Landscape Spot - Bukit Tabur

this beautiful water dam locate @ Gombak, Selangor.... 20 minutes drive from Kuala Lumpur center city

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this place may not be available after 3-4 years from now .. as the planned KL Outer Ring Road (KLORR) will cut through this Klang Gates Quartz Ridge dragon backbone citing this option has the minimum cost compared to other alternative.  which report by theStar here

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a not really a tough hike (from west), it should be ~45-60minutes hike to the spot to shoot beautiful sunrise. And it should be ~90-120minutes for the total hike ...

this hill is not tough but little dangerous or challenge, especially after rain...
i. the sharp rock
ii. deep hike, might need to use hand to hike up .. so please tight yours' tripod on the beg
iii. initial hike is deep , so slow on 1st 10 minute
iv. many hiker or visitors so be careful while moving yours' tripod
v. not advice to go raining season for non experience hiker or rock climber :D

today is my 4th or 5th times for 2010 up there and today is most beautiful so far ....

but I almost failed to hike up, ......
little too old to hike ? almost fail to repeat to climb this mountain and late for the star trail shooting (but still early for sunrise) ... not too sure why, could be not feeling well after knowing a jealous guy that can do any thing on you and I am not sure what happen ??? and what make him do so ??? ... or do I feel sad ? nope ... I am happy while with my gang ... my Jie Xi ... wife .. family ... and important thing is I still enjoy my hobby .....

life still go on for me no matter what happen .. so just ignore people that selfish, jealous ...  world still full with good peoples with right altitudes .....

I was late for the stars but still alright for the sunrise ... thanks for the friend support ... I really appreciate ... what you do for me


this moment make me forgot almost everything ....



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added 6th Sept 2010



more pictures will be sharing @

Bukit Tabur Series

Other - Do not simply Give Up !

this is for those need some momentum to continue to their patient (for work, hobby, wish ....)

while I was shooting beautiful sunrise/sunset for pass, I experience while we had give up and almost leave the place .. and the sky just have dramatic change make the normal view become a WOW .......

and while me spend my time with my wife and Daughter @KK park in the evening (~6:30pm) the sky look just normal. while almost everyone give happy with the "ok" sunset shots ....... all a sudden the sky change dramatically ... it is like flaming red with blue ... purple .. and every is like WOW and taking picture of the beautiful view non-stop but it only appear within few minutes and get dark .....

~625pm


and we(me, my wife, Jie Xi and other visitors)  almost leaving ~640pm... the sky change dramatically


and everyone then busy again with the beautiful magic hour view (which only last few minutes)


these were from my 2010 Aug KK trip

Landscape Spot 3 - Pantai Jeram

a beach or fishing village not far from Kuala Lumpur (~1-1.5 hours drive from city), and this is good for sunset and it direct facing west... you may need to check on the tide level as it give different view and capture mood ...(pictures will share below)

Direction
- from Sungai Buloh toward Kuala Selangor
- after pass by Ijok
- arrive to a T junction
- turn right to Kuala Selangor, Sekinchan ...
- but we going to turn left toward klang
- keep ~5-6KM there is a signboard show Pantai Jeram with "Ikan Bakar" on your right

- a easy sunset spot where drive there and walk less than 10m
- but not much foreground ... while high tide

high tide
... losing my path ...


low tide
... Reflection ...


... stop here ...

12mm Magic Hour !!!

very close spot to previous post "800mm Sunset" http://liewwk-macro.blogspot.com/2009/11/800mm-landscape.html

this is after the sun went down and the beautiful sky just appear ... and I fall down to got my "800mm" swap to 12mm :( but luckily still ok to stand up to get this shot

and I like to capture this type of view by widest possible where is my 12mm @Full Frame ...

@Tanjung Bidara, Melaka, Malaysia



Canon 5dm2 + SIGMA1224@12mm + tripod
# Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 1/1 second ===> 1 second
# Lens F-Number / F-Stop = 16/1 ===> ƒ/16
# ISO Speed Ratings = 50
# Original Date/Time = 2009:11:27 19:05:09

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- curve increase contrast
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- clone stones away
- burn sky shadow
- smart sharpen
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