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Yunnan another county of China which attract alot of tourist or photograph to be here .. but my first trip here just make to a small village of Deqen.
we were here for bird watching but I can’t resist to plan few morning to capture the beauty of this place …
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another photohunters trip to our favor location Bali, Indonesia. as usual we had chasing non stop SUnset, Sunrise and Milky Way … glad we had very good weather , colorful sunrise, sunset, rays , clear sky for milky way ..
due to peak season and room availability for the first day , immediate after wet and lovely sunset at Tanah Lot. We move forward to Jatiluwih follow by Milkyway chasing , the sky cover by clouds when we arrived and very soon it open up for us capture the beautiful of Milky Way with lovely paddy terrace.
With less than 3 hours sleep, everyone wake up for sunrise. Glad that we have lovely sunrise .. after the sunrise, everyone grab a quick rest before travel to another beach for sunset ..
After a “egg yolk” sunset , going for dinner than continue our Milky Way chase . today the sky is obviously clearer so everyone should have good Milky Way.. one of the participant say : it is my first time capture Milky Way and it is so easy and clear ! 😀
Next Morning , we decide walk ~1km for sunrise with our favor spot . “Yes” it is fill with water in the paddy field , what we need just beautiful light to have WOW reflection + sunrise + terrace paddy
instead any beautiful color, we given long shining Rays and allow everyone changing their angle for the beautiful all direction rays
After beautiful sunrise and breakfast, we travel 3 hours to another favor spot Mount Batur . We do not have very good angle for sunset, so we decide to make a sunrise spot for sunset (reverse sunset) . When we arrive at the place , the sky show another hour of lovely RAYS ! not much foreground but we still trying best to squeeze in the plantation and small hut for the lovely RAYS … follow by chasing Milky way for varies locations … sky is clear too . Some start say ohhh we shoot Milky way too much now :p
With another less than 3 hours sleep, we move to Lake Batur for sunrise. Here, change a lot since my years first visits. Rubbish any where, wooden boat changed to fibre etc but it still a beautiful sunrise spot and YES again we have lovely colors sunrise .
for the next few days, we spend our day at Amed for Mount Agung .
while we were here .. weather again is very good and we spend quality time here with Milky way, Mr sun .. etc
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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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We had USA guests spend 9 days in Borneo from KNP, RDC, Sukau to Danum Valley … good trip, we managed to records ~250 birds and some highlights
1. Giant Pitta for few rounds
2. Bornean bristlehead
3. all Borneo Hornbills
4. Whitehead broadbills
5. Whitehead Spiderhunter
6. Large Frogmouth
7. Black Headed Pitta
8. Bornean Wren-Babbler
9. Bornean Banded Kingfisher
10. Black-throat Wren-Babbler
etc
we have tired walking and river cruise day and light …. lets start sharing some pictures that I managed to capture . (will be slowly update here due to tired to run through all the pictures )
update 2016 Oct 11
Whitehead’s Broadbill, 綠懷特黑氏寬闊嘴
– another endemic for Borneo
update 2016 Sept 25
– a bird we found in a night walk
large frogmouth, 大蟆口鸱 , Batrachostomus auritus
update 2016 Sept 19
– striped wren-babbler, 纹鹪鹛
a beautiful and singing good wren-babbler
Wren-Babbler | liewwk
Pellorneidae series: Wren-Babbler | 雀眉科: 鹪鹛 | liewwk Nature 9-2 [update 20240324]
update 2016 Sept 17
– it look different in term of color and size
Bornean Crested Jay Bird Tour Malaysia Borneo
update 2016 Sept 16
– when I first found it .. it fly like a raptor !!!! and we found 3 birds keep surrounding us and guests say .. ohhhh may I have other pitta rather than this ? 😀
– it occasion came down to ground this time
– Bornean Wren-Babbler · Ptilocichla leucogrammica
a good find on last day .. moving fast just like other Wren-Babbler
we have more birds cover for either bird watching or photography but not all birds we have pictures from guests or capture by us ..
**** we will keep this update
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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
29 Aug – Long travel distance but we managed to stop by for some slowshutter and good food
Aug 30 – leaving to Pantai Pulau Merak for slowshutter and sunset
Aug 31 – relaxing morning and night hiking to Ijen
Sept 1 – drive back after hike down from Ijen and on the way reach town we managed to stop for sunset
Sept 2
we spend morning sunrise near Sanur area
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 …
recommended view@
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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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 .
Lets start with group picture at one of our main targets/hunting ground 😀 .. Qinghai Lake & Chaka Salt Lake
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
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 😀
– Qinghai Lake , Canola flowers 油菜花
– Glassland along the travel .. this was capture in the bus while travelling
– 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)
– 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 …
– 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
– night sky even beautiful with all stars on the lake
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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
update 2015 Dec 21
update 2017 Nov 24
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A Photohunters outing to look for nature wildlifes, macro objects, and landscape … a great place to visit and photography .. and I also visit this place 2012 (pls refer HERE)
again for 2013 we have 10 participants from Kuching and Kuala Lumpur , we spend 4d3n at this park for landscape, macro and wildlife photography .
For this year, below will be my capture during the Photohunters outing …
update 2013 Dec 29
– a common viper around the National Park .. but this trip we only able to found 2
update 2013 Dec 22
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*** 2020 March 26
I will make this a consolidation pictures collection of my Sichuan, CHINA trip
update 2020 March 26
Just another place .. never get bore .. remind me “we look at a people not on his education and outlook but how he/she behave”
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 😀
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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
update 2013 Oct 22
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
update 2013 Oct
update 2013 Oct 22
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 😀
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)
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 …
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
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
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 😀
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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 ….
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update 2018 Jul 1
– 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
update 2013 Jul 25
update 2013 Jul 22
update 2013 April 11
– sunset spot and good to be there low tide
update 2013 April 10
update 2013 April 8
– cold , windy .. and misty at lower level …………
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
update 2013 March 26
– I wish I stay near our hotel for the closer view of this beautiful moment even the hotel facing west
update 22 March 2013
update 20 March 2013
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