yeung Choi street while waiting for the Sony Service Center to open. After a long hour of walking and looking around, I decided to go back to McDonald's for a drink, as my legs are very tired.

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I orderd a Mocha Ice Blended from McCafe, it's not bad, though not as nice compared to Starbucks or Coffee Bean

After a refreshing drinks in McDonald's, I went to the Sony Service Center to apply the International Warranty for my camera, which is F.O.C. It took just 10 minutes to complete the whole thing, it's quite effective. After that, I headed back to hotel to retrieve my luggage and depart to Tung Chung to meet my family.

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I arrived at Tung Chung earlier than expected, so I have to wait for my family. This is Tung Chung Citygate Outlets, there are many branded outlets like Nike, Adidas, Puma and so on in it

After met with my family, we went in to the Citygate Outlets' food court - Food Republic for lunch.

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My lunch - Pork Chop with Pasta in Portugal style

After lunch, my sister and bro-in-law do some shopping in the mall, while I just looked around since I don't plan to buy any apparel. We spent around 2 hours in the mall before we depart to the Disneyland.

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Sunny Bay's station, waiting for the train to Disneyland

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The train arrived, one of Mickey shape window of the train

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Interior of the train

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Arrived at the Disneyland station

After arrived at the Disneyland station, we took the free shutter bus to the Disney's Hollywood Hotel.

Some snapshots of the room:

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Bathroom

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After resting a while in the room, it's time to visit the Hong Kong Disneyland.

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Some decoration at the lift area - 101 Dalmatians

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Saw Goofy in the hotel lobby, my nephew took a photo with him

Then we took the shuttle bus from hotel to Disneyland, which just 5 minutes distance from the hotel. After reached the entrance of Disneyland and went through the security checking, I finally enter Disneyland.

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Mickey and Minnie and visitors

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Christmas tree

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Lot of balloons

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Candy shop, just for display

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Sleeping Beauty Castle

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The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

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Pooh's gift shop

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Fantasia

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Adventureland

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Me and bro-in-law busy walking around snapping photos while my sis, nephew and dad walked around in Disneyland and play. During 7:00 PM, we went to the front of the Sleeping Beauty Castle to wait for the fireworks display which will stars at 8:00 PM.

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After waiting for 1 hour, finally, the show starts. Begin with some previous Disney animation projected on the castle's wall, and the scores of those animation, the fireworks display begins.

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After the fireworks display, we started to head back to the hotel for dinner.

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Finally, back to the hotel for dinner, I was so hungry

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We have had a very nice buffet dinner

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After dinner, we went back to our room, wash up and rest. That concludes another day.