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Macro in Water Dam

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:42:49 +0000

I started my macro at my home garden, but I get bored with those insects, now water dam is my favorite hang out place for macro, is close and got a lot of insects to shoot for. Initially wanted to shoot sunrise, but end up with cloudy sky, since already woke up, I just spend my short morning in these shots

My Macro World

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:03:26 +0000

This is my first macro for 2010, finally I can have my own time and use photography as my hobby I have been away from macro since Nov 2009, and I yet to make myself a good diffuser. I hope these shots will entertain you’ll a bit. Nikon is launching 2 new lens today, 24mm f/1.4 and 16-35 f/4, but all i hope is a lens like canon MP-E65 5:1 macro lens. Still waiting……..

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn’t photograph them. ~Diane Arbus

Cameron Trip – Day 3

admin — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:08:52 +0000

I was awake by some chatting noise and the sound of bus engine. Today is Saturday, for sure there will be a lot of tourists in Cameron highland. I quickly prepare myself and heading to the bees farm to avoid the traffic and crowd. At 8:23am I’m the first one who reached the farm, it was a fantastic morning because I got all the shot I want, I can take my sweet time and composed it.

We left the apartment around 11:30am, then stop by the market to buy some corns before we really heading back home. I’m enjoying every moments here, first of all I love the climate, secondly I got some good photos to put in my flickr, thirdly I bought a lot of plants and flowers and lastly I had fulfill my promise to my wife

“It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to. . . . The feeling for the things themselves, for reality, is more important than the feeling for pictures.”
Vincent Van Gogh

Cameron Trip – Day 2

admin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:15:25 +0000

I was the one who woke up earliest today, sleep late and wake up early is not a holiday prastice, I’m against the holiday rules once again. The reason I woke up early today is because I want to shoot some macro and water droplets, the weather is cold here, should find the morning dew every where. Is not an easy shot because the sun is not raising up that early, I cannot get a good exposure……. so I got a disappointing shot this morning.

After our breakfast, the first spot we were going today was the bee farm. Is not easy to shoot those bees because of the fancing, more over if I focus on photo shooting too long, I afraid the rest of them will feel bored just to wait for me. I just took a few shot and decided to come back again tomorrow morning. I was lucky to get a flying Wasp shot.

Our next visit was the Cactus farm, if you’ve been here before, you might not feel the excitement, cause is quite a boring farm , so we decided to cut short our trip. My main purpose here is to buy some plants back, beside buying plants I did some shooting for my wife and the just married couple.

After we have some desserts and rest, we were heading for 2 waterfalls which were Parit and Robinson waterfalls, it took us a while to find the first waterfall, both located around Tanah Rata. Parit Falls can be accessed from the main road at a right turning just before Brinchang Town. But it was a dissapointing one, the river bank is full of rubbish, what a shame. Goverment should take care the enviroment, especially in this tourist area. After the dissapoinment we were heading to the second waterfall, this one need to track around 1.6KM into the jungle before you can see it, but this waterfall is more convincing. We took some photos before we go.

Tonight dinner will be in Brinchang pasar malam, we bought many variety of foods, most of them are deep fry. We ate a lot of unhealthy and junk foods tonight, luckily was just for a night. I almost finished 1 box of strawberry before I went to sleep.

“Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty if only we have the eyes to see them.” (John Ruskin)

Winner of Butterfly & Insect Photography competition

jordanlye — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:29:36 +0000

I can’t really sleep for the whole night because of my excitement, so I started my journey a bit early with my mum and wife. When I arrived in the butterfly farm they hinted me I got a good prize but I can’t believe myself I actually got 1st prize when they announced the result.

I feel fortuned and finally I got payback for the hardwork I did for the past one year. I still remember my mum always scold me when I shoot macro in my garden and even though my wife was not supportive at all. This prize mean a lot to me and it remind me this proverbs ” Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time. “

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