liewwk Nature Photography Blog
Juvenile Peninsula Pit Viper … it hiding from us well where we stand few feet away but yet to spot it till another group of tourist shoot it real close … only we found out this beautiful snake where we shouldn’t get close …
especially Juvenile , some expert believe they are at stage where do not know how to control the venomous.. when they hit you mean they will release 100% of the venomous which will be more dangerous than the adult …
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 😀
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
update 2015 Jan 19
– back from Photohunter 2015 Jan – Sekinchan, Malaysia
– we have hot and great days over the weekend 17-18 Jan 2015
update 2014 Dec 16
update 2014 Dec 15
update 2014 Aug 24
– some pictures are from
update 2014 Sept 1
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update 2013 Oct 10
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update 2012 Dec 18
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MilkyWay from Sekinchan
– How I shoot Star trail/Milky Way
“Gulung” grass or rolled dry grass
where is my owl
– when we travelling around to check out sunset and sunrise spots
– no filter apply … canon 5dm3 + 14mm
– 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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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
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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.
update 2012 Nov 26
update 2012 Aug 10
related posts
My recent Nightscape workshop 2012 Aug
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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
more Milky Way pictures
update 17 Jun
– Exposure 30 Aperture f/2.8 Focal Length 14 mm ISO Speed 1600
update 11 Oct 2013
update 2013 March 28
update 2013 Jan 3
when without Big Stopper
*** it is not showing right or wrong, but it is personal preference … some prefer static and some prefer movement ……..
update 2013 Jan 2
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
i love this filter even it create blue cast which can easily correct … I share some pictures before HERE
and this filters can be pre-order and I have constantly stock arrive … feel free to contact me …
get more sample here
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not easy to find sample regard what this glass about … finally it is on my hand to have a try … a glass to enhance magenta, red, yellow and feel it really good for dawn light …
both picture with
1. Singh-Ray RGND 2 stop
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
some may prefer original blue + yellow contrast .. and other may prefer magenta tone …
for me, photography no right and wrong .. just what we want to capture … and we may use it to enhance the magenta/yellow/read tone inside our frame
If you look for Lee Filters/SIngh-Ray stock available list click HERE
or contact ME for pre-book [Enhancer no more in Production due to Material shortage by Lee FIlters]
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 😀
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 …
will have more to share about fireflies .. and I think I fall in love with it …
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