Simply Stars chasing Outing on 30 April – 1 May…

Let’s have fun to shoot some nightscape, stars, star trail ….

... the Dawn full with Stars ...

or you want to increase some of yours shutter … you may able to make this

... We are rotating ...

 

if Lucky, we should able to see this

Milky Way

 

or

the Milky with Finger method
I will disclosure the location to those confirm attend ,,,
the location should be ~2-2.5hours travel north from Kuala Lumpur
do drop me message or comment if you interest
1. liewwk
2. shunfa
3. Seesy
4. Carmen
5. Nick
6. Abah
7. Melvin
(due to the location stand place limit, will have some control of the number …. ~25 max)
what to bring …
1. camera
2. wide angle/kit len (widest aperture)
3. tripod
4. shutter release cable
5. small torch light
6. snack
*** special pririty given to www.photomalaysia.com member .. and please provide me yours nick

Milky Way again…

this is not first time I shoot Milky, but this is my very first time see it clearly … it was just above us and we can use our eye to see it … am happy able to make this outing [my East Coast visit | April 20100] and thanks for my friends going with me (Shunfa, Jason, Siah, Seesy, Xiao Yi, Ismail, Norhana & Lio) . We had wonderful trip … and could be most memorable trip for me ….

My very 1st Milky was post before here

and here was picture capture few steps out from the homestay …

Simply look up … the Milky Way

5dm2 + SIGMA24F1.8

# Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 10/1 second ===> 10 second
# Lens F-Number / F-Stop = 18/10 ===> ƒ/1.8
# ISO Speed Ratings = 1600

how to capture this, simply same how I shoot stars which I share before here… except we need higher ISO to get it clearly ……….

Update later

… Milky Way …

 

Lee Filters, HAIDA filter, Singh-Ray filters for sale

Lee Filters for sale

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update 2015 Aug 18

we are now offer 150mm filters solution for Nikon 14-24mm F2.8, Canon 14mm F2.8 mark2, Samyang 14mm F2.8, Tamron 15-30mm F2.8, Canon TSE 17mm

150mm Filter for CANON 14L , NIKON 14-24 F2.8 …etc

canon 14mm fb

N1424 fb

 

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update 2014 April 22

ADD on Lee Filter little stopper (6 stops ND) for sale … VERY limited stock

Lee Filter Little Stopper
Lee Filter Little Stopper

http://www.leefilters.com/index.php/camera/bigstopper

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a good GND that everyone should own one

few samples from the filters

update 2012 Aug 3

Golden flow | Amed
– Lee Filter 105mm CPL
– Singh-ray RGND 2 stops

 

flow | Amed
Lee Filter 105mm CPL
Lee Filter .75s

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… the light/moment that I miss …
… never give up …
… the magical moment …

contact me for the price and further details what holder to use with it ..

and if you need other Lee Filters.. e.g. Big Stopper, ND8 … do feel free to contact me and drop me a message …

 

Update page for what filters are available for pre-order and sale

http://www.liewwkphoto.com/market/leefilters/

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Beg solution for 100mmx150mm filters

http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=1438

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Lee Filter Big Stopper sample

http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=1347

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Lee Filter Glass ENhancer

http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=1329

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ZHolder for 100x150mm filters

http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=1298

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Stock update 27 July 2012 2:00pm

Zholder 77mm

Lee Filter UWmm77mm

SOLD OFF (contact me for pre-order)

1.2ND   100x100mm Un 2mm [NEW STOCK Arrive !!!!] 2013 Aug 15.9ND   Grad Soft 100x150mm Un 2mm th.
Big   Stopper 10 – 100x100mm Un 2mm th
.9ND   Grad Hard 100x150mm Un 2mm th.
.6ND   Grad Soft 100x150mm Un 2mm th.                 New Stock arrived
Circular   Polariser 100x100mm Un 2mm
1.2ND   Grad Soft 100x150mm Un 2mm th.
.75ND   Grad Soft 100x150mm Un 2mm th.
.6ND   Grad Hard 100x150mm Un 2mm th.
Linear   Polariser 100x100mm Un 2mm
Pro   Glass Filter 100x100mm 0.9ND                          New Stock arrived
.9ND   100x100mm Un 2mm   th.
.45ND   Grad Soft 100x150mm Un 2mm th.
Enhancement   Filter Glass 100x100mm Un2mm    [no more in Production due to Material shortage by Lee FIlters]
Circular   Polariser 105mm Screw-in
105mm   Front Holder   Ring
Mist   Set
.6ND to   81A Grad 100x150mm Un 2mm th.
.6ND to   81B Grad 100x150mm Un 2mm th.
SW150 ND   0.9 Grad Soft  150mm x 170mm
SW150 ND   0.9 Grad Hard  150mm x 170mm
Coral   Set
SW150 ND   0.6 Grad Soft  150mm x 170mm
SW150   Filter Kit for Nikon 14-24
RF75   Polariser
RF75   Digital Basic Filter   Set
RF75 ND   Grad Set   Soft
RF75 ND   Grad Set   Hard
RF75   Digital Advanced Filter Set
Coral   Stripe 100x150mm Un 2mm th.

 

LEE FILTERS Triple Filter Pouch

LEE FILTERS STARTER KIT

LEE FILTERS Multi Filter Pouch -10 Filters

LEE FILTERS Inspiring Professional Book

2d1n Long Exposure & Stars Tour + mini Workshop [16-17 April 2011]

Long Exposure from Dungun

 

When

16-17 April 2011

Where

Muar – Batu Pahat

 

I will have a mini workshop for long exposure so I decide to make one South (Muar – Batu Pahat, Johor) …

this is not a full Workshop but I will share some tips

1.     what tools
- filter explanation 
- which filter to use

2.     how to shoot Long Exposure
–      how do we calculate the exposure time
–       some experience what setting
–       what’s best exposure for different effect
3.     what accessories require for Long Exposure
4.     Post Processing tips (my Long Exposure and Star PP workflow)
5.     How I shoot Stars

this trip will limit to 4-6 participants and now 2 have been fill …..

*** update 23 March 2011 , 4 seat had been fill …..

*** update 28 March 2011, 6 seats had been fill … and this is close now !!!

RM499 will include

1. travel from KL
2. accommodation (we will have quick rest after sunset) (3 stars hotel 2 share 1room)
3. monitor calibration, if you bring yours notebook along

*** this is not a basic class, will assume participant already know basic of DSLR, A-mode, M-mode, exposure, Aperture, ISO, Bulb-mode (will share how to calculate for right exposure)

Contact me for different fee, if you arrange yours own transport …

liewwk@liewwkphoto.com or Contact me

... a cold Startrails ...
... the Dawn full with Stars ...

Mosque collection | liewwk

A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. If you ever travel to Malaysia, Mosque build up are different and most of them are beautiful .. I love to see their beautiful architectural characteristics and most of them are build near lake and sea ..I am yet to have many good collection but think is good enough to start share my collection so far

1. Masjid Tengku Tengah Zaharah atau Masjid Terapung @Kuala Terengganu

 

 

2. Masjid Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin or Masjid Besi @Putrajaya

Masjid Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin

 

Masjid Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin or Masjid Besi

 

3. Masjid DQ @Kuala Kubu Bahru

Masjid DQ

4. Masjid Likas @Kota Kinabalu

Masjid Likas

 

5. Masjid As-Salam@Puchong, Selangor

… Masjid As-Salam …
… Masjid As-Salam …

 

6. Masjid Wilayah Persekutuan 

 

I have some other Mosque but yet to have good result to share .. so I will continue capture the beauty of other beautiful Mosque in future

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or

EMAIL me

 

 

Where to get Lee Filters/Haida Filters  | Malaysia


Stars and Bug chasing Outing on 24-25 March 2011…

weather look good now (most of the night are clear) .. so I would like to go for quick stars chase & macro

Genting Highland – Bukit Tinggi
24 March
~1130pm – should be meet up in the mid night ~11pm

25 March
~ 2am – start look for star
~ 6am – change location for sunrise
~ 8-9am – breakfast near Gohtong Jaya
~ 10am-3pm – MACRO @Bukit Tinggi

so if you want to learn shoot star and MACRO, I am there to sharing some of my experiences to you all

1. stars

2. sunrise

... the gap is just too small ...

3. MACRO

have been long never meet a "Rhino"

 

 

 

My 1st Milky Way …

it is not a dream, we able to shoot the Milky way at not really too dark area … it was my dream to chase it 2010 but some how I failed to make it … but 2011 me and my few close friends (shunfa, Lio, Jason … SP …. Mingkai) have start our crazy chasing project where we travel  ~400km (return) 3 times in a week …. even we try to make it coming weekend but due to the some security issue at the location so we decided to cancel our trip there ….

one of the failure Milky chase

My friend – Shunfa was so happy while he 1st got it with him 30mm F1.4 … and too bad what I have much obvious compare to what he has, not matter what setting I use (high ISO, long exposure, ISO NR, LE NR … ) but my F2.8 lenses still cannot get any clearer Milky as compare that 30mm F1.4 got … hmmmm so the conclusion is under not so dark place. it is always good to use bigger aperture lenses to have more stars, brighter stars (so thicker star trail) and more objects (Milky way) …

the Milky way

let’s me share my setting and some PP done on this

Canon 5dm2 + Canon 15mm F2.8 + tripod for sure
# Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 43/1 second ===> 43 second
# Lens F-Number / F-Stop = 28/10 ===> ƒ/2.8
# ISO Speed Ratings = 500
– no Manipulation  done ..
– crop both site to make square look (no crop on top and bottom)
– some dodge and burn on the sky

and previous share How I shoot Stars..

a most difficult MACRO PP ever for me ….

I was planning to participate a local reserve jungle competition last weekend and decided to make my sensor clean before I proceed … I had my class on last monday and decided to send in Wed and that time my sensor have <30 sensor spots …. as blow

before cleaning

and some how I make a big mistake, I didn;t verify the cleaning done by the Canon service center after the session … and I went out outing next day morning from 8am –> 1am (fri) … managed to have some great find and shots for the long hours outing …

but after I uploaded to my workstation to view my result .. I found so many dusts in my pictures and it was started early morning of Thu (my 1st shots of the Thu ……. ) and I check back my last shot of Monday (<30 spots) … WOW mean the dusts develop while I sent for cleaning !!!!! (all my gears will be into dry box without leave open without lenses so far)……

So what Happen ?????

I went back Canon the next few hours .. and ask for why ? and I am disappointed with the service and they told me I can’t make complaint at the service center and need to write a email for that !!!!!!!!!!!!!

and I ask for re-clean for sure .. but then it took 4 round waiting to get my sensors clean and still more spots before I sent in Wed condition !!!!!!! make it short what happen

– before went Canon

– 1st round , they pass back the camera with ~100 spots with a line effect ….

after 10 minutes … waiting

– water spots …

– bubble effect ????????

I lost my patient and ask the technician out … and ask him .. are you make joke on me ? as the sensor never clean or even clean not you give me free bubble effect

then he went for another cleaning ………and this time ~30min again

the sensor is clean .. but then the watermark still there !!!!!!!!

I make some noise again .. and this time the technician told me I need to leave my camera in the service center because they need to check … I told them the water mark mostly their cleaning “effect” ask them re-clean the spots should go away instead open up my 5d …

ok …. finally another round of waiting , the water marks gone ….. and the technician come and told me it is because of my lens !!!!!!!!!! and I told him, before I send in here I shoot with the same len and it do not have any spots and I have the picture as prove !!!!! then he keep quiet and sound like it still cause by my len ……………..

I immediate draft a complaint letter to Canon Malaysia .. but they only response me on today and claim they will investigate …………

I think it is good to share this experience to all so to make them give us more professional service in future …

end up ……………….. I spend hour to clone one of the picture dusts slowly and apply it to all other pictures I shoot ………(man … ~200-300 spots… it is real kill) … and even after the clone every pictures still need to verify further ……………………….