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| Saturday, 24-Jan-2009 15:30 |
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fotopages- R.I.P.
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I can still be found here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/labah-labah/
http://malaysiantrekker.wordpress.com/
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| Friday, 2-Jan-2009 15:21 |
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Bukit Larut - Bukit Fraser - Kuantan
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As the 2008 curtain drawing to a close, I went for a 6-day trip from West to East and back. It was a long-planned vacation trip with my eldest brother where we planned to look for some exotic macro subjects. The journey started on Friday December 26th.
From KL we took the PLUS highway and exited at Kuala Kangsar. Since we have about 3 hours before we need to take the jeep ride up to Bukit Larut, I took the luxury to take some shots at the royal town. Among the must-see places are the Ubudiah mosque which has a unique architecture and the royal palace not far from it. If you happen to be in Kuala Kangsar, you may want to purchase the A1 machete which is of very high quality. The blacksmith who forge them is supposedly a village guy. Go to a place called Lembah by the river banks and you can find a row of shops selling knives and machetes.
At 3pm we took the ride up to Bukit Larut. Since private cars are not allowed to go up, we parked our car at the designated parking lot and rode on the 4WD. The shuttle took about 40 minutes through a steep zigzag road which gave me a headache.
There are several bungalows ran by the Recreational Body up the hill. You can rent the whole house but have to do your own cooking. I was informed that each bungalow has between 3-4 rooms but further information can be obtained by calling them at 05-8077214. You can also make the jeep reservation with them. I stayed at Cendana Hut which is run privately. There are 3 family rooms with attached bathroom and 3 standard rooms with toilet outside. The family room we took was very spacious and clean, there was nothing much to complain about. The Cendana lounge was also spacious with sofa and astro. You can check them out by calling 05-8062777.
From where we stayed, the road leads 3km uphill to the telecom tower. The next morning we took a walk to look for macro subjects but turned back after about 2km as we need to get an early breakfast before the jeep takes us down at 11am. There was some interesting species I found though I expected much more. Mostly the roadsides were inhabited by Leucauge spiders although some exotic species lurk between the shrubs. It was a shame that we could only stay there for 1 night as the rooms were all fully booked for the following day.
Saturday. We already planned for a 2-night stay at Jelai Resort in Fraser’s Hill. After arriving at the hill foot, we replenish our stock at Tesco Taiping where we initially plan to buy a barbeque set if not for the fact that it was sold out. So the travel took us south until the Tanjung Malim exit. I refilled my tank before going up to Bukit Fraser as the last gas station is in Kuala Kubu Baru. We arrived at Gap just in time for the up bound traffic which started at 7pm, not really a nice time to travel through a forest road.
The room in Jelai was quite well kept except that the bed was kind of damp. Fraser is known to be very humid therefore I always bring along a disposable humidifier, aka thirsty hippo, to keep my photography camera dry. There were a few constructions going on at the town center, the kid’s park and the pond. It seems that the tourism department is getting serious about developing this hill station although I and a few of the locals I talked to are not that keen about this whole idea. Left uncontrolled, tourism can damage the pristine ecosystem in Fraser which has long been the home of some endemic species recorded no where else in the world.
Sunday was supposed to be an all adventure day. We took the Abu Suradi trail and continued through Hemmant trail before tracing our way via the tarmac road back to the resort. It was raining lightly in the afternoon when we went to scout for arthropods. There was quite a crowd on that day which stirred the tranquility of the otherwise quaint little town. Nevertheless we took a night tracking to hunt down nocturnal arthropods, creature you can hardly find under the light of day.
On Monday morning we tried the Pine Tree trail which is the longest trail in Fraser. Of course we didn’t even plan to complete the trail but just to see the sight along the mossy part of the forest. Some 10 years ago an Englishman got lost in this trail alone and he spent a few night in the forest before S&R found him.
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| Thursday, 4-Dec-2008 15:40 |
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FOTO INSPIRASI
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Good news to all budding photographers. Not only I am making my first appearance since 2 months of MIA, I am very please to announce the upcoming 1-day seminar "Fotoinspirasi" which will be held in Cititel hotel next April.
The seminar which will be featuring 4 top professional photographers shall be the highlight of the local photography society of the year. It is the event you must attend regardless if you are looking to add knowledge, wanting to meet the top photography gurus or to network with other people with similar interest. In the rare occassion where these renowned speakers are gathering to sharing their experience, you would not want to be anywhere else on that day.
See you there.
Layari http://www.fototeacher.com untuk mendaftar.
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| Friday, 10-Oct-2008 15:20 |
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Macro War 3 Final Showdown
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VOTE YOUR FAVOURITE MACRO CRITTERS!
Sori aaa, lambat up contestant. OK, Vote dibuka sampai Selasa 14 Oktober 1159pm. Nak vote senang je, pilih 3 gambar paling digemari, dan tulis nombor nya kat komen. Sorang boleh vote 3 sahaja. Peserta tak boleh vote.
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| Wednesday, 10-Sep-2008 15:12 |
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Macro War Trilogy Volume 3: Battlefield
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The final showdown in the Macro War is when the ground forces meet.
1. Nature macro only. Shots must be taken on the field.
2. Only terrestrial critters-
a) Cannot fly or swim such as ants and spiders.
b) With protected wings (elytra) such as beetles and ladybirds. Critters such as dragonfly and butterfly are not acceptable.
3. May post as many photos in respective fotopages but shots must be taken between 1st September to 6th October 2008. Do not strip off the exif data.
4. Select 3 favourite contenders by 7th October. Put a remark in your fotopages. A 50-word caption per photo may be inserted which I will copy to the polling page.
5. I will post a poll here by October 8th. Poll ends August 12th at 11.59pm.
6. Campaign can be done in your respective fotopages and all army should direct your fans to vote at my site.
7. You may campaign elsewhere too, ie in forums.
Whoever wants to join the war must open an entry with the above title and put macro photos according to the monthly theme. Then post a link to the direct entry as a comment here.
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| Friday, 29-Aug-2008 14:48 |
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Macro War 2: Marine
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Part 2
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| Tuesday, 26-Aug-2008 15:23 |
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A Royal Dinner
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Last Friday I was invited by Hasnuddin, owner of Adan, to attend a dinner at the One World hotel in Damansara. The guest of honour was our Queen. There was a series of fashion show with state princesses as amateur models and some singers sang some songs. Food was good.
Thanks Din.
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| Sunday, 17-Aug-2008 14:27 |
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Prewedding workshop
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I went to a prewedding workshop last weekend. It was hosted by the Heritage Station Hotel and conducted by John Ishii, a Japanese-American photojournalist currently based in Malaysia.
It was an eye-opener to me. I learned a lot in the whole day workshop on how to make human look good in photo. Here are some of the good shots out of some 870 frames I offloaded. Most suffered from camera shake as we were encouraged to use available light. Hmmm.... E520 beackons.
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| Sunday, 3-Aug-2008 17:05 |
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Winner of Macro War Part 1
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After 3 days of battle, 1 side emerged triumphant!
Champion with 10 votes :
GREY
Runner -up with 8 votes:
RED
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Please join me to congratulate the champion of round 1. I would like to see more macro enthusiasts for the next round where Ikelah has volunteered to be the curator. Lets see what he's cooking here: http://ikelah.fotopages.com/
Note: Previously announced joint champion was relegated due to phantom votes.
Curator for Macro War Part 2 is ikelah. Check it out here: http://ikelah.fotopages.com/?entry=1636332&back=http://ikelah.fotopages.com/?page=0#CommentsTop
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| Wednesday, 30-Jul-2008 15:53 |
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Macro War Clash: Aerial Dogfight
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VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE FLYING INSECT!
-Only one vote per person. Put a comment stating which photo you vote as the best.
-Voter must be a registered user of Fotopages, blog, flickr etc as long it can be traced (meaning you need to put URL link in the comment box). Identification is needed to rule out phantom voters.
-Contestants cannot vote their own photo.
-Voting ends on August 3rd at 11:59pm
Support the macro armies from Red, Boogey, Layman, Halamanku and Grey in this nonsensical war!
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Who wins?
Winner is the army with photo scoring most vote. He gets 3 points.
Runner up is the army with 2nd most vote. He gets 1 point.
There can be more than one winner and runner up.
Army with the most cumulated point over the 3 monthly battles will win the war.
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