tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61517723972273908252024-03-09T00:34:14.306+13:00Nadly AizatNadlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296176330454501375noreply@blogger.comBlogger237125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151772397227390825.post-43501081108834650132014-08-17T06:11:00.002+12:002014-08-17T06:11:30.601+12:00Journey to Northland : Paihia Part 2<b><u>Being Idle ( 28 -29 November 2012)</u></b><br />
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It was continuously raining for these two days so I didn't go out much, except to buy groceries and food to cook later on. So I spent most of my time doing photo editing and also getting online. Wifi is good here, but to use it you have to pay. Just simply login online and give your credit card / debit card details and off you go. But if you're registered YHA membership, you'll have wifi connection for free.<br />
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It was during this period that I made the last minute decision, to go for another trip within two weeks time which was to go down to South Island. So what I did that time was to book flight and coach tickets, accommodation and other stuffs that matters. Pretty much a hectic situation for me, but it was really worth it. So expect another series of travelogue from me in the next entries.<br />
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<b><u>Ipipiri Overnight Cruise by Fuller's Great Sights (30 November 2012)</u></b><br />
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Today was the second last day to my journey up here in Northland, after traveled to Whangarei and Kerikeri before going back home in Palmerston North. So for today, I went on board the luxury overnight cruise called Ipipiri. This trip was actually out of initial plan for this journey, but I was happened to be lucky to get cheap ticket from Trademe where a guy was selling his ticket last minute for a really reasonable price. Usually the ticket costs around $400 but I got it for $170 only.<br />
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Launched in 2009 by Fullers GreatSights Bay of Islands, for the past five years Ipipiri has cruised the sheltered waters of the Bay of Islands providing unique tours of the region to international and domestic visitors, wedding parties and local groups. In 2014 Ipipiri was relocated to Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour and now, under the name of Hauraki Blue Cruises, she offers an overnight cruise experience and half-day harbour lunch cruises around the sparkling waters of the Waitemata Harbour and Hauraki Gulf, as well as a premium Auckland wedding venue, and conferences, meetings and incentives venue.<br />
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Ipipiri is the flagship vessel of Hauraki Blue Cruises. At 146 feet (44.5 metres), she is the largest cruising ship permanently based in New Zealand, providing a truly impressive cruise experience. Spread over four levels, this catamaran includes 30 ocean view cabins, a spacious sundeck with 360 degree views and a 70-seat restaurant and bar. Cruising at 12 knots, the vessel has been designed to provide maximum stability and minimum wake.<br />
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Photo of the cruise.</div>
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I checked out that morning from YHA Backpackers with all my belonging and went to the I-Site at town. Reason why I went early is that the baggage storage at I-Site is limited and I don't want to bring all of my stuff on the cruise. Luckily I managed to get a locker for my stuff and later on registered at the counter. It was 9 am that morning and the receptionist there said that they will gather all the participants at 12.30 pm, so I still have plenty of time. So, I went to the nearby stall and have my breakfast.<br />
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Finally, the time has come and all of the passengers were gathered at the main lobby of I-Site. I estimated that there were around 30 guests that going on the cruise that day including me. We were accompanied by Fuller's Great Sights company on-duty staffs to the bus that brought us the jetty where the cruise sails, which was at Opua, which is about 10 km southwards from Paihia. On bus while on the journey to Opua, we were given short briefing on the cruise activities and also about offered us on the photos collection of the whole activities captured by their respective photographers which is collectible upon the end of the cruise.<br />
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Short briefing by Fuller's Tourist Guide on the bus.</div>
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Finally, we reached Opua. After finished taking our belongings, we were lining up to board the ship. During this time, there was a photographer who took our photos with the background the cruise one by one (or by partner of family) before going on board. </div>
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Lining up to go on the cruise.</div>
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First and foremost, we were asked to go to the main dining deck first as there was a briefing to be conducted by the captain of the ship. We were also introduced with the staffs on board like the cabin crews and chefs. The briefing was mainly about the facilities on board, activities and tentative of that afternoon until the end of the cruise, do's and dont's on the ship and other stuffs that matters. Finally, we were given our room key and accompanied to respective rooms.</div>
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View from my room :)</div>
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My room. Taken with my ultra wide angle lens.</div>
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Quite nice aye? :)</div>
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We were told that the cruise is now heading towards the islands away from the land and our first stop was one of the islands for few activities such as swimming, kayaking and island trekking. So until that time, we were free to stay at rooms or going on the dining deck to have refreshments or to view the surroundings on the top observation deck. I decided to have lunch before going up to the observation deck.</div>
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Muffin and hot chocs for lunch.</div>
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View from the lower observation deck.</div>
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A windsurfer surfing from one island to another.</div>
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There was a huge cruise that sails in Bay of Islands that day. I was also noticed that its passengers also waited at I-Site Paihia and being brought to the jetty near Waitangi Ground with vans and later on to this cruise with few boats.</div>
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Sailing Ship that passed our cruise.</div>
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One of the beautiful islands that we passed along our journey.</div>
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Finally, the cruise arrived at one of the islands which I don't know its name. Announcement was made by the crew that who are interested to go to the shore are asked to gather at the bottom deck, where a boat will bring us to the beach at that island. Those who wanted to stay on the cruise are allowed to do so. So I went to the bottom deck and waited for boat to pick me and others to the shore</div>
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On the boat from the cruise to the shore of the island.</div>
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View of Ipipiri from the boat. Isn't she a beaut?</div>
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On this island, we were given two choices of activities which are the island walking and water kayaking. Since I didn't want to get myself soaked and I didn't bring with me spare clothes, so I decided to do walking around the island. We were given two hours at most to explore the island before going back to Ipipiri. The walking track was not difficult and the only tiring walk was only that the track is going uphill. But the view up there is great where we can see our cruise and other yachts that moored there at the beach. I took few pictures there.</div>
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View from the top of the island. Ipipiri can be seen at the top right corner of the picture.</div>
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On the way back, I met with the elderly Asian couple where they asked me to take their picture. We walked together back to the beach and I learned that they're Malaysian but now residing in Melbourne, doing business of supplying medical equipment to the hospitals. The uncle was from Sungai Petani but spent his primary and secondary education years in St George Taiping (he mentioned that when I told him I come from Taiping). And his wife was from Kuala Terengganu. We talked a lot,( in fact that the uncle was so talkative) about Malaysia and what's currently happening that time.</div>
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Some of us went kayaking around the island.</div>
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Ipipiri as seen from the beach.</div>
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Finally, we were going back to the cruise the same way as we came. Participants were brought back group by group. After everybody were getting on the ship, we are free to do anything until late evening where dinner is served. So I took the liberty of getting around the cruise to take pictures. Meanwhile, the cruise is moving again and the captain told us that the cruise will stop and stay at one of the secluded cove around the islands that night. </div>
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The Malaysia born uncle and auntie (I forgot to ask their name) having conversation with another couple who also came from Australia</div>
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Light refreshments were served that afternoon while waiting for dinner.</div>
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Me enjoying the view from the rear of the cruise.</div>
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The top observation deck. It is where you can see the 360 degree view from the top of the ship.</div>
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The others were enjoying the journey outside the dining room.</div>
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Suddenly, the announcement was made by the cabin crew saying that there is a group of dolphins swimming around the cruise. So I grabbed my camera, changing lens and try for couple of shots. Luckily I got few nice shots of the dolphins. The other passengers and crews were eager to see my pictures when I told them I got the nice shots of these dolphins.</div>
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Pair of dolphins that swimming around the cruise.</div>
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Finally, the cruise stopped here and the anchor set down. I took this picture few minutes before the sun goes down.</div>
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As the dinner was ready to be served, we were asked to gather at the dining deck. It was three course meal that being served which are the starter, main course and finally dessert. The starter was served ala carte and the main course and dessert were served as buffet. I sit with the the Malaysian uncle and aunty and also the Australian couple and a mainland Chinese student during that time.</div>
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Grilled lamb and rice for the dinner.</div>
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So, practically, the night was over and everyone were going back to their room for rest. Me did the same too, having bath and lying on my bed, but when I see through the window, I saw the full moon rising. Big one. So I bring my camera and went to the top observation deck and took few pictures. Only then, I went to my bed and sleep.</div>
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I woke up at 5 am that morning, having my Fajr prayer. Since it was in the mid Summer, the sun rise up early. I decided not to sleep back after prayer and brought my camera up to the observation deck to see and capture the sunrise. Joining me on the deck was a guy from Auckland who worked as an engineer at Tegel Chicken Poultry. He was on fishing trip yesterday and joined us on board last night.</div>
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Sunrise over a secluded settlement at one of the islands near to the cruise.</div>
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Announcement was made at 7.15 am to wake up everyone who still sleeping and to prepare themselves for breakfast which will be served at 8.00 am. </div>
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After done with the breakfast, the cruise set up and sailed back to Opua. But along the journey back we were brought around the islands. The captain while driving the cruise, he gave out commentary on the specific islands that we went passing by and the stories and histories that lie behind it. Sometimes we went across few groups of dolphins that swimming. I got few pictures of the dolphins, but not as good as the day before to my liking.</div>
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Islands, boats and no dolphins.</div>
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Finally, the cruise was on its way back to Opua. We were told to pack up stuff and belongings together and later on gather all the stuff outside of the dining room. Most of us were going up to the observation deck, taking pictures while waiting to arrive at Opua.</div>
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Finally, we reached Opua. On the way off the boat, the captain and cabin crews were lining up to meet the participants, thanking each others and wishes a safe journey. We were escorted back to the bus that already awaited at the jetty and then going back to I-Site, Paihia. </div>
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I wished farewell to the nice auntie and uncle that I spent most of the time with them as they're leaving for Russell and then to Auckland, catching flight to go south to Christchurch. It was 12pm in noon and my coach to Auckland will departs at 2pm so I waited there at the I-Site lobby, online while waiting for the coach to come.</div>
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Finally the bus came and I left Paihia for Auckland at 2 pm. I reached Auckland around 5 pm and from there I catch the next connecting bus back to Palmerston North at 8 pm. I have my late lunch, Zohor and Asar prayer at Auckland before leaving for Palmerston North. </div>
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All praises be to God, I reached Palmy at 4.50 am in the morning of 2nd December. It was a fun journey really, especially when I was travelling alone. I learnt many things during this journey and of course, I did enjoy the scenic views of the Northland. </div>
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Thanks guys for reading this series. But it is not ended yet. I was at Palmy only for a week before I set out again travelling, this time I was going south. So, stay tune to my next entries - Journey to South.</div>
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<br />Nadlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296176330454501375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151772397227390825.post-33249478478831651032014-08-14T03:12:00.001+12:002014-08-17T05:09:44.936+12:00Journey To Northland : Paihia Part 1Salam and hi guys,<br />
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It's been a while (pretty long time) since my last blog entry. I'm pretty much busy lately and that hindered me from blogging. But I managed to steal some of my time to write back whatever I have left discontinued before, which is my travelogue around New Zealand during my final year in 2012.<br />
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The bad things of leaving this travelogue for a long time are that I probably has forget some of the moments that I have remembered during this journey, so I have to look back upon the pictures that I captured and put in an order so that I could write anything related.<br />
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<b><u>Going Southwards ( 26 November 2012)</u></b><br />
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At Kerikeri, I checked out from my hostel early in the morning as I have booked my bus ticket at 10.00 am. Bus stop was not far from hostel and within walking distance. While waiting for the bus to turn up, I had my breakfast at Subway which is just in front of the bus stop. Finally bus has arrived and it's bound for Auckland.<br />
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The journey to Paihia did not take much time since it is not really far from Kerikeri. After about 45 minutes from Kerikeri, finally I reached Paihia. Bus stopped at the I-Site, which is located at the center of the town. From there I walked to my hostel, <a href="http://www.yha.co.nz/hostels/north-island-hostels/yha-bay-of-islands-paihia/" target="_blank">YHA Bay of Islands</a> situated at the southern part of the town and not really far from the beach.<br />
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The hostel is very spacious. The ground floor consists of receptionist, kitchen and dining room and also TV room while first floor is where the rooms are. I booked myself a 4-person room and sharing it with the others. There is person in-charge of cleaning the room and other communal rooms from 10 am to 12 pm.<br />
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The coast is clear. Not many people here during this time since they went out to travel around.</div>
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Ground floor. The sliding door is the entrance into the kitchen and dining room.</div>
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Kitchen. I used to cook during off peak hour so no need to queue up to use the stove.</div>
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The front view of the hostel.</div>
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So after finished loading up my stuff at my room, I went out to walk around the town. I planned also to get across the bay to Russells by ferry to shoot sunset from there.</div>
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<b><u>Paihia, Bay of Islands (26 November 2012)</u></b></div>
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Paihia is a town located in Bay of Islands region in northern part of North Island, New Zealand. Being surrounded by beaches, islands and coves, it is famous as tourist attraction. During this travel, there were many tourists and travelers here coming from around the world for holidays. I walked from hostel to town dropped by the beach just 100 meter from hostel to snap few pictures.</div>
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Secluded, shady part of the beach near to the town's jetty.</div>
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Beach near to my hostel in Paihia.</div>
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Many yachts and boats moored here.</div>
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<b><u>Romantic Russell.</u></b></div>
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As I mentioned earlier, I planned to go to Russell via ferry from Paihia. So I did. Since it was in the middle of summer that time, the sun set quite late, which was around 8pm. So I have plenty of time to walk around the township of Russell that afternoon. The ferry services to Russell from Paihia is located at the jetty behind the I-Site, running until 10.00pm for the last ferry from Russell back to Paihia. I forgot how much does it cost, but you can pay it to the ferry driver for every single journey.</div>
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View from the center of Paihia Town.</div>
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Jetty to Russell.</div>
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Finally, ferry arrived. The journey took around 15 minutes before reaching Russell.</div>
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Finally I reached Russell. The weather is still, great at that time and fiery sunset seemed promising for my camera :) But it was quite early so I decided to walk around the town and then walk through the jungle track to the Flagstaff Hill Reserve located on the hill nearby that overlook the town and bay.</div>
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Russell, formerly known as Kororāreka, was the first permanent European settlement and sea port in New Zealand. It was once an important city and port in New Zealand. It has a bad reputation once as the "Hellhole of the Pacific" where bandits, pirates and outlaws are settling here. After the Treaty of Waitangi and the administration moved to modern day Auckland, the town are pretty much abandoned and only nowadays has small amount of population residing there. </div>
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It is also known as "Romantic Russell" simply by its beauty and usually couples choose to spend their honeymoon here, having dinner while enjoying the view of the beach during sunset.</div>
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Russell main jetty.</div>
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Russell also got beautiful beach, stretching all the way to the northern side of the town.</div>
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Russell Town Hall.</div>
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Beautiful beach side and this road.</div>
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The signboard showing the direction around the town.</div>
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Secluded area with a bench. I imagined this area will looks beautiful during sunset and late evening.</div>
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Unused boat overturned.</div>
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After finished and satisfied walking around the town, I went up to the Flagstaff Hill by <a href="http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/tracks-and-walks/northland/bay-of-islands/flagstaff-hill-track/" target="_blank">Flagstaff Hill Track.</a></div>
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The journey went uphill across the forest reserve. I did stop many times to rest since I carried my camera and tripod together and since the journey is going uphill. But there were many fantastic stops around where I can bring out my camera and taking few good photos.</div>
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I stopped at this viewpoint since I was tired. And it turned out that it's pretty good place to take photos :)</div>
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Finally, I reached the peak of Flagstaff Hill. Before this hill was used for the flagpole it was occupied by prehistoric Māori, which is seen by the terraced slopes of the hill.During the period from 1840 to 1913 six flagstaffs were erected here. The flagstaff previously erected at Waitangi was transported across in March 1840. The flag of the confederation of Maori tribes was chosen by the Maori people in 1834 and had flown until 1840. Some Maori in the Bay believed that the Union Jack was a symbol of their loss of authority and prosperity and they believed terms of the Treaty were not being honoured. The first four flagstaff’s were cut down by <a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hone_Heke" target="_blank">Hone Heke</a> and his cohorts as an objection to British sovereignty sparking the Northland wars. The flagstaff was never erected again during the lifetime of Heke.</div>
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Stairway to the peak of Flagstaff Hill.</div>
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The written history of Flagstaff Hill.</div>
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View of the township of Russell.</div>
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Beautiful view of Russell.</div>
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Beach at Russell just before sundown.</div>
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Setting up my stuff to capture the sunset near the jetty.</div>
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View at the jetty just after sun setting down.</div>
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As it was already night, so I packed up my stuff and went back to Paihia with the last ferry at 10.00 pm. As I arrived back to my room, I slept early as I feel tired. And of course I have my own plan tomorrow.<br />
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<b><u>The Treaty Ground - Waitangi (27 November 2014)</u></b><br />
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My plan for the second day was to visit Waitangi which is situated not far from the town, on the way back to Kerikeri and Kaitaia. That's the plan for that afternoon so what I did in the morning was to cook my breakfast, editing pictures, going online and also cook for lunch. Lucky that day, I met a family from Malaysia who happened to stay at the same hostel and were on their holidays that time. So we chatted a lot while having lunch, especially on the holidays plan.<br />
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After finished lunch, I packed up my stuff and started walking slowly to Waitangi. It took me around 45 minutes walking slowly along the beaches near Paihia, enjoying the view. Finally, I reached Waitangi and went straight to the entrance of Waitangi Museum.<br />
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By the time I arrived, the area was to be closed already and the receptionist there suggested me to come back tomorrow. But then I decided to continue anyway since it was going to rain tomorrow according to the weather forecast. The entrance fee is $25 for adult and $5 for child.<br />
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The area is large, consisting a museum building that display the historic timeline of the Treaty of Waitangi, the rebuilt site of James Busby's house (James Busby is the British Resident before the Treaty was signed), Waitangi Ground and Te Marae (Maori house).<br />
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For those who want to know about the Treaty of Waitangi, basically it is a treaty signed between British Government with the local chiefs from various tribes (iwis) that consists of mutual agreement that the local Maori tribes recognized the governorship (kawanatanga) of the British government upon New Zealand (Aotearoa) and in return British will recognize the chieftainship (rangatiratanga) of the local tribe leaders. For Malaysian, it is almost the same with Malayan Union, except that our Sultans did not signing the agreement thus not recognizing it.<br />
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Replica of the dining room inside James Busby's house.</div>
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Courtyard of James Busby's house.</div>
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Te Marae, or the meeting house in Maori. It was built near to the Resident House and the suggestion to build it was proposed by Sir Apirana Ngata, the first Maori politician and member of New Zealand Parliament. </div>
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When I arrived at Te Marae, there was a meeting being conducted inside so I decided to wait. During that time, I was approached by a Maori-descent security guard who was also waiting for the meeting to finish. We chatted a lot, especially about the history of the Maori and Polynesian people that finally residing in New Zealand thousand years ago. I did tell him that the Malay people are somehow inter-related to the Polynesian people and I gave him few examples in terms of Malay words that relatively similar in Maori language such as:</div>
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He seemed impressed. We continue to talk and finally the meeting was finished so I was be able to go inside the Marae to take pictures. </div>
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View inside the Marae. Beautiful carvings I must say.</div>
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Bench in front of the carved pillars - Red Indian called it totem pole.</div>
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The Flagstaff outside the Marae and in front of the James Busby's house. This is where the meeting between British Government representative, Sir William Hobson (who later on become the first Governor General of New Zealand) and the local iwi chiefs from Nga Puhi tribes. This is also where the signing of the Treaty was taking place.</div>
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Two giant Waka, which is big Maori boat being displayed here at The Treaty Ground. At the end of these boats, there is the bark of the giant Kauri tree which was used to construct these wakas.</div>
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After finished and satisfied going around the place, so it is time to go back to Paihia, and then to my room. But as it was almost late evening, I took the chance to capture sunset images so I went scout around for the best vantage point which I found it just in time. There is a pier near to the outlet of Waitangi river which has many boats and yachts moored there. By the time I reached the pier, there were two guys fishing there. Judging from their looks, they are Chinese. But when I asked, they came from Samoa and having holidays there. </div>
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That concludes the first part of the Paihia series. In the next entry, I'll write about my experience on having overnight cruise around the islands of Bay Of Islands. </div>
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Nadlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296176330454501375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151772397227390825.post-48249468551117818592013-06-10T20:28:00.000+12:002013-06-10T20:28:11.615+12:00Journey to the Northland ; KerikeriSalam and hello guys,<br />
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It's been a while since I wrote the last entry. But I feel inclined again to write this entry which is part of my travelogue to the Northland region of New Zealand. As I mentioned in the last part of the previous entry, I left Whangarei for Kerikeri in the morning of 21st November 2012.<br />
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One of the staff at the backpackers that I was living with was kindly enough to give me ride from there to the bus station, along with two other travelers which I reckon from Germany. We did chat along the ride and I found out that the staff was actually from Levin which is not far from my home at Palmerston North. The German girls also explaining that they are going to Nelson to find summer jobs there.<br />
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Finally we reached Whangarei bus station after half an hour ride from hotel. It was raining that morning as the same with other days I spent in Whangarei. Coach from Auckland bound for Kaitaia arrived within 15 minutes after that. Most of the passengers are going to Paihia, a tourist attraction town at Bay of Islands which I am going after Kerikeri (will write about Paihia too in the next entry).<br />
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The journey took about one and half hour to reach Kerikeri. As usual, coach stopped at few places such as Kawakawa and Paihia to drop off few passengers. There was also an emergency stop as one of the passenger puked, probably due to the windy road from Whangarei to Paihia.</div>
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Finally, I reached Kerikeri. Kerikeri is a small town located almost to the northeastern tip of North Island, New Zealand. It is also called "The Cradle of the Nation" as it was the place where western missionaries made the first encounter with the Maori "Ngapuhi" tribe. They were allowed to build a mission station at Kerikeri Basin, which happened to be the first wooden and stone building at New Zealand. </div>
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I spent five days here and I was staying at <a href="http://kericentral.co.nz/" target="_blank">KeriCentral Guesthouse and Backpackers.</a> Talking about KeriCentral, most of the guests here are seasonal workers working at the farms, fruits orchard and vineyards around Kerikeri. I was sharing room with five others which three of them are Germans, one from Scotland and another from Italy.Two of the Germans were not working here but visiting Kerikeri and later on going to Coromandel peninsular. Another German guy have been here since two weeks before and working at one of the orchards. The Scottish guy was on his way down from Cape Reinga to Auckland and spent a night here. And lastly the Italian just arrived here and currently looking around for jobs.</div>
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It was still, raining that day and because of that I have no plan of shooting anything yet. So I went out to the town to buy few things such as canned foods from New World and having lunch. As expected, there were no halal outlet around here, so I had fish and chips instead. For the whole trip here in Kerikeri, I did not cook for dinner since the kitchen was always crowded with people.</div>
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That evening, I went walking to the Rainbow Falls which is situated alongside Kerikeri Basin Reserve. I did not bring my camera since it was still raining and I just want to survey the place for potential angles to shoot. The waterfalls is almost identical with Whangarei Falls which I have visited earlier and it is about 8 meter high. It took me half an hour to walk from town to go there (6 km distance).</div>
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It was still, raining for the whole day. So I did not go anywhere, except staying on my bed surfing internet (which is free of charge). That evening, I tried my luck walking to the waterfalls wearing my raincoat. It was kinda difficult to take pictures due to the occasional heavy rain and to make worst, the massive water spray from the falls made my camera and lenses soaked with water. This is the only picture I took that day:</div>
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Situated not far from Wharepuke Falls, there is remnant of an old hydroelectric plant. It is believed to be the first plant in New Zealand which later on was shut down around 1960s. I dont have pictures of it though.</div>
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Finally, I reached the end of the walkway, which is the Stone Store. As I mentioned earlier, Stone Store is the oldest stone building in New Zealand. And near to it is the Mission House, which is also the oldest wooden building in New Zealand. It was cloudy that evening but still, the sky got some reddish cast which I later on took some of the photos there.</div>
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<b>Fourth and fifth day, 24th November 2012</b></div>
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Sky finally clear, leaving few patchy clouds. This is from five exposures merged in Photomatix.</div>
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<b>26th November 2012.</b></div>
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I left early in the morning to catch a bus from Kerikeri to Paihia at 9 am in the morning. I had breakfast at Subway near to the bus stop and shortly after that the bus arrived and I left for Paihia. </div>
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It was not actually in my plan to visit Paihia, but my friend convinced me that there are plenty worth visiting and shooting of so I added this in my itinerary. </div>
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That's all for now. Thanks for reading and stay tune for the next entry of this travelogue ; Paihia, Bay of Islands.</div>
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Not like the previous years where I headed home to Malaysia during summer holidays, this time I spent roughly a month travelling around New Zealand. I was in the Northland region from 15 November to 2nd December and then another trip to central South Island from 9th to 22nd December. In this entry, I would like to share with you my travelogue that I have written before hand during the journey to Northland. I will, in the future writing up on my journey to South Island.<br />
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I left Palmerston North on 15th night, taking the overnight Intercity bus to Auckland. It was a pretty long journey with couple of stops along the way to Auckland, be it for toilet / refreshments or drop and pick up passengers. After 10 hours of the journey, finally I reached Auckland safely at morning of 16th.<br />
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From Auckland terminus, I took another bus to Whangarei. It took about two and half hours to reach Whangarei from Auckland. As I was pretty tired, I slept during most of the journey, but sometimes I did wake up and look around. The bus route did pass through some beautiful places such as Wellsford, Waiwera, Shakespeare and many more. Northland region is diverse in terms of the vegetation (thick rainforest), beaches, rivers and waterfalls, and I just seen less than quarter of these during this journey.</div>
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Finally, I reached Whangarei safely. I was initially requesting pickup from the accommodation staff but somehow they did not respond so I have decided to take city bus from town to the hotel. In Whangarei, I was staying at the <a href="http://www.whangareifalls.co.nz/" target="_blank">Whangarei Falls Holiday Park</a> which is located at suburb of Tikipunga which is about 5 km from town. It costs me $3 for bus fare to go there.</div>
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While waiting for bus, I was approached by this Maori guy. Friendly fella, I supposed. We chat while waiting for the bus since he is going the same way I am going. I told him I'm from Malaysia and he seemed surprised because he was also been to Malaysia for mission work. Bus arrived and I went aboard. Finally after a while I reached hotel safely. </div>
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At the hotel, I was greeted by the owner, Mrs Alison. She was nice and friendly. She explained to me on the stay and showed me around the place. It was a nice place though, although pretty far from town. The closest supermarket was Countdown Tikipunga which is about 2km walk. </div>
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I stayed here for six days and the main intention was to shoot the picture of nationwide famous Whangarei Falls. The reason why I spend a long time there was to accommodate for the right weather and lighting in order to get great images. I was right. It was raining heavily for three out of six days and I spent those days in my cabin, sleeping hehe :D</div>
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Whangarei Falls.</div>
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On the second day, I was initially planning to shoot sunrise from Town Basin. So I did get up early at 3 am and walk from my cabin to town for 5km. Instead of sunrise, it was cloudy that morning so I decided to do long exposure instead.</div>
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Town Basin Marina, Whangarei.</div>
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It was raining heavily that afternoon so I did not go anywhere to shoot pictures. </div>
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Weather became much better on the third day. Since my initial plan to shoot the Whangarei Falls was successful, I spent the rest of the time around the nearest forest reserve. So that day, I went walking for total of seven kilometer through A H Reed Memorial Forest Park and also Mair Park. </div>
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A H Reed Memorial Park and Mair Park are parts of the Hatea Walkway which stretch from Whangarei Falls to the Town Basin Marina. There is also side track which go to the Parihaka Hill Scenic Lookout which I didn't have chance to go with. So I started walking around 8 am from my cabin to Whangarei Falls, where this walking track begin. </div>
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Somewhere near to the falls.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Finally, I reached A H Reed Memorial Park after half an hour walking. There are two attractions here; first is the Kauri Canopy Walk and secondly the Paranui Falls. The canopy walk is a loop track that surrounding a group of big Kauri trees. Logs from Kauri are being used to make big ships, war canoes and houses by the Maori people.</span></div>
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Walking track just before I reached the beginning of Kauri Canopy Walk.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Then, I went to the Paranui Falls. This waterfalls is not so famous compared to Whangarei Falls and I know why. There are no proper walking track to the base of waterfalls and just being indicated by arrows only. The other reason was that it is too slippery to walk to the base as there are heaps of moss on the rocks and stone near to the stream. Alhamdulillah I made it safely to go and back. </span></div>
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Track to the waterfalls.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Finally I have done the A H Reed walk. From the exit gate of the park, there was 700 meter walking by the side of the road which was indicated by arrow which is going to the Parihaka Scenic Reserve (which including Mair Park). Since it was Sunday, there are many people there doing walking and also having picnic alongside the track and by the river.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Finally I came to the end of the walk which converged with the main road to city. I walked back using that road back to Tikipunga and then back to cabin. Got few hours of rest, also to cook for dinner before (as I mentioned earlier) I went back to the meadow area to shoot the sunset.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">On the morning of 21st November, I left Whangarei for the next destination; Kerikeri with coach. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It was a nice visit to Whangarei. There are many other interesting places here to go but due to the limit of mobility (I cannot drive) and weather conditions so I could not make it. Next time perhaps. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Stay tune for my next entry ; Travelogue recorded at Kerikeri.</span></div>
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<br />Nadlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296176330454501375noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151772397227390825.post-78830065318739511152013-01-01T01:02:00.000+13:002013-01-01T01:02:14.490+13:002012 ; Year In PicturesHi guys,<br />
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This entry is basically featuring pictures of some significant events that I captured throughout the year, from January to December 2012.<br />
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May the new year 2013 being filled with opportunity and a time for peace, hope and unity.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/6621087089/" title="DSC_9016 by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="DSC_9016" height="795" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7018/6621087089_ed79a05fa5_b.jpg" width="1024" /></a></div>
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2 January 2012 - Outing with Lensa Malaya at Broga, Semenyih - Was organised by Lensa Malaya as the first activity of the community for 2012. </div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/6656551023/" title="DSC_9695 by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="DSC_9695" height="681" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6656551023_078a497ce1_b.jpg" width="1024" /></a></div>
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7 January 2012 - First AGM of OASiS (Old Boys of ASiS) - ASiS Principal, Encik Baharuddin Burhan gave his speech.</div>
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7 January 2012 - First AGM of OASiS (Old Boys of ASiS) - The attendees of the meeting.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/6770674117/" title="The Long Journey. by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="The Long Journey." height="665" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7034/6770674117_6750023b71_b.jpg" width="1000" /></a></div>
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25 January 2012 - Solo Trip to Penang - The iconic Penang Ferry. I pretty enjoy travelling alone.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/6805657585/" title="Morning at the foothill of Bukit Larut. by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="Morning at the foothill of Bukit Larut." height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7148/6805657585_7518f0ba6d_z.jpg" width="446" /></a></div>
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1 February 2012 - Went to Maxwell Hill for the first time - Although it is not far from my home, this is the first time I went there.</div>
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8 February 2012 - Outing with Lensa Malaya - KLCC. It was organised by myself under LensaMalaya banner.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/6880228889/" title="DSC_2397 by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="DSC_2397" height="665" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7063/6880228889_b950e82c1e_b.jpg" width="1000" /></a></div>
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11 February 2012 - Lensa Malaya Central Family Day. Was held at Bagan Lalang, Sepang.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/6925158389/" title="Le Waiting (Part 2) by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="Le Waiting (Part 2)" height="872" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7060/6925158389_9edfb53c91_b.jpg" width="1024" /></a></div>
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22 February 2012 - Back to New Zealand. One more year to go.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/7020056697/" title="DSC_4277 by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="DSC_4277" height="768" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7191/7020056697_bf5db9106c_b.jpg" width="1024" /></a></div>
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24 March 2012 - Festival of Cultures 2012. Annual event held at The Square, Palmerston North.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/7023844289/" title="Vertorama | Milky Way over Manawatu River by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="Vertorama | Milky Way over Manawatu River" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7274/7023844289_c2b1e219f2_c.jpg" width="676" /></a></div>
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Milky Way seen over the sky of Palmerston North, 28 March 2012.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/6886941120/" title="DSC_5350 by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="DSC_5350" height="826" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7125/6886941120_5eed56895a_b.jpg" width="1024" /></a></div>
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31 March 2012 - 75th Anniversary of Royal NZ Air Force. Almost similar, but not that grand compared to Malaysian's LIMA.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/6914333952/" title="Le Waiting Part 3 by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="Le Waiting Part 3" height="730" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5331/6914333952_9871bf4ed8_b.jpg" width="1024" /></a></div>
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9th April 2012 - Easter Break trip to Wellington. Went there for a week, thanks to Fuad Afif and Dr Rosli for hospitality.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/7081353989/" title="DSC_6249 by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="DSC_6249" height="681" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7233/7081353989_a461e30d3e_b.jpg" width="1024" /></a></div>
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14 April 2012 - Easter Break Trip to Wellington. Was planning to go to Castlepoint, but somehow could not proceed so we went to Wainuiomata Coast instead.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/7452773726/" title="Ice Skating by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="Ice Skating" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8016/7452773726_d24714001d_c.jpg" width="505" /></a></div>
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25 June 2012 - Ice Skating - The Square, Palmerston North. </div>
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28 June 2012 - Salam Perantauan Photoshooting.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/7493501828/" title="Bersatu Games 2012 - 3rd July by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="Bersatu Games 2012 - 3rd July" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7134/7493501828_fdaf03b4d4_c.jpg" width="532" /></a></div>
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3rd July 2012 - BERSATU Games 2012, Christchurch. MUMSA managed to went back with a bronze medal, this time in pool game.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/7500240818/" title="Bersatu Games 2012 - 4th July by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="Bersatu Games 2012 - 4th July" height="768" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7123/7500240818_61a544afe8_b.jpg" width="995" /></a></div>
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4th July 2012 - BERSATU Games 2012, Christchurch. Team Canter, the host of this year event won the overall games, including this volleyball.</div>
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5th July 2012 - BERSATU Games 2012, Christchurch. Contingent from Wellington, WMSO.</div>
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7th July 2012 - Solo Trip to West Coast region. I was there for a week. Love it there and want to come again, if given chance.</div>
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10th July 2012 - Solo Cycling Trip. My first long distance cycling. I finished 170km within three days around West Coast.</div>
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19th August 2012 - Eidul Fitr Celebration. The fourth time I celebrated it here in Palmerston North.</div>
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19th August 2012 - Eid Fitr Celebration. </div>
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19th August 2012 - Eid Fitr Celebration. Malaysian Community of Palmerston North, New Zealand.</div>
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11 October 2012 - Solat Time. Common view at Islamic Centre, Massey University.</div>
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21 October 2012 - A day visit to Wellington. I went there one week before final exam, just to relax myself around the city.</div>
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16 November 2012 - Summer Trip to Northland region. Went to the Northland region for the first time. First destination was Whangarei. Nice place with nice people.</div>
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24th November 2012 - Summer Trip to Northland region. After Whangarei, I went to Kerikeri. The cradle of the nation we call it.</div>
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26th November 2012 - Summer Trip to Northland Region. Spent the last four days at Paihia, Bay of Islands. Nice beaches and seaside.</div>
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30th November 2012 - Summer Trip to Northland Region. I was lucky to get decent discounted price for this luxury overnight cruise with Great Sights.</div>
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9th December 2012 - Summer Trip to South Island. I went back home after trip to Northland and a week after, I went out again. This time I went south and it begins in Queenstown.</div>
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12 December 2012 - Summer Trip to South Island. I love being in the countryside, where there are not many people around. This is Lake Wakatipu, en route to Glenorchy.</div>
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14 December 2012 - Summer trip to South Island. When I was in Glenorchy, I spent a day doing overnight hiking to the first part of world famous Routeburn Track. Although I have to cancel my plan to do further walking up to the mountains due to the severe weather, I pretty enjoyed walking around here especially at Routeburn Flats.</div>
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18th December 2012 - Summer Trip to South Island. The last destination for this trip was Lake Tekapo. Nice place with nice scenery. Every season got its own charm and for summer, there are lupines growing around the shore of the lake.</div>
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That's all for 2012. Insya Allah, there will be more stories to be told in 2013.</div>
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Nadlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296176330454501375noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151772397227390825.post-64147356980050447992012-12-28T23:03:00.000+13:002012-12-28T23:11:21.494+13:00Nadly Aizat | Best 12 of 12'<br />
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Within few more days, 2012 is coming to the end. As for me in photography, this year is considered as the best for me. Much that I earned, be it from achievements, knowledge, and also experiences.<br />
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In this thread, I would like to share with you guys, the very best twelve pictures that I captured throughout this year.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/6724701717/" title="Stesen Bas Taiping. by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="Stesen Bas Taiping." height="780" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7010/6724701717_b35f49100c_b.jpg" width="1024" /></a></div>
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Taiping Bus Station.</div>
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Nikon D700 | Samyang 14mm f/2.8 | ISO100 | f/8 | 1/15sec</div>
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Using ultra wide angle lens like this Samyang meaning that in order to fill in the frame, you have to get closer. That's what I did, for the first time. Luckily they did not bragging much when I pointed my big camera directly on their faces :P</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/6805657585/" title="Morning at the foothill of Bukit Larut. by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="Morning at the foothill of Bukit Larut." height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7148/6805657585_7518f0ba6d_b.jpg" width="713" /></a></div>
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Morning at the foothill of Bukit Larut.</div>
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I was waiting for a 4WD to pick me up to the summit when this rays of light came out. I did few simple post editing to this image, like to use much warmer color.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/6859818259/" title="Sunrise at Masjid Putra, Putrajaya by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="Sunrise at Masjid Putra, Putrajaya" height="680" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7199/6859818259_0246362039_b.jpg" width="1024" /></a></div>
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Sunrise at Masjid Putra.</div>
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One of the rare opportunity I got to shoot sunrise from this angle. Talking about HDR, I have been searching for years since the first time I'm doing landscape photography, the right settings to make it looks natural. Now since I got few filters, I seldom used HDR except when it is needed.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/6915936297/" title="Nasik Ganja Ipoh. by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="Nasik Ganja Ipoh." height="694" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7048/6915936297_47e2df9cee_b.jpg" width="1024" /></a></div>
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It's Lunch Time.</div>
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The iconic restaurant of Ipoh ; Yong Suan Coffee Shop or widely known as "Nasi Ganja". I did shoot few frames of the same scene, but this one particularly got my attention as the stall worker on the left side of the picture look on my camera.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/6914333952/" title="Le Waiting Part 3 by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="Le Waiting Part 3" height="730" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5331/6914333952_9871bf4ed8_b.jpg" width="1024" /></a></div>
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Waiting to Board.</div>
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This picture was taken while I was waiting for bus to go to Wellington from my hometown, Palmerston North. I intended to shoot silhouette of the people lining up to get on the bus, plus the shadow was so attracting.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/7519958250/" title="Motukiekie Rocks by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="Motukiekie Rocks" height="681" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7263/7519958250_4ffbc57344_b.jpg" width="1024" /></a></div>
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Motukikie Rocks, West Coast New Zealand.</div>
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Dubbed as "Top 10 Scenic Drive In The World". One of the craziest things I have done this year was to get down here, alone. This place is only accessible during low tide. Waves can be calm at one time, and suddenly can change into 6 meter high waves crushing the beach. Many lives lost along the shore of this coast. I got soaked myself up to my waist but luckily made it out safely after dusk. This picture was shot using Hitech ND1.2 and Reverse ND Grad0.6 filters.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/7529994552/" title="Coal Creek Falls by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="Coal Creek Falls" height="682" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8290/7529994552_aa949b3ef8_b.jpg" width="1024" /></a></div>
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Coal Creek Falls is one of the famous waterfalls in West Coast Region. I walked for 3 km from my cabin at Rapahoe before another 1km bush walk to come here. Image was shot using CPL filter stacked with Hitech ND1.2.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/7555260066/" title="Secluded Pier at Lake Brunner by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="Secluded Pier at Lake Brunner" height="754" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7138/7555260066_69db27147e_b.jpg" width="1024" /></a></div>
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Secluded Pier at Lake Brunner: I was on my 170km solo cycling trip around West Coast, New Zealand and one of the destinations was this famous Lake Brunner. I reached this pier in one foggy morning and I found this moment was like no other. If I have to choose the very best picture for this year, then it will be this one. It is also my only submission for National Geographic Photo Contest 2012 and was chosen as Editor's Choice for that contest. It was also featured and published some famous press websites such as Huffington Post, Daily Mail UK, Atlantic.com and my biggest dream come true, <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/10/post.html" target="_blank">Big Picture Boston.com</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/8206141379/" title="Whangarei Falls by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="Whangarei Falls" height="1024" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8199/8206141379_a8917f8d0b_b.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
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Whangarei Falls, New Zealand.</div>
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Was taken during my recent summer trip to Northland region, New Zealand. Situated about 5km from the Whangarei Central, this waterfalls is one of the main attractions in the Northland region, New Zealand.</div>
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Sunset at Russell, Bay of Islands New Zealand.</div>
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View of the sunset from the main wharf. I went here by ferry from Paihia which is just across the bay. This picture was shot using Hitech ND1.2 and Reverse ND0.9 Grad. Initially, this picture was pretty underexposed but since I shoot in RAW, most of the details were successfully recovered using Adobe Camera RAW.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/8279903273/" title="Head of Lake Wakatipu at dusk by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="Head of Lake Wakatipu at dusk" height="681" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8485/8279903273_32042e520b_b.jpg" width="1024" /></a></div>
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This was taken from wharf at Glenorchy, a small township 50km from Queenstown, New Zealand. Can be seen in this picture, the mountainous region of Mount Aspiring National Park. To the right of this picture lies the Earnslaw Mountain. Those who watch the beginning of LOTR; Two Towers should remember this mountain. Filming of the latest "The Hobbit" was also done within these areas. I used Hitech ND1.2 and GND0.6 filters for this shot.</div>
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Lupines on the shore of Lake Tekapo, New Zealand.</div>
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Lake Tekapo is one of the famous tourist attractions in South Island, which means that there are so many pictures taken from the same, already known angles. My mindset when go to the places to shoot is to find an angle or spot where it "does not looks the same like others". I found this spot which is not far from my hostel during afternoon stroll, and came back later on during evening to shoot. This picture was shot with Hitech GND0.6. Post processing was done only with Nikon Capture NX2.<br />
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That's all for now. My hope for next year is that I am able to produce much better pictures at better places.<br />
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Thanks guys for your time to visit this entry :)Nadlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296176330454501375noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151772397227390825.post-40814661200833932972012-10-19T23:37:00.001+13:002012-10-19T23:37:21.661+13:00KLPF 2012 - Seni and The CityHi guys,<br />
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Today is the last day of the semester and final semester exams will be starting next two weeks. I'm already finished all of the assignments and the only things that I need to do - Studying for the exam.<br />
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This time I want to talk about the KL Photo Creator of the Year contest which was held during KLPF 2012 last two weeks at MidValley, Kuala Lumpur. As I mentioned in the previous post, I was one of the selected finalists for the judging event that took place that time. But due to the time and distance constraints, I had to pull of from the competition. The winner was this guy - Mohd Azlan Mohd Latib (known as The Minister). I added him recently on Facebook and took some time looking through his timeline, especially pictures that he made. Honestly, he deserved it to be the winner.<br />
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As for me, I was so lucky to be listed as the finalist, considering that I was the youngest among the finalists. And the series that I submitted was pretty crap and does not has any specific concept and message to be conveyed through - It's pretty general unlike the others that were so prominent.<br />
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Well, cut it off now. Since I wasn't given a chance to present my series of works in front of the judges during that event, I will write it here. So, here it goes:<br />
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<b>Details About Myself:</b><br />
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><b>My name is Mohd Nadly Aizat Bin Mohd Nudri. Currently 24 years old, I come from Taiping, Perak but now studying in Palmerston North, New Zealand. I spent almost 4 years here doing degree in chemical engineering at Massey University, which is to be completed by end of this year. I started doing photography since 2009 and found it really exciting. I love shooting landscape, sports, street and architecture pictures. I love and admire landscape works by David Noton, Trey Ratcliff, and Ansel Adams. Not to forget the photojournalism series from Henri Cartier Bresson, Brian Brake and Steve McCurry. Apart from photography, I love reading and travelling around the country during my free time. If I were given chance and enough motivation, I would like to be a photojournalist myself and put aside the engineering career. </b><a href="" name="139526db4c0c296e__GoBack" style="color: #1155cc;"></a></span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></b>Nadlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296176330454501375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151772397227390825.post-64919327372305646022012-10-12T21:36:00.002+13:002012-10-12T21:41:20.150+13:00Recent Published Works and Competitions JoinedHey guys,<br />
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It's been a while since my last update. The semester is coming to the end and of course I am pretty busy with my studies. This gonna be my last semester for my studies in New Zealand and hopefully will be going back home early next year.<br />
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In this entry, I want to share with you some of my recent published works and the competitions that I currently joined.<br />
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<b>PSNZ Inter-Club Salon 2012</b><br />
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I am currently representing my camera club, Manawatu Camera Club for this competition organised by Photographic Society of New Zealand (PSNZ). Results will be announced next month.<br />
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I was submitting two images so far for People and Travel category. Will consider to submit more pictures before the dateline.<br />
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<b>Nikon Club Malaysia (Perak State Exhibition)</b><br />
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This event was held at Perak State Library around early of September. Few of my images were exhibited there. Unfortunately, I couldn't attend to see it myself.<br />
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There were two of my images here from right: Angel and Penang Ferry were displayed in this exhibition.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.maybankphotoawards.com/?uuid=b047a746-f5af-11e1-b7c0-0025907b5fdc" target="_blank">Maybank Photography Awards 2012</a></b></div>
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I was submitted a total of 15 images, seven for Street category and eight for Landscape. Three of the landscape images and none of the Street images were shortlisted and currently displayed in the gallery of the competition website. Firstly I thought it was a mistake when none of my street images were shortlisted so I sent an email to them. They replied that they already made that decision. So due to that reason I'm assuming that they don't want the same person to win more than one category. Fine, not a problem. Images that were selected:<br />
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Secluded Pier at Lake Brunner.</div>
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Foggy Morning at Lake Brunner.</div>
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<b>Dunia Kamera Magazine, September Edition.</b></div>
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There were two of my images were published in this edition. One of them in "Momen" section of the magazine, which is "<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/7555260066/" target="_blank">Secluded Pier at Lake Brunner</a>", and another one in "Cabaran Dunia Kamera", which was "<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/7500240818/in/set-72157630416820978" target="_blank">We are The Champion</a>".</div>
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Recently, I was featured in Nikon Club Malaysia website. It was an honor for me to be featured here. You can read the article and interview with me <a href="http://www.nikonclub.com.my/pages/Insight.aspx?id=262" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br />
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<b>Nikon Annual Photo Awards 2012, Nikon Club Malaysia.</b><br />
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I was shortlisted and the final judging will take place by end of the year. I have submitted my portfolio and hopefully it will attract the judges.<br />
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<b>KLPF Photo Creator of The Year 2012</b><br />
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This competition was opened since mid year and I have submitted my series of works by the title, "People Living in The City". Alhamdulillah, I managed to reach the final stage of judging. But unfortunately, I couldn't attend the final judging event which was compulsory for all eight finalists. So I decided to let it go. But somehow I felt satisfied when I reached this level plus all of my works were displayed in the KLPF 2012 event which took place last week.<br />
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<b>National Geographic Photo Contest 2012</b></div>
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This is the biggest, and most prestigious photography competition that I joined so far. I have submitted one image so far, which I reckon the best of my works currently. The picture submitted is "Secluded Pier at Lake Brunner". Alhamdulillah, it was chosen as one of the Editor's Choice and currently displayed in the <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/2012/entries/wallpaper/places-week-1/#/5" target="_blank">NatGeo </a>website. Following that, many popular press websites, such as <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/17/national-geographic-photo-contest_n_1891300.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false" target="_blank">Huffington Post</a>, <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2205906/The-world-Sublime-images-nature-best-vie-prize-2012-National-Geographic-photography-competition.html" target="_blank">Daily Mail UK</a> and <a href="http://atlantic.com/">Atlantic.com</a> were publishing these shortlisted images including mine. They were indirectly giving my image free publicity where it went viral in Tumblr, Pin It and few other social sites online. </div>
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Secluded Pier at Lake Brunner.</div>
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Thanks to the publicity given, I got an email from NatGeo support saying that there were three buyers who were interested to buy the print of this image. I already sent them emails, and so far two of them already replied with offered price. Alhamdulillah :)</div>
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The results will be released on December 15, 2012. My target was not so high for this contest, considering the stiff competition from the best photographers all around the world. I will feel so grateful if I can make it to the final and if I win, then it is a bonus :).</div>
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<b>Black + White Photographer of The Year 2012 (BPOTY2012).</b></div>
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This competition was organised by Black+White Photography Magazine based in East Sussex, UK. There were five categories that were enlisted. I submitted images for three of these categories and Alhamdulillah, I managed to get shortlisted in two categories. They required me to submit a print and digital file to UK which I have done last week. Final judging will take place two weeks from now and hopefully I could win something.</div>
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Lunch Time. Shortlisted for "This Is Life" category.</div>
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Secluded Pier at Lake Brunner. Shortlisted for "Young B+W Photographer of the Year".</div>
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Altogether with the KLPF Photo Creator of the Year 2012 exhibition, my pictures were also exhibited by one of the participants, which is Fotomedia.com. Seven of my images were displayed here.</div>
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Seven of my images can be found here.</div>
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<b>Digital SLR Photography Magazine, October Edition.</b></div>
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Alhamdulillah, my image was published again in this magazine and fortunately I won as the monthly winner for this edition. Again, my picture of foggy pier at Lake Brunner was published. I would like to thank Digital SLR Magazine Malaysia for the recognition and trust for my works as they were frequently publishing my images for the last few months.</div>
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Again, the picture of foggy Lake Brunner attracted people to buy it. This time it was from a photo-sharing website, <a href="http://500px.com/">500px.com</a>. Alhamdulillah.</div>
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By showing all of these, I am not boasting or being proud with myself. It is just a motivation for me to go further in photography, probably going full time in the coming years. I know it is not easy, but somehow I believe that I can make it. </div>
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Thanks all for your time. Cheers.</div>
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Nadlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296176330454501375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151772397227390825.post-23720646364115343602012-09-16T00:43:00.000+12:002012-09-16T00:43:03.276+12:00Solo Trip to West Coast (Part II)<b>Cycling Trip (10-12 July)</b><br />
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It was one of the activities that I planned for this trip, which is to do return cycling trip from Rapahoe to Lake Brunner within two days (which finally done in three days). This was my first time doing a long distance cycling which is in total distance about 170km. I rented a bike from Wild West Adventure Greymouth for four days.<br />
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<b>First Day (10 July 2012)</b><br />
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The destination of the this first day is Jacksons. Jacksons is a small settlement at the southern part of Lake Brunner and I will going to stay there overnight before heading to Lake Brunner the day after. The total distance between Rapahoe and Jacksons is about 75km.<br />
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Distance travelled for the first day, Rapahoe (A) to Jacksons (B).</div>
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I left my cabin around 7am in the morning. Since it was winter that time, it is still dark so I put on my high visible vest and cycling light.</div>
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Taking picture before cycling. I only brought two things with me; my camera bag with few clothes and a tripod.</div>
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Scenery alongside the road from Rapahoe to Greymouth.</div>
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In order to know the current location and distance from one place to another, I used a topo map and compass. Probably much better if I have a smartphone, but unfortunately I did not. It might be not useful that time since there are no phone coverage and the battery could get flat much faster during this cold condition. </div>
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I usually stopped around for short break after cycling 10-20km and that time I took couple of shots around.</div>
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View of Grey River during sunrise.</div>
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Most of the settlements I went through are in the countryside area. Most of the people living here are working in the farms or mining area nearby.</div>
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This is quite unique ; A shared bridge of road and railway.</div>
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The last 40km cycling from Kumara to Jacksons was pretty hard and tiring for me. This was due to the road that are ascending uphill and not that flat all the way. Plus, when I reached a vast, open area of the Taramakau River plain, the hot weather and direct sunlight made me stop quite a lot to have a rest.</div>
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View around Taramakau River.</div>
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So vast. I seen a helicopter went across the river and it looks so small when it reached the other side of the river, showing how big this area of.</div>
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Finally, at about 4pm I reached Jacksons safely. Here, I was staying overnight at <a href="http://www.jacksonsretreat.co.nz/" target="_blank">Jacksons Retreat</a>. It is a camping site that located just opposite of the junction to Lake Brunner that I am going to go the next morning. There are a lot of facilities here like toilets, bathroom, a common room equipped with kitchen and many more. Because of the limited space that I have, I did not bring my sleeping bag and tent but I rented it here.The price was not bad, which is NZD35 per night.</div>
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Pose after finished the cycling for this day.</div>
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One unique things about this campsite that it has a barn as a place for tents and campervan. This is quite helping during the time where heavy snowdump or during raining season.</div>
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After solat and a brief dinner, I slept early that night due to the tiredness and I need sufficient rest so that I could start cycling again tomorrow around Lake Brunner.</div>
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<b>Second Day (11 July 2012)</b></div>
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Map below shown the cycling route that I did for the second day:</div>
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Total distance travelled for the second day : 56km.</div>
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I woke up around 7am. While I am inside tent, I heard sounds like there was raining heavily outside. I also noticed that the canvas on the opening side was kind of wet. But when I went out, it was no raining at all and stars could be clearly seen. I discovered that the raining sound was actually came off from the streams around the campsite and the canvas was wet probably from condensation.</div>
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After solat and self-cleaning, I started cycling around 7.30am. The first light can be seen on the sky so I hurried up cycling in order to catch up the sunrise at Lake Brunner.The distance from Jacksons to Mitchells (nearest settlement at southern part of Lake Brunner) is about 17km. There was farmland on both side of the road.After about 10km cycling, I found that the sunlight disappeared and there was mist that time which limiting the viewing distance. Occasionally I met with big truck and cars that passed by that road so I need to be careful.</div>
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Within last 5km of the cycling to Mitchells, the sealed tarmac road changed into a gravel, narrow road. The farmland surrounding was also changed into thick forest. To be honest, I felt kind of scary due to this foggy conditions and also since there were no people and vehicle around there.But, being motivated to catch great images at the lake, I braved myself and continue the cycling.</div>
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Finally, after riding in the fog and surrounded by jungle, I managed to reach the shore of Lake Brunner. It was this moment where I found a group of trees called "Kahikatea trees" that live on the water, plus a group of swan cruising nearby. I went off my bike and discreetly going down to the shore to take the pictures below:</div>
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After taking few more shots there, I continue cycling to Mitchells. Fog was still dense so I keep cycling slowly.After about half an hour, I reached an area where there is a huge mansion beside the lake. It feel strange as that huge mansion seemed abandoned.</div>
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There is a boathouse with a jetty in front of that mansion. So I stopped and bring my bike on the jetty. After doing some evaluation on the composition of the jetty, I made few shots. One of them was putting me and my bike as the subject. Initially, I want to put a 10 second self timer, but I was afraid that the jetty gonna collapse since I am going to quickly run to my bike. So I used intervalometer instead and take few shots. After all, the picture below is my favourite :</div>
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I continue cycling. According to the initial plan, I was supposed to cycling from Mitchells to Kumara where I can get back to Greymouth that evening. But since the road conditions were too bad and I feel so exhausted cycling on this kind of road, so I decided to head back to Inchbonnie and then take turn to Moana in the northern part of the lake.This is why I spend three days instead of two as I was staying another night there at Moana.</div>
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The journey to Moana from Mitchells is about 30km and since the road was sealed so it was ease. The only things that made me exhausted was the dehydration. Just about I reached Lake Poerua, the fog was clearing and it was direct sunlight with quite warm temperature. So I made couple of stops to rest.</div>
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I did not take much pictures except when I reached the final settlement before Moana, which is Te Kinga.</div>
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Picture taken at Te Kinga.</div>
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Train from Christchurch I think, making way to Greymouth.</div>
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Finally, I reached Moana just before sunset. I wandering around to find a place to stay. I was lucky since I managed to find a cabin to rest that day. It was at Moana Hotel. The best things there was that it is near to the lake shore and I had a chance to make few shots of the sunset there.The price was good (probably because it was off-peak season), which is about NZD22.</div>
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View from my cabin.</div>
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Sunset at Moana. Beautiful.</div>
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After finished here, I went back to my cabin, having a hot shower before getting out to the pub nearby for dinner (that's the only place I have to eat). Like the day before, I went to sleep early as I have another 35km cycling to be finished before reaching Greymouth the next day.</div>
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<b>Third Day (Last Day of Cycling Trip) - 12 July 2012.</b></div>
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I woke up as early as 6am for shower and solat before started cycling again. </div>
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Distance from Moana to Greymouth is about 35km. </div>
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Since the hotel reception is only open at 3pm, I put the room's key into the mailbox outside the hotel. It was still dark that time so I put on my high visible vest and cycling light.</div>
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The road back to Greymouth from Moana was quite good since it is flat and not much hilly area. I did not take any pictures this day since my intention that time was only to get back to Greymouth safely. It was also raining heavily that day so I put my raincoat on. </div>
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After two hours cycling, I reached at a place called Stillwater. This is where the junction to Greymouth is and there was only 15km before I finished this cycling trip.</div>
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Alhamdulillah, finally at 11.30am I reached Greymouth safely thus ending this cycling trip. I returned back the bike that I rented to Wild West Adventure Greymouth and returned back to Rapahoe with cab.</div>
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<b>Final Day at West Coast, Friday 13rd July 2012</b></div>
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Although the checkout time is at 11am, but I woke up earlier that day and packing up stuff after Fajr prayer. Also I need to clean up my room since this is not a serviced accommodation and everything need to be done myself (that explained why it is so cheap to stay here).</div>
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Like the previous day, it was raining heavily that morning. After finished packing up stuff and settled the payment, I finally left for Greymouth. The owner of the place, Peter Fletcher was kind enough to give me a ride back to Greymouth with my stuff. </div>
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Will come back here one day.</div>
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Here, I met with one of my photography mates, <a href="http://500px.com/Munzer_Shamsul" target="_blank">Munzer Shamsul</a>. He was on his trip around South Island as well and that time he was stopped by Greymouth after taking Tranz Alpine train from Christchurch. He later on headed up to Nelson and going northwards to North Island.</div>
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I left Greymouth for Christchurch at 1.30pm with the same Atomic Shuttle that I ride with during the first day of the trip. The weather was not changing. It was heavy raining with strong wind struck over the region up to the Southern Alps Range. Shuttle stopped for a while at one of the skiing fields to pick up few passengers. Also another stop was at Arthur's Pass for 15 minutes.</div>
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The view alongside the road to Christchurch at Southern Alps Range. It was heavy raining that time.</div>
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Alhamdulillah, finally I arrived safely at Christchurch thus ending this trip. Here I was staying overnight at my friend's house and went back to Palmerston North tomorrow morning.</div>
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Insya Allah, if there are times and chances again in the future, I will be travelling again to some other places around New Zealand or around the world. Thanks everyone who read this entry and <a href="http://tinta-al-walid.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/solo-trip-to-west-coast-new-zealand.html" target="_blank">the first part</a> for your time. </div>
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Nadlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296176330454501375noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151772397227390825.post-66818580697959901052012-09-15T22:20:00.001+12:002012-09-15T22:21:52.260+12:00Solo Trip to West Coast, New Zealand (Part I)Assalamualaikum wbt and very good day,<br />
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During last winter break, I had a chance to travel alone to West Coast. West Coast is a common name for Westland region located in the western part of South Island which is from Buller in the north to the Franz Josef in the south. But I did not go to all of this part, just spending my time at the Grey District only which is around Greymouth, Coast Road and Lake Brunner. I was actually planning this trip from early of the year and Alhamdulillah, it went as planned.<br />
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<b>Friday 6th July 2012</b><br />
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I took a shuttle from Christchurch to go to Greymouth. Actually I was in Christchurch a week earlier to attend the annual BERSATU Games that ended on Thursday 5th July. Shuttle departed at 7.30am and the journey took about four hours before reaching Greymouth. The sceneries alongside roads towards Greymouh were so fantastic, especially when we were reaching the Southern Alps Range but unfortunately we did not stop much so I couldn't take any pictures except from inside the shuttle and during short break at Arthur's Pass.<br />
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Atomic Shuttle that I took to get to Greymouth.</div>
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Southern Alps from inside shuttle.</div>
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As I said just now, the shuttle took a short break at Arthur's Pass. Arthur's Pass is a small township that located in the middle of this Southern Alps Range. During winter season like this, many people travel here especially those who are doing snowboarding and skiing at the winter fields nearby. According to the driver, for the last three days, there was a winter blast that made this area and its surroundings were piled up with thick snow.</div>
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Around Arthur's Pass.</div>
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Road across this town. Every morning, there is a truck that clearing the road from ice and frost.</div>
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Finally I reached Greymouth around 11.30am. From here, I took a cab to Rapahoe that is located around 10km northwards of Greymouth. For the whole trip, I was staying here at <a href="http://www.rapahoebeach.co.nz/" target="_blank">Rapahoe Beach Motor Camp</a>. It is a camping area beside the Rapahoe Beach, and also has few cabins. The price was quite good, which is about NZD25 a day. There was no phone coverage but a good things was there is WIFI so I can access internet from here.</div>
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View inside the cabin that I was staying for a week.</div>
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Bed was spacious, but it was so freezing cold at night even with the heater on.</div>
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"Cooking" appliances. There was a kitchen at the main hall outside.</div>
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<b>Motukikie Rocks</b></div>
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Although just arrived, I decided to go to Motukikie Rocks that afternoon. This was because usually the weather at the coastal area is quite unpredictable. Moreover, that day was the best day to go according to the tide schedule where it will be low tide during sunset. For your information, this area cannot be accessed except during low tide only. </div>
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Talking about Motukikie Rocks, it is located about 7km north of Rapahoe. Because I'm walking, I moved out early from cabin. The journey took about one hour and half by the Coast Road. </div>
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View of Motukikie Rocks from Ten Miles Creek viewing point.</div>
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Finally, I managed to reach Twelve Miles Bluff where the Motukikie Rocks is located. In order to go down to the beach, I need to walk through a narrow and steep track in the bushes, and using ropes and a steel ladder down of the cliff before reaching the shore (this track is not really known to the public, and I was told by the locals here, few weeks before this trip). </div>
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Beach at Twelve Miles Bluff. </div>
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Corrosion caused by the tides and extreme weather here had actually crafting the rocks into unique, distinctive shapes of archway.</div>
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A unique rock structure.</div>
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Although the water are going off, but still there were waves that coming off, sometimes in a monstrous scale. It was hard to predict whether it is safe or not being here. The sea looks pretty calm at a time ; and a minute later became dangerous. I myself got wet up to the waist level as I tried move from one part of the beach to another. </div>
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Another things that was quite scary that when I was there, I kept listening to the sound of stones that fall off the cliff. It was like the cliff could collapse anytime without warning. Just few weeks prior to this trip, I was told by the locals here that there was huge rockfalls at the southern side of the beach. So, I keep myself within proper range to the cliff for safety reason. </div>
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Sun was about to setting down. After looking around for a good angle, so I set up my tripod and camera to take pictures.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/7519958250/" title="Motukiekie Rocks by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="Motukiekie Rocks" height="532" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7263/7519958250_4ffbc57344_c.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
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The picture above shown Motukikie Rocks as the subject during sunset. You can see at the foreground, there is a group of mussels where I was actually stepping on it to take this picture. I used two filters for this shot, which is GND0.6 and ND1.2.</div>
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Feel satisfied when I managed to reach this area.</div>
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Since it was getting dark, so I packed up my stuff to return back to my cabin. Instead of the track that I walked through before, I eventually walk alongside the beach to the north where there are a small settlement which has access from beach back to the road.</div>
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I was just realized that during the time I was at the beach, there were no one there but me. </div>
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I need to walk back to the cabin so there was another 7km to be finished that night. Because I was exhausted, so I decided to have a short break at few places that have bench and chairs (viewing points alongside the road). Since there were no road lights, I brought a torchlight. It was clear, cloudless night that there were a lot of stars on the sky. So, I decided to take few good shots there.</div>
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Below are few first pictures of Milky Way that I took using my Nikkor 16-35mm f/4G lens. Because its maximum aperture is not that big, so I had to expose my camera sensor more than supposed to be.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/7519158770/" title="Southern Paparoa Range at Night by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="Southern Paparoa Range at Night" height="665" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8290/7519158770_83d57a2631_c.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
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As you could see, there are some "trailing effect" of the stars in the pictures above.This was due to the long exposure that I made. Also, the picture a little bit soft due to the noise reduction that done during post processing.</div>
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Alhamdulillah, after about two and half hour I managed to reach cabin safely. Due to the freezing cold temperature that night (-1 to 2 degree Celcius), it was difficult for me to sleep so I decided to make editing and upload some of the pictures in my facebook.</div>
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<b>Saturday 7th July 2012</b></div>
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The plan this morning was to go to Coal Creek Falls. Due to the tiredness from the previous day, I left my cabin quite late, which was around 11am. Coal Creek Falls is located about 4km from Rapahoe, which the closest town is Runanga. Runanga initially was a settlement for the workers in gold mines, and now it is inhabited by the workers of the coal mines nearby. </div>
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In order to go to the waterfalls, I need to walk alongside 1km track into the jungle. It was not that hard since the track was flat and quite broad to walk. </div>
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Alhamdulillah, the timing was right when I reached the waterfalls since there were sunlight directly to the falls, made the red colour on the rocks real vibrant. For the pictures below, I used a CPL and ND1.2 filters.</div>
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During summer, many people came here for swimming. During winter like this time, the temperature of the water could be around 1-2 degree Celcius.</div>
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That evening, I just taking a stroll alongside the beach outside my cabin. Weather that evening was good and I did capture few shots of the sunset. </div>
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<b>Sunday 8th July 2012</b></div>
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I have no proper plan for this day so I just went around to walk alongside the beach again. Only during afternoon, I will be walking to Point Elizabeth (4km from my cabin).</div>
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Instead of using ultra wide angle lens, I brought my telephoto lens to shoot landscape that morning.</div>
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<b>Point Elizabeth.</b></div>
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Point Elizabeth is the end tip of Rapahoe Range nearby. Its elevation is about 100m and one of the best place to see sunset and sunrise alongside the Coast Road. Even Motukikie Rocks can be seen clearly from here.</div>
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In order to go here, I went through a walking track with the distance of 4km (8km return) through the thick forest of Rapahoe Range Scenic Reserve. Nikau palm (a unique plant species) can be abundantly found here. After about an hour walking, finally I reached the Elizabeth Point.</div>
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There is a bench and table where people can sit there after the tiring walk. Here, I met a Dutch guy who was travelling as well around West Coast. We exchanged our travelling stories and thoughts on photography as well. Great stuff indeed. I stayed there until sunset to take this picture. The view was so fantastic that I decided to recite Azan (call of prayer) loudly there (no one gonna heard me though)</div>
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View of the coast from Elizabeth Point.</div>
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The journey back was little bit creepy, as there were no people around and it was getting dark. I brought my torchlight to assist me walking in the darkness of the Rapahoe Range jungle. Sometimes I can heard something moving in the bushes, and it was real scary though. I keep walking fast but calm, also need to mind few deep pits beside the track. Finally when I see the road lights from houses at Rapahoe, I feel relieved since I already arrived back. </div>
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<b>Will be continued in Part 2.</b></div>
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Nadlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296176330454501375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151772397227390825.post-4539863387653450902012-06-28T11:03:00.002+12:002012-06-28T11:18:16.364+12:00Recent Published WorksAssalamualaikum wbt and very good day,<br />
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Alhamdulillah, semester 1 is already coming to the end and the winter break begin. I will be leaving for South Island tomorrow (Friday 29th June). I will be shooting pictures for Bersatu Games held in Christchurch (1st - 5th July), plus a week trip to West Coast after that.<br />
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The main reason why I write this entry is to inform you that few of my pictures were published in local magazines this month. Alhamdulillah, so far my pictures were featured in almost all major photography magazines in Malaysia.<br />
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Following publication last month, there are two more pictures that were published for June edition. These are the pictures of two grand mosques in Putrajaya, Malaysia.<br />
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Sunrise at Masjid Putra</div>
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Sunset Over Lake Putrajaya.</div>
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Also for June edition, this is the first time my picture published in this magazine. It is a picture taken at Pudu Sentral Bus Station. A street-styled image that I captured while waiting to go home at Taiping from Kuala Lumpur.</div>
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Finally, after six months attempt on submitting pictures to this magazine, I got my picture published. It is one of the best picture I ever captured in last two years. A picture of me trying to reach for the stars.</div>
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Also, recently I was giving permission to PTS Publication (one of well-know book publishers in Malaysia) to use one of my pictures as a front cover for a motivational book, "Irkam Maana" by Hilal Asyraf.<br />
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Apart from these, I am currently joining few big competitions such as New Zealand Amateur Photographer of the Year 2012, New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year 2012, TIPA One World Photo Competition, Nikon Malaysia Annual Photo Award 2012 and also KL-PhotoCreator of the Year. I am not hoping much for these big event but at least, to be selected for the final judging. Pray for me Insya Allah, all of you.</div>
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<br /></div>Nadlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296176330454501375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151772397227390825.post-26954948149867443362012-05-27T03:34:00.001+12:002012-05-27T03:34:08.466+12:00My Pictures Published AgainSalam and hi everybody,<br />
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Alhamdulillah, following my first debut in <a href="http://tinta-al-walid.blogspot.co.nz/2012/04/my-1st-published-picture-in-magazine.html">Malaysian local magazines</a> last month, few of my pictures were published again and this time there were two magazines that publish my images.<br />
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In this magazine, there were three images published which are :</div>
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The Beach Domain</div>
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The Evening Fog</div>
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I got an email from them yesterday, asking for mailing address and contact number for them to send the prize. Thanks Digital SLR Photography Malaysia for having me in your magazine this month.</div>
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The second magazine was:</div>
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The picture published was the picture taken during my trip to Wellington last mid-semester break.</div>
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<br /></div>Nadlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296176330454501375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151772397227390825.post-8702422749945117432012-05-27T03:12:00.001+12:002012-05-29T01:54:31.843+12:00New Lens and Hitech FiltersSalam and hi everybody,<br />
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For those who don't know, I sold three of my lenses to buy this lens :</div>
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It is Nikkor 16-35mm f/4G ED VR. The main purpose that I have when decided to buy this lens is that I found that in creative landscape photography, it is important to use various type of filters. My former ultra wide angle lens (UWA) which is Samyang 14mm f/2.8 AE ED UMC was a good lens, but sadly it can't be fitted with filter due to its bulge, converging front element nature. Plus with this new lens I have advantages of autofocusing and also be able to zoom up to 35mm.</div>
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Back to the filters, for the beginning I bought three filters which are two graduated ND and one ND filters.</div>
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All of them are made by Formatt Hitech based in UK. For sure if I have lotsa money I will opted for Lee filters or Tiffen glasses, but that's not the case for now.</div>
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Talking about quality, they are all great. I used GND0.6 for most of my shots and sometimes use Reverse ND Grad for sunset/sunrise shots. Below are some of the pictures taken using these filters.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/7131508841/" title="Single Exposure | Sunset at Waitoetoe Park by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="Single Exposure | Sunset at Waitoetoe Park" height="532" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7227/7131508841_37c51c43af_c.jpg" width="800" /></a></div>
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Apart from all of these good pictures I captured with these filters, there are also some imperfections I found. One of them is the color cast. I found that when I stacked two filters for long exposure, there is a purple/magenta cast in the images captured. </div>
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1) Shoot in RAW and during the conversion to JPEG, tweak the white balance using dropper tool in Adobe Camera RAW (or set grey point in Nikon Capture NX2).</div>
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Initially, I was looking for a 10 stops ND filter for my landscape photography purposes. But since my Samyang 14mm cannot be fitted with any kind of filters plus the size of Lee / Cokin / Hitech that are suitable are quite expensive which is around RM1000 (filter holder not included), so this inferior idea came in my mind ; To design an ND filter from el cheapo material ; Welding glass. This idea came when I was googling on how to make ND filter for long exposure.<br />
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So, last Friday morning I went to the store which supply welding equipment. Even though there are no glass with suitable size which is 165mm x 165mm, but the one that available which is 4'' x 5'' is already sufficient for this testing purposes.<br />
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In order to make the filter holder, I used few layers of cardboard which were cut off to the size of the welding glass. And I put together the black plastic in order to avoid the leaking light during the exposure. Total cost of doing this filter is around NZD30.<br />
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Layers of cardboard which were cut and stacked before being glued to welding glass.</div>
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To avoid leaking light, I put a black plastic as a hood.</div>
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For your information, welding glass that I used is grade 11 / shade 11. Things become difficult for me here as I need to determine the right settings to be used. This is due to the different versions on the density of this grade 11. Some said that it was close to 12 stops while others said it is 14 stops. So I made rough estimation by taking the reading of shutter speed before and after this filter set up and then comparing with the ND filter table I have. So my initial conclusion is that this welding glass has the intensity of 15 stops.</div>
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Below is the image taken SOOC using this filter :</div>
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As you can see here, there are strong green cast present. This is normal as the welding glass is designed that way. It can be corrected using various software provided that it was shot in RAW format. This can be done using "tint" slider in Adobe Camera RAW to the maximum, or by using gray point selection in Nikon Capture NX2.</div>
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Other than that, some red dots and lines also can be seen. This is because of the light leaking. And the most obvious, vignetting. So, I probably need to redesign the shape of this filter holder in order to reduce these effects. Plus I need to find much bigger glass, which is around 165mm x 165mm.</div>
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But, in my humble opinion the leaking light and vignetting will not happen with the common lenses used as the lens hood can be simply removed. Compared to my Samyang lens which has fixed, petal-shaped hood and has longer diameter, these problems are quite obvious.</div>
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In terms of image quality, I found that the images captured were not downgraded much. The sharpness is there (provided that both front element of lens and filter are clean from dust and blotches), but the colors of the image are quite dull and not too vibrant. Due to that reasons, I would like to conclude that this filter is suitable for monochrome long exposure only.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;">Hari ini ialah hari terakhir saya di Wellington sebelum bertolak balik ke Palmerston North besok. Jadi ingin saya kongsikan sedikit gambar-gambar yang telah saya rakamkan sepanjang seminggu berada di ibu negara New Zealand ni. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;">Saya bertolak ke Wellington dengan menaiki bas. Kelihatan agak ramai yang menaiki bas ke Wellington sehingga ada 3 bas dari beberapa bandar berhenti rehat di Palmerston North pada masa yang sama. Ini disebabkan oleh cuti Easter pada hujung minggu tersebut dan ramai yang bergerak pulang ke Wellington untuk kembali bekerja setelah bercuti. Ini menyebabkan kesesakan lalu lintas dari Palmerston North hingga ke Wellington (suasana yang lebih kurang sama dengan di Malaysia apabila cuti perayaan etc).</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Alhamdulillah saya sampai di Wellington dengan selamat walaupun terlewat lebih kurang sejam. Saya tinggal di rumah salah seorang kenalan di kawasan suburb Johnsonville. </span>
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Pada sebelah petangnya saya dan rakan saya pergi ke Makara Beach yang terletak dalam sekitar 45 minit drive dari rumah di Johnsonville. Setibanya kami di sana, kami perlu berjalan selama 15minit untuk ke spot yang sesuai. Alhamdulillah walaupun mendung pada hari tersebut kami masih dapat mengejar sunset kerana awan agak kurang di sekitar kawasan horizon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Mendung dan hujan pada petangnya, jadi tiada sunset. Kami ke Island Bay yang terletak berhampiran dengan lapangan terbang antarabangsa Wellington. Setelah hujan reda, saya pun memanjat batu-batu besar di sekitar Island Bay tersebut untuk mencari spot yang sesuai. Jadi ini hasilnya :</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Cuaca pada petang ini lebih baik dari hari semalamnya. Jadi kami ke Porirua untuk mengejar sunset di Rocky Bay yang berhampiran dengan kawasan pantai Titahi Bay. Untuk ke Rocky Bay ini kami perlu berjalan merentasi paya dan celahan batu2 yang tinggi dan rugged serta beberapa buah gua untuk sampai di lokasi. Berikut ialah beberapa gambar yang dapat saya rakamkan di sini.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Cuaca terbaik sepanjang minggu ini jadi kami ke Moa Point berhampiran dengan kawasan lapangan terbang Wellington. Di sini merupakan tempat terbaik bagi mereka yang nak tengok kapal terbang landing di airport, dan juga feri antara pulau (Interislander) bergerak menuju destinasi.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Saya mencuba teknik black card / magic cloth untuk gambar di bawah ni. Oleh kerana lens saya tidak boleh dipasangkan filter, jadi saya terpaksa menunggu sehingga hari gelap untuk mencuba. Secara umumnya teknik ini dilakukan seperti berikut:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-auto;">2) Ambil bacaan background (dalam kes ini, 2 saat).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-auto;">3) Ambil bacaan foreground (dalam kes ini, 20 saat).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-auto;">4) Jadi masa yang diperlukan untuk saya menutup bahagian background dengan black card ialah 20-2 = 18 saat.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-auto;">5) Saya menutup bahagian background selama 18 saat dan mengipas2kan sedikit untuk mengurangkan kesan garisan yang akan muncul sekiranya tidak dibuat.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Dan ini hasilnya. Saya terpaksa mencuba beberapa kali untuk mendapatkan exposure yang baik seperti dalam gambar di bawah. </span>
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rancangan asalnya ialah untuk ke Castlepoint yang terletak kira-kira 130km dari Wellington. Kami bertolak dari rumah pada jam 2.30 pagi, akan tetapi kereta yang kami naiki mengalami sedikit masalah pada enjin. Walaupun berjaya diselesaikan, kami memutuskan untuk berpatah balik kerana pada waktu itu kami sudah pun terlewat untuk mengejar sunrise di sana. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dalam perjalanan pulang itu, timbul satu cadangan dari salah seorang rakan kami iaitu untuk pergi ke Wainuiomata Coast yang terletak berhampiran. Perjalanan mengambil masa kira-kira setengah jam. Cuaca pada waktu mendung serta angin kencang (dan hujan turun semasa perjalanan pulang). Oleh yang demikian, saya mencuba nasib dengan teknik long exposure untuk mengambil gambar.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ombak pula agak tinggi dan ganas menghempas pantai jadi saya tidak berani untuk mengambil gambar berhampiran dengan gigi air.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sekali pandang, cahaya terang di sebalik bukit dalam gambar ini kelihatan seperti cahaya matahari terbit padahal sebenarnya ia adalah cahaya dari kawasan bandar berhampiran.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saya terpaksa mencuba beberapa kali untuk komposisi ini kerana ombak besar yang datang menyebabkan saya terus mencabut kamera dari tripod dan bergegas ke kawasan yang lebih selamat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gambar ini hampir saja saya buang kerana terlalu gelap tetapi Alhamdulillah ia berjaya di cover kembali kerana saya shoot dalam format RAW.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kami kembali ke rumah dan berehat sebelum keluar semula ke Red Rocks pada petangnya untuk mengambil gambar sunset. Semasa perjalanan, kelihatan ombak yang cukup besar dan tinggi yang memukul pantai. Ramai juga orang yang datang pada ketika itu untuk bermain luncur ombak serta perahu layar.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kami kembali ke Makara Beach pada petang harinya. Kelihatan air pasang dan naik tinggi sedikit berbanding semasa kali pertama kami ke sini. Cuaca agak baik menjelang senja, tetapi kembali mendung apabila tiba waktu Maghrib.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hari terakhir untuk mengambil gambar. Kami memutuskan untuk ke Mount Kaukau yang terletak berhampiran dengan rumah. Untuk ke puncak, kami perlu berjalan dan mendaki lereng bukit selama lebih kurang sejam sebelum tiba. Pemandangan di atas puncak Mount Kaukau sangat cantik di mana kami boleh lihat sebahagian besar dari kawasan bandaraya Wellington serta sebahagian dari kawasan utara South Island.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pendakian selama sejam lebih mengingatkan saya kepada pendakian ke puncak Broga Januari yang lepas. Cukup memenatkan tapi amat berbaloi setelah sampai ke puncak.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bangku tempat melepaskan lelah setelah pendakian selama sejam ke sini.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malam mula menjelang dan kawasan sekitar mulai gelap, jadi kami berjalan pulang ke rumah. kami perlu berhati-hati semasa menuruni lereng bukit kerana terdapat banyak lubang dan batu-batu yang boleh menyebabkan kemalangan. Dalam perjalanan pulang itu saya sempat berhenti sebentar dan mengambil gambar ini. Ia merupakan gambar vertorama dari tiga keping gambar menunjukkan peralihan waktu siang kepada malam.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kelihatan planet Zuhrah pada bahagian bawah kanan gambar serta nebula pada bahagian kiri atas gambar.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Atas ajakan kawan, kami ke Seatoun pada tengah malam itu untuk mengambil gambar bintang-bintang. Cuaca yang cukup baik serta pencemaran cahaya yang kurang di kawasan itu memberikan keberhasilan yang baik terhadap gambar-gambar yang saya rakamkan ini.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alhamdulillah, kedua-dua gambar ini berjaya mendapat "Flickr Explore" pada hari yang sama.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alhamdulillah, saya bertolak pulang ke Palmerston North keesokan harinya dan selamat sampai di rumah. Syukur kepada Tuhan kerana memberikan saya peluang untuk merakam kehebatan ciptaan-Nya pada kali ini. Terima kasih tidak terhingga di ucapkan kepada saudara Fuad dan Dr. Rosli sekeluarga yang sudi menerima saya sebagai tetamu di rumah mereka selama seminggu saya di Wellington ini. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Insya Allah, saya akan ke South Island pada cuti musim sejuk ini untuk merakamkan pemandangan di sana pula.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sekian, terima kasih.</span></div>Nadlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296176330454501375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151772397227390825.post-75292801613849755782012-04-13T11:11:00.000+12:002012-04-13T11:12:50.701+12:0075th Anniversary of the Royal New Zealand Air Force<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Salam hujung minggu semua.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Pada 31 Mac yang lepas (iaitu hari Sabtu), saya telah berkesempatan untuk berkunjung ke satu pertunjukan udara yang diadakan bersempena dengan sambutan ulangtahun ke 75 bagi Angkatan Tentera Udara New Zealand (RNZAF . Pertunjukan yang bertempat di Pangkalan Udara Ohakea (dalam setengah jam memandu dari Palmerston North) ini turut disertai oleh beberapa buah negara lain iaitu Australia, Amerika Syarikat, Perancis dan juga Singapura. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Pengunjung yang sedang beratur panjang untuk menaiki pesawat milik tentera udara Australia ini, dan tidak kurang juga yang bergambar dihadapannya.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Panjang jugak nak beratur naik ni :)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Pemandangan di sebelah dalam pesawat.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Salah satu pesawat pengangkut dan logistik milik Angkatan Tentera Singapura (RSAF)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Yang ni USA punye kot.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Memandangkan RNZAF tidak mempunyai jet fighters, pertunjukan kebanyakkannya dilakukan oleh pesawat pejuang zaman Perang Dunia Ke-2 seperti Mustang, Kittyhawk, Bristol dan Spitfire. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Selain itu, ada juga pertunjukan dari beberapa jenis helikopter dan skuad penerjun parachut Kiwi Blue. Dan yang dinanti-nantikan oleh semua pengunjung, iaitu pertunjukan udara oleh jet-jet pejuang FA-18A Hornet dari Skuadron 77 Tentera Udara Diraja Australia (RAAF).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Beberapa buah helikopter menunjukkan kemampuan mereka mengangkut dua buah kereta yang kemudiannya dijatuhkan ke tanah. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Beberapa ketika sebelum kereta tersebut hancur berkecai hehehe :P</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Pertunjukan berikutnya ialah dari skuad penerjun parachut Kiwi Blue yang melakukan terjunan dari ketinggian 9000 kaki. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Salah sebuah pesawat melakukan aksi stunt "boomerang" di mana ia terbang tinggi secara menegak dan kemudian melakukan "free fall" sambil berpusing-pusing.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Salah satu pesawat yang mengambil bahagian ialah Gyrate yang dibangunkan oleh salah sebuah syarikat tempatan di sini. Gyrate agak unik kerana ia agak fleksibel dari segi perlepasan dan pendaratan serta aspek-aspek yang lain.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Mangsa dibawa naik dengan menggunakan kabel.</span></div>
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Alhamdulillah, yesterday I got a message from the founder of DSLR Malaysia 1 Hari 1 Foto, Mr Sharulfizam Adam told that one of my pictures was published and featured in one of the local photography magazines named "Dunia Kamera" for April edition.<br />
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Since I am currently in New Zealand, I can't go and buy this magazine to see it myself. So I phoned my family and ask them to buy it on my behalf.<br />
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But just this morning I got another message from Mr Sharulfizam and this time he sent me an image of the magazine's excerpt that has my picture. I would like to thank Mr Sharulfizam for his effort and congratulations too as his images were also featured and published in various magazines for this month.<br />
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So this is the picture that was published.<br />
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It is my favourite picture ; Sunrise at Masjid Putra that was captured few weeks before I left for New Zealand last summer. </div>
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Alhamdulillah, I hope that I will get more achievements and recognition in photography this year without degrading my studies, Insya Allah. </div>
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p/s : Leaving for Wellington.</div>
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It's been a while that I haven't update this blog. I was in Klang Valley last week (to be exact, Putrajaya) for attending few occasions, mostly photography-related.<br />
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Since the holidays is closer to the end, I want to have it used fully. I was actually put a target for myself to achieve within last week, which is to shoot landscapes at least once a day from Tuesday 7th February to Sunday 12nd February. Alhamdulillah, I managed to achieve the target and things that made it great was the good weather for the whole week.<br />
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<b>Tuesday 7th February 2012.</b><br />
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I was attending the World Press Photo Exhibition that day which was held at KLCC. The weather was initially cloudy, but the clouds were clearing prior to sunset and finally revealed the blue hour. And I managed to take this picture.<br />
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<b>Wednesday 8th February 2012.</b></div>
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Nothing much I did this day, except went out with friends at Alamanda, Putrajaya during afternoon. Again, I was lucky since the weather was very good and I captured this picture in the park outside the shopping complex.</div>
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<b>Thursday 9th February 2012.</b></div>
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On this day, I went out shooting twice, which at the morning and also during evening at different location. I went to shoot the sunrise at Masjid Besi, Putrajaya. This time I take the picture from different angle, which was from across the lake.</div>
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Got the rays of light, eventhough it was quite late.</div>
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I left Putrajaya during afternoon for one of the most visited spot for KL photographers, that is Flat PPR Jelatek to shoot sunset and possibly blue hour. Managed to get some good moment, but it was raining heavily during dusk so, the moment I captured was not so good compared to if I can get the blue hour.</div>
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<b>Friday 10th February 2012.</b></div>
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Like on Thursday, I did shooting twice ; for both sunrise and sunset. This time at Pullman Putrajaya Lakeside and then at Taman Seri Empangan. </div>
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I walked from my home at Presint 18 to Pullman around 5.30am in the morning and reached the place just in time. Managed again to get ROL over there and sunrise.</div>
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I was not actually plan for the evening shooting since I was quite exhausted and I have another landscape outing on Saturday. But then I received a call from my friend, Mr. Syibli asking me whether I want to join him or not for the sunset outing that evening. I agreed and went out to the place. Alhamdulillah, I was lucky that day since the weather was very good and I managed to get another ROL that time.</div>
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As I mentioned earlier, I was joining a landscape outing this day at Bagan Lalang and it was organised by LensaMalaya.com. Not much good pictures I managed to take due to the time constraint and there was a high tide which made me and friends cannot stay longer at that place.</div>
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<b>Sunday 12nd February 2012.</b></div>
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This is the last day before I went back to Taiping. I was invited by one of friends who come for the yesterday program (at Bagan Lalang) to shoot sunrise at Masjid Putra. It turned out to be one of the best moment I managed to shoot since the weather was very good and the angle that I got was just perfect.</div>
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That's all for now. Maybe these pictures are my last since I'm leaving Malaysia for New Zealand next week. Thanks all for your visit to this blog.</div>
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Cheers.</div>
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The initial plan was to go to Kek Lok Si temple which is situated near the Penang Hill. But since the time was running out so I had it cancelled and decided to go straight to the town via Rapid Penang. I hopped off the bus at KOMTAR and went inside to pray Zohor and Asar. Since it was still in public holidays, not many shops were opened.<br />
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I planned to walk alongside the Penang Road, dropping by the famous Nasi Kandar Line Clear for lunch (although it was a little bit late), and then walking through Lebuh Chulia, Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling and finally heading to Esplanade, before walking back to the jetty to go back to Butterworth.<br />
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Situated at Penang Road, I don't know why this restaurant (or should I call it a food stalls) is famous across the country. Maybe because its food are tasty, or because I got a lot on a single plate for a reasonable price. The time I came here, there are a lot of people eating here and we have to line up to get our food. The reason why I call it a food stalls is simply because there was a series of stalls in the open area between the building premises.<br />
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Less than RM10 for a supersize fried chicken and a drink. Not bad aye?</div>
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<b>Street Shooting.</b></div>
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Now to the best part of the trip. This was the first time where I'm practising to shoot within a very close distance. For your information, I used an ultra wide angle lens which is Samyang 14mm f/2.8 UMC. Since this is a manual focus lens, I have to use the hyperfocal distance technique in order to get a sharp image. In my case, I used f/8 most of the time as the images taken are sharp at this aperture and set the focusing distance at 1 meter. According to the DOF table, if the focusing distance is set at 1 meter, the DOF will extend from 0.5 meter to infinity, which is quite comfortable distance of me from the subject. </div>
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Talking about style, it depends on the situation. As a newbie in street shooting, I tend to shoot from my chest level (as I put on the strap on my neck) and did the "hit and run" as to avoid the subject from acknowledging me shooting them. But there are also a situation where I didn't hesitant to shoot the subject while he knows it. The trick is simple, where you need to "blend in" within the scenario. Simply makes them know your presence, and maybe a smile will do the job smoothly. Or in an "expensive" way, go buy their product (if they are hawkers) to gain their trust. But personally I believe that Penangites are not so stingy and they are willingly to pose in front of the camera when we shoot em' as they knew that we are tourists and lotsa tourist scurrying around the island.</div>
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<b>Historical Buildings And Places.</b></div>
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I am so interested with historical places. Plus the aesthetic aspects of the architecture. But I don't know why, during this trip I don't time to visit these places (as I mentioned before about Kek Lok Si temple). I was actually planning to visit the clan house of Fatt Tze at Lebuh Leight, but unfortunately it was closed so I can only take the picture from outside.</div>
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All the way from Lebuh Chulia to Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling, there are so many colonial houses which I believe to be preserved as parts of the Penang's heritage. </div>
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The beginning of Lebuh Chulia, starting from the junction with Penang Road.</div>
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Love Lane. I didn't know why, but there are so many Europeans staying or lingering around here.</div>
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Finally, I reached this road after a long walk alongside Lebuh Chulia. As its name, there is a huge mosque at the roadside named Masjid Kapitan Keling. I stopped there for about half an hour before leaving for the next stop.</div>
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There is also another main attraction alongside this road ; Kuan Yin Ting Temple. Judging from the outside, I reckon that it is a very old temple. Personally, I could have few great pictures if I went inside the temple but to be honest, I dare not to go inside any of the non-Muslim worship places. So I took the pictures from outside. The open area in front of the temple was crowded with the worshipers, tourists, and also a group of pigeons. I cannot stay for long there because I couldn't stand the smoke coming from the piles of joss sticks there that keep my eyes peeled.</div>
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Finally I reached the Esplanade. That was a very fine evening and a lot of people come to walk around the seashore enjoying the sea breeze. I didn't spend much time there, just enough to recover from the tiredness of walking. </div>
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It's almost 7pm and I started to walk back to the ferry terminal. I left the island for mainland around 7.30pm and reached safely. </div>
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I left Butterworth at 8.30pm and reached home safely. This was a very enjoyable trip for me, and I wish to repeat it someday at the different places.</div>
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Thanks guys for reading this lengthy entry :)</div>
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<br />Nadlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296176330454501375noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151772397227390825.post-24643905379856282782012-01-29T00:44:00.002+13:002012-01-29T00:59:03.775+13:00Solo Trip to Penang (Part 1: Penang Hill)<br />
Last Wednesday I had a chance to go on foot travelling around Penang, alone. It was my intention to go alone as I want to get a "feel" as a traveller, and at the same time to improve my skills on travel and street photography. I left my hometown, Taiping in a express coach in the morning and went back later on at night on the same day.<br />
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I was planning to go across the strait via ferry for both go and return journey. Actually, the jetty and Penang Sentral bus terminal are not so far, so this give a convenience to those who arrived in Butterworth via buses and want to go to Georgetown. The fare for pedestrian passenger is RM1.20 for single trip, while for car is RM7.70. The journey from Georgetown to Butterworth is free of charge.<br />
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It was a coincidence for my trip that day with the Chinese New Year holidays, so there were so many people who went across to Georgetown. Most of them are foreigner who works here (from Bangladesh, Vietnam, Myanmar and Indonesia). The journey takes time around 15 minutes from Butterworth to Georgetown.<br />
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The plan that day was to go to Bukit Bendera (Penang Hill) as I have never been there since born. To go there, I use RapidPenang public bus. We can choose to board bus number 204 that will bring us directly to the Penang Hill's train station. Or in case if you want to walk around the small township of Pekan Air Hitam (known for its Kek Lok Si temple), then we can go there with bus number 203. The fare is RM2 for a single journey from the Jetty or from KOMTAR, and it took me around half an hour to reach the destination (depends on the traffic)</div>
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<b>Penang Hill's Train.</b></div>
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When I arrived, there were too many visitors as that day was the holiday. We have to line up long at the ticket counter. The fare to go up the hill is RM8 for Malaysian adult (need to show IC), and RM4 for children. While for foreign tourists, the fare is RM30. </div>
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After major renovation and upgrading works which made the train service being halted for almost 2 years ago, the service is way much better. The trains used are brand new, much bigger and equipped with air-conditioner inside. The journey is also fast and smooth (while not killing mood of the passengers to enjoy the view outside the train). </div>
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<b>On The Hilltop.</b></div>
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The top of the hill is around 800 meter from sea level. From there, we can view almost the whole parts of Penang, including Georgetown and Balik Pulau. But I was unfortunate since I was arrived around noon, which is not really the best time to shoot landscape plus it was hazy that day which limiting the view.</div>
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View on the hill.</div>
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Penang Bridge can be seen from here, although haze limits the view.</div>
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Apart from the breathtaking view of the island, there are not so many other attractions on the hilltop, except few buildings like the Penang Hill Mosque, Sri Murugan Temple, a playground and few other colonial styled private houses. If you wish to tour around the hilltop, there is a buggy service that will bring you around. </div>
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Domes of Penang Hill Mosque.</div>
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The cleaner cleaning up rubbish on the stairway that going up to the children's playground in front of the Sri Murugan Temple.</div>
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I spent around an hour above before went down. Same as the time to board the train up, I have to line up long to board the train down.</div>
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The next plan after went down from the hill was that I'm going for street shooting around the Georgetown before going back to Butterworth. I'll write this in the next entry.</div>
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I bought this lens last week from YL Camera Pudu Plaza for RM1.3k++ . This is ultra wide angle lens produced by Samyang, a Korean based company. If it fitted on a DX / APS-C camera, the effective focal length will be around 21mm. This is also a prime lens, which means that it cannot zoom. </div>
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Samyang 14mm f/2.8.</div>
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I have decided to buy this lens after reading a lot of reviews regarding the performance of this lens. In general, Samyang is known for making cheap lenses with par-to-par performance with the lenses manufactured by well known company like Nikon, Canon and Carl Zeiss. How do they offer that price? Maybe they cut off the cost by not including the auto focus mechanism in the lenses. As a comparison, the same lens produced by Nikon will costs around RM6000.</div>
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Below are my findings and verdicts on this lens, after using it for a week :</div>
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1) Very-very wide angle of view. 14mm is so wide on a full frame camera like mine. If we used DX cameras, we need at least 10mm to achieve the same FOV (perhaps with different perspective).</div>
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2) Manual focusing. To some of us who are used with auto focusing lenses, then it's time to practice. But it's not really a problem though with this lens, as the depth of field is so big that it can be focused precisely to get a sharp image. This is where I practiced the focusing technique called hyperfocal distance focusing. Simply remember a formula, or a table that relates the aperture used and focusing distance, then set it up. </div>
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As an example, I set the aperture at f/8, and according to the table/formula, the hyperfocal distance is 1 meter. So, I set the marking distance on the lens at 1 meter, then freely shoot anything within that distance. The result is that the half of that distance (0.5 meter to infinity) will be in focus. Simple isn't it? </div>
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Get the table <a href="http://www.dofmaster.com/doftable.html">HERE</a>.</div>
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3) Auto Exposure (AE). My version of lens is equipped with CPU chips which make the process whole lot easier. I can use the metering in camera to get the right exposure, focusing confirmation dot in the viewfinder, get the EXIF data, using other modes like S, A and P, and also use my flash's TTL features. So far from what I know, only the Nikon version was equipped with CPU contact, while other version of Canon, Sony etc. don't (it is sold separately).</div>
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4) Heavy vignetting at wide open and only denounced at the optimum aperture of f/8 to f/11. This might be the drawback of this lens. But not really a problem though if it used for nightscape or to add the dramatic feeling to the picture. It can be corrected though during post processing. </div>
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5) Sharpness. The same case with number 4, as it is sharp at f/8 to f/11. But still acceptable though at wide open. Even it is way much sharper than Canon and Nikon's 14mm (from some reviews).</div>
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6) Distortion. It is unavoidable for an ultra wide angle lenses. But for this lens, there is also another kind of problem, which is called as moustache distortion where suddenly at the middle of the picture got a "fisheye" kind of effect. This is obvious if the lens was used to shoot architecture or straight lines and patterns, but almost unnoticeable for landscape shooting.</div>
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Samyang itself also had produced a lens profile for this lens so that it can be corrected in Adobe Photoshop CS or Adobe Lightroom.</div>
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7) Design and outer finish. Looks pretty tough and solid. Just the issue that need to be highlighted is that it is a rectilinear lens which got a convex front element. With this nature, no protection or UV filter that can be fitted, so need to be careful with that. The only thing that makes relieved a bit is that it got a fixed lens hood (plastic) that at least can protect the front element from being damaged if something unwanted happened. </div>
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Landscape shooters may feel uneasy a bit as it cannot fit any creative filters so they have to find other alternatives to imitate the effect of it (What I got in mind for slow shutter is to use black card technique). Or some creative fellas can try to design something to be fitted in the rear element of the lens (Try at your own risk).</div>
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Below are the pictures that I took with this lens so far :</div>
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I have it corrected using Adobe Photoshop Lens Correction.</div>
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That piles of sandals and polysterin box are just less than a meter from my legs.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/6715167099/" title="DSC_0145 by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="DSC_0145" height="426" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/6715167099_8d7acd7f9d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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Times Square Musolla.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nadlyaizat/6715130041/" title="Crossing Bridge, Pudu by Nadly Aizat, on Flickr"><img alt="Crossing Bridge, Pudu" height="426" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7166/6715130041_a1e478657f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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Crossing Bridge, Pudu. This is one of the very first pictures I captured using this lens.</div>
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Conclusion? I gotta love this lens, and might using it much for my Skyscapes shooting this year. And also sometimes for street cityscape photography. If you guys are looking for a budget ultra wide angle lens with good image quality and you have a fullframe camera, then this lens is the best choice.</div>
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Thanks for your time.</div>
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<br />Nadlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296176330454501375noreply@blogger.com2