Bali Trip 2011

The plan started half a year ago. It all begins with booking tickets in the office without bosses' consent.......

(Bali here I come)


(Because of AirAsia, now everyone can fly!)

(Clear beautiful sky of Bali)

(Our 1st meal in Bali was actually Nasi Campur - Rice with mixed dishes)

(Typical strees of Ubud, Bali)


（Day 2 - On the way to Sukawati Art Market)


(The market itself)


(Arts & Paintings!)


(Portrait of Buddha)


(Hmm...!!)


(Our 1st lunch in Bali - Babi Guling with Rice)


(Ubud Palace)


(Ubud Palace)


(People heading for a prayer)


(Road to Bersakih Temple - A gruesome 1km slope)


(Finally arrived)


(Picnicking)








(HDR applied)


(The ceremony)


(The last and the highest temple of Bersakih Temples)








(I'm pretty sure the ducks are dirty!)


(Our dinner - Bebek Bengil Dirty Duck)


(My 1st star-trails photo was taken in Ubud, Bali)



(Day 3 - We started off our day with a Spa at Verona Spa, Ubud. Nice! My 1st Spa)


(The famous Naughty Nuri's Warung - famous for their Pork Ribs)


(Grill Pork Ribs - Almost perfect dish)





(Next destination - Ulun Danu Temple)





(HDR applied)


(Tanah Lot - A must-visit destination)


(It's all rocky path)







(Day 4 - Uluwatu)


(HDR)


(A group of people gathered to watch Kecak Fire Dance)


(Beware of all these monkeys)


(My friend's glasses was snatched by this monkey)


(Heading to Kuta - A highly commercialized city with lots of famous brands)


(Day 5 - Badung Market, Denpasar)


(A very localized wet & dry market. You can hardly see any tourists here)


(We had our lunch here as well - Satay)


(Bajra Sandhi Monument)





(Surfers at Kuta Beach)


(I wish I could do this one day...)


(Souvenirs that I bought)


(And a painting)

New Gears in the House XXIV

1st post in 2010! And I had 0 post counts in Jan & Feb! Reason? Was too busy with my work and dosen't feel like going out on the weekends.

Finally I can take a break. I'm going to Bali this Friday ^^

And thus, a new memory card is needed.





It is only SanDisk Ultra as I am on a tight budget, guess I'm using this card for storage rather than utilizing it for speed-shooting or Full HD Video recording.


Price: RM 210.00
Discount: -
Net: RM 210.00

Total spending to date: RM 15,660.03

Kuala Kelawang 01

I was so forgetful to leave my flash and diffuser at Liew's place, only discovered it when we arrived to our macro spot.

So I can only shoot natural light subjects or borrowing other people's camera.

(Natural Light)

(Wolf Spider with offspring on her back - Natural Light)


(A closer look)

(Longhorn Beetle - Natural Light)

(Assassin Bug - Natural Light)

(Jumping Spider, using liew's camera: 5D Mark II, MP-E 65mm @ 4X, MT-24 EX + DIY Diffuser)


(Using Shunfa's camera: Treehopper with ticks on its body)

Night Macro 01

I got my first owlfly, too bad I couldn't get close enough before it flew. Before today, I thought owlfly does not exists in Malaysia.

(Too bad only got a record shot. didn't get a chance to snap a nice shot)

And we found many sleeping bees around the spot.

TEST: Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC

After acquiring my UWA lens for a week, I still haven't got a chance to really test it in the field. Its a shame to buy a lens and keep it inside my dry cabinet and not using it, so I decided to take some sample shots of the lens

1) Lens Flare Test


The lens shows some weird flares when a light source is positioned somewhat beside the lens, approximately 11 o'clock direction, out of the frame.

(53 seconds, f/16, ISO 100)

I will be pissing off if each image of mine contains flare. Luckily, this is not the case. My second image shows no flare (see below). Anyway, this lens produces beautiful star effect from the streetlight when aperture is narrowed down.

(54 seconds, f/4.5, ISO 100)

2) Sharpness

The sharpness of this lens is awesome. The below image was shot wide open (again, you can see the flare):

(50 seconds, f/4.5, ISO 100)

and its 100% crop near the edge:



No sharpening or noise reduction as it will affect the sharpness. Pretty neat eh?