http://tramontina.fotopages.com/ Olympus E-500. Zuiko Digital 14-45mm f3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital 40-150mm f3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital 35mm f3.5 macro Zuiko OM 50mm f1.6 Zuiko OM 135mm f3.5 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:29:39 GMT Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:29:39 GMT http://www.fotopages.com/images/rss_logo.gif http://shw.fotopages.com/ 40 60 I had a great opportunity to learn on model shooting. Mychiaroscuro, the psycopath kult of Malaysia Olympus users, organized a model shooting session in a park in TTDI yesterday. This was the first time I join such a session and shoot a living model who will give me eye contact. I was akward at the beginning but the model Ms Sunnie was very professional in making me feel comfortable. Most of the shot were taken with the Zuiko 50-200mm f2.8-3.5 SWD, lended by Superman. Ultra fast+sharp piece of solid poison! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. http://tramontina.fotopages.com/?entry=1597395 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT This is the first time I went to the Sepang circuit. Motorsport photography can be said as an area I have never dwelled. I know that the key thing to capture good motorsport images is to master the art of panning. Unfortunately, I have never done a successful panning ever! Not that I have tried a lot. Since I mostly hunt for macro subjects or throw myself into a public rally, I didn't get much opportunity to try this sacred art. But since it's a free ticket which excludes pit pass, the only sensible thing to do was to have a self-taught crash course on panning. On the way to the grand stand seat, these angels beakoned. 1. 2. Then I watched the Asian Formula race. It's time for me to experiment on panning before the GT race starts. 3. 4. 5. Then the GT queens came out to the pit. 6. 7. The GT race started and we shall see how effective the crash course has been. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Before I went back, one GT queen gave me a 'V'. 16. I really love this event. Will be looking forward for next year Super GT! http://tramontina.fotopages.com/?entry=1589476 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT In the morning today I went to a jogging park in TTDI with Boogey. He insisted that there was nothing much to shoot in early morning. So I came earlier. Well, he missed quite a lot. 1. Boogey brought his sherpa to climb Bukit Kiara. How convenient. 2. A Linyphia urbasae with her web between the sides of a large leaf. 3. An Araneidae spider taken before Boogey arrives. 4. Courtship between Tetragnathidae spiders. 5. Law of the jungle applies to the same species as well. 6. A tree hopper. 7. Jumping spider 8. Boogey the latecomer missed this giant Nephila pilipes. The place was infested with mosquito. Boogey provided the relief by sponsoring an aerosol insect repellant and lighting up some power sticks. http://tramontina.fotopages.com/?entry=1580729 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT I went to this recreational forest some 2 weeks ago. Over the weekend I went there 3 times and managed to get several decent shots. Somehow I happen to encounder at least 4 spitting spiders, a family that I only seen once before this. The best is to actually witness it attacking a prey. I frantically get my camera to capture at least a few consolation shots. http://tramontina.fotopages.com/?entry=1577465 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT I know that I should be ashamed of myself. This is the first time I miss my weekly/fortnightly posting and ended up having no update for over a month. To make it worse, I should have a special edition posting at the end of April to mark my 2nd anniversary here. Well, afterall I am only human. Due to lack of idea, I made an impromptu decision this afternoon to get some shots of the fashion show at The Curve. At first I was quite reluctant to go as I reckon there'll be jam packed with photographers carrying bazookas and hogging every decent space around the runway. This contemplating habit took its toll as I arrived a bit late. Whoa, I really cannot find where to park my bike within the maze of lanes and edifices. When I finally there, I realized my dslr battery is weak and my flash batteries are very close to exhaustion. OK, enough gibbersih and here are the lame shots. http://tramontina.fotopages.com/?entry=1538143 Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT It probably a bit too late for such an entry. I wanted to have this much earlier but was quite bigged down with other duties at the time. So a few days later I took the time to look through some of my favourite images and select a few that worth mentioning here. I shot this during the 2007 Thaipusam festival. I arrived shortly before sunrise and was able to capture the early morning ray. This was also taken during the 2007 Thaipusam. The young devotee was on the way to the main temple in Batu Caves. My colleagues at the company dinner. A lake within a large cluster in Taman Gelora, Kuantan. The place is nice for jogging and macro safari. My nephew Humairah. She loves to be photographed and is very photogenic. A lady on board one of those parade cars during the 50th Merdeka celebration. A dude at a cafe in KLCC. Wedding of my friends. Both were my colleagues in my previous employment. A riot police trying to kick away a stray tear gas canister. This was during the HINDRAF rally. A trapdoor spider emerging from her burrow. This spider belongs to a family of the most primitive spider in existance and known as a living fossil. Archeological findings showed remarkable resemblance with fossils dated over 300 million years back. http://tramontina.fotopages.com/?entry=1499287 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT A long time friend got married so I dropped by to her wedding just now. Since I have to shuttle people around, I didn't stay long. Took a few shots of her and the groom. http://tramontina.fotopages.com/?entry=1491492 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Moulting (molting) is a process where a spider sheds off its exoskeleton. The main purpose is to enable the spider to grow though matured female tarantulas moult every year for maintenance purpose. While moulting the spider is in a vulnerable state and cannot defend itself. If moulting is done without adequate space, abnormality might occur with the new skin which might prevent future moult hence resulting in death. Before moulting, a spider usually withdraw to a retreat and stop feeding. When it is ready to molt, a spider hangs upside down from a thread and the carapace will open. Then the abdomen is liberated and the last stage is taking the legs out. For most spiders, the process lasts between 10-20 minutes but can go for hours for tarantulas. After undergoing a moult, the spider will rest for a while to adjust with the new skin. Depending on species, a spider moult about 7-9 times before mature. Sexual organs might only be apparent after the last moult and in some species, would be the easiest time to determine gender. http://tramontina.fotopages.com/?entry=1483333 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT I was having a bad stomach yesterday. I planned to go to Bukit Gasing but since I can only leave my house at around 5, I decided not to risk a big crowd there. So I went to a public park in Puchong, a place I used to frequent some time in 2006. I didn't go to the park as often since I discovered Bukit Belacan. But since the construction in the park has spoilt the tranquility of the place, it is time to look for other places for spider hunt. My search brought me to many places within the Klang valley- Lembah Pangsun, Bukit Cerakah, Bukit Gasing, FRIM and Bukit Tabur. Although I found several interesting species there, still they lack the wow factor posses by my favourite hunting ground such as Bukit Belacan. There was no magical spot where you can just sit there for an hour and offload hundreds of frames. But yesterday, I experienced it again. Well, it was not exactly by the hundreds but it might reach it if it were not due to the rain. The bush I scouted was abundant with several species of spiders- lynx, jumping and crab. There was also some hoverflies and mantis. Yet the biggest catch of all is to witness the mating of crab spiders in front of my eyes. http://tramontina.fotopages.com/?entry=1476889 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Known to science as the most primitive spiders on earth Liphitius spiders can only be found in the South East Asia with many species known as endemic in several localities in Malaysia. There are 40 species in this genus, all bear the trademark of having closely clustered eyes. http://tramontina.fotopages.com/?entry=1459533 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT