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The Guardians

January 10, 2013 In Lee Filters Long Exposures Seascapes Singh-Ray Filters Sunrise and Sunsets No Comment

Peace be upon all of you, good evening and salam jumuah mubarokah. Here is my next photo from last weekend amazing sunset at Pantai Kelanang, Banting and its in landscape mode which mean wider view! Oh yes, another big fallen dead trees as the foreground interest, because I try to make it different. Before this, I always wanted a clean and neat compo for my shot, but that day I just decided to try something new and here’s the result!

I was lucky to get the right timing of the tide. It was rising but not that fast and thanks to Lee filter Pro Glass ND 3 stop, I was able to get the smoothness in the water part. The beautiful sunset colors was starting to appear at this time and it was really magical! I was like keep on saying alhamdulillah, thank you Allah for giving me this magnificent sunset on that evening, syukur! 🙂

Some info about the photo, a single RAW shot taken with Singh-Ray 3 stop reverse grad and lee 3 stop pro glass nd. Shot was processed in Canon Digital Professional for the raw file, then the file transferred into photoshop. In photoshop I increase the brightness on the tree part, because it was a bit dark on the original file. Other than that, basic enhancement as always to make the picture look more alive. 🙂

I hope you guys like this shot as much as I do! Feel free to hit the share button 🙂

Canon EOS 500D + Canon EF-S 10-22mm + 3 Stop Reverse Grad + 3 Stop Pro Glass ND

Boom!

January 7, 2013 In Long Exposures Seascapes Singh-Ray Filters Sunrise and Sunsets No Comment

Assalamualaikum and good evening everyone. Last Sunday went to Pantai Kelanang again for sunset hunting with my usual partner in crime, Shazral. The weather has been great since morning and that tells me it going to be a great sunset. Guess what, my instinct is right! It’s was totally a ‘boom’ sunset! The amazing colors come out right after the sun has fully set. Alhamdulillah, finally I managed to get a beautiful sunset shot at Pantai Kelanang. Thank you Allah for blessing us with this magnificent sunset!

This is a single shot taken with Singh-Ray 3 stop reverse graduated neutral density filter along with Lee 3 stop pro glass neutral density filter.

Canon EOS 500D + Canon EF-S 10-22mm + 3 Stop Reverse Grad + 3 Stop Pro Glass ND

In My Dream

January 3, 2013 In Seascapes Slow Shutter 1 Comment

Assalamualaikum and good evening everyone! Happy new year 2013! Here’s my first blog post, another photo from monsoon seascape hunting with super friends on last December. This shot is taken at Kemasik, a perfect place for seascape lover like myself. As we all know, on monsoon season the waves were pretty strong. If you look at the water here, I only used a 5 seconds of exposure is enough to make the water look kinda dreamy. If you use long exposure that too long for example like 30 seconds or more, you will make the water look really white and for me I just don’t like it.

So remember, if the waves were strong a shutter speed around 5 seconds to 15 seconds is enough to blur out all the water. Nevertheless, it still depend on yourself, because its your photo you decide how you want it to be! The most important thing is, enjoy the moment! 🙂

Hope you guys like it! Have a great day 🙂

Canon EOS 450D + Canon EF-S 10-22mm + 3 stop GND (hard edge) + Pro Glass ND 3 Stop

Sea Gate

December 28, 2012 In Seascapes Singh-Ray Filters Slow Shutter Sunrise and Sunsets No Comment

Assalamualaikum and good night everyone! It’s the last weekend of 2012! How time flies very fast. I’m here to wish everyone all the best in the new year! Here’s my next photo from Terengganu short visit, it’s taken at Kuala Dungun. This place is awesome! The rocky foreground here is amazing! Enough with the words, let the picture do the talking! Yeahhh!

Canon EOS 450D + Canon EF-S 10-22mm + Reverse GND8 + Pro Glass ND 3 Stop
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Waiting for Nothing

December 12, 2012 In Black & White Long Exposures No Comment

Hello everyone! Very good morning to all of you. Another shot from ‘The University’ of Pandak beach, this time its in monochrome vision. Due to the sunrise which last around 5 minutes or less, I had to go for dreamy long exposure and converted in to black and white shot. Beside, the rocky surface around this spot that is so interesting makes it look even better in mono! Hope you guys like it. Sorry for slow posting, trying to catch up very soon! Have a great day peeps!

Canon EOS 500D + Canon EF-S 10-22mm + GND8+ Big Stopper

My work showcased on thedphoto.com – Landscape Photography Inspiration by Fakrul Jamil

December 8, 2012 In Miscellaneous No Comment

Assalamualaikum and good morning everyone. It’s been a while since my last post. Been quite busy with work and life. On early November this year, my work has been showcased on thedphoto.com as Landscape Photography Inspiration. This really means a lot to me, many thanks to Diana Eftaiha, the owner of that nice website for showcasing my work!

To see the actual post on thedphoto.com, kindly click Landscape Photography Inspiration by Fakrul Jamil

Twilight Saga

November 25, 2012 In Seascapes Singh-Ray Filters Sunrise and Sunsets 1 Comment

Assalamualaikum and good evening everyone. It’s been almost a month since I last went out for shooting because busy with work and living life. Hehe. Alhamdulillah, yesterday the weather is great and decided to go out for some photos in the evening. Right after finished some work at the office, I headed to Port Dickson with Shazral. Had checked the tide condition earlier and it’s just perfect to shoot at our favorite spot in PD, the beach near hutan lipur Pasir Panjang. It took about 1 hour+ of driving from Shah Alam to get there.

This shot was taken with a new Canon EOS 600D, a younger brother to my Canon EOS 500D. This camera is great, almost the same durability with my 500D but it came with a bunch of new features which is fantastic. This is not my camera, it belong to my brother in-law, I just borrowed it since my camera has been hospitalized. :p

It was a great evening. After the sun has fully set, suddenly a red colors appear just above the horizon. It was like someone just pull the switch and everything turns on. The red colors starting to form a rays of light and then it started to paint the sky with the beautiful colors. I was blown away at that time. To be honest with you, I was too excited and almost screw up at that time. But luckily I managed to get couple of shots and this is one of them.

Hope you guys like it and feel free to hit share button!

Canon EOS 600D + Canon EF-S 10-22mm + Reverse GND8 + ND8 Pro Glass

Tranquil Morning at Masjid Likas | Salam Ma’al Hijrah 1434

November 15, 2012 In Landscapes Mosque No Comment

Assalamualaikum and good day everyone. First of all, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my muslim Brothers and Sisters, Salam Ma’al Hijrah 1434. May this year brings us more barakah and rahmat from Allah Subhanawataala and benefit from the knowledge Allah has bestowed upon us. Amin ya rabbal alamin. .

The meaning of Maal Hijrah in English is migration. On this day, Muslim remember Prophet Muhammad S.A.W migrate from Mecca to Madinah on the year 622 A.D. Besides, Maal Hijrah also mean changes from bad to good and a starting point to evaluate inner-self on self achievement.

May Allah make it a year of Taqwa and Iman for all muslims Insya’Allah. 🙂

About the shot: A tranquil sunrise at Masjid Likas, Kota Kinabalu Sabah. It was a wonderful morning, the sun rises with beautiful yellow-orange colors. I took this shot using the 2 stop graduated neutral density filter along with circular polarizer. Masking approach is use to recover highlights of the mosque because with the right exposure in the sky, the mosque is under-exposed by few stops.

View it on FLICKR | Prints are available here.

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

Broken Jetty Sunset

November 9, 2012 In Long Exposures Seascapes Sunrise and Sunsets 1 Comment

Assalamualaikum, good evening everyone. It’s raining season now, can’t do much of a shooting outside. Hence, the shots I will upload after this will be from my archives. 🙂 Ok, one of them is this sunset at broken jetty which was taken back in May this year. It was on a simple outing with my usual ‘partner in crime’, Shazral. We decided to go to Pasir Panjang which is our nearest favorite spot to do seascapes and sunset shooting. But once we arrived, the tide was quite high so we cannot go down there. So that is why we ended up at this famous broken jetty. Still, it was a lovely evening. 🙂

About the shot, as always it was created from single RAW file and I do few minor adjustment on DPP. Then the file was transferred to Photoshop for some enhancement like increasing the brightness and contrast, adjusting the levels, curves and also some saturation to give it more saturated and vibrant colors. Sharpening done using the ‘high pass’ and finally I add the watermark to prevent it from be steal. :p

That’s it my share for now. Hope you guys like it and feel free to hit share! Wishing you all a great weekend ahead 🙂

View it on FLICKR | Prints available here.

Canon EOS 500D + Canon EF-S 10-22mm + GND8 + Big Stopper

Exquisite Sunset at The Restaurant

November 1, 2012 In Landscapes Sunrise and Sunsets No Comment

Assalamualaikum and good evening everyone! Hope you guys had a great day today and I’m wishing to all muslims early Salam Jumaat. Just came back from holiday in my hometown Kedah, I had great time there shooting with friends.

Ok enough about that, so this is the photo I was so excited to upload. It was taken a few days before Aidiladha, I asked my fellow ‘partner in crime’, Shazral to go for a sunset shooting somewhere near Shah Alam because both of us worked around there. A day before that we also went for sunset shooting in Pantai Remis, but no luck because the sunset is hiding behind thick clouds and that’s why I asked Shazral for repeat. This spot crossed on my mind because I’ve seen Vedd Edd photo from this place and it was amazing.

About the shot, it was taken with Daryl Benson Reverse Neutral Density Graduated Filter 3 stops along with Lee 105mm Circular Polarizer. I took 3 different exposures, one for the sky, one for the restaurant and the last one is for the reflection. All 3 exposures were manually blended in photoshop. No HDR involved and this is the result! 🙂

Hope you guys like it and feel free to share! 🙂 View it on FLICKR | Prints are available here.

Canon EOS 500D + Canon EF-S 10-22mm + Reverse GND8 + CPL