KL Marathon - just a quick take

I wonder if these marathoners wake up as early as 4am each day to train. Understand that weas the time the race started. I did not bother as I thought it was more meaningful to have some shots taken with the KLCC Petronas Twin Towers in the background.

Here's one pix taken using my point-and-shoot Panasonic Lumix. Waving at me is Edward.

How was this taken? Camera on the ground!

Show jumping

Now that my website has some semblance of a functional website, I guess I can afford to spend some time uploading some images.

Received quite a few emails about giving some pointers and tips at this blog. Although I am still a novice in front of some masters, I will try to do that starting next week. As one of my good friend relate to me his experiences, it is not always the technically strong photographer that captures the best picture, for the best picture is akin to the phrase, "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder". The best image is the one that evokes some emotion from the person seeing the picture.

Am I right or am I right.

This guy was almost knocked down by the horse. Heard that he designs the jumps. Must have been sleepwalking.

Revisiting prints on canvas

I am surprised that there are still quite a lot of people who does not know that they can print on canvas the photographs that they had snapped. In fact, have just created the following montage that I rather like. If my client likes it, you can see it being displayed at her restaurant somewhere in Mont Kiara.

By the way, it is not too expensive, at approximately RM0.20sen to RM0.30sen per square inch, depending on the size of the print. Stretching the print would cost around RM6 per foot run.

Birds - fighting for a mate

Very fortunate to be at the right place and the right time, equipped with the right camera. A point-and-shoot will not do for this sequence of pictures. Fast shutter speed and rather high ISO.

We chanced upon a cluster of feathers. Upon closer examination, we saw three birds, apparently having a discussion!

Then the action started. Looked like three birds having a free-for-all. Wings fluttering, chirping, and beaks locked for the longest time I have ever seen.

Then one of the birds, apparently the female, took a break and the two male had a beak-fight.

The loser stayed for a while, then stepped away when the noisy pairs seemed to be chasing it away

Quiet moment!!! Bliss?

Fill Flash and fun at Sunway Lagoon

Most of the time, I would find flash photography casting shadows that look very harsh. As such, I hardly use them. For this occassion, however, if I had not used the flash, the subjects (happy school kids) would probably just appear as silhouttes against the bright sky.

Had fun asking them to be themselves. Happily spending a wonderful afternoon at Sunway.

... and who would not want to catch such a lovely kid

Clouds and sky

These photographs are reasons that I normally lug a camera with me where ever I go. Would have missed these photo opportunities if my camera was not on me.

early morning at the church

looks like a ring of rainbow at the side of KLCC twin towers

before a heavy rain, light striking the Telekoms Tower

and what have we here, a silver lining.

Running into our (Malaysia) king and our former prime minister

Photographs are such wonderful tools. Cleaning up my disk and saw this photo that I took a year ago. It was just like yesterday that I took this shot.

What is interesting is that there are many photographers on the day, and I remember there was one who stood out - literally and physically. He just pushed and shoved to be in front of all of us. I just wonder if he managed to snap one like the above. I guess not, since we have just less than 5 seconds to snap a photo of the king walking towards us, surrounded by his security personnel, and I secured 3 seconds from his majesty.

This image is possible courtesy of Chan Swee Meng. We were there on an assignment and Dr Mahathir was one of the two guests of honour. He was sporting enough to pose for a photo with me. Would love to take a photo with Anwar Ibrahim and his wife. Unfortunately, on the day he was about inches away, my buddies were not with me, and therefore no photographs with him.