Rambutan

 

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Rambutan is a native fruit of Malaysia and Indonesia and very popular amongst the local people. Rambutan ripen on trees with either red or yellow hairy skin, when peeled off exposing white sweet and sour juicy flesh. Yummy......

 

Details:

 

Aperture          :  f/5.6 (Aperture Priority)

Shutter            :  varies

Focal length    :  varies

ISO                 :  400

Exposure bias : +0.3 step

White balance :  auto

 

Big aperture opening was used to achieve shallow Depth of Field, therefore focus was given only to the subject with blur background (bokeh). Long focal length (between 100mm - 200mm) was used in order to have the subject to fill the frame. It is a close-up for the details.

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you.

 



Oil Palm 2

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Oil palm a.k.a. sawit in Malay language. Slowly it become the heart and pulse of Malaysian economic activities. The palm oil industries become one of the major contributors in the export commodity of Malaysia, and yet many of the people who are fully involved in the industries (small players) are still left behind. May be due to lack of technology and still operating in a traditional way.  

The fluctuation of the palm oil price is beyond their control. So, when the price is high, the small farmers may enjoy the benefit, however when the price goes down, they suffer while the maintenance cost keep increasing. Something needs to be done in helping the farmers....     

left alone on the ground while the rest are taken away.....

Thank you.

The green....

 

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It was Sunday morning and the sun was yet to show itself. The sky was cloudy. The earth was wet due to prolong rainfall the night before.

 

After we were done with some exercises, I let my children enjoyed themselves playing at the playground adjacent to the lake of Taman Tasik Shah Alam while my wife prepared some breakfast. The photo below was shot afterwards.

 

Details of the shot:

• Aperture: f/5
• Shutter : 1/80 sec.
• ISO : 100
• Focal length : 50mm
• White balance : cloudy

 

 

I like the green floor..... the green background...

Thank you.

Sun Halo

 

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It was a sunny day on 2 Oct 2012 when suddenly I recieved a call from my wife describing a rainbow forming around the sun.

 

I checked the sky. It was nearly half past one and the sun was very bright with clear sky. Obviously I saw a circle of 'rainbow' arround the sun. It was a sun halo.

 

Based on my search in the internet, halo effect is an optical phenomenon produced by ice crystals creating coloured or white arcs arround a source of light. In the case of the sun halo, it may caused by ice crystals formed in the upper cirrus clouds (5 to 10km high) at troposphere region. The crystals act like prism and mirror, refracting and reflecting the sun light that create the beautiful 'rainbow'.

 

As I didn't bring my DSLR, I had to utilize whatever possible gadget in hand. Lucky that I had my handphone with me, thus I used my handphone camera to capture the event. 

 

The last two photos were shared by my friend. Beautiful shot using handphone camera.... Credit to my friend.... :) 



 

 

had to shield the sun to have a better view...

From another angle...

Sun halo: a good framing...  

From another angle...... credit to my friend
 

Thank you.

The Crow

 

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The crow (or some may call them raven) is common in Malaysia and can be seen almost everywhere.

 

During our morning visit to Taman Tasik Shah Alam, a crow flew down from the nearby tree to the steel railing not far from where we were seated when my wife started to prepare the sandwich. This was followed by a flock of the bird, they seems to be attracted to the food that we have.

 

Ignoring their presence, we enjoyed the food and I took some photographs of the bird waiting for some food. My son started to throw some bread on the ground, not far from the bird. It became a feast session for the birds, enjoying the bread presented to them.

 

Below are one of photos of the birds. Notice the different on the background effect with different aperture setting.    

 

 



Shutter 125 , Aperture no. 5.6, ISO200

 

Shutter 30, Aperture no. 11, ISO200

 

Thank you.

Happy Birthday to my children...

 

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It was Danish Iman's birthday on 6 September 2012. He is now 5.

 

On 9 September 2012, we held a small gathering for Danish Iman and his little friends to celebrate his birthday. We wish him the best.

 

 

Birthday cake for Muhammad Danish Iman..... he likes football

Looking with eager in his eyes...

Special moment for mother and son....

 

And yesterday, 14 October 2012 was the 10th birthday of my daughter Nur Alya Safiah. We had a dinner at Pizza Hut Klang to celebrate her birthday.

We wished her the best and success in her future.

 



Nur Alya Safiah's birthday cake...

Posing for the camera....

Special moment for my family.....

Thank you.

The Cat

 

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Today, I would like to present to you the model for the day..... 'The Cat'.

 



 

Thank you.