We always want to shoot wider in a lot of situation, but we are lack of filter option previously … and now we have many options offer by various manufacturer ..
now we have tested both Lee Filter SW150 series and HAIDA 150mm filter series … below are filters we tested so far
1. Lee Filter SW150 holder for Nikon 14-24 F2.8
2. HAIDA 150mm holder for Nikon 14-24 F2.8
3. HAIDA 150mm holder for CANON 14mm F2.8 mark2
4. Lee Filter 150x170mm GND series
5. Lee Filter CPL 150mmx150mm
6. Lee Filter Big Stopper
7. HAIDA 150mm CPL
8. HAIDA 150mm ND 3.0/1000 or big stopper
9. HAIDA 150mm ND 1.8/640 or littler stopper
10. HAIDA 150mm ND 3.6 (12 stops ND)
above options and below items are available for order or sale
11. HAIDA Holder solution for SAMYANG 14mm F2.8
12. HAIDA Holder solution for TAMRON 15-30mm F2.8
13. HAIDA Holder solution for CANON TSE-17mm F4
14. HAIDA Holder solution for SIGMA 12-24mm mark2
update 2016 april 27
16. HAIDA Holder solution for Carl Zeiss 15mm F2.8
again we visit Bali, Indonesia for 5days4nights for landscape hunting … we have many fun and incident happen during the trip.(food poison, sick, long walk, steep staircase….)
we have total 11 participants and hope everyone enjoy the Photohunting outing
day 1 – SANUR
we spend our sunrise near Sanur , but I was food poisoning and not able to share with other … sorry for all . I will try to share their picture here after get their permission.
day2/3 – NUSA Penida
we travel to Nusa Penida as you can see from the map, we travel across the sea by ferry ~40min ……
update 2015 Aug 21
– we will on rush on last day so we decided have Sunrise outing near our hotel .. the wave, seaweed plantation, beautiful sky color .. make everyone busy with shutter
simple test for the 5Dsr for shadow recovery , it is 3 stops under and recover with 3 stops + shadow recovery
ORIGINAL picture
original under exposure picture ~3-4stops
and we will recover as below under ACR without any noise reduction
recovery shadow and exposure
and another camera shooting normal exposure (close to what we recover)
camera shooting exposure close to recover previous exposure picture
100% crop of the camera shoot correct exposure vs recover picture
100% crop correct exposure picturerecovery picture 100% crop without noise reductionrecovery picture 100% crop with noise reduction
– the shadow recovery seem to be working good even ~3-4 stops under .. and the picture show without any noise reduction except last picture with noise reduction “10” @ACR
– picture all open and process only at ACR 9.1
– from the almost total dark picture , the picture able to recover without many color noise, and with a lot of details on the object …
a simple indoor test among CANON EOS 5Dsr vs 5Dm3 with CANON EF 24-70 F2.8 mark2 …
all shot simple
** ISO 100,200,400,800,1600,3200,6400
** 24mm
** F16
** MF on tripod
** AV mode exposure comp -2/3
** timer 2s
** ACR direct convert without Noise reduction
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Exposure +0.15
Highlight -13
Shadow +37
Clarity +25
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below are link for above setting and with vary ISO
5dm3 ISO100 | F165dsr ISO100 | F16
I pick few 100% and 200% on different location to compare the different between both picture
#1 200% crop on both pictures of ISO100 , the one with 5dsr still can see the monitor model but not the 5dm3
5dsr 200% crop
#2 180% crop on 5dsr on the RIGHT most RM10 ringgit note .. “BANK NEGARA” still able to be see but the 250% crop or even smaller crop cannot be see clearly with 5dm3 picture
*** I seldom use ISO6400 so I do not think I will share here but anyone want to to have a look may contact me .. ISO200 is as good as ISO 100 so I didnt share here too
I will make this a consolidation pictures collection of my Sichuan, CHINA trip
update 2020 March 26
Rays of YalaYala+Tagong Sunrise .. 雅拉+塔公 日出
Just another place .. never get bore .. remind me “we look at a people not on his education and outlook but how he/she behave”
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2013 Sichuan trip
Finally I make my first Autumn photography trip (after many years revisit autumn season but previously without Photography) .. and my destination is Sichuan. CHINA (四川 , 中国) .
we don;t have much group photo as we just too concentrate on landscape 😀
– a National Park that 4 stars with highest Mountain within Si Chuan – Minya Konka (贡嘎山)
– need to pay ticket and bus ticket ~RMB160 and only up to 1,2,3 stops (which can stop and walk to get more spots but we are on rush so I will redo this part next trip
– 4th stop need to pay RMB90 for the cable car to reach to the top of the park and the Minya Konka will look closer to us
– slow walk as the altitude >3000m after 4th stop
– small store for food
travel among for day 1-2
SICHUAN , CHINA (四川, 中国) | liewwk
update 2013 Oct 22
中国, 贡嘎山 1. Lee CPL 4×4
2. 新都桥
– a beautiful place with river, houses, tree (turn yellow when autumn)
– a local view tower (mountain) allow us to shoot sunset with the village as foreground
– too many electric wire around, need more time to avoid the wire instead
update 2013 Nov 25
– view along the travel .. the view across the distance almost as beautiful as this ..
– we almost decide camp here for the view capture
1. Lee FIlter GND .9s
update 2013 Oct
update 2013 Oct 22
… 新都桥, 中国 … 1. Lee FIlter GND .8s 2. Lee FIlter Pro Glass .9
3. 塔公
4。 康定-木格措
5。康定- 折多山 – 丹巴
update 2015 Sept 23
– 45min hike up to a high view point …. beautiful instead and we came here for 2 times 😀
… beautiful village …
update 2013 Nov 13
– very cold morning and the 四姑娘山 is so shy and were lucky it appear for ~1hour after the long wait …(on right)
1. Lee Filter GND .75s 2. Lee Filter CPL 4×4
update 2013 Nov 7
– on the way up 折多山 but snowing getting serious and we just stop at halfway and decided back to hotel … but all half way view just beautiful especially village, ice peak etc …
on way from 康定 toward 折多山 but snowing get serious .. and we decided to back to hotel instead risk our life to continue. and this is a view on way back … 1. Lee Filter GND .75s
6。日隆镇 （四姑娘山）
not really go details to each location but trying my best to capture what I see … it is very beautiful place for landscape photography (think whole Si Chuan) should be heaven for landscape photographers …
update 2013 Nov 26
– 2-3th stops @双桥沟 ..
– tourist spot and still worth a visit with beautiful view along .. if able to walk among few stop could able to capture more beautiful view
1. Singh-Ray CPL 105mm
update 2013 Nov 11
– walking up hill at ~3500-3800 meter from sea level is not easy and I managed to make it 1 hr and this is one extra shot I able to capture .. my friends missed this due to use horse 🙁
– an abandon house after the earthquake …. most of the houses here got distort but rebuild after the earthquake
1. SIngh-Ray RGND 2 stops 2. Lee Filter CPL 4×4
update 2013 Nov 7
– thanks our drivers Xiao Zhou & Xiao Yang .. they brought us around and also their own village 嘛呢寨..
– a friendly village , love their way of treat guest … and beautiful uphill view for sunset and village view
*** I will keep updating this post for all I capture and remember ……. and please stay connect with me 😀
Finally, I make a trip to a beautiful Indonesia again and this round managed to visit East Java which include Papuma and Bromo for seascape and volcano view …
we reach Surabaya which a real busy city , car moving slow …… and we travel ~7-8 hours down south to Tanjung Papuma … spent 2 nights with mix of cloudy and clear days we enjoy the beautiful beach , sunrise, sunset and nightsky … and I am sure will re-visit this place very soon ……….
after 2 nights spending over here , we travel ~3.5 hours to Mount Bromo. another 2 “cold” days we had on the Lava View resort which give us beautiful 2 sunrise, nightsky but no luck for sunset …….. this place like other share a very beautiful volcano … we climb up for 2 viewpoint which I will share the view soon here (by update)…
1. Penanjakan 1 – easy to access but very limit space for photography
2. Penanjakan 2 – nearer to Lava View resort but need ~20-30min moderate hike but plenty of space for shooting .. 😀
*** both view are facing direct south which have sunrise on left ….
– simply another Papuma Beach Milky way .. think everyone come here is easy to get this view
update 2018 May 22
– this is from 2018 May Photohunter to East Java .. some capture as usual at this beautiful place
the sunrise view , and this is captured with Panasonic G9 80 Megapixel High-resolution Mode
– a nearer view with Mavic Air
– beside sunrise , sunset also can have good view here
– nightscape view at Mount Bromo always highlight of the tour
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– after sunrise sessions, most the tourist will travel close to Mount Bromo with horse or by walk .. this could be good moment capture some good horse moment
– beside Mount Bromo, as usual we visit this lovely beach call Papuma Beach … sunrise, sunset , slowshutter and nightscape all can be attractive here
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update 2017 Nov 30
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update 2013 Jul 25
… Mount Bromo Dawn … 1. SIngh-Ray RGND 2 stops
update 2013 Jul 22
… rocky-rainbow … 1. Lee filter GND .6s 2. Lee filter Big Stopper | ISO 200 | 45.0 sec at f / 14 | 21 mm
update 2013 April 11
– sunset spot and good to be there low tide
… wave sky rocks … 1. Lee Filter GND 1.2s
update 2013 April 10
… stand Still , Papuma … 1. Lee Filter Big Stopper 2. Lee Filter ND .9 pro glass 3. Lee Filter Glass Enhancer
update 2013 April 8
– cold , windy .. and misty at lower level …………
… the mist trap …
update 2013 April 3
– a place with strong wave, whole beach is like facing from North-East – South-West .. full with rocks… take extra care of the wave and wet rocks
… fishing …
update 2013 March 26
– I wish I stay near our hotel for the closer view of this beautiful moment even the hotel facing west
1. Singh-Ray RGND 3 stops 2. Lee Filter Pro Glass .9
update 22 March 2013
… volcanoes … 1. Lee Filter Big Stopper 2. Lee Filter Glass Enhancer 3. Lee Filter .9 Pro Glass
update 20 March 2013
… misty crater … 1. Singh-tay RGND 2 stops 2. Lee Filter ND .9 Pro GlassPapuma Nightsky …
when I make my first visit here year back, I know I am going to love this place .. so this year I plan this place as my main visit … by choosing the right time we see more “water” in the paddy…
… terrece Sunrise … – SR RGND 2 stops – Lee Filter 105mm CPL
update 2012 Sept 26
… the “orange” Agung … – Lee Filter CPL 105mm – RGND 2 stops
update 2012 Aug 28
… the first Layer … Lee Filter GND .45s Lee Filter 105mm CPL
update 2012 Aug 22
… looking for it … we were late for the reflection .. too rush to look for other spot … and another reason to make another trip there soon … Exposure 13 Aperture f/2.8 Focal Length 14 mm ISO Speed 6400
update 2012 Aug 14
… rays of hope …
update 2012 Aug 3
… the Beginning … Lee Filter 105mm CPL Singh-Ray RGND 2 stops
a beautiful place , you can see the beautiful Lake Batur, Volcano (both Mount Agung and Batur) .. cooling place with friendly village .. but too bad the food is little pricey here …
update 2017 Dec 8
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update 2013 Jul 17
… Dynamic-Morning … 1. Lee Filter GND .6s
update 2013 March 8
Mount Batur ….
update 2012 Oct 3
… the Milky near Lake Batur …
update 2012 Sept 11
– ~2.5hr hike and view from Mount Batur
… above the cloud … – Lee Filter GND .6s
update 2012 Sept 6
… who is taking control … – Lee Filter 105mm CPL – SIngh-Ray RGND 2 stops
update 2012 Aug 16
… the Float | Lake Batur … – Lee Filter GND .75s – Lee Filter CPL
update 2012 Aug 6
night sky near Lake Batur Exposure 15 Aperture f/2.8 Focal Length 14 mm ISO Speed 3200
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Songan Village .. a village that ~1hr from Batur Lake (tough road) and can have sunrise with Mount Batur, Abang & Agung with village …the view ~3 hours hike to Batur peak …
beautiful morning Lee Filter GND .9shappy children
