Sunrise and Sunsets

Enchanted

January 25, 2013 In Seascapes Singh-Ray Filters Slow Shutter Sunrise and Sunsets 2 Comments

Assalamualaikum and very good morning everyone! Yesterday while I was on my way back to my hometown Kedah, I drop by at Penang to hunt for some sunset at Teluk Bayu. Last time I was here is in February 2011, it’s like 2 years back and this is my second time here thanks to Bangpit a.k.a Raytec Crew for taking me to this place. I wouldn’t be here if I was alone because I couldn’t remember the route! 😛 Also met some new friends there because they were also shooting the sunset at the same spot.

The magic colors did not appear yesterday because the sun was hidden behind the thick clouds as it reach the horizon. Only some of it’s yellow-orange colors and thanks to Singh-Ray reverse grad, it add some spice to the shot because of it’s cast. But one thing I was lucky because the tide is rising and I manage to catch some of the waves motion by using the 3 Stop Lee Pro Glass ND.

Hope you guys like the shot, happy holiday!

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

Everything’s Dead

January 20, 2013 In Long Exposures Seascapes Singh-Ray Filters Sunrise and Sunsets 2 Comments

Assalamualaikum and happy Sunday everyone. Here come another shot from Kelanang amazing sunset on few weeks back. This one taken a few minutes after the previous shot. The color becoming more reddish and the dead trees just make it look surreal. It was beautiful and yet so mysterious. One of the best sunset I ever captured here. Syukran jazilan ya Allah. Hope you guys like it, thanks for dropping by and have a great Sunday. 🙂

Senok Lighthouse

January 17, 2013 In Long Exposures Seascapes Sunrise and Sunsets No Comment

Assalamualaikum and good evening everyone! Last weekend I went to Kelantan for attend a friend’s wedding ceremony. This is my first time visiting the state, it was pretty exciting. It took us about 8 hours to arrived there from Kuala Lumpur. On the same day arriving, we manage to shoot sunset at Pantai Senok lighthouse. So here’s my shot from Senok lighthouse, hope you guys like it! 🙂

Special thanks to Abe Mat Yeo sebab bagi tumpang tidoq dekat rumah juga buat mak dgn ayah abe atas layanan yang sungguh mesra tempoh hari. 🙂

Canon EOS 500D + Canon EF-S 10-22mm + 3 Stop Gnd + Big Stopper

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

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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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

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

Dream and Passion

October 29, 2012 In Long Exposures Seascapes Sunrise and Sunsets 2 Comments

Assalamualaikum and good day to all readers! First of all, Happy Aidiladha to all Muslims in the world! I’m still on holiday in my hometown, Kedah. Yesterday I went to Pulau Sayak with few friends for sunset shooting and I was shown a new spot there. It was amazing! I never know my hometown also have a great place for seascape activities. I have been to Pulau Sayak before, but this new spot shown by Paksu, is totally awesome!

Few things happened while I was there shooting the sunset. First, my Big Stopper almost fell onto the rocky surface. But alhamdulillah somehow I managed to catch it before it dropped. If not sure it will be broken in pieces and my tears will follow. Lol :p. Ok the next thing is my feet got cut by the sharp reefs and rocks and I was bleeding. But luckily it just a small cut. Finally I got bites by thousands of mosquitoes! This is because both of my feet were covered with mud, that’s what attract the mosquitoes I think.

Nevertheless, I had really good time shooting there and managed to get few good shots. So here’s one of them! This is my dream and my passion. I love the captivating colors of nature. I love being out there. This is my way to express gratitude to Allah. I photographed the beauty of HIS creation and shared it to people around the world and hope they will appreciate it as much as I do. Insya’Allah 🙂

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