The Milky Way Photos

Many travel and landscape photographers do not to miss the opportunity to shoot the night sky views, including myself. I sometimes explore opportunities to take pictures of the stars and the Milky Way at night. Often the results, can depending on luck. 

Sometimes we are lucky enough to shoot the night sky. Sometimes the sky is too dark the clouds and we did not get anything. But if we are lucky, we will get a unique picture, although not perfect. 

These amazing photos show our Milky Way galaxy from the inside out. The Milky Way is actually a galaxy - a large system of stars, gas (mostly hydrogen), dust and dark matter that orbits a common center and is bound together by gravity.

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Candid & Street Photography at Talob Tagayo Tandek 2013

These candid and street photos was taken during Talob Tagayo at Tandek, Kota Marudu on the 3rd of March 2013.

Talob Tagayo comes from the Kimaragang ethnic word which means 'big open market' organized by Kimaragang Malaysia Organization (KIMARANGANG).
 

Official opening ceremony performed by YB Datuk Masidi Manjun who represented the Chief Minister of Sabah.

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Smoking Series

These Photos were taken 2 weekss ago. Myself and 2 other friends visited vegetable farm in Kundasang, Ranau. We ask a friend posing while smoking and then we took pictures. Just for fun!

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Photography Session with Jane

All of these pictures were taken during Digital Photography Workshop.

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Black and White

Just post some examples of black and white photography.

 

For those who don’t know what is “Black and White” in terms of Photography then, In early time photography was black-and-white or shades of sepia. Color photography was originally rare and expensive, and again often less than true to life.

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My Travel Photo #2

Here are some more pictures that I took during our holiday in Kuching, the capital city of Sarawak. All These pictures were taken using Nikon D90, AF-S Nikkor 16-85mm 1:3.5-5.6 G ED lens and build-in flash.

To produce these pictures, I also use the same technique with my first travel photography; edited by using some type of software to enhancing the photos. However, for the picture below, I did not change or edit much except for the hue and saturation.

Hotel Hilton - Kuching, Sarawak

For these pictures, I use the preset that found in Color Efex Pro, including Cross Balance, Color Stylizer and Darken/Lighten Center. To get a trace of smoke in the picture, I was spraying some white color. The main idea is to create a classic and historic photograph, since there is a lot of history at the Kuching city.

Perhaps, my editing techniques are incorrect or not follow the concept. However, the meaning of a picture is subjective and it depends on the individual. As a beginner, I need to try several techniques to get me interested in color tone. 

Historical Monument & Building in Kuching Sarawak

Kuching Waterfront - Bazaar 

Kuching Waterfront - Sarawak State Assembly Building

Of course, produce pictures like this is not an easy job, especially when the picture is quite poor quality. This is where I learned one thing; I'm supposed to learn what's best for taking pictures, not learn what is best for editing the pictures!

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My Travel Photo

I took this picture when my family and I visited several places in Peninsular Malaysia. The idea for these photos is very simple. Just take a photo while enjoying the beautiful architecture and natural environment without any planning or preparation. I didn’t care about light, equipments and other setting.

What's really missing here is composition and focusable lights, whereas both are basic and general rules. It can attract audience attention to our subject and make our picture speak to them. I realize that without good composition and focus my picture is less meaningful. So, I used some type of software to edit and enhancing the photos. Crop the image to hide any part of which is less important, then to make a picture looks good, I have tried several different shades and combinations of a color, also change picture tones.

The results, it is slightly different from the original image.

Sunway Lagoon - Pyramid

I-City, Shah Alam

Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan

Genting Highland

Taking picture like this gives me new experiences. Anyone can point a camera and click a shutter, but not everyone can produce pictures that attracted others to look at it. In short, any picture may be worth a thousand words, but only a few rare photos tell more. I will not stop to learn more about photography that can help me produce better photos.

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The Colorful World of Bengkoka Festival

As many readers of my blog already know about Bengkoka Festival (as I have written two parts about Bengkoka Festival before). So, I do not need to explain more. However, for those who first came here, you can read about the unique festival here - Part 1 and Part 2.

Today, I just want to share a few more photographs from the festival. All These pictures were taken using Nikon D90, AF-S Nikkor 16-85mm 1:3.5-5.6 G ED and AF-S Nikkor 70-300mm 1:4.5-5.6 G ED lens, Nikon Speedlite SB-900 and 67mm iLens Variable Neutral Density (ND) Filter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taking pictures in the open space in hot summer day is going to let a lot of light to hit the sensor. With the camera setting in manual mode, it’s hard to take pictures very quickly since each location has different clarity depend to the Sun light.

Luckily, I have purchased a 67mm I-Lens Variable Neutral Density (ND) Filter, so I can control the amount of light hitting the sensor without changing the camera settings. When I was in the shade area, Nikon Speedlite SB-900 can help me take a picture with an easy way.

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