Month: February 2012

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worth the risk ?

Sibuan Island

just back from Semporna, Sabah… a beautiful place where I think all photographer will love it ….

thanks our Bintulu friends share this outing with us and my gang to make this happen .. a wonderful trip even not much pictures but a trips with many good and fantastic memories …

we looking for opportunity to shoot the nightscape and sunrise on the island and managed to arrange one on 3rd day of our trip .. we decide to go to a small Island (recommended by the boatman) to have beautiful Milkyway and sunrise shot …. so we have to start leaving from ground 330am … and with small boat (that carry max 6ppl) toward a “small Island” that took us ~1hr ++ to reach … and it is almost TOTAL DARK while we travel … !!!! and it was rain too … it was so scary while we traveling to the island ..  … and no one is dare to repeat 2nd trip on next 2 days … … think back .. how could we manage to travel with small boat 1-1.5hr at total darkness … with strong wave !!!!!

and the 1st picture I capture …

Millky way under the dream house ?

 

still remember how dark when we travel to the Island … SCARY !!!!

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Images theft – Ihya Ulumuddin (Ahmad Yaakob)

Thanks for my friends in fb that inform me my pictures been stolen … even the purpose is not on any commercial (and the picture only change watermark and share in a photography related group – Sabah Photography) …

I am not sure what’s the intension to do so ? but the “theft” had promised to remove all the share he steal … but again … we just have to be careful when we share in the internet…

 

and few of my pictures share steal by him and share out

 

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Rove Beetle … dangerous ! ? …

a beetle that I meet few years back and found it again last year … but last year I saw it kill a wasp  (too fast but saw a dead wasp after this beelte land on the same leaf )

make me check more on this beetle

Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Staphylinidae

... Rove Beetle ...

 

from the government link … it stated

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The         haemolymph in the beetle’s entire body (except the wings) contains the         most poisonous animal contact toxin in the world called ‘pederin’         (C24 H43 O9 N)         named in 1953. It is 12 times more         poisonous than cobra venom ! Dried and stored rove beetle for 8 years         still retained it’s toxicity !

from http://www.mpsp.gov.my/english/bulletin/RoveBeetle.htm

additional info

http://orcaquest-diary.blogspot.com/2009/04/beware-of-rove-beetle-poisonous-insect.html

http://www.alloexpat.com/malaysia_expat_forum/rove-beetle-invasion-warning-t22963.html

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CPL .. yes or no …..

update 2012 Aug 8

… the Beginning …
– Lee Filter 105mm CPL
– Singh-Ray RGND 2 stops

 

my Lee Filter CPL broken .. but I think I really need it back ASAP … but no stock for the moment …. hmmmmm .. but the broken one still can use on longer focal length

it is never right and wrong .. but what effect we want it to be … i need it for reduce reflection and some time contrast …

my previous share on why I use CPL … (can be circular or square …I use Marumi CPL on certain occasion)

http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=432

for Lee Filters .. you can check with me stock is available or pre-order

http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=398

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spend >10 minutes to PP one MACRO picture .. :(

yes .. I always tell my friends, my picture have minimum PP especially macro pictures .. but I still spend 10 minutes on this picture …..

Boxer Mantis

 

actually the Post Processing (PP) only spend 1-2 minutes .. but to remove the sensor dusts spots… took ~12-13minutes …

dusts 1

 

dusts 3

 

see .. how much dusts spots I need to handle !!!

 

for me … dusts is something really killing .. especially for landscape and macro photography .. hope one day .. camera manufacturer can have better solution for us rather we sit infront of PC for >10 minutes !!!!

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Canon, what should I do for my video clips !!!

... Speechless ...
I am speechless while I looking at my movie clips capture yesterday … all without any sound and check back few movies I capture after I got my camera from CANON SERVICE CENTER … all no sound … the mic is not function since I got back …. hmmmmmmmm my fault again .. never check all the functions after send to a so call SERVICE CENTER ….. pls check all the functions make sure it is working each time u send to the service center !!!!!!

I have ~8-10GB of them all with very cute action .. catching/eating cricket .. etc …
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