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Bangau Oh Bangau

Success Is A Journey

It is true, Success is a journey. It depends on how hard and patience to work on small things that results on big achievements. To all my friends and colleague, keep on doing the best we do, to deliver our masters skills and share the knowledge for better future generations. Good luck.

Day 3 Highlights : Beijing Olympic Stadium, Bird's Nest

The construction of the stadium started on 2003 and it is officially open on June 2008 for the Olympics Game. The eastern and western stands of Beijing National Stadium are higher than northern and southern stands, in order to improve sightlines. The capacity seat in the stadium is 80,000. The entrance fee for visitors is 50 yuan. In this photo, the view of Bird's Nest from besides the lake. It is clearly seen that some parts of the water is still frozen as of the ice is melting that marks the end of winter seasons.

Day 2 Highlights : The Great Wall Of China

Day 1 Highlights : Acrobatic Show

Weather Forecast

Forecast for Beijing

Forecast for Labuan

Beijing Facts

Beijing is the capital city of China(People's Republic Of China).The city is second largest city after Shanghai, with more than 17 million people. Beijing covers the area of 16,807.8 kilometers square. The city is divided into 16 urban and suburban districts and 2 counties. The most spoken language is Mandarin. It belongs to the warm temperate zone with a semi-humid climate. Beijing has four distinct seasons with short spring and autumn although it shares the same (UTC +8) time zone with country like Malaysia. There are many interesting historical places in Beijing such as Tian'anmen Square(In the heart of Beijing), Forbidden City, Summer Palace and The Great Wall Of China. The coldest month is in January with an average -4.7℃ as for the hottest month is on July. 

( source : wiki)

Beijing Tour

Traveling to other country is a dream of many people. Planning is most important part and starts from applying passport, visa visit pass till the day to board the flight. There are many tour packages that offer reasonable price and as one of the example, one can refer the local tourism company at the country of their visits(http://www.islamichina.com/). Be extra careful when exchanging the RM to other currency. As from our experience, exchange the currency from Malaysia is much better compared to outside from Malaysia. Usually you will get higher value for money. As for the most major credit cards, it is accepted worlwide. The preparation of suitable clothing is a must especially if the country of visit have four seasons(Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer). There are plenty of websites broadcasting the local ground weather condition for most major cities in the world for example http://www.weather.com/. Plan the journey and look for details information about the country of  visit to prevent annoying things. To all my fellow Malaysian, "Its nice to travel and learn something from another country, there is no place like home."

Photogame : Bird

Mostly people would says, birding is only for nature enthusiast. Its not always true, the lesson i learned from photographing birds. Important key to master during bird photography, always learn, unlearn and relearn from the previous mistakes. This photo was taken while we were looking for egret. Instead of the egret, i get this photo. The lighting is quite poor but the background is almost plain(bokeh). 

Tips for birding :

1) Keep quiet

2) Look around and pay attention to nature sounds

3) Examine and prepare the shots

4) Evaluate the photos( sharpness, composition and lighting)

5) Trash all unwanted photos and you'll save more space for future shots

  

The Year Of Tiger

Birds Of Labuan

Birding - Part II

Birding

Birding requires patient, and the most important thing is preparing the hide. This photo was taken in Ganggarak, W.P.Labuan. If i got one of those giant millimeter lens, it will be more easier. Its a fun and exciting activities to capture the moments of bird in flight. I think i should focus on the action part rather than taking a still photos of bird. Its not about how fast you camera fps, when you get the timing right, then the photo will speaks itself. Happy birding folks. 

Photo Game - Rule Of Third

Photogame : Final Destiny

Hardworking Bee

New Year Lunar Eclipse

2010 marks a very interesting nature phenomena as the first partial lunar eclipse was observed by many people around the globe. In this picture ( ISO 400;f8 at 18mm), the moon is in the early stage entering the "Umbra"states in which the darkest shadow of earth falls on the moon surface. The eclipse started at 1.17 am till 5.28 am (source : Angkasa Malaysia). Happy new year 2010.