liewwkNature Photohunters : 2016 Aug East Java (Bali-Ijen)

Another 6 days photos hunting outing, we have good weather for few days. difficult hike for some to the Ijen for blue fire and sunrise but glad all make it to peak .

28 Aug – noon arrival so we decide stay in town and shoot sunset nearby

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29 Aug – Long travel distance but we managed to stop by for some slowshutter and good food

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Aug 30 – leaving to Pantai Pulau Merak for slowshutter and sunset

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Aug 31 – relaxing morning and night hiking to Ijen

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Sept 1 – drive back after hike down from Ijen and on the way reach town we managed to stop for sunset

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Sept 2

we spend morning sunrise near Sanur area

 

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update 2016 Oct 20

beautiful low tide beach with right time we shoot without lunch

update 2016 Oct 1

no one at this beautiful beach , and most of us attract by the green moss with rocks on the other site .. i am alone here to enjoy the nature mirrow ..


… no One here …
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... no One here ...

update 2016 sept 8

– a beautiful beach , good for slow shutter and reflection depend on tide

Update 2016 Sept 5

– highlight of the outing , Mount Ijen Blue fire … happy we saw it and capture it close and far

 

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liewwkNature Photohunters : 2016 Jul Sichuan, Qinghai , CHINA

A 12 days liewwk Nature Photohunters to Sichuan, Qinghai – CHINA … we mostly passing by and surrounding with glass land , and out main targets are Qinghai Lake and Chaka Salt Lake … both locate Qinghai Province .

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Lets start with group picture at one of our main targets/hunting ground 😀  .. Qinghai Lake & Chaka Salt Lake

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So far, we only had 1 day full raining day happen at Hongyuan County which we should look for sunset , reflection for river curves ….. too bad we didn’t able to capture anything as raining non stop for 14 hours

update 2020 April 4

update 2019 Dec 12

 

update 2016 Aug 24

one of the most memorise sunrise ever have … we actually stuck in jam to enter this place for >30min for less than 1 hr .. and we witness this beautiful sunrise together >1000 people together sharing the same view of sunrise

update 2016 Aug 23

– Zhagana, 扎尕那 a small village locate Gansu (甘肃) … the village locate surrounding with rocky mountains giving amazing view of sunrise .. with rays in

– beautiful location where it is not tourist spot, we were happy to witness beautiful rays too at this spot

update 2016 Aug 20

– a full pano Milky way at Chaka Salt lake , with the refection and without pano head make this slikt difficult .. but finally i able to make this

update 2016 Aug 15

– Chaka Lake, Qinghai, China

when dawn everyone looking at west direction I am with another photographer attract by light from East

 

– our main target location, Chaka Salt Lake famous with reflection … beside full sky mirror … we target clouds reflection, sunset, milky way… and this is an extra the ray appear only for few of my shots while I try to capture the photographer in action. very abnormal as this was capture 8pm at East direction which sun is opposite of this …

update 2016 Aug 6

– misty morning at HongYuan

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Conclusion of the tour , we see various different environments, (glass land, mountain, biggest lake for CHINA, salt lake, glass land mountains etc)

 

We walk a lot due to the design of the park, shooting at odd hours …. But every walk , reward us with beautiful view so everyone no complaint on the walking (longest one way walk is 3.8km)

 

update 2016 Aug 6

– one of the most clear sunrise , and it is special moment we witness this sunrise together with >1000 peoples together 😀

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– Qinghai Lake , Canola flowers 油菜花

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– Glassland along the travel .. this was capture in the bus while travelling

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– one of the most beautiful spot .. village with rocky mountain surround . we were lucky managed to witness beautiful sunrise, sunset and rainbow here just for 1 night stay

扎尕那 (zhagana)

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– woke up earlier , stand in he cold …. and before the sun came out . my gang wonder why we wait as the view just so so .. the mountain dark off , sky just clear …. …. I keep tell wait wait (with worry) I believe with the mountain shape it should have light ray shine out … and when this show up everyone wow plus the mist just keep pop out from the village …

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– Chaka Salt Lake 茶卡盐湖 - main target of the outing , we spent 2 days here … lovely sunset, milky way etc ..

– mirror of the sky show reflection from the lake

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– night sky even beautiful with all stars on the lake

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CHINA , ZHANGJIAJIE , 张家界 | liewwk

… 齐拜佛光 …

Few nearby tourist locations, I didn’t make all to all the spots as my visit is mainly for photography.

A complex national park , I spent few day to understand the only wulinyuAn pArk.

Buses to different location the interlink need walking and by between the busstop the rod is exist . and no idea why they never make it interlink more convenient

Many walking for bus –elevator interchange (200-400m) . and it is not photography friendly , most of the bus start service 8-830m – 6pm only (sunrise 720m) [someone told me it is due to off peak season and I will check peak season or normal season bus operation hour] so if want to shoot sunrise/sunset need special arrange with extra payment

 

This trip mainly concentrate on wulingyuan which mainly divide by 3 parts YuanJiaJie, (袁家界) Yang JiaJie (杨家界)and TianZhiSan (天子山)

 

Every session need travel by bus, and each part consist few specify beautiful attractions … and mostly walking distance 10-90min with rock broadwalk (up and down and some could be steep) . again most of the spot with different name which need our imagination to match the view and the “rock” appearance .

 

After few days inside the park, we visit many different spots and for me it is just still rocky mountains … but for photography with the pattern and light direction (I didn’t have chance to see any snow, misty) .. we have many oppurnity  to  create some pictures .

 

Food … amazing nice local food by the homestay owner and KFC and McD (McCafe too) available .

 

I stay at a homestay which I think strategy location for no special arrangement for sunrise/sunset. As this location walking distance can shoot sunrise/sunset with rocky mountains  even it is not really the beautiful formation. This homestay owner is a retire teacher who also drawing, photograph … and it share his experience, view about “art” (not only drawing and photograph) … cook us a wonderful chicken soup dinner with his white wine collection (have a good sleep after that 😀 )

 

He has similar thought as mine ..  he say .. a good artist (for photography/drawing) need 3 main “GOOD” [好]

Good View – 好景

Good food – 好吃

Good Person – 好人

He also share what he mean for landscape view and art view (大景与小景) and why do we need balance between to for his point of art … I learn a lot from he and his friend who spend >10 years on CHINA mainland landscape photography .

 

Overall a place need luck , skill, arrangement, experience , stamina and ect  to get this place photograph …

update 2018 June 28

from 2018 CHINA, HUNAN Photohunters tour

this is a long wait of 1.5 day, finally the moment waiting is come… we actually rush, ran , to this spot but the view keep changing for us another 1 hour ++ think everyone should be have good time here

update 2018 June 24

just got back from 2018 CHINA, HUNAN Photohunters tour

13 photographers with almost all famous brand in the world (absent of LEICA and NIKON) enjoy the boring wait and excitement of sudden misting moment

update 2016 Jan 11

  • a beautiful moment

 

… 佛光亮稀雾 | Misty ROL …

update 2015 Dec 21

  • near YuanJiaJie , I was resting and shooting some bird with 70300 . suddenly I saw clouds building up and I ran back to room and ran for nearer spot for the clouds and sun direction .. and I found this. the shooting spot is very narrow and only one camera allow here
… 腾云驾雾遇佛光 …

 

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Photohunter : 2015 May 14-19 East Java (Surabaya) Landscape Outing

Glad that we make another great and happy outing to East Java … thanks everyone that in the outing and hope everyone enjoy and learn something from everyone in the outing …

we spend 50% time at Papuma beach and the remaining @Mount Bromo …

I will slowly update pictures captured from this outing …

update 2015 May 22

– thanks Olympus Malaysia allow me to test their F1.8 fisheye to allow me to capture this

… a cold Milky | 很冷的银河 …

update 2015 May 21

… MilkyRise …

 

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Photography Sharing Dec 18 Dec (Kuching) & 19 Dec (Bintulu) , Sarawak

Dec is my Sarawak month, as immediate after my Photohunter Dec2013 – Outing @Bako National Park, Kuching, Sarawak | liewwk , I will have photography sharing session with Kuching and Bintulu photographer by coming Dec 2013 …

1. KUCHING 18 Dec 2013

I will have “ENJOY and CAPTURE the NATURE” which share some of my pictures, experiences on info, what, how I shoot Nature Photography (Landscape, MACRO, birds)

Kuching Sharing session

 

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– with Bintulu Photo-Art Society

– any further info or registeration please contac Michael Wong

Landscape & MACRO Photography sharing with Bintulu Photo-Art Society
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Dungun, Terengganu, Malaysia | liewwk

my first trip to East Coast Malaysia 2013 … a place we shouldnt miss for beautiful landscape … this trip is conjunction with Photohunter Nov2013 – Workshop+Outing @East Cost Peninsular Malaysia | liewwk..

even monsoon already come close but we still manage to have beautiful sunset, sunrise and various good slow shutter as reward of taking risk to go when Monsoon season …

update 2014 Jun 8

… Lightning | Wave … … Lightning | Wave …

update 2014 Jun 7

I had make another wonderful trip to Terengganu, 2-5 Jun 2014 and we managed to captured beautiful sunrise, sunset and milky way for this trips from Kuala Lumpur- Kuala Terengganu – Dungun

 

… Slow | Tanjong Jara … 1. Singh-Ray RGND 2 stops 2. Lee Filter Little Stopper 3. Lee Filter 4 stops ND ISO 50 | 51.0 sec at f / 22 | 27 mm …liewwk | www.liewwkphoto.com

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update 2013 Nov 25

Pantai Kemasik a good spot for landscape photographer … with strong wave, sunrise , fisherman village .. how could we skip this spot !!!!

– I love to capture wave here due to the impact and motion feel from the strong wave

1. Lee FIlter GND .75s 2. Lee Filter ND .9 Pro Glass

– taking at Teluk Bidara and when the sun Ray show up …. every one rushing for their shutter … and hope everyone enjoy …

update 2013 Nov 25

– Philip Wee , one of the participant enjoy the wave so much but look at his pose to fight the strong wave …

Philip Wee fighting the strong wave
Philip Wee fighting the strong wave

– the wave is strong , we just have to take extra care for our belonging e.g. tripod, camera, beg, phone etc … protect it with water shield materials is a must

when the sun ways appear .. everyone seem so concentrate :D
when the sun ways appear .. everyone seem so concentrate 😀

 

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Lombok, Indonesia | liewwk

completed another Photohunter series – Photohunters : Outing – Lombok, Indonesia | liewwk

for the 5 days outing , we managed to almost round the island and stay near to both famous beaches.. Kuta and Pantai Sengigi for chasing the sun and stars .

Lombok travel
Lombok travel

overall the tips is amazing even we skip the most attractive location – Mount Rinjani.

Overall

1. beautiful beaches around

2. beautiful hotel near Pantai Sengigi and Kuta

3. security overall seem alright with local guide around and thanks Agung for the help and guide

update 2014 Jan 8

– beautiful place with lovely wave that those like to shoot seascape

… following … 1. Lee FIlter GND .75s 2. Lee Filter Pro Glass .9

update 2013 Nov 18

– dusk colors simple awesome even the sunset nothing special

– make use of ND 1.2 and ND .9 to make total 7 stops instead using big stopper

1. Lee Filter GND .9s 2. Lee Filter 1.2 ND 3. Lee Filter .9 ND Pro Glass

update 2013 Nov 8

– we was here for Milky for 2 nights but luck not with us .. but in the morning the Milky “tail” just above the Batu Payung

– a shot capture with Carl Zeiss 15mm F2.8 … the distortion control just awesome

Batu Payung, Tanjung Aan, Lombok, Indonesia

update 2013 Nov 6

– a view that I plan for this trip and the sunset just beautiful with Mount Agung @Bali

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– a great place that need ~5 min walk from the beach

– when shoot at Batu Payung location, need take note on tide as tide could make the back path

great photographer with Batu Payung
great photographer with Batu Payung

 

update 2013 Nov 5

– a spot that cost a lot … this spot is close and need to buy drink to have a visit and the price is not at low site

– to come this spot, we need to pass a cliff that without any protection and this place is dangerous and if you visit here … pls stay extra carefull

– my legs were shake after back from the beautiful spot with Mount Agung as backdrop , cliff , wave sunset

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*** 2020 March 26

I will make this a consolidation pictures collection of my Sichuan, CHINA trip

update 2020 March 26

Rays of Yala
Yala+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 😀

left--> right Xiao Zhou, Marc, Terence , Kalai, Albert, John, Xiao Yang, liewwk
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Xiao Zhou, Marc, Terence , Kalai, Albert, John, Xiao Yang, liewwk

 

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10 days trips which include below locations

1. 海螺沟

– 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
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

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update 2013 Oct

新都桥, 中国

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)

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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

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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

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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

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not many good spot nearby Selangor, Malaysia …. and mostly are sunset landscape spots …

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Klang (west port) have few mangrove area also good for landscape if we cannot travel for long…

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just another sample of Big Stopper use … the use of the ND filters can help to create different effect or mood of our pictures ….

 

many may ask how we going to use ND filters or Big Stopper as it is almost total dark ..

1. use GND/RGND or shoot like normal but capture the shutterspeed, ISO, F number… e.g below. but make sure set to Manual Focus after the capture or record of the setting

without Big Stopper
without Big Stopper

2. use the same ISO, Aperture  but then convert the shutter speed base on 10 stops filter exposure table, ‘long time’ (for Iphone user), ND Calc (for Android user)

e.g. ISO100 , F16 , 1/30s before ND1000 , Big Stopper…. will change to

ISO100, F16, 30s

– DO NOT change setting ISO, Aperture

– DO NOT change focus (after the MF)

with Lee Filter Big Stopper
with Lee Filter Big Stopper

3. few notes need to be taken

– white balance could be run, you may correct it with white balance tool at Photoshop, Lightroom, DPP … by click white color spot

– the light condition could be change e.g. sunset .. it will change to darker so need to compesate with some add on time … e.g. 30s above I normally add on 10-20% time for sky getting darker

– sturdy tripod need to be use avoid shake …

– long exposure noise need special process to remove (color noise) , if do not know any method turn on long exposure noise reduction

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