liewwkNature Photohunters : 2017 Aug Bali

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

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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 .

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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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Batu Pahat , Johor, Malaysia | liewwk

am finally available to go out shoot a bit and go back to my favor spot for Milky Way for west coast Peninsular Malaysia .

 

– one of my plan picture with Kelong light ON to attract fish/prawns to go into the net

– another special light (stars .. milky way) attract photographers in this case

 

previously I also shared some Johor spots for sunset, slow shutter and Milky way ..

East Java, Indonesia | liewwk

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 ….

2013 Nov – Photohunters – East Java Outing

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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

– 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 Glass
Papuma Nightsky …

 

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Nightscape sharing/Outing 18-20 Aug 2012

my personal workshop for 2012 and let’s capture the beautiful night sky before the raining season .

liewwk Nature Photography

*Nightscape sharing/Outing*

When : 18-20 Aug 2012

Where : Johor. Malaysia

what :

i. how I shoot Nightscape [plan, tool, setting]

ii. outdoor practicals

iii. basic photoshop for nightscape [exposure blend, noise reduction, star trail]

How Much: RM459

What include

– 2 nights stay (with twin sharing)

– 2 x breakfast

Only limited seat available feel free to contact me.. if you interest to know more

 

update 11 Jul

10 particiants .. confirmed and 2 more new participiants to fill

1. Yexxx

2. Pexx T

3. Laxxx

4. Samxx

5. Calvxx

6. Shirlxxxx

7. Benjamxxxxx

8. Rachelxxx

9. Vincentxxx

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repeat particiants (all previous session)

1. Georxx

2. Kexxxx

3. Taxxxx

sample of beautiful nightscape HERE

 

 

… star Trail | liewwk …

star trail need a lot of patient.. after hours capture the compo could be wrong , the weather could be change to cloudy …. etc but yet we still trying our best to capture to share

star trail from Johor

– Canon 5d + 14F2.8 @F2.8 + 30s x 123

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cold star trail

– the only north star I capture … 🙁

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capture while workshop

– my 2011 Jul workshop capture

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… the reflection …

– with reflection

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More Stars/Nightscape Captures

More stars

 

some related sharing

How I shoot Stars/Milky Way

Sg Lurus, Johor

Some Milky Way | liewwk

 

 

 

 

how I shoot Milky with smaller aperture len …

I always telling friends of mine to have bigger aperture to get clearer Milky way shot … and it really give impact with more light fall onto the sensor … but what if we do not have big aperture len .. e.g. we own F4 or F3.5 lenses ?

and I share this before .. How I shoot Milky Way/Star

theoritical , if we can increase the shutter time which allow more light abosrb on the sensor.. we should able to capture beautiful stars sky … but according to the rule 600

I had aiming a polarie star tracker but too bad, i had been turn down by the cost and size …

recently, I managed to test the

Vixen Polarie… a square box size small and weight <1kg … and not really difficult to operate …

i may not able to share how do use this .. but it is really simple and let me share the simple test result

both shoot at F4 , exp 151s +- , ISO 400

1. without start tracker – Vixen Polarie

2. witho start tracker – Vixen Polarie

 

with minimu setup time and minimu knowledge of Astronomy , I am able to create a image without “start trail” effect

 

**** rule 600 simply basic rule to avoid “star trail” effect while we have too long exposure on our effective focal length.. e.g.

16mm on FULL frame, we should have max exposure of 600/16=37.5s

16mm on canon APS-c , we should have max exposure of 600/16*1.6=23.4

so if we have anything more than the exposure time the the rotation of earth will create “star trai;” effect create blur effect on to our frame.

 

some recent Milky way capture

update 2012 Nov 26

… above …

update 2012 Aug 10

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Exposure 30
Aperture f/2.8
Focal Length 14 mm
ISO Speed 1600

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My recent Nightscape workshop 2012 Aug

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… owlhouse – Milky Way …

even KL, Malaysia may not good place to chase Milky Way .. but I still travel around this year … and here are some update shots …

*** I still use the same method as share HERE

*** my previous share HERE

Update 25 June

Milky from Sekinchan

 

Milky Way | Sekinchan

 

more Milky Way pictures

Milky Way series

 

update 17 Jun

– Exposure 30 Aperture f/2.8 Focal Length 14 mm ISO Speed 1600

 

 

 

 

 

blinking trees … fireflies …

was my first experience shooting fireflies from top … look awesome … too bad the timelapse need more time to prepare .. so let me share the picture I capture …

... Blinking Tree ...

 

will have more to share about fireflies .. and I think I fall in love with it …