how close will you go ?

was away for few days for Jul-Aug Nightscape and Correct Exposure workshop and thanks all for this success workshop + outing ….

I didn;t shoot a lot except last day while I saw my lovely wave … and thinking of how close every can go toward the wave splash … and am happy almost everyone got “wet”

and while I was there… ask again myself and other .. how close will you go and because of beautiful pictures will you go close to rish your gear for wet and malfunction ?

 

thanks Erica for few capture how I capture the wave

How I shoot 1
How I shoot ?

 

and one of the picture capture …..

... the splash ...

 

so how close will you go ?

as close as this ?

too close !!!

 

more Terengganu pictures

Terengganu Series

Indonesia, Bali Photography Outing | Tanah Lot

a famous sunset beach with so many tourist , many places to shoot but not a easy one place for photographer due to the number of tourists …

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update 2015 Aug 27

– a “waterfall” only appear paddy fill up water season …

… behind the Fall …

update 2014 Jun 19

… Mess-Wave … 1. Lee GND .6h 2. Lee Filter ND .9 Pro Glass

update 2014 March 3

1. Lee Filter GND .9s 2. Lee Filter CPL 4×4 3. Lee Filter Big Stopper | ISO 100 | 20.0 sec at f / 13 | 33 mm

update 2014 Feb 27

finally, I make another trips to finish up the Bali (yes finally from east-south-west-north. this trip mainly for looking for new spots and wildlife opportunity for photography . Thanks again for Agung guide and driving us around 😀

[18-24 Feb 2014]

– one of the most dramatic sunset so far from grey–>blue–>purple–>orange–>golden within 1-1.5 hours and this always happen @Bali 😀

Tanah Lot, Bali, Indonesia [1. SIngh-Ray RGND 2 stops 2. Lee Filter Square CPL] | ISO 100 | 1.3 sec at f / 22 | 17 mm

update 2013 Jun 26

… falling-passing … 1. Lee FIlter GND .6h 2. Lee Filter 105mm CPL

update 2013 Jun 16

… misty Algae … 1. Lee Filter GND .6h 2. Lee Filter Big Stopper

update 2012 Aug 23

… last Defender …
Lee Filter CPL 105mm
Singh-Ray RGND 2 stops

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some snap shot of near the famous temple …

Tanah Lot Tourists
Tanah Lot Tourists
Tanah Lot Tourists
Tanah Lot Tourists

but we just have to try our best …. one of the happy shot I have little further to the temple

… Tanah Lot Temple Sunset | liewwk …

 

a quick video share

Tanah Lot Temple Sunset View from liewwk on Vimeo.

 

a good place to go… next trip may still visit this place ….

more Indonesia, Bali picture

Bali series | liewwk

 

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2011 Jul – Indonesia, Bali Photography Outing | UluWatu

a famous Bali tourist spot where it will full with tourist while sunset time …

a place with few beautiful cliffs but this place full with naughty monkeys where it will take your belonging and sometime we need to use banana , food to exchange (some one there will ready to help you with some $$$) … but not every time it work, they may took yours spec and run away 😀 … so we just have to be-careful.

from one end to another end is ~20-30 minutes walk …. the center temple always full with tourist … and monkeys as well …

on our way to stop for sunset , the sky is so clear

... the blue sky ...

 

one of the main cliff …

... Uluwatu Sunset ...

 

more will share liewwk Bali 2011 Jul series

 

2011 Jul – Indonesia, Bali Photography Outing

I spent 7d6n at Bali, Indonesia for photography outing…
a tired trip as we travel most of the tourist spots and non tourist area to find
out more about this beauty Island …. thanks for our Guide (Agung for brining
us around to what we call photographer interest places)… he know what
photographers (Landscapers want and need) , and we managed to visit
1. Kintamani area round the Mount Batur and Batur Lake
2. Ubud area which include riceTerrace Ceking Tegalalang, village with paddy field and
Sanur Beach
3. a Old Palace belong to Puri Kesiman (Agung Grandfather was King and owner of
this)
4. Kuta – Blue Point Beach, Uluwatu and Jimbaran
5. Jatiluwih – not just the main tourist area but he brought us to few “appetizer”
spots (think most of Landscape photographer will love this place a lot)
6. Tanah Lot – beautiful place with so much of tourist
7. Serengan Island – beautiful place but not open for tourist
8. Seminyak Beach – not really a plan destination but due to traffic he brought us
to this gem beach ..
I will be sharing pictures for above trips for coming weeks, and also slowly
share some info on respective place …
Let start with Mount Batur,  a cooling and
beautiful places… while we step in hotel the view immediate make us WOW … at
night while we look at the sky millions of stars are up there , Batur Lake is a
good place with some human interest and beautiful lake view …
The hike to the Mount Batur is moderate, but the view along the hike simply amazing …
the stars, Milky way were like standing side by side with me … the sunrise view
with Mount Rinjani is simply awesome . But need to have local guide to bring up
~Rp200-300k per person and ~2-3hours hike for slow people like me.
this was 1st panorama capture while we left our thing into our room and walk out to the hotel walking path …
Mount Batur View

Hotel View of Mount/Lake Batur
Milky from Balcony
Milky from Balcony
The Road to Milky Way
… The Road to Milky Way …

 

views from few other angle …

 

sometime … it is the view make the picture …

there are some place is so beautiful , as long as you are there .. then you will be attract by the view … many places are like that and one of the most beautiful places I ever view .. “lao Zai Shan” from Yangshuo

nothing much angle can be capture if you use wide angle the view is like

阳朔 Yangshuo 兴坪 老寨山

or the video

兴坪 老寨山

it is not a common tourist area as it need little hike .. if you know Bukit Tabur in Kuala Lumpur, it is almost same mountain but it is steep (60-80 degree average) for ~ 1 hours hike …. but it worth every single effort put in

the map
warning signboard
the layers

and similar shot using my lx5

simply beautiful view with PNS camera
the path up ...
path
for ppl like these (hike Mount KK few times a year...) this is Sap Sap Water hike
for city girl .. can see not really real tough one
aiya only 385m

simply a photo ?

many of us understand before we press the shutter , we should plan for technical/art compo, horizontal, 2/3 …. etc ….

but there is something more important for landscape photographer

UNDERSTAND the NATURE and PLAN for the shot …

for landscape lover, it is not just photography but there are more to understand/know … e.g. tide, direction, timing, weather … etc ….

if you want to be serious then start ask yourself

1. must facing east for sunrise ?

2. is good to shoot this at low tide ? or high tide ?

3. what’s the tide level at beach near by ?

4. what time moonrise/moonset/sunrise/sunset

5. are all countries having same sunrise/sunset/moonset/moonrise time ?

etc ?????

e.g. are these plan or just shot what I see while I was there ?

Pantai Jeram high tide

 

tide coming up slow ...

 

no moon light - Milky Way

 

so do you think planning is important for a landscape photographer ?

 

CHINA – GuiLin Terraced Fields [桂林 , 龙脊梯田]

the 1st stop for my 1 week trip at CHINA 21-28 May 2011…. what I remember ~1hour travel from GuiLing international airport to the main Entrance of the Longji Terraces (龙脊梯田) tourist centre … follow by another ~40 minutes toruist bus to the start point of the Terraces… then ~2 hours easy walk (stair cases) to the highest point of visit point 4 ( 金坑梯田)

the first view near our accomondation ….

... 龙脊梯田 | Terraced Fields ...

 

the view simply amazing but too bad the weather raining non stop and base on the weather forecast the rain will last for another 1-2 day .. ..

but hope for the best, I still woke up ~430am the next morning to have a morning walk …. and I am happy that I found a view that can show how the water been flow through the field …..

... the Beginning | 由此开始 ...

 

farmer will start using manual way to make hole allow water from top flow down to the next field and this repeat for every layers …….



a steady Stand …

I share a Splash worth to share yesterday, where I do not able to stand firm on ground …

but today let share how I shoto at a place I stand real firm … or not easy to move 😀

where I shoot

 

think the picture I capture at this angle had been remove and I have one recent post one which need ~10 steps forward 😀

... still standing ...

 

* think you can see it in the picture above

it is too much fun to look for better angle in Landscape Photography … it just make me keep moving .. so if you like Landscape let move and let’s try some new place and angle ………..

a Splash shot worth to share …

a simple shot that may not come out easy…. just share one of my tough shot recently done at Kemasik Beach, Kemaman, Terengganu…

I was standing near the big rock waiting for the big splash …. my len filters keep splash by wave, need non stop drying , and myself wet too after few splashes that I feel not stong enough  and finally I got the splash what I looking for … then I got wet and have to run away from it …. have ~30-50 shutter press for this

running from wave

 

and this is a simple and happy shot with a lot of effort (for me ….)

... the Splash ...

 

a shot from previous East Coast Outing

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