Did not do much sharing and outing this year, and will start off with this for 2012 ….
****** the picture info have some mistake.. it should held on 28-29 Jul instead 8 Jul … THANKS
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Kemasik Beach , Kemaman, Terengganu
this “river” is disappear , and was shock when my last weeknd trip there … it change the view of Pantai Kemasik ….
– Lee Filter GND .6s
a beautiful beach full with photography opportunity …I never got bored with this place after > 10 times visit …
located south of Terengganu .. a ~1hour drive from Kuantan, Pahang toward Kuala Terengganu
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update 2013 Nov 25
update 2012 Dec 28
update 2012 Dec 3
– Lee Filter GND .9s
– Lee FIlter ND 9 resin
update 2012 Oct 9
– SIngh-Ray RGND 2 stops
update
2012 Sept 10
– Singh-Ray RGND 2 stops
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– Lee FIlter GND .9s to get the exposure balance
– Lee Filter GND .9h to use to reduce the shutter
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Pantai Sri Tujuh , Kelantan ..
update 12 Jun …. just came back from this beautiful place and this time meet up the low tide but yet still beautiful and feel Landscape photographer favorite spot …
a beautiful place … if you love reflection then you shouldn’t skip this place where it give full sunrise reflection on the sea ….
simply Lee Filter GND .6s for this shot
Pantai Sri Tujuh, Tumpat, Kelantan
one of the stop of my previous visit to East Coast for details click here
never been a place so beautiful before, saw a clear Milky way while I reach … and it is like total mirror when the light is out … nothing I want to capture except try to show the beautiful and perfect reflection (someone is walking in the river …so actually not so calm while I shoot this)
even I only spent ~2hours there… I would rate this one of the best Landscape Photography spot for Malaysia .. the calm sea water with perfect reflection with angle toward ~135 degree south toward North west …. can do perfect fisherman life shooting, sunrise, salt water reflection …. I am sure I will be there again very soon ……….
milky through nake eye
– was using black card method/finger to shoot this where share it here
and the beautiful of the reflection
and will share more Kelantan pictures here
Exposures Blending
exposures blending1
exposures blending2
exposures blending2
Manual masking – exposures blending
Photomatix Blending
While we shoot landscape, to get right exposures for both foreground and background (sky) .. it is just not too simple … as discussed previously , we can either
1. GND filter
3. HDR
4. Exposures blending (where we will discuss here)
e.g. of 2 pictures
– normally we refer same sky but just different exposures but for this example … I got same position but the cloud actually cover the Starry sky
– how I do Exposures Blending
i. normally I will shoot one foreground 1st with right iso, exposure and sometime with light painting
ii. continue shooting the sky or background
iii. use software masking or blending both picture together
***for how I mask the 2 pictures click old link here
another test used Photomatix “Exposures Fusion” option
*** not much editing done on the post blending picture
Patient to wait …
it is always difficult to have what you wish to have in frame (except we make the story to capture ….)
A good example, I was looking at the beautiful reflection on beach
*** above picture is ~1.5minutes after picture below but it look about same before too
and what I have with the “magic minute” moment
with the wave, I have no choice to capture it as leading line instead what I original plan to have the beautiful reflection … so do not change yours position even something change but we make the change into our final output …..
**** it is always difficult but we still try our best to capture the beauty of the nature … enjoy ……
My Landscape Tool – a Circular Polarizers
beside standard tools tripod, release cable, ….I using different filter for different situation and effect … e.g. I use super ND to clear silky effect on sunny day which discuss here.
I also make use of CPL to get better colors contrast, reflection, shot the clearness of the water …. sometime I do use it as ND filters too (2 stops) …
e.g. of the highlight of the coconut tree leaf on sunny day
the usage of the CPL just like Photography, it never have right or wrong … it just what you prefer to see … but above e.g. is to show how we use to reduce the highlight of the reflective part of the coconut tree leaf
another e.g. to show the water reflection and the saturation of the overall picture
both sample above show different effect can be archive by rotating the CPL…..
For me, if you serious in Landscape CPL is a necessary tool that always near you so you can have what effect you would like have which not easy archive by other filters or post processing ….
sample
- a sample of using CPL
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good news is the Marumi DHG CPL/DHG Super CPL are in-stock now… and thanks LeePhoto bringing in the such a good filters into market
contact me for price for COD near Kuala Lumpur/PJ/any place I reach …. or by courier service here
my East Coast visit | April 2011
since last year July till now, I had travel to Malaysia East coast for 4-5 times but it never slow me down to make another visit but it rather make me feel I should visit there more often as a Landscape photographer .. it is a “heaven”, I would say I only explore <5% location up to Kuala Terengganu from Kuantan…. 31 March – 4 April 2011, me with other 8 friends decided to make a quick trip from Kuantan –> Pantai Kemasik (sunrise) –> Kuala Terengganu (Pantai Pandak & Masjid Tengku Tengah Zaharah) –> Kota Bahru (meeting www.photomalaysia.com event, Sri Tujuh…) –> Dungun (star, sunrise ….)
short 5d4n trip, we traveled ~1500KM, managed to capture beautiful sunrise, sunset, reflection, stars …. and Milky way from 2 places …
it going to be slow to share all pictures .. but let’s start this thread and I will be slowly post up the pictures into Terengganu series.
but let’s me start with 1st capture at Pantai Kemasik …
and another after sunrise shot before we continue our journey …
stay tune for more update pictures from beautiful East Coast, Malaysia
Update 6 April 2011 – everyone seem success capture the Milky way … congraz …
- Milky Way by everyone in the trip
- Update 9 April2011
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Morning Wave at Pantai Kemasik
10 stops filter exposure table
to make my life easier, I always keep this table with me while I use my 10 stops filter
| 10 stops exposure | |
| 1/1000 | 1 sec |
| 1/800 | 1 sec |
| 1/640 | 1 sec |
| 1/500 | 2 sec |
| 1/400 | 2 sec |
| 1/320 | 3 sec |
| 1/250 | 4 sec |
| 1/200 | 5 sec |
| 1/160 | 6 sec |
| 1/125 | 8 sec |
| 1/100 | 10 sec |
| 1/80 | 12 sec |
| 1/60 | 17 sec |
| 1/50 | 20 sec |
| 1/40 | 25 sec |
| 1/30 | 34 sec |
| 1/25 | 40 sec |
| 1/20 | 51 sec |
| 1/15 | 68 sec |
| 1/13 | 78 sec |
| 1/10 | 102 sec |
| 1/8 | 128 sec |
| 1/6 | 170 sec |
| 1/5 | 204 sec |
| 1/4 | 256 sec |
| 1/3 | 341 sec |
| 0.4 | 409 sec |
| 0.5 | 512 sec |
| 10/16 | 640 sec |
| 10/13 | 787 sec |
| 1 | 1024 |
for anything before 1/1000, our camera should able to give correct exposure … and for me anything more than 1000sec is almost too long to wait for .. so I will only use the filter
this formula is apply for
mySchneider – nd1000x or my Big Stopper
10 stops ND filters (Schneider – nd1000x) on Sales
and some of my Long Exposures pictures
Long Exposures Gear – Big stop ND
Long Exposures Gear – Big stop ND
Even on day light ? At bright condition how we can get silky feel on sea/lake/river etc ….so normally we will use a big stop of ND and in the market have few well known
1. B+W/Schneider 10 stops filter (nd1000x) (10 stops)
2. Lee Filter Big Stopper (10 stops)
3. Hoya400 (9 stops)
At daylight (Malaysia), even with smallest aperture & lowest ISO … we still will get something 1/400-1/100… e.g. even with 1/100 we will never get the silky effect
and this was shoot early morning where already bright enough to fail you to make silky wave…by using the “Lee filter – Big Stopper” I shoot with exif below
# Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 116/1 second ===> 116 second
# Lens F-Number / F-Stop = 11/1 ===> ƒ/11
# ISO Speed Ratings = 200
# Original Date/Time = 2010:12:18 07:26:43
or with sun still on the horizon, I still able to make the shutter to 20s to create the silky as exif below sharing
5dm2 + 1635@18mm + Lee Big Stopper + Lee .9s GND
# Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 20/1 second ===> 20 second
# Lens F-Number / F-Stop = 9/1 ===> ƒ/9
# ISO Speed Ratings = 100
previous share on this super ND with some compare among Big Stopper vs Schneider
http://liewwk-macro.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-gear-10-stops-nd-filters-b-w-nd100.html
and for those interest on Schneider – nd1000x (which give you 10 stops) and I have few on my hand brand new and few free to click link below