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Life at Kolej Matrikulasi Perak~Kmpk

2010-05-19T18:14:00.000-07:00

This is my first time writing my own stuffs instead of photo in my blog...cause this the only way i can keep in touch with the outer world since facebook is blocked here... =.=
Well~today is my 11th day at here....just one word to describe life at here... Hectic!!! ><
The first week was the worst week because of the orientation...the activities were so packed that we had to wake up at 5am in the morning and sleep at 12am....everyday is the same thing...talks...lecture...taklimat....again talks lecture taklimat...and the worst part was the hall is just like huge a sauna room...2000+ student had to fit in to the hall with only wall fans and some stand fan at the side and middle....Is kinda suffering...but i still managed to go through that week...at here i get to know many new friends from different places and background...most of them were brilliant student and high archievers in spm...i felt so tiny here...><
This monday I started my first lecture...is similar with university style...one period is equal to one hour...then we had tutorials and labs also...depends on the time table...time passed faster at here compare to school life....we had to rush our syllabus since we are the 1 year program....we are like running on fast tracks....lecturer wont care whether you understand or not they keep reading those slides and finished it within one hour time...So usually when got free time during noon or night, i will go to library and refresh what lecturer had stuffed in my brain just now...

So far for me...life here is not that easy also cause we dont really had time to rest or sleep...we had to do assignments,tutorial,notes,labs reports and many many more....then have to dig some time out to to revision and preparation for tommorow's lecture topic...><

Thats all for today...had to rush to another lecture cause i just finished my sains computer course and i take the free time to write this blog...haha... *i will be back this week and next week aso...^^* see ya...tata~

Test Shots With my new lens~ ^^

2010-04-05T10:06:00.000-07:00

This is was the best bird shots i took after i get this lens for the second days...^^

Shutter : 1/800

Aperture: F5.6

ISO: 1000

White Balance: Auto

Focal Length: 300mm

I captured this bird with manual mode plus manual focus...really satisfied with it !!!

try to get a zoom lens...it is very fun to play with~

Cause when having a zoom lens, is like wearing a binoculars...sometimes can even caught some funny faces of people walking around without getting notice by them...haha!!!

New lens ^^ AF Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4-5.6G

2010-04-05T09:58:00.001-07:00

Lens construction		13 elements in 9 groups

Picture angle		34°20' - 8°10' [22°50' - 5°20' with Nikon digital cameras (Nikon DX format)]

Focal-length scale		70, 100, 135, 200, 300mm

Number of diaphragm blades		9

Minimum f/stop		32

Closest focusing distance		1.5m

Maximum reproduction ratio		1/3.9

Zoom control		Manual, via separate zoom ring

Macro focusing		N/A

Focus-limit switch:		N/A

M/A mode		N/A

Focus lock button		N/A

Weight (approx.):		425g

Dimensions (approx.) (from the camera’s lens mounting flange)		74×116.5 mm

Lens cap		Snap-on

Lens hood		HB-26 (supplied)

Lens case		CL-S4 (optional)

Tripod collar		N/A

External front filter attachment frame		Rotatable

External front filter		62mm

Slip-on filter		N/A

Built-in/rear filter		N/A

Circular polarizing filter		Usable. Filter frame rotates according to lens’ AF operation.

Circular polarizing filter II		Usable, even with dedicated Lens Hood HB-26. Filter frame rotates according to lens’ AF operation.

AF-3		Usable. (3)

AF-4		Usable. (5): ( ) Indicates maximum number of usable hoods (HN-36 for AF-3/HN-37 for AF-4).

Infrared compensation scale		N/A

Supplied accessories		62mm snap-on front lens cap, Rear lens cap LF-1, Bayonet Hood HB-26

Aperture ring		N/A

Distance scale		Does have

Material of bayonet ring		Plastic and metal

Handy tips 2 on White Balance control~

2010-03-07T07:57:00.000-08:00

*after adjusted the white balance grid slightly to the blue which is the opposite of yellow*

*the photo look more natural in colour and wont be affected by the surrounding colour*

*before adjusting the white balance grid and the photo gone yellowish*

*pay attention on the white tile~u can see the huge difference in it~*

This time i wana share some knowledge in white balance control...

White balance is also one of the important setting in taking nice picture that match with the original colour of the object...sometimes we will have alot of trouble in taking natural colour...especially during indoor shooting....this is because of the poor lighting and different type of light source that give different colour....

Set your white balance mode to auto and go to menu to manual adjust the colour grid....

Make sure that u remember the opposite match of the colours...

example:

Red- Cyan

Magenta-Green

Blue-Yellow

In the above photo....before the photo seems to be abit yellowish~so i will adjust slightly to the blue and magenta colour grid...it will become B2 M1...automatically it will balance up the photo and it will not anymore yellowish already...

But if you forget to adjust it during taking the photo...You can simply adjust it in photoshop or other programs...

Thats all for today..

Happy trying ^^

Lonely~

2010-02-17T08:24:00.000-08:00

When i visit one of my aunty that stay alone in the old wooden house...i went in and have a look on her room....

I suddenly spotted this scene and quickly take a photo of it...the effect is nice...the loneliness was successfully express in this photo...and the colour is nice...very silent and lonely....

Love it... ^^

Fireworks Test Shots!!!satisfied with my 1st time performance without tripod... ^^

2010-02-16T08:02:00.000-08:00

Those are all my fireworks shots...it is taken with slow shutter around 4 sec.....and since the fireworks is near and bright....the exposure should be lower to -3.0 ~-4.0 so that the fireworks wont be too bright after taken in the photo.... tripod is another important gadget for fireworks shooting...because of the 4 sec shutter...any shake will affect the photo and become blurry...

For Digital Compact user try to change ur setteing to scene mode - fire works....in there it will automatically adjust ur shutter to 4~8sec (depends on ur camera) dun forget to adjust the exposure and set up a tripod b4 shooting for fireworks...

Those are some handy tips for u to take a nice fireworks shots during CNY...

Have a try...Good Luck^^

Another mushyyy~ XD

2010-01-18T04:08:00.000-08:00

After i took this photo i only realise that the bigger mushroom is dying...

But the new one already are going to sprout soon....

this give me a *hope* feel~

Rain The Model....

2010-01-13T02:11:00.001-08:00

Whose beside....

2010-01-13T01:38:00.000-08:00

Another black and white photo...

Ever time see this photo...i will imagine myself sitting there....waiting for somemone to sit beside me...

But till now is still a waiting...an unknown answer...should i continue wait?or should i just leave the chair empty just like this photo....

Old Man...Old cart~Old hat~Old mansion~

2010-01-12T05:25:00.000-08:00

Duno why i just wana take this old man ...he refuse to let us take him from front...so i take it from back...it create a nice atmosphere...

Lonely...Old...Alone....

Leaf...

2010-01-12T04:13:00.000-08:00

I love this shot man!

I dunno how to say...is just so...err... abstract i guess...duno how to say lar....

hope u all like it ^^

Old Abandoned Mansion~

2010-01-12T03:59:00.000-08:00

Another Photo again...again is related to sun...haha...

This old mansion is so haunty but with the ray of light as if is going to *reborn* haha~

But still got more to improve in my photography skills....if observe carefully the building is off focus...><

Sometimes i am just careless to take note on every settings...

Nevermind...Work it on!!! ^^

Sunset at Sungai Perak....

2010-01-06T22:20:00.000-08:00

Haha...is sunset again...just duno why i like sunset photos...
One thing i notice from this photo is the sun,building,and the reflection of the sun is in a line...The sky is nice and there is a small boat passing through... Love it.. XD

Willing to stay under ?? Or stand up?

2009-12-30T08:28:00.000-08:00

Nowadays i choose photo got two concept...nice and meaningful...Err maybe for me nice and meaningful but for other people is normal...haha~ i just share out my own feeling towards my photos...
Willing to stay under?
Some people will choose to be humble and silent around people like the mushroom in this photo...they rarely talks and stand up to speaks...but they are really great person and colourful like this mushroom...
On the other hand, some people will choose to talks and speaks...but are they really a great person?

Min Jane...some sort of model lar...LOL

2009-12-29T02:41:00.000-08:00

Thx to Min Jane...haha~
She aso quite cooperate posting the sad face beside a sick bed...
I just simply like this atmosphere...Sad and Dissapointed...

Sunset at pangkor...

2009-12-28T09:13:00.000-08:00

So far this is the best sunset i ever took in my life...haha~ I bought a photography magazine about landscape shooting...i manage to read up and understand some of it for shooting landscape...so i apply it in this time pangkor trip...
This photo is taken with Aperture priority mode...with F20...usually high F small aperture will give a clear view of front and back object giving a clearer frontback...it is important especially in shooting landscape....The shutter speed is 1/8s and the condition is kinda low light...so this slow shutter creates a soft fabric waves effect...with boats,moutain,waves,sky,sunset...the whole photo can be said is 8/10 *my own marking lar*....haha...

Feel Of Nature~

2009-12-28T08:45:00.000-08:00

This photo was taken when my sis ask to look at my father's fren...i saw ady then qucikly turn my focus ring to the max...and snap...XD
This photo give me the feel of nature so much....go green~^^

Life...

2009-12-28T08:32:00.000-08:00

this is the photo i snap during the ppl went down to a fishing village...
well i took this photo the main feeling is about life....
People just get pass and come all the time in our life...we duno when and how they will leave us in our life...just like this ppl went up and down the ship everytime...we should appreciate them when still in the boat but not the time when they going to leave the boat...

die quite a time in blog

2009-12-28T08:29:00.000-08:00

Wow...it has been a long time din blog le...haha...
kinda lazy to update...and still remain not motivated to learn blogging...so my blog still remain the same skin same style....well i open this blog just got one purpose nia...my photos...haha...since i get my D5000 ady...i think i shud post some of my photo shots by me and my wife (the dslr)....hope everyone can continue support my blog...^^

2009-10-16T07:49:00.000-07:00

Photo took with DSLR~first time use...satisfied with my performance...^^
no edit o~

Sony A300 Digital SLR

2009-10-11T01:56:00.000-07:00

Sony A300...is a great DSLR...Especially with the telephoto lens...bird..butterfly...is not a problem for it...i salute thee~

2009-10-09T09:26:00.001-07:00

Welcome myself to a blogie world...i create this blog mostly is just to post my photography shots...
I still not really know how to manage my blog well...is kind a messy after i uploaded all my photo...
Need times to discover and explore this new stuff...XD

2009-10-09T09:16:00.000-07:00

2009-10-09T09:02:00.000-07:00

Latte~espresso...like it?XD

2009-10-09T08:54:00.000-07:00

insects~

2009-10-09T08:43:00.000-07:00

2009-10-09T08:34:00.000-07:00

Sky_LenImagez

2009-10-09T07:28:00.000-07:00

This is some of the images i took during my leisure...hope u all like it ...XD