Sabah, Land Below The Wind

Sabah in timelapse. I have been to Sabah quite a few times already, and each time I came back satisfied, and wanting to return for more!

Truly, from the mountain to its tropical islands, Sabah is paradise for landscape photographer.

Time lapse location (not in order) : Kota Kinabalu, Kundasang, Tambotuon, Kuala Penyu, Mabul Island, Labuan.

Song : "Paradise" by Coldplay (instrumental)




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Until my next post,
wassalam.

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An Epic Sunset At The City Mosque

Assalamualaikum wbt.

Timelapse : an epic sunset at the beautiful City Mosque, Likas, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. for more than 2 hours, the sky dazzled us with an awesome display of changing hues and colours. Possibly one of the best sunset that I had ever witnessed. SubhanaLlah!

Do watch in full screen HD for maximum satisfaction :)

Techs yada-speak :
Sequence : 384 shots
Interval : 10 seconds
Gear : Nikon D600 + Samyang 14mm + Nikon Wu1b + Dslr Dashboard running on Galaxy Note 2 + Phottix intervalometer
Exif : (start) f/8 | AutoWB | ISO50 | 1/100s
(end) f/8 | AutoWB | ISO100 | 5s





Still image here :



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wassalam.

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Mirror Sunrise At Darul Quran

Assalamualaikum wbt.

AlhamduliLlah, after a few visits to DQ, on last Febuary 2014 the weather finally symphatise for me hehe...on previous visits I was not so lucky!

Darul Quran is an institute of higher education specializing in the memorization of the Quran and also other fields of Islamic studies. Darul Quran is under the purview of Malaysia's Department of Islamic Development or better known as JAKIM. This campus started operating in November 1998.

Getting there :

From KL, I normally take the North-bound PLUS Highway, exiting at Rawang. Then from Rawang I just head straight to Kuala Kubu Baru on Route 1. Approximately 22kms, take a right turn to Jalan Ampang Pechah. 5km later, you'll reach Darul Quran on your right. 

In each of my visit to DQ, I would always be welcomed by two of the lecturers there, affectionally called as Ustaz An-Namir and Ustaz Buyie. Extremely talented photographer themselves, Ustaz An-Namir, and Ustaz Buyie often played a warm and welcoming hosts to numerous photographers visiting DQ for a chance to capture the beautiful DQ during sunrise. JazakumaLlahu khairan, ya akhi! :)

The Beautiful Darul Quran Mosque, Kuala Kubu, Selangor.
Nikon D600 | Tamron 17-35mm | f/5.6 | 1/40s | ISO50

The mosque pictured here is situated at a lakeside (unoficially) named "Tasik Huffaz". On a windless day, the surface of the lake is mirror smooth, resulting in perfect reflection image. Satisfaction guaranteed! :)

This photo is one of the 789 images of timelapse sequence..possibly the longest that I did so far, from pitch dark untill well past sunrise! I'm processing the timelapse now, so stay tuned! :)

Till then, wassalam.

*Updated 12/04/2014*

The timelapse is now LIVE at Youtube :)




Till my next post,
Wassalam.

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Lake Symphony KLCC

Assalamualaikum wbt.

Sunrise Outing 15th Feb 2014.

Among the natural attractions at Kuala Lumpur City Center (KLCC) is a beautifully landscaped park with a lush green belt. Some 1900 indigenous trees and 66 species of palms were planted in the park, carefully selected to attract local and migratory birds.

It was a popular spot for local and tourist alike. You can jog at the smoothly paved jogging track, or you can simply take an evening stroll and admire the green scenery, while the young ones can have a wet splash at the shallow wading pool.

View of KLCC Park from a nearby hotel room. Vertorama, HDR

And at the beginning of the park is another popular attraction - a 10,000 square meter man-made pool called "the Lake Symphony", complete with water fountains. At night, beautiful water fountains will wow you with dazzling display of color and dancing water jets. But during early morning, when everything was quite and the crowd practically non-existent, the lake was transformed into a mirror smooth surface - perfect for sunrise reflection shot.

This was my first sunrise outing here. Together with Torex Zul and a new friend Haris from Indonesia, we arrived just as the blue hour was about to start. I was shooting for time lapse as such I had only one chance to get it right in terms of composition. I opted for a 50-50 division between sky and ground to give equal weight to both element. Being reflection shots, this break from the usual "rule of third"  worked nicely.

The followings are the shots processed from the time lapse sequence :
 

Sunrise - only a barest hint of red at the skyline

the Blue Hour

Triple Lights Composite

I shot about 400 images for the time lapse - enough for a 15 seconds footage. And just right after I stopped the sequence, I spied the sun rising between the buildings, with its sunburst clearly reflected in the calm water. I quickly adjusted the composition a little to the right to position the rising sun at the center of the frame and fired 9 exposures bracketed (-4 to +4 EV) shots to capture all the dynamic range of the scene. Perfect position at a perfect time!

Twin Sunburst at Symphony Lake

The best thing about time lapse is that I can process the sequences as many time as I like, each with different effects :



Static Version



















 Pan Left-To-Right



















Reversed Sunrise With Zoom Out Effect


Gears, Apps & Equipment:  
Nikon d600
Tamron 17-35mm
Lee 1.2 Hard Grad
For the time lapse sequence  : DSLR Dashboard Apps
For the HDR bracketing : Promote Controller

Until next post, wassalam.


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