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Genting Photo-walk with photographers

June 28, 2010

If I recall correctly we planned this photo walk a month or two back back where we photographer would go for a trip and take portrait pictures of each other since we are always taking pictures for people there wasn’t any one who would do the same for us. So Edwin set the date and the rest just came if they could. It was more of a casual and relax thing for most of us as we weren’t working with out camera’s. Here are my favorite shots from the outing.

I have to say the next picture gives me a nostalgic feeling as Genting Highlands was one of those places where every parent would bring their kid and yet they would have a fuzzy memory of the place. I remember over enjoying myself till I would get nightmares at night…hehe and this old building would always have a place in my mind.

Tags: benjamin lim, benjamin lim photography, City of Entertainment, Genting Highlands, Photo Walk, Photography outing, Trip
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Butterfly Farm

March 30, 2009

A continuation from my previous post here. My shots on some butterfly and other stuff with a Canon 100mm Macro and a Sigma 150mm macro lens. I’ve also came to respect these macro shooters as they really need super steady hands to do these shots. It was easy and all at first but after 4 hours or more…you can really feel you hands not listening to you.

hello world!

It seems that the colorful butterflies don’t quite like taking pictures and the ones which has dark colors love to..reason said is because they seem to keep flying whenever you are near and the black ones wont move at all no matter how near you approach it.

I never knew they love pineapples…

up close and personal….never knew that thing can they have can be rolled up.

Jiminy Cricket

lunch time!

closest I can get to this dude

badly framed shot..but nonetheless I love it. How often can you get to shoot a grasshopper from below

I got no idea what is this dude and what is that liquid

must be suffering from a hang over…

there’s some really nice tiny flowers there too…

ok this isn’t tiny

but this is.

looks a bit like monkey cups..mini version

Tags: butterfly farm, canon 100mm, Canon EOS 50D, KL, Kuala Lumpur, sigma 150mm
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Kuala Lumpur Bird Park

March 23, 2009

Finally I’ve cleaned up some hardisk space so that I am able to process/resize some of my pictures. I know this has been on hold for really long. January 19 till today… man am I good in procrastinating. Anyways since we’re still on the topic of birds…let me take this opportunity to share some pictures of more birds.

this is one naughty bugger which kept on following us as we were shooting.

fishing?

kinda forgot what was this bird call…pea..foul?ahaha random guess.

tell me birds don’t kiss….

and I’ll prove you wrong.

I really love these parakeets, their colors really strike out on my camera!

I love his colors too…reminds me of those cartoon character…so..er..perfect?

lots of peacock there…

and also birds that show off…

and birds that complain

perfect moment! look closely and you’ll see dust and stuff being swing out from him..

The day I learn to respect bird shooters….man it is not easy at all to capture flying moments!

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lastly..playful birds…

Tags: Bird park, canon 55-250mm, Canon EOS 50D, KL, Kuala Lumpur
Posted in Outings, Wild Life | Comments

Butterfly farm & Bird park preview (Part 1)

January 21, 2009

On Monday 19 January 2009, I have to say it was really not wise to leave the house at 7am to butterfly farm and bird park, not only because its a working day but also because it was not too long when school just started…got stuck in a massive traffic jam but at the end of the day… It was almost well worth it, as I’ve discovered some new things on my camera

I didn’t know Canon would make wild life look so good. I knew about their more “reddish” color, but I didn’t know it affected blue, green as well..well maybe not as red as er..red..but yea..I’m not too sure how to say it but it does show a different compared to the other camera’s that I’m looking at.

So here’s a preview of a caterpillar I shot in the bird park, taken by a macro lens. Sigma 150mm to be exact. I’ve also learned that macro is not at all easy..keeping my hands till on such a tiny lil thing is no easy task..especially when you’re been shooting for hours.

Here’s a couple of pics from the bird park…see what I mean about the colors? These pictures are not edited in any single way, only resized and watermarked.

I love this shot…more coming up when I’m done processing the fashion show shots 1st.

Tags: Bird park, butterfly farm, canon 55-250mm, Canon EOS 50D, KL, Kuala Lumpur, sigma 150mm
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Tak Nak Chimping, KL (round one)

September 17, 2008

Last Saturday Shutter Asia forum a competition called Tak Nak Chimping. This competition has been going on in Penang most of the time and this is the 1st time it’s in KL and will be held in Lake Gardens. Basically the rules of the competition are;

1. No chimping (or reviewing) your shots. LCD screen must be covered.
2. Maximum of 36 shots. No deletion.
3. Only one prime lens allowed. Zoom lens must be fixed at certain focal length.
4. No flash allowed.
5. Tripod is allowed.

addition to that, all pictures has to be taken in Manual mode and fixed ISO. I thin, the idea of the competition is to train photographers to be more confident with their shots and not always “chimp” after taking their shots. Yes this is the digital age but maybe because it is..most of use are snapping 1 shot and then looking again then snapping again. This action is called “chimping”. If you look at how chimpanzee act when they have something in their hands it pretty much looks like how a photographer is uuuhhhh-ing and ahhhh-ing at his pictures after a shot.

The theme for the day was “garden’s party” which I had no idea how to interprete it..besides thinking anything that comes in a bunch could be a party. A party of flowers? a party of ants? though grammatically its not right. But at the end, I just snapped anything I felt was nice

very very BIG hibiscus

goose having a party?

birds party?

as you can see there wasn’t much to shoot..so I submitted this picture as my chosen one

reason I chose this picture is because it shows that there was something that happened here…but it’s over..or you could say theres a party and in parties there would sure to be lots of trash, especially drinks.

*note: All pictures above are not edited in any sort of manner, No adjustment in contrast, saturation or even change of picture style. Basically it’s what you get from the camera.

and after the competition…I snapped this girl, I somehow like the feeling of it. So I edited it a little, nice?

Tags: first round, forum, Kuala Lumpur, Lake Garden, photography competition, round one, shutter asia, Tak Nak Chimping
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Lookout Point visit

July 11, 2008

This post is a lil late, as I lost my mood to even look at my pictures. They didn’t turn out near “ok” standards..but here it is anyways, Lookout Point Take 1. Will be going back there again for better shots. Or maybe will keep going till I get what I want. Oh yea this outing was last Saturday (5th July 2008)

So I was there with a bunch of photogs, but more accurately I was there with Valiant early. Surprisingly theres quite a variety of food there. We then sat at gasoline…waiting for the sun to set and for the others from facebook to arrive.

This is one of those earlier shots I took. Figured I try to use the trees as framing..some sort. Nice ar?

Sun almost setting already.

here’s how the place look like, roughly. Pretty pleasant environment if you ask me. If it was only a lil less noisy it would be a good place to bring you love ones for a date.

Sun finally sets..I was a little late…only manage to get this shot. Plus really cloudy weather so couldn’t have a decent picture.

It may not be the perfect sharp picture..but i love the tone of the sky

Sharpest picture I have..but not quite up to standard.

My one and only attempt to do this …quite ok la…not tat bad rite?hah…also battery died early that day..most shots were done with Valiant’s battery. Thanks man.

Tags: ampang, hilltop, kl city, lookout point, night view, sunset
Posted in Landscapes, Outings | Comments

Outing with LYN peeps

July 9, 2008

Last Sunday (6th July 2008) there was an outing to Kota Kemuning for a photo shoot which was themed Girls In School Uniform. I’m quite disappointed with my pictures I have to say, I don’t know what got in my hard headed head. I set my aperture so small that most of my portraits become somewhat like landscape shots. There was barely any depth of field, argh…this frustrates me as I can’t retake those shots again.

Anyways here’s the ugly shots…

1st Model
Chloe

2nd Model
Phoenix

I don’t have much pictures of her as most of the pictures are really bad.

3rd Model
Cheryl

Tags: cheryl, chloe, girls in school uniform, LYN, outing, phoenix
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Busy outing day (Part 2)

June 30, 2008

So heres the continuation of what happened yesterday…

theses are the shots of the Dog Olympics…sadly when I arrive there most of the doggies has gone back home…+ the jam getting there I was super late, for the first time a Malaysian event ends on time…I’m quite suprise.

cute poodle with shirt…doesn’t even need a leash, she wanted the owner to carry her. SO CUTE!
1/80 at f/5.6
ISO 200
Focus Length 55mm
Canon EOS 400D

run run run!
1/125 at f/5.6
ISO 200
Focus Length 51mm
Canon EOS 400D

you sit, I sit
1/320 at f/5.6
ISO 200
Focus Length 55m
Canon EOS 400D

lil Simba?oh no..its a dog
1/320 at f/5.6
ISO 200
Focus Length 55mm
Canon EOS 400D

he stop as soon as he soon me taking his pic and gave that expression haha!
1/320 at f/5.6
ISO 200
Focus Length 55mm
Canon EOS 400D

swimming doggies
1/200 at f/5.6
ISO 200
Focus Length 55mm
Canon EOS 400D

chihuahua looking lost
1/250 at f/5
ISO 200
Focus Length 38mm
Canon EOS 400D

the small meets the big..sniff sniff..i smell pee
1/250 at f/5.6
ISO 200
Focus Length 55mm
Canon EOS 400D

1/160 at f/5
ISO 200
Focus Length 24mm
Canon EOS 400D

curiousity…doesn’t kills the dog
1/160 at f/5
ISO 200
Focus Length 18mm
Canon EOS 400D

chow time!
1/160 at f/5.6
ISO 200
Focus Length 55mm
Canon EOS 400D

soo cute..matching tie
1/250 at f/5
ISO 200
Focus Length 33mm
Canon EOS 400D

lol he was so tired after the event
1/200 at f/5
ISO 200
Focus Length 41mm
Canon EOS 400D

pup for sale…this lil gal really likes the pup
1/250 at f/5.6
ISO 200
Focus Length 53mm
Canon EOS 400D

the pup’s sibling
1/80 at f/5
ISO 200
Focus Length 37mm
Canon EOS 400D

1/80 at f/5.6
ISO 200
Focus Length 55mm
Canon EOS 400D

1/125 at f/5.6
ISO 200
Focus Length 55mm
Canon EOS 400D

As for the Judo tournament..nothing much to show as the competition itself was real crap. Kids these days are so lack of disipline and it so clearly reflects back on their Sensei. Clothes and all are not tugged in properly and the fighting style looks so much like a lousy street fight. So I’ll spare all you of from the eye soring pics.

Tags: Canon 400D, Dog Olympics, One Utama
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Busy outing day (Part 1)

June 29, 2008

Lots of events today, Tamron had something going on, Low Yat Forumers had 2 outings. One at Bukit Jalil and the other is at the butterfly part. I initially only plan to go to Bukit Jalil to have a look and then proceed to the dog’s Olympics at 1Utama. But when I was there, it rained and so I was forced to stay for a while..and also ended up taking some shots. The initial plan was to go pick up my bean bag from Ian at Bukit Jalil then to 1U for the dog’s Olympics then to Cheras Leisure Mall for the Judo competition.

Anyways,…here some of the pictures I took. I didn’t really participate in the shooting as I was more fascinated with the hut/house we were taking shelter in..but none of the pics turn out the way I wanted it. Also most of the pictures were too exposed at some area. As I thought having flashes around me would help me in someways but also make my shots a lot harder to take as some shots would turn out too bright.

1/13 at f/5.6
ISO 200
Focus Length 38mm
Canon EOS 400D

Xin Hui, one of the models who was there. Though I wasn’t really taking pictures of her when I was there, I was watching her on and off and couldn’t help but notice that she really know how to pose…or should I say..she really has a lot of posses in stock.

1/13 at f/5.6
ISO 100
Focus Length 41mm
Canon EOS 400D

I love her eyes, she has very er…expressive eyes, I’m not sure if its just me or its just me..but I really love the emotion she shows in her eyes. Sadly this is the best shot I have of her..could have been a lil more hardworking and move closer to take a better picture.

sweet smile
1/20 at f/5.6
ISO 200
Focus Length 52mm
Canon EOS 400D