… Sekinchan 适耕庄 | liewwk …

Sekinchan a small town not far from Kuala Lumpur famous with paddy field, it locate ~2 hours drive from KL city toward Klang -Kuala Selangor ….. beside paddy as the location just beside sea and we can enjoy seafood any where from this small village ….

update 2017 Feb 7

– finally weather getting better

update 2017 Jan 11

– whenever it fill up water before start planting paddy .. reflection any where

– recently pictures from the other site of Sekinchan (mud beach)

 

– rare occasion we have very clear sky for the Milky way .. but this was after very heavy rain

 

– … the “Blue Tears” | 蓝眼泪 … rare show .. 2015 show .. but not 2016

 

 

 

update 2015 Feb 9

– just got back form Photohunter outing 7-8 Feb 2015

– we cover sunrise, blue sky with beautiful sky, sunset, nightscape …. a lot foods 😀

… rotating around …

update 2015 Feb 4

– not a easy photo … to get the close to water spreading … me and my camera got all wet just for this composition

… Golden automation … 1. Lee Filter GND 1.2s 2. Lee Filter CPL 4×4 ISO 200 | 1/100 sec at f / 16 | 23 mm

update 2015 Jan 19

– back from Photohunter 2015 Jan – Sekinchan, Malaysia

– we have hot and great days over the weekend 17-18 Jan 2015

…dewing Dusk … 1. Lee Filter GND .6h 2. Lee Filter CPL 4×4

update 2014 Dec 16

… misty sunrise … 1. Lee Filter GND .9h 2. Lee Filter Mist stripe

update 2014 Dec 15

… beautiful abandon … 1. Lee FIlter CPL 4×4 2. Lee FIlter GND .6h

update 2014 Aug 24

– some pictures are from

Photohunter : 2014 Aug 23-24 Sekinchan Sunset + Sunrise Outing

update 2014 Sept 1

… the new beginning … 1. lee Filter CPL 4×4 2. Lee Filter GND .6h

update 2014 Aug 24

… the Blue Sky … 1. Lee Filter CPL 4×4

update 2014 Jul 3

… reflection below … 1. Lee Filter GND 1.2s 2. Lee Filter CPL 4×4 ISO 100 | 1/100 sec at f / 16 | 16 mm …liewwk | www.liewwkphoto.com

update 2013 Oct 10

… SImple reflection … 1. Lee Filter GND .9 2. Lee Filter CPL 4×4

update 2013 Sept 16

1. Lee Filter 105mm CPL 2. Lee Filter GND .75s

update 2013 Sept 9

… the Abandon …

update 2013 Sept 6

… 180 degree review view … 1. Lee Filter GND 1.2s 2. Singh-Ray 105mm CPL

update 2013 Aug 28

… Sekinchan , Morning … 1. SIngh-ray RGND 3 stops 2. Lee Filter CPL 4×4

update 2013 Jan 4

... windless ...
… windless … – Lee Filter GND .9s – Lee Filter Big Stopper – Lee Filter ND .9 Pro Glass

update 2012 Dec 18

... the little Pinky ...
… the little Pinky … – Lee Filter GND .9s – Lee Filter 4×4 CPL

update 2012 Dec 11

… windy Shake …
– Lee Filter Big Stopper
– Lee Filter ND9 Pro Glass
– Lee Filter GND .9s

update 2012 Dec 10

… no on Home …
– Lee Filter GND .9s
– Lee Filter Big Stopper

update 2012 Nov 27

… moon is shy …
– Lee Filter GND .75s
– Singh-Ray LB Warming and Neutral Circular Polarizers 105mm

update 2012 Nov 25

… the Crack …
– Lee Filter GND .9s

update 2012 Nov 7

… the Golden rice …
– Singh-Ray RGND 3 stops

update 2012 Oct 23

… v-Center …

update 2012 Oct 4

 

update 2012 Oct

.. yet to start … – Lee Filter GND .75s – Singh-Ray CPL 105mm

 

Good Morning from Sekinchan 2012 0930
– Lee filter Mist

updated 2012 Sept 12

… house for the birds …
– Lee Filter 4×4 CPL
– Singh-Ray RGND 3 stops

updated 2012 Sept 2

…rainbowx2 – moon …
– Singh-Ray LB Warming and Neutral Circular Polarizers
– Lee Filter GND .45s

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MilkyWay from Sekinchan

… cross-over …
use of back street light for foreground but the color tone is off

 

owlhouse – Milky Way

 

Light Pollution

How I shoot Star trail/Milky Way

recent capture Milky Way

 

“Gulung” grass or rolled dry grass

 

“gulung” grass

 

where is my owl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

– when we travelling around to check out sunset and sunrise spots

– no filter apply … canon 5dm3 + 14mm

… the Golden moment …

– the golden light make the whole paddy field and village houses change to Gold in color…

– canon 5dm2 + canon 1635mm with Singh-Ray RGND 2 stops

 

for the first time I visit Sekinchan for photography while the paddy still look green … with the blue sky it look gorgeous…

a place full of photography opputurnity, where consist paddy field, fishing village …. and it is locate ~2hours drive from KL

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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

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

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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

 

 

 

 

 

my tool .. – Lee Filter BIG STOPPER

update 11 Oct 2013

Why Big Stopper …. and How ….

 

update 2013 March 28

1. Lee Filter Big Stopper 2. SIngh-Ray RGND

update 2013 Jan 3

when without Big Stopper

... windless ...
… windless … – Lee Filter GND .9s – Lee Filter Big Stopper – Lee Filter .9 Pro Glass

 

*** it is not showing right or wrong, but it is personal preference … some prefer static and some prefer movement ……..

update 2013 Jan 2

... windy Shake (color) ...
… windy Shake (color) … – Lee FIlter Big Stopper – Lee Filter ND .9
… ready to go … with Big Stopper

 

 

… face EAST … with Lee Filter Big Stopper

 

Some time we just need something slow … but smaller aperture and lower ISO .. but the speed still not low as what we want … then we need to make use of ND filter to slow down filter to create effect what we wish to have …

 

e.g.  of use Big Stopper to make shutter >30s or even >60s … to create the silky and clouds movement or we call slow shutter

 

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both picture with

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2. AWB

3. both capture within 1 min

4. same iso, aperture … shutter speed had minor different due to additional glass

 

A. dawn with Singh-Ray RGND 2 stops only

 

B. dawn with Singh-Ray RGND 2 stops and Lee Filter Glass Enhancer

 

 

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Spiderhunter … same bird ? same tree ???

a beautiful bird .. and it love to stand on the banana flower … and these pictures were capture from 2009, 2010 & 2012 … (ohh .. I missed out 2011 …) and if someone ask me will I go back to the same place next year for the same bird + flower …. my answer is YES 😀

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 …

Dicruridae series: Drongo | 卷尾科 | liewwk Nature – 5-1 [update 20241218]

Mostly dark blue, black and making many lovely songs

1. Lesser racket-tailed drongo, 小盘尾,小盤尾,Dicrurus remifer, ヒメカザリオウチュウ, CECAWI ANTING-ANTING KECIL

2. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, 大盘尾, 大盤尾, Dicrurus paradiseus, カザリオウチュウ, CECAWI ANTING-ANTING BESAR

3. Black Drongo, 黑卷尾, Dicrurus macrocercus, オウチュウ, CECAWI SAWAH

4. Crow-billed Drongo, 鸦嘴卷尾, 鴉嘴卷尾, Dicrurus annectens, ハシブトオウチュウ, CECAWI PARUH TEBAL

5. Hair-crested Drongo (Bornean), 发冠卷尾, 髮冠卷尾, Dicrurus hottentottus borneensis, カンムリオウチュウ, CECAWI BERAMBUT

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101. Ashy Drongo, 灰卷尾, Dicrurus leucophaeus, ハイイロオウチュウ

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1. Lesser racket-tailed drongo, 小盘尾,小盤尾,Dicrurus remifer, ヒメカザリオウチュウ, CECAWI ANTING-ANTING KECIL

– sub-montane, montane

– sometimes confused with Greater racket-tailed Drongo, which can differ by crestless, tail shape, and location

update 2015 April 1

Lesser racket-tailed drongo,小盘尾

update 2013 Feb 4

… where is Papa ? … Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo

update 2012 Dec 13

Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo

 

2. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, 大盘尾, 大盤尾, Dicrurus paradiseus, カザリオウチュウ, CECAWI ANTING-ANTING BESAR

– dark blue with 2 long-tailed

– very aggressive with any bird that comes close to the territory

– with crest

update 202205

– cloudy morning, this noisy bird making a lot of noise and keep disturbing other birds

– 多云的一天,这吵+凶的鸟一直在追其他鸟。

202205, Ulu Langat, Selangor, Malaysia

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– few of them flying around at open space here and managed to spend few minutes with guests here

– 几只这漂亮的鸟飞来飞去。与客人拍了几分钟。

202205, Langkap, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

update 202111

– always like to capture this beautiful, common, noisy bird flying to show it’s racket-tailed.

– 一直希望拍到大盘尾的飞版。虽然不是要的绿背景,也蛮高兴。

202111- Fraser Hill, Selangor

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3. Black Drongo, 黑卷尾, Dicrurus macrocercus, オウチュウ, CECAWI SAWAH

– a winter visitor, normally found near grassland or paddy fields

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Crow-billed Drongo, 鸦嘴卷尾, 鴉嘴卷尾, Dicrurus annectens, ハシブトオウチュウ, CECAWI PARUH TEBAL

– another bird may confuse but different by the bill shape, size, black-face, and chest

update 202112

– an overall dark metallic blue drongo with thick bill and fork-tail

体型较黑卷尾稍为大些;体羽深辉黑色;嘴形侧扁,在鼻孔处其宽度与厚度几相等,嘴粗壮而钝;最外侧一对尾羽末端甚形卷曲,其与中央一对尾羽的距离与其跗蹠的长度几相等。跗蹠短而强健,前缘具盾状鳞。体羽灰或黑色。

202112, Selangor, Malaysia

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5. Hair-crested Drongo (Bornean), 发冠卷尾, 髮冠卷尾, Dicrurus hottentottus borneensis, カンムリオウチュウ, CECAWI BERAMBUT

– Overall dark. Long, thin, hair-like feathers on its forehead, present only in some subspecies, may be visible at close range. Normally single bird

– 中型鸟类,体长28-35厘米。通体绒黑色缀蓝绿色金属光泽,额部具发丝状羽冠,外侧尾羽末端向上卷曲。栖息于海拔1500米以下的低山丘陵和山脚沟谷地带,多在常绿阔叶林、次生林或人工松林中活动。单独或成对活动,很少成群。

update 202105

– this is borneensis. 

– Normally single bird joining the flock of laughingthursh, magpie. making drongo call

– 婆罗洲亚种(也建议分为独立种)

– 通常,鸟浪活动。

201905, Crocker Range, Sabah, Malaysia

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101. Ashy Drongo, 灰卷尾, Dicrurus leucophaeus, ハイイロオウチュウ

A slim, medium-sized drongo with bright red eyes and gray plumage that is almost black in the western parts of its range and quite pale in the eastern parts of its range; eastern birds also often have an oval-shaped pale facial patch. It has a long slim tail with a deep fork. Common in wooded habitats where it sallies for insects and aggressively chases other birds that may compete for food or nectar. Most birds migrate south every winter. Similar to Black Drongo, but slimmer and usually in different habitats. Calls include harsh and sweet notes, and can mimic some bird species poorly. [Ebird]

一种体型纤细、中等大小的卷尾鸟,拥有明亮的红眼和灰色羽毛,在其分布范围的西部区域羽毛几乎呈黑色,而在东部区域羽毛较为浅色;东部的鸟类通常还具有一个椭圆形的浅色脸斑。其尾巴修长纤细,呈深深的叉状。这种鸟类常见于有林地的栖息地,会捕食昆虫,并积极驱赶可能与其争夺食物或花蜜的其他鸟类。大多数个体每年冬天都会向南迁徙。与黑卷尾相似,但体型更为纤细,且通常出现在不同的栖息地。叫声包括粗哑和清脆的音调,有时还能模仿其他鸟类的叫声,但模仿能力较差。

update 202412

It is noticeably larger than the Ashy Drongo found in Malaysia. We were fortunate to spot it catching a wasp (recently, I got stung by a wasp in Sumatra—glad this bird took care of one for me… just joking!). This bird is quite common at Baihualing and can be seen from several different hides.

它明显比在马来西亚发现的灰卷尾更大。我们很幸运看到它捕到了一只黄蜂(我最近在苏门答腊被黄蜂蜇了——很高兴这只鸟帮我“报仇”了……开玩笑的!)。这种鸟在百花岭非常常见,可以在几个不同的隐蔽点看到它。

202412, Baihualing, Yunan, China

 

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