View of life

Kek Lok Si Temple

2011-05-08T10:28:00.003+08:00

Kek Lok Si Temple in Penang, shot with Sigma 12-24mm F4.5-5.6 on Sony Alpha A850 at 12mm.

King's College In Cambridge

2011-02-28T23:00:00.005+08:00

The notorious King's College Chapel at the University of Cambridge

Interior of the Sagrada Familia

2011-02-17T23:59:00.002+08:00

Interior of the Sagrada Familia designed by Antoni Gaudi to simulate a nature forest built from concrete.

Birmingham in split tone

2010-12-22T15:16:00.002+08:00

Trying out some new post-processing style. These are the shots taken in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

On the way to Bull Ring

The pedestrian tunnel.

Human Panning.

St. Phillips Cathedral.

Parc Guell

2010-12-21T23:40:00.002+08:00

A panorama stitch from 3 photos at Parc Guell, Barcelona.

Barcelona

2010-12-19T22:07:00.000+08:00

Barcelona view from Parc Guell

Cars

2010-12-07T14:06:00.002+08:00

Alfa Romeo Classic! Has porsche resemblance though..

Alfa Romeo 8C- one of the best looking car in the world--Hafriz

Ferrari 458 - nice red!

Chevrolet Camaro- The bumble bee

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2010-11-30T13:19:00.001+08:00

The infamous MIT dome

MIT main entrance pillars, they're colossal!

Stata Center- designed by Pritzker prize winning architect, Frank Gehry.

Stata center-view along Vassar St.

Kuala Lumpur view with full moon

2010-08-05T22:23:00.002+08:00

Pavilion and the fountain

2010-06-28T00:54:00.003+08:00

Pavilion!

Colourful fountain!

Secret

2010-06-19T03:08:00.003+08:00

My attempt to create a scene for the title 'secret'? Pass? Fail?

Sunrise in Genting

2010-06-15T21:12:00.001+08:00

PC Fair April 2010(I)

2010-04-19T00:49:00.002+08:00

Avira Girls

From left: Amanda, Peggy, Renee and Cindy

Vellfire

2010-04-05T00:40:00.001+08:00

Inspired post macdude's automotive workshop.

Peugeot 308

2010-04-03T01:17:00.003+08:00

Moon

2010-03-04T21:42:00.002+08:00

Sony World Photography Award 2010

2010-02-05T17:43:00.002+08:00

Sony is having the World Photography Award 2010 exhibition at the Galeri Petronas from 4 Feb to 28 March 2010. The Kuala Lumpur exhibition showcase is part of the global tour 2009/2010. The official opening ceremony was held on 4th February.

The Media Launch.

Puan Hajjah Hartini Haji Abdullah, Director of Galeri Petronas.

Mr. Masaki Matsumae, General Manager of Product Marketing Division, Sony Malaysia.

Cecily Breese, Global Tour & Event Manager, World Photography Organisation.

Vincent Foong, Overall amateur winner 2009.

Takaki Hashimoto (Japan)
Commercial- Fashion, 3rd Place 2009

Look upon the glare.

Dylan Collard (UK)
Commercial- Advertising, 3rd Place 2009.

Julian Abram Wainwright (Canada)
Photojournalism and Documentary- Sport, Winner 2009.

Moon

2010-02-01T23:52:00.004+08:00

Lamborghini Murcielago

2010-01-26T19:34:00.002+08:00

The beast in green.

The exhaust is merely 3cm from the wall!

The road tax costs a whopping RM16.5k per annum thanks to the 6192cc V12 engine.

Canton-i

2010-01-13T19:18:00.002+08:00

Had lunch at Canton-i The Garden. The food are nice but a lil pricey though.

The 'Hydra' Tea. Doesn't look appetizing to me. =p

Carrot Cake

Wanton Soup Noodles

Grand Opening of Studio Zaloon in Pudu Plaza

2010-01-11T17:54:00.002+08:00

Went to the Grand Opening of Studio Zaloon- The first Sony Pro Shop in South-East Asia.

Mr. Chin opening his shop with new look!

Whole range of Sony lenses.

Gallery and body section.

Sony Products

17mm on a Full Frame Camera

12mm on a Full Frame Camera.
See the mere 5mm difference and how much more you can see?

Albert and his new bag! Finally the old one can retire...

Fire Trail

2010-01-07T00:31:00.002+08:00

Ballet

2010-01-02T20:07:00.003+08:00

Fiat Bravo

2009-12-09T17:09:00.002+08:00

Tree of life

2009-12-05T01:07:00.004+08:00

Models shoot

2009-11-09T16:40:00.002+08:00

Last Sunday, Mr. Zainal Abd Halim (a renowned REUTERS photojournalist) was here in town to give a photography talk titled "My job, my passion.." at the Federal Hotel Kuala Lumpur. He spent years in the field from Afghanistan battlefield to Beijing Olympics, witnessed world events through the lenses.
After the talk, we had some models shooting session.

Carney (shot with beercan (Minolta 70-210 F4))

Lovely smile

Closed up

Wide angle

Soft dreamy effect

Cute kid

Behind the scene

Eye on Malacca

2009-10-22T18:16:00.003+08:00

Exposure:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture:	f/16.0
Focal Length:	12 mm
ISO Speed:	200

UK number plate in Malaysia?

2009-10-19T15:34:00.001+08:00

Saw this Bentley with UK number plate in Pavilion yesterday.

Sunset in Nottingham

2009-10-09T01:41:00.004+08:00

Taken at 7pm sunset in Nottingham. Love the clouds and the way it blends with the building.
Shot with Dynamic Range Optimiser (DRO) Level 5.
Out of camera jpeg.

A850 and A900

2009-09-29T23:42:00.003+08:00

Hands on on the new Sony Full Frame A850 and A900, the only differences are matte body finish, 98% coverage viewfinder and 3fps. You save 1k for it, quite worth it huh? It's even cheaper than the Nikon D300s, where to find a full frame camera with that kind of price tag?
Sony's marketing strategy is superb, first with the introduction of the A230/A330/A380 to lure all the compact/prosumer camera users or even new camera users to venture into DSLRs world , then slowly poison them with the pro-entry level A500/A550, then with the upcoming mid-range (highest range for APS-C sensor) A730 and the two full frame A850/A900.
Sony is building up their DSLR market status. I am sure one day it will overtake other competitors.

KLPF

2009-08-18T10:37:00.004+08:00

Some photos from Kuala Lumpur Photography Festival in Midvalley last Saturday.

High Key Photography

2009-07-20T10:45:00.003+08:00

I gave high key photography a try. High key photography simply means over expose your photo but not excessively. It normally preserve the dark colour, or more technically the shadow part but overblown the bright colour, or in another word, the highlight. It normally brings out the 'happy' mood of a photo.

This is the normal portrait photo that is abundant all over the internet.

The skin tone is still there but with a little bit over exposed, the subject stands out more.

The details of the hair and eyes are still there.

A coloured high key photo.

Sepia mode.

This is a lil bit over-exposed though.

I like the light falls from the top to show the hair light.

Macro

2009-07-11T01:54:00.002+08:00

These are the macro shots from Zoo Negara. We paid extra RM 5 just to visit the butterfly farm with only a few pathetic butterflies.

Butterfly life size on red flower.

Butterfly close up.

Fruit Fly (Tephritidae family).

Immatured cricket.

Scorpions

2009-07-09T00:11:00.002+08:00

took these at zoo negara.

this was shot without flash

this was shot with flash

this was shot with slow sync flash

amazing isn't it?
the first photo shows how the scorpions look like when you see with naked eyes under UV light.
the second photo reveals the real colour of the scorpions when you see under normal light.
a mixture of normal light and UV light will produce blueish colour as what you can see in third photo.

Big Boy and Patrick

2009-07-06T15:46:00.002+08:00

KLCC views

2009-07-06T15:11:00.003+08:00

klcc in blue sky

klcc at night with full moon!

public bank

puppies!

2009-07-01T12:38:00.003+08:00

we dressed them as cowboy, jester and rambo.

Puppy

2009-06-30T15:21:00.001+08:00

Fly close up

2009-06-30T09:58:00.002+08:00

Candy Product Shoot

2009-06-24T15:28:00.003+08:00

Bug!

2009-06-23T15:46:00.002+08:00

Found this bug at nottingham.

Vintage Camera

2009-06-05T01:25:00.005+08:00

Kodak Pony 828 with Anaston 51mm f/4.5

Early Flash

Kodak Medium Format?

Wireless Flash

2009-05-18T21:49:00.003+08:00

Tested wireless flash this evening, there was a poser duck at the university lake area stayed still as my model.
So you can see the effect of different position of the flash and how it brings impact to a portrait photography.

This was shot with the flash mounted on the camera, so it's a direct flash like what everyone does with a point and shoot camera.

This was shot with the wireless flash placed on the left side of the duck.

This was shot with the wireless flash placed on the right side of the duck.

This is the last one, was shot with the wireless flash from top, notice the shadow direction?

So which one you prefer?

Rainbow by Jay Chow

2009-05-17T21:36:00.003+08:00

Caught rainbow(s) in Taman Connaught! (though the other one is barely visible)
Make me thought of Yellowstone where we saw double rainbows!

Carl Zeiss(es)

2009-05-17T16:32:00.005+08:00

Went for a TT(Teh Tarik session) with alpha group at Pelita Jalan Ampang last monday.
Look at the whole range of Carl Zeiss lenses!
From left, Sony Carl Zeiss Planar T* 85mm F1.4 ZA, Sony Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 135mm F1.8 ZA, Sony Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 16-35mm F2.8 ZA SSM on the Sony Alpha 900, Sony Carl Zeiss 24-70mm F2.8 ZA SSM on the Sony Alpha 700.

This photo (courtesy of albert)was shot with with the Minolta 35mm F1.4 at F8 on the A900.

My birthday is coming soon, anyone? =p

Sharp Cacti

2009-05-17T03:08:00.006+08:00

I was amazed by kit lens (SAL 1870DT) sharpness!

Tilt and Shift

2009-05-07T01:05:00.002+08:00

Miniature effect on the bangalows in Penang.

mini Mini?

2009-05-02T23:56:00.002+08:00

A mini Mini Cooper!

Colours

2009-05-02T21:45:00.003+08:00

Purple Sunset

2009-04-26T22:34:00.003+08:00

Reminiscence

2009-04-26T00:39:00.005+08:00

Lake Hotel in snow

HDR Tiger in action!

2009-04-25T23:19:00.004+08:00