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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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 …
recommended view@
... no One here ...

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– 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

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– 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

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– 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 …

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– 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)

 

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– 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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Reverse GND for 150mm Square filter system

finally we have solution for 150mm square filter system for 150mm system which support Canon 14mm F2.8, TSE17mm, Nikon 14-24 F2.8, Tamron 15-30 F2.8, SAMYANG 14mm F2.8, SIGMA 12-24mm etc.

and some test results from same filter manufacturer but it is on 100mm system [84dot5 RGND 100mm] .

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sample of RGND

update 2016 March 4

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stay tune, I will try to update some test pictures result here ASAP

and now available for RGND 2 stops and 3 stops … feel free to contact me

 

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Landscape is a Luck and Waiting game . another reason don’t give up !

too many sample of my outing … and yesterday we have our Genting Highland sunrise outing . when we reach , it is so misty and the view just change like in 2-3 min …

–>before

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–>after 2-3 min

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Landscape is a game of luck and waiting … so be patient ……………

 

–>and ~30-40 min later

- mist clear off , the sky open with golden colors ...
– mist clear off , the sky open with golden colors …

 

beautiful sunrise with layes of mountains ... [Multiple exposures shot]
beautiful sunrise with layes of mountains … [Multiple exposures shot]
–>When we plan to leave

stop by for this beautiful ROL
stop by for this beautiful ROL

 

 

 

 

More LIEWWK NATURE PHOTOHUNTERS outing

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Reverse GND filter – 84dot5mm

84Dot5mm RGND 2 stops
–> 84Dot5mm RGND 2 stops

 

As previous discussion, Reverse GND or RGND is a filter very important for sunrise/sunset/dusk/dawn moment… I am officially bringing in another RGND brand 84dot5mm  ….

again let me share some new picture showing how;s the filter balance the exposure

-without Filter and meter on foreground. so the dusk moment sky is over exp

without Filter and meter on foreground

-without Filter and meter on sky. and now the foreground is under expose

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– apply RGND 2 stops … without any HDR, exposure blending, shadow highlight recovery . both foreground and sky with right exposure and details now

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Sample of RGND filter for balance the exposures

update 2016 Jul 5

picture on top without any filter … and bottom with RGND show better sky exposure

without any filter
without any filter

with RGND 2 stops

update 2015 Aug 30

1. RGND 2 stops 2. HAIDA CPL 100×100 3. HADAI ND 0.9 | ISO 200 | 1.0 sec at f / 16 | 18 mm

 

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Genting Highlands | liewwk

a famous entertainment city … Genting Highlands locate ~1800meters and between Selangor and Pahang state …. ~1.5 hours from Kuala Lumpur by drive

a good place for entertainment, landcape (sunrise, sunset) and wildlifes (if you know where to find) ….

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update 2015 Dec 8

  • have been long skip this beautiful place .. and continue went there for 3-4 days for nightscape and sunrise .. r

 

… 雾气琉璃光-云顶2 …

update 2012 Dec 30

... layers Ray ...
… layers Ray … – Lee Filter GND .9s

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… the Misty Pinky …
… the Last sunrise of 2011 …

 

… just before …

 

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Singh-Ray Reverse GND – RGND sample

just want to share some experience on the RGND … it is same function as GND but it gradual from center toward top part as picture below show

Singh-Ray RGND 2 stops

it use when the light source is stronger at center portion .. and sharing some picture using it either 2 or 3 stops …

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update 2013 Aug 28

what RGND do for you

Left - ONLY CPL Right - CPL + RGND
Left – ONLY CPL
Right – CPL + RGND

 

update 2012 Oct 11

.. the burning sky …
– Singh-Ray RGND 2 stops
… house of birds …
– Singh-Ray RGND 3 stops
– Lee filters 4×4 CPL

 

… the Corner …
– Singh-Ray RGND 2 stops

 

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HDR Reflection ..

am not good in HDR , but I understand there are situation I need it so I had learn something on it years back .. and my photomatix not been start up for ~2 years and today just want to make sure the software still working fine 😀

 

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update 2012 Aug 9

… HDR Reflection …
– HDR because am using 12mm full frame and no filter for me to use ..
– 7 exp HDR

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Mount Batur | Kintamani, Bali, Indonesia

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
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happy children

 

beautiful Lake Batur
Lee FIlter GND .9s

 

 

 

the standard view …

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