LEE 105MM CPL

Kelanang’s Story – The Beauty in Sorrow

March 3, 2012 In Seascapes 2 Comments

Assalamualakum and good evening everyone. Hope you guys having a great Saturday yeah. Here’s my new upload and again, it was from Pantai Kelanang, Banting. This shot was taken earlier on January this year, on a sunset outing with few friends. If I’m not mistaken it was my first sunset hunting on 2012. But not much of a luck on that day as it was cloudy and dark clouds were all over the place. So I were only able to play with long exposures like this shot.

I love the roots position here which make it perfect for dreamy feel. A shutter speed of 90 seconds proves it. It looks very dreamy and mystical. 🙂

Canon EOS 500D + Canon EF-S 10-22mm + 3 stop GND + 10 stop ND + CPL

The Rushing Beauty

March 3, 2012 In Seascapes No Comment

Assalamualaikum and good evening everyone. It’s been almost three weeks since my last upload. Trying to have a break for a while. 🙂

This is an old shot from my archives, which was taken back on October 2011 at Pantai Remis. If I was not mistaken, it was my second outing with Fakhrul Tahfiz. As you can see, the tide was pretty high which make it very exciting to play with slow shutter speed. So here’s what I’ve got. I just love the rushing waves. Oh and of course, I’m all wet for this shot. 😀

Canon EOS 500D + Canon EF-S 10-22mm + 2 stop GND + 3 stop GND + CPL

Kelanang’s Story – Rays of Hope

February 22, 2012 In Seascapes No Comment

Assalamualaikum and good evening everyone. This is my latest shot from my fourth visit to Kelanang beach, Banting. It was a nice outing with few friends from facebook and alhamdulillah, praises to Allah. We were blessed with a beautiful sunset! As I remember everyone was like rushing to get the shot as the sun setting in front of us. It was fun. 🙂

This is single shot taken with 3 stops Graduated Neutral filter to balance the bright sky with my foreground, a 10 stops Neutral Density filter to give me more longer exposures and a Circular Polarizer to saturate the colors. I did minor post-processing like increasing/reducing brightness, sharpening and some noise removal.

Canon EOS 500D + Canon EF-S 10-22mm + 3 stop GND + 10 stop ND + CPL

Empty Soul

November 30, 2011 In Landscapes No Comment

Hello everyone .. Another photo from recent visit to Pasir Panjang, PD. This spot is really great to play with long exposures because there’s so many foreground interest can be found here and one of them is this red rock with little foliage on it. Too bad the sunset was not so glorious on that evening. Surely I’ll be back to this place.

The Setup & Settings:

Camera : CANON EOS 500D + CANON EF-S 10-22MM F/3.5-4.5 USM + Remote Shutter
Filters : Hitech .9s ND Grad + Hitech .6s ND Grad + LEE 105MM Circular Polarizer
Camera Settings : RAW | ISO 100 | ƒ22 | 30 Secs

Lipur Beach

November 24, 2011 In Landscapes No Comment

This shot was taken at the Hutan Lipur, Pasir Panjang on a simple outing with some friends from Facebook. It was taken around 5.15pm, not much of a sunset color yet and the color on the sky is actually a color cast from full ND 3 stops. It was quite useful when it comes in situation like this – need color situation. Lol.

The Setup & Settings:

Camera : CANON EOS 500D + CANON EF-S 10-22MM F/3.5-4.5 USM + Remote Shutter
Filters : Hitech .9s ND Grad + Hitech .9 Full ND + LEE 105MM Circular Polarizer
Camera Settings : RAW | ISO 100 | ƒ25 | 15 Secs |

Morning Heartness ♥

November 16, 2011 In Landscapes No Comment

Enjoying a beautiful morning at Pullman Lakeside, Putrajaya with some friends then I saw this interesting flower that form shape of a heart.

I just want to say, please love our nature. Take a good care of them. We all can live happily and healthier! 🙂

About the shot, this is a HDR image from 3 different exposures. I tone mapped all three exposures using Dynamic Photo HDR. Then I do some basic adjustments like correcting the distortion.

Hope you guys like it, big love from me and thanks for dropping by! Cheers!

The Setup & Settings:

Camera : CANON EOS 500D + CANON EF-S 10-22MM F/3.5-4.5 USM + Remote Shutter
Filters : Hitech .6s ND Grad + LEE 105MM Circular Polarizer
Camera Settings : High Dynamic Range (HDR) – 3 Exposures |

Pathway to Tranquility

November 13, 2011 In Landscapes No Comment

Hello everyone! This is my second shot taken near at the Pullman Lakeside, Putrajaya. If I’m not mistaken this shot was a bit earlier before the “Shadow of Delightness” shot, because as you can see the front building light is still on. It was a beautiful sunrise on that morning and I enjoyed the moment. 🙂

I wish everyone have a great Sunday yeah!

The Setup & Settings:

Camera : CANON EOS 500D + CANON EF-S 10-22MM F/3.5-4.5 USM + Remote Shutter
Filters : Hitech .6s ND Grad + LEE 105MM Circular Polarizer
Camera Settings : RAW | ISO 100 | ƒ20 | 75 Secs |

Shadow of Delightness

October 30, 2011 In Landscapes No Comment

Hello everyone!

Yesterday, while everyone were still on their bed dreaming, I went out for a sunrise hunting with some friends from Facebook at Putrajaya. It was a great feeling, going out so early in the morning to enjoy the nature beauty. We decided to shoot at ‘Maritim’ lake, near the Pullman Hotel. This place is beautiful and I like the serenity of the location. The atmosphere is so peaceful and very quite on that morning. Alhamdulillah, we were blessed with a good weather and the sunrise come out beautifully.

So here’s my shot from that morning, hope you guys like it! Enjoy your Sunday yeah!

The Setup & Settings:

Camera : CANON EOS 500D + CANON EF-S 10-22MM F/3.5-4.5 USM + Remote Shutter
Filters : Hitech .6s ND Grad + LEE 105MM Circular Polarizer
Camera Settings : RAW | ISO 100 | ƒ22| 40 Secs |

Broken Pier Sunset II

October 21, 2011 In Landscapes 1 Comment

Hey guys! This shot was taken earlier on this month at Pantai Remis, Kuala Selangor. It was a simple outing with my fellow landscape photographer friend, Tahfiz. We were there at the right time because the tide was pretty high. It was really fun playing with slow shutter and long exposure on that evening. The sunset also was not too bad, it add some colors to my shot.

Technical Spec: For this shot I used two ND Grad filter to darken the sky, .6 & .9s. I also use a Circular Polarizer to saturated the colors a bit. Then I processed the Raw file in Digital Photo Professional. The Raw file then transferred to Photoshop for basic adjustments like adjusting the brightness, contrast, levels and some cloning for the dust spot area. Then the photo were sharpen for few times at certain parts. Then I do some lens correction for the distortion on the horizontal line and that’s about it. 🙂

Hope you guys like it and have a great weekend yeah!

Peaceful Harmony

October 14, 2011 In Landscapes No Comment

Salam Jumaat for everyone. Another old shot of mine taken at As’Salam mosque on sun rising. As you can see, the colors is so peaceful and harmony. It’s really worth going out so early in the morning to enjoy this beautiful moment.

About the shot itself, this is a single RAW file, shot at ISO 100 | ƒ14 | 30 Secs. I used Hitech .9s ND Grad and Lee 105MM Circular Polarizer to balance the bright sky and also to saturated the colors. I processed the RAW file with Digital Photo Professional and then the file transferred into Photoshop for basic adjustments.