liewwkNature Photohunters : 2017 Oct – The Golden Sichuan , CHINA

Finally I am free to sit down for get more pictures done …

again 2017 Oct we revisit the beautiful Sichuan for Golden Sichuan , for overall we were lucky to have various different weather, view etc …

Day 1 Chengdu –> Kanding

we arrive Chengdu immediate we travel to Kanding for nearer to next destination and also ease ourself with high altitude . (~3000 masl )

whole day raining, and we do believe at higher altitude locations should be snow and we expected to see snow view tomorrow .

Day 2 Kanding – ShanMuJu

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along the road we had very good view as usual, but it is just a start . the snow almost 6-10 inch thick, the roadside view still look amazing

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Day 3 ShanMuju

Our tour main target , Mount Mount Gongga (Minya Konka) Sichuan highest mountain ~7556masl … at here we got few viewpoint see it really close

– this what we saw, when we first reach to the viewpoint 1 .

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update 2017 Dec 5

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before anyone can response the beautiful view, think everyone stand still for this view for ~5-10 minutes … it is good though as we shouldn’t move much at this altitude (~4500masl).

a small slope , but not easy to walk

the view of the Mount Gongga sunrise … we just WOW WOW

and the surrounding view

we walk ~1.8km for the beautiful lake .

DCIM/100MEDIA/DJI_0317.JPG — it can be lovely view for the lake .. but need to be early. this is reflection for the Mount Gongga

a special view with drone

after the lovely sunrise with snow view, very soon we go to view point 2 for sunset … here have more tourist due to much easier access

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Day 4 TaGong

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we continue our next destination but passing by this amazing view and spend sometime here as someone wish to challenge to hike up to highest point of view which look 70-80 degree for 500 meter up 😀

the beautiful Gongga Mountain range .. we were at ~4500m asl

after the beautiful view, we heading Tagong , the cloudy day do not stop us to go wait for sunset.

it show us a amazing view of the snow peak !!! red blood color

than we hit into 2 days snow

after 2 days struggle with snow . beside the Mount Yala, there is a beautiful lovely river with mani stones

Day 6 TaiZhangGou

台站沟

my favor spot for Sichuan .. very lovely and we are really close to the Mount Yala

Day 7

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Day 8 小金, 四姑娘山

– we spend quite bad weather here only one amazing sunset at a very old spot we went few years ago by horse and now we found actually we can drive up … !!!!! and the dusk full with colors

to be continued …….

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July 11, 2017July 20, 2017

liewwkNature Photohunters : 2017 Jul – Sichuan , CHINA

Just completed our another Photohunters trip to Sichuan … *** will update the route ASAP ..

from the beginning, our main target is Mount Gongga from various direction …

let’s start

update 2017 Jul 19

a lovely day, we welcome with beautiful open Mount Gongga which same as other high peak.. it is seldom open for us to see ..

make use of Lee Filter GND .45h to balance to sky part and CPL to enhance the reflection on lake

2017 Jul 11

Day 1 – KanDing

we try to make everyone get use to the high altitude so we stop at Kanding … we had our great pizza, beer, steak etc here 😀

Day 2 – 上木居

While our way to the destination, many beautiful stops but raining non stop so we can;t make any stop.

Here is our main destination, for Mount Gongga .

OHHHH . bad new hit … whole village no electricity supply !!! and it is still raining and cold

Day 3 – 子梅垭口

what a surprise , snow near our shooting ground . and the Mount Gongga is cover by snow and mist.

update 2017 Jul 12

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6 丹巴

a lovely place, 2nd visit but first visit is like been cheated …

update 2017 JUL 13

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July 7, 2016

Why Filter ? simple sample for GND, RGND and ND filters

after long rest for Landscape photography, went for another quick long exposure, sunset and Milky Way shooting at Batu Pahat … and here few simple sample

– all picture use AV mode meter at same position

– just contrast , saturation add to each picture

1.without any filter

– obviously the top-right over expose without any filter use

2. use most standard GND filter than we recommended for here GND .9s

– sky exposure seem better after the GND even with little highlight

3. use RGND 2 stops

– the exposure seem more balance without highlight due to light concentrate on center of the frame

4. with RGND and 10 stops ND filters

– ND 10 stops to make the shutter speed much slower create different slow shutter effect (silky effect for this) . the calm and peace feel make the picture look different from the standard capture

Overall the GND/RGND is to balance the sky exposure with the foreground and ND can create different effect for composition.

some related posts

Reverse GND filter – 84dot5mm

what CPL effect can you get ? …

Lee Filters available … GND .6/.9/1.2, CPL ….

April 27, 2016

HAIDA 150mm Filter Solution for CARL ZEISS 15mm F2.8

finally we have the adapter for Haida 150mm holder system

so with the previous available solution , lets update the list 😀

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

17. Lee Filter SW150 CANON 11-24mm F4 adapter

18. 84.5 RGND for 150mm system

please contact me for order or stock availability

liewwkphoto@gmail.com

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January 29, 2016February 13, 2016

liewwkNature Photohunter : 2016 Jan JiuZhaiGou , CHINA

Back from CHINA and too busy for other work .. and now only able to download the pictures and will share more info here later . but let’s share the beautiful view of this place .

– it is a reason why I share this map with extra location as we going to explore further

http://liewwkphoto.com/photohunter-2016-jul-china-sichuan-outing-north/

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We spent 4 days in the park and beautiful colorful lake, river, waterfall with ice … the weather is acceptable cold but not really in extreme …

update 2016 Feb 13

a view that make me confuse , not sure what to capture .. the reflection or the clear water … and finally decide not to use any CPL to have both …

update 2016 Jan 29

one of the beautiful lake with dry-death tree, moving source water-still , dark-colorful/bright

from dark-bright, black-colorfull, move-still, live-dead ... [HAIDA CPL, HAIDA ND .9 , LEE Filter GND .45h] — from dark-bright, black-colorfull, move-still, live-dead … [HAIDA CPL, HAIDA ND .9 , LEE Filter GND .45h]

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October 27, 2015December 1, 2015

liewwkNature Photohunter : 2015 Oct Sichuan , CHINA

2015 , we finally make another Photohunter trip to Sichuan, CHINA …we travel ~2200km , 12 days , 4600meter from sea level , cold … fun … and we finally make it completed and now let’s share some pictures here

As usual, I will slowly update some important place we visit here …

1. Yading is one of our target place .. a place full with opportunity for photos …

update 2015 Oct 28

2. 新都桥

– a small town that we pass by few round to our destination and meals.

– we stop by due to beautiful view of the autumn …

update 2015 Dec1

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August 17, 2015August 21, 2015

Photohunter : 2015 Aug 12-16 Bali Landscape Outing

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

1. RGND 2 stops 2. HAIDA CPL 100×100 3. HADAI ND 0.9

day 5 – Sanur area

update 2015 Aug 20

… it is Coming … 1. Lee Filter GND .45h 2. HAIDA 100mmx100mm CPL

update 2015 Aug 18

… flowing over GREEN … 1. RGND 2 stops 2. HAIDA CPL 100×100 3. HADAI ND 1.8

– we are rushing for flight last day so not too far from town .. and have a quick sunrise nearby

*** I will slowly update here ….

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liewwk Nature Photography Portfolio : Bali, Indonesia

–>Jatiluwih , Bali, Indonesia | liewwk

–>Mount Batur | Kintamani, Bali, Indonesia

–>Bali, Indonesia | liewwk

–> Tanah Lot , Bali, Indonesia | liewwk

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March 30, 2015April 7, 2016

Birding with Circular polarizer on Telephoto lenses … why ?

I like to use CPL on my landscape, and I ask myself do I need one for my birding and based on my understanding … I MUST have one 😀 … and I bought one for test …. (results from last years testing and now only I have time to share this)

beside getting better reflection … I seldom do wader photography … so not rally have test result … but I found it is very useful in the forest ….

let’s picture tell the story

we always have reflective leafs create “white spots” that we really hate to have .. e.g.

without CPL and Background reflective leafs create white spots

that I add in CPL and reduce the flare direction

with CPL rotate it to minimum flare ... the white spot gone :D — with CPL rotate it to minimum flare … the white spot gone 😀

or another sample of our GEM of forest Garnet Pitta

without CPL or without rotate CPL to minimum flare

with CPL rotate to minimum flare ... — with CPL rotate to minimum flare …

a simple video record while rotating the CPL

you can obviously see how the CPL help me 😀

if you interest on CANON PL-C52 (WII) or NIKON C-PL1L (52mm) feel free to contact me .. as I got limited units available

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what CPL effect you want (sharing on Landscape Photography)

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January 28, 2015August 19, 2015

HAIDA ND Filter available @Malaysia

HAIDA Square CPL (100mmx100mm) filters

as many of my sharing .. CPL is one of the most important filter for me … I use it almost 90% of my landscape photography .. now we also bring you HAIDA 100mmx100mm Square CPL

some CPL sharing

what CPL effect can you get ? …

CPL .. yes or no …..

you may contact me for more Square filters information or ORDER HERE

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HAIDA 6 stops ND 1.8 (6 stops) — HAIDA 6 stops
ND 1.8 (6 stops)

HAIDA ND filters

neutral density filter or ND filter is filter reduce light going to the sensor … so create slower shutter speed …. (normaly what we want) .

previously I only pick Lee Filter ND filters for my photography use as the color cast is minimum and best in the market …. recently many brands come out with their filters (square, screw in .. etc ) and some of them give very acceptable color cast and very good value of money … one of them I test is HAIDA …

based on first test few months back, I found HAIDA ND filters giving warmer cast and Lee actually giving colder cast …. but both are very acceptable and very easy to correct if we want to do so …

below are simple capture

– same ISO, same focus and spot area

– Auto White balance

– AV mode

– timer and all shooting continuously one after another

– direct raw-jpeg from DPP

ND 3.0 (10 stops) Lee Filter Big Stopper

from simple capture above , we can see the cast are minimum for both … whether slight warmer or colder than depend on personal preference …

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September 19, 2013December 27, 2013

Lee Filter Sev5n for Micro 4/3 setup

Lee Filters do produce filters set e.g. GND , CPL, Big Stopper , Holder and rings for Micro 4/3 system , Fuji X100 …

the GND transition from grey to transparent gap is much smaller compare to standard 100/150mm GND filters which allow smaller len produce better filter effect … and other CPL, Big Stopper also cheaper compare to the standard 100x150mm filters

Singh-Ray RGND 2 and 3 stops also AVAILABLE …

Singh-Ray RGND also available now

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what CPL effect you prefer ? …

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康定 －上木居

折多山

里说垭口

子梅垭口

雅哈垭口

台站沟

Looking for Filters for either 100mm or 150mm , Lee Filter, HAIDA ….. click HERE

Looking for more event, outing, tours from liewwk Nature Photography click HERE

– it is a reason why I share this map with extra location as we going to explore further

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if you interest on CANON PL-C52 (WII) or NIKON C-PL1L (52mm) feel free to contact me .. as I got limited units available

Birds Watch/Photograph tour feel free to contact me

观鸟或拍鸟团 您可联络我

HAIDA Square CPL (100mmx100mm) filters

you may contact me for more Square filters information or ORDER HERE

HAIDA ND filters

you may ORDER Lee Filters, HAIDA filter @ HERE

康定－上木居

观鸟或拍鸟团您可联络我