Over Exposed

Long exposure sometimes lead to overexposed subject. To make sure the foreground and star trails appear is quite hard especially when there is a source light coming from the subject. It is a little bit over exposed but still maintain its shapes and so reveal the subject with the star trail as background. This photo is a result of 10 stack photos with approximately 1 minutes exposure for each take. 

Yellow-vented-Bulbul

Water Supply Interruption

Well its kind of a news at Labuan recently when most of the places are shortage of water supply. Rumours said the in charge person of developing piping in Labuan have difficulties. Well as for today (this post) its been a week and the problem has been resolved. No matter what happens, the birding and photography must continue. 

Kingfisher

The Gazing Sundbird

There are moments when i feel shooting small subject is hectic and tiring but it pays to wait. Some of the regular basis i learned so far through capturing wild and nature. 

1. Be at the place before the subject appear; so that we are prepared.

2. Keep low profile to animal; don't wear striking attire.

3. Don't wait too long; but the longer the better.

4. Bean bag, monopod, tripod, just name it ; could be packing kilo's to backpack.

5. Be patient to wait for the right moment and click the shutter.

6. Keep on hiding ; keep your eyes open , alert for nature sounds.

  

Star Trail

My attempt to photograph the star trail with the pine tree as foreground subject is near a failure due to small movement of the tree branches. I should find something more stable but looks nature. The polluted skies makes it even harder to get a good lighting and perfect ambient. Camera setting is ISO100, F3.5 ;18mm focused at infinity. 

X-Trail Marks The Trail

The Hidden Valley