bird photography workshop

held on 4th of march 2007 in bird park kuala lumpur...another sucessful event...glad to be part of it...
photo from digital camera malaysia velocity media forum...

my favourite

the three images submitted for foto of the day competition..


the last two are listed in top 10 but there was only one prize that day..was happy though to make the cut...the last one is my own photo of the day..diagonal composition, white against dark..slightly greenish background and woooshh the eye color..n the bright red n yellow as the highlight against the clean feathery white

check out further on http://rusdi3713.fotopages.com/?entry=1096679 (copy n paste to your address bar)

hot fm big jam 2007

armed with 2 bodies...400d with 17-40f/4L and 30d with 70-200f/4L...given the wish of my kids and testing ground for the new tele n body..and being never shot a concert per say...expected the road will be full of cars, we went n park at the opposite side of the concert venue even first thought of parking next to the sirim building...lucky then that i had the opportunity to see wisma mbsa from the new point..rather than the common frontal view...
this is the progression of the walk to the stage area...

the ever photograph blue mosque with the lake in foreground..the weather is cloudy so the sky is gloomy a bit

halfway thru while going up-hill, these steps and the office building has led my eyes to capture it...a bit sloppy being not to have all the steps in full view...yep..still training...

trying to look for the view that all 4 minarets can be seen is not that easy..this one is close but the trees has obstructed the left side by then..

further up...this bright red bougenvilla flower just shine against the cool blue n grey mbsa tower...i could not smack the building right off centre as this would make the flower will be out of the frame

and then saw this pillars just straight up with blue n green strip on anyone of them, quickly asked my three daughters to hide n seek in between them without asking to be cheerful mode then..yeh..they r happy to come n to see the artist performing then

finally we reached the venue..and see this waiting crowd and the rain is starting to come..nice change of colour from blue, white n grey to colourful athmosphere..see the blue dome..that was where i shot most the pix..say 98%...the front stage was too crowded...but with big gun in hand, most people will give-way..proven when i was coming down to go back..a bit on the photo that the frame should be slightly to the left for full view of the roof n building and full view of the top of the tower

while walking to the pkns complex to settle some bills from here..did not realize that farra fauzana is on the way to the backstage..not much could be captured as she was ushered to the front by the ever serving bodyguard

fashion photography

registered myself for this class...n if u want to join then pls visit http://fototeacher.com/..latest e-mail received today that the enrollment is filled....wait for my summary n review here

summary of talk by bustamam mokhtar..
at fototeacher.com on 1st april 2007 from 2.30pm to 7.15pm..
started with his education, his tenure in japan n their working culture, his dtint in utusan, his early studio n the second studio...2 video clips on d photoshoot session session...samples of shots..n technique how the shots were taken n the lighting sets...celebrities shots..ella, erra, siti, adibah, models n other artist inc mawi, felix, etc..

bustamam signing the cert of attendance for his autograph

ted adnan in foreground

heeya...the certs

rantau panjang trail - 20.2.2007

most of us have ever been to rantau panjang..me myself, even not a person who like to go in a crowded place...been to this place sooo many times...the most exciting part for me is to see some of the kapchai that r yet in malaysia or u have not seen it in malaysia at all...

not to mention pick-up truck...

most of the time when we went there the place is jam packed..of course it was normally when we balik kampong n the rest of people are also balik kampong until..until on 20/2/07 when we went again there bringing my brother n his wife looking for some tudung with my mother...soft colours



the place is clear..i supposed most of the folks were on the road on the way back to city again plus may be as many as during hari-raya..


see how the lane between the shops...how clear n almost non except us
we had so much freedom moving around and earler found an out of order carpark meter...so not so much worrying of expiry parking meter



colourfull choice...

other stuff...toys

happy face...

gerai or restaurant..u have it ur way
on d way back...we stopped at the custom n immigration check point in bukit bunga...this is where the would be a new bridge connecting the kelantan side and buketa...crossing the shallow sungai golok...so much has been completed on malaysia side but non on the thai side so far that i could see..the earth working platform has been extended halfway into the river till the midway of the river meeting the common contry boundary..this has helped the people living along the border to cross easily..saving the trouble of crossing the water by half..what so funny is that the men will take out their trousers leaving the underwear and started to cross the river until they reach the other side and put the trousers back..i did not have the photo of the man but look at this mak cik crossing...n the guy is ready to take off the trousers n cross over

the activity at the check point is ever busy with people bringing trade stuff from thailand...accross sungai golok

view accross the river on the thailand side

RASA food court, alamanda, putrajaya

while showing d new cam to my keen friend...at d same time testing the tele...this is a candid shot...the cashier was making some remark to her collegue..i guess..

BG-E3

ordered the battery grip for my new 400D this evening...28/2/07...n should be available by tomorrow evening as promised by d shop...yesss..got it..tested it and use it...baru kow...

darkroom basics n beyond

used to do processing n printing in school photo club...get to the hang of it again and see how is it coming or going rather..the book cost me rm19.90..the printed price is usd17.95/can27.95 and f12.99...it is quite cheap as i think not many people r looking 4 this sort of 'old' way of photograph output...first published in 2000 in gb by collins n brown ltd..may be i could put up the review once i finished reading it...cheers everybody

EOS 400D

another addition as second body

EF 70-200 f/4L IS USM

not so expensive than f/2.8L one but enough for me, get ready to shoot some birds during the workshop at Bird Park, Kuala Lumpur on 4/3/07

lemon n sky

blue sky...green leave..nature at best

bunga raya

tasik raban

view from the new completed road r n r...

tree sillohuette

the sky just so blue n bright

gunung stong water fall

silky falling water running in-between

thinking....

2nd body..400D + 70-200 4L IS or 70-200 2.8L IS..and yes..i've got myself a 400D as my 2nd body n 70-200 f/4L is usm...it is great thet it still auto focus with my old tamron 2x extender...can shoot motor sport gitu..unlike with earlier cheap 55-200...happy gitu..and got my self CPL...esok bolih test shot awan pula...

bird workshop

sent d registration to the workshop this afternoon..hope to get a place..first time ever attending any workshop..hope could learn so much on d day..
yesss...got a place

le tour d langkawi

been following up on the event...but today 11th feb...just too tired..continue after asas dinner till 1.00 am plus then early morning in PIBG meeting..just flat till 7.00 or so pm...missed it.huu..huu...

federal territory day 2007...colourful dancers