liewwk Nature Photography Blog
I own few tripods .. due to many reasons , e.g .. testing .. travel .. stability, durability … etc
fotopro M5 mini – for pocket size tripod .. bring out when go out with family
MGC – 684 – daily use for stability .. 5d + lenses up to 70200 F2.8 ….
MGC-c4i or C5c- for travel .. hiking purpose …
and now … I add on a high angle + more stable tripod for my wild lifes photography 😀
PGC-784 and see how tall is the tripod
since I start my Landscape photography … I start enjoy sunrise (the fresh light, air … ) and the warm sunset … and love to have a house face sunrise and sunset without blocking one day …
and filters use RGND .6s with Lee Filter Big Stopper … if you interest to these filters ..contact me or refer here
or more picture …. Semporna pictures |2012
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enjoy the moment is more important compare to get better picture … sometime the moment really make me smile/laugh after look back the picture .. and think back the moment …
simple picture below .. and John told me .. focus la … then I focus him and shoot a picture make him laugh …
and here is the picture .. I snap make my gang laugh …
and he actually want me to shoot him la .. then …this is what he want 😀
just back from Semporna, Sabah… a beautiful place where I think all photographer will love it ….
thanks our Bintulu friends share this outing with us and my gang to make this happen .. a wonderful trip even not much pictures but a trips with many good and fantastic memories …
we looking for opportunity to shoot the nightscape and sunrise on the island and managed to arrange one on 3rd day of our trip .. we decide to go to a small Island (recommended by the boatman) to have beautiful Milkyway and sunrise shot …. so we have to start leaving from ground 330am … and with small boat (that carry max 6ppl) toward a “small Island” that took us ~1hr ++ to reach … and it is almost TOTAL DARK while we travel … !!!! and it was rain too … it was so scary while we traveling to the island .. … and no one is dare to repeat 2nd trip on next 2 days … … think back .. how could we manage to travel with small boat 1-1.5hr at total darkness … with strong wave !!!!!
and the 1st picture I capture …
still remember how dark when we travel to the Island … SCARY !!!!
Thanks for my friends in fb that inform me my pictures been stolen … even the purpose is not on any commercial (and the picture only change watermark and share in a photography related group – Sabah Photography) …
I am not sure what’s the intension to do so ? but the “theft” had promised to remove all the share he steal … but again … we just have to be careful when we share in the internet…
and few of my pictures share steal by him and share out
a beetle that I meet few years back and found it again last year … but last year I saw it kill a wasp (too fast but saw a dead wasp after this beelte land on the same leaf )
make me check more on this beetle
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Staphylinidae
from the government link … it stated
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The haemolymph in the beetle’s entire body (except the wings) contains the most poisonous animal contact toxin in the world called ‘pederin’ (C24 H43 O9 N) named in 1953. It is 12 times more poisonous than cobra venom ! Dried and stored rove beetle for 8 years still retained it’s toxicity !
from http://www.mpsp.gov.my/english/bulletin/RoveBeetle.htm
additional info
http://orcaquest-diary.blogspot.com/2009/04/beware-of-rove-beetle-poisonous-insect.html
http://www.alloexpat.com/malaysia_expat_forum/rove-beetle-invasion-warning-t22963.html
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almost every afternoon till evening … sun rays appear … and today .. managed to capture few series how the rays moving around …
and a simple share of sun- rays …
update 2012 Aug 8
my Lee Filter CPL broken .. but I think I really need it back ASAP … but no stock for the moment …. hmmmmm .. but the broken one still can use on longer focal length
it is never right and wrong .. but what effect we want it to be … i need it for reduce reflection and some time contrast …
my previous share on why I use CPL … (can be circular or square …I use Marumi CPL on certain occasion)
http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=432
for Lee Filters .. you can check with me stock is available or pre-order
http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=398
a beautiful place at Batu Pahat …
but … not easy to walk around …
contact me if you interest on the tripod
yes .. I always tell my friends, my picture have minimum PP especially macro pictures .. but I still spend 10 minutes on this picture …..
actually the Post Processing (PP) only spend 1-2 minutes .. but to remove the sensor dusts spots… took ~12-13minutes …
for me … dusts is something really killing .. especially for landscape and macro photography .. hope one day .. camera manufacturer can have better solution for us rather we sit infront of PC for >10 minutes !!!!